What does Your family Think Of LDs

[sakoda]

Do they know it ? Do they think its from the devil or the like ? Do memebers of your family practice it too ? Post your experiences /situation greets , sakoda

[Grexxis]

My family doesn't really know about my interest in it. Mainly because I think they really wouldn't care. Though of the three friends i've told, two have only a mild interest in what i'm talking about when i'm on the subject, and the other one is rather interested. But not to the point of wanting to start trying for lucids himself...

[Terne]

After ordering some books my family found out. My dad was so sarcastic for the next few days asking if my dreams has been lucid lately.

[MisterHyde]

My mother knows and is vaguely interested. My dad doesn't care. My brother thinks it's cool but doesn't want to try. My sister thinks it's stupid and pointless. And my only friend humours me and listens to my ramblings on it, but with a kind of "are you going to stop soon?" look in his eyes.

[mylucidworld]

I have tried to explain it to my mother several times but i don't think she understands how amazing it is. The rest of my family don't understand it at all, they think it's some sort of weird hobby.

[Adam]

My mum knows about it, and I often talk about them with her. No one else though, they would think I am weird lol

[Shayla]

My mom just thinks it is weird. My dad thinks that it is fascinating, but is worried that it might be dangerous for some reason. I have told him countless times that it isn't, but he just can't seem to shake the feeling.

[hankwheels]

My mom always thinks I'm a huge dork whenever I talk about lucid dreaming. She doesn't get the point of knowing when you're dreaming (but of course, we all do ). But my stepmother not only is a lot more interested in dreams than my real mom, but she can actually lucid dream at will! I'm REALLY JEALOUS OF HER! lol

[Moonbeam]

We can just feel sorry for all of them who don't know what they are missing.

[mylucidworld]

We can just feel sorry for all of them who don't know what they are missing. Exactly.

[sluggo]

It's funny because if I ever try to tell friends in RL about a cool lucid dream I had, I get the exact same blank stare/mild or feigned interest that I get from DCs in a dream when I tell them they're in a dream!

[Funnel]

I told my mom and even though she is a bit nervous I'm depriving myself of sleep when I WBTB (which isnt true) she is very interested because she always bores everyone in the family about her dreams so now she actually has someone to talk to. My sister finds it interesting and tells me whenever she has a LD. My friend gets really annoyed that I'm taking the fun out of dreaming, which I keep trying to correct him but he doesn't seem to get it. My brother doesn't really care cause he can't remember his dreams anyway.

[Michael]

They wish they could, but don't try.

[kula35]

ive talked to my parents about stuff like this. my dad thinks he knows everything about everything and he is always entirely wrong. my mom has insane ideas about dreaming that she thinks are true (i think she will be crazy one day). i talked to my dad about a certain method and he said he does it all the time, and then i just laugh at him because he has no idea what hes talking about. my sister is too retarded to comprehend anything of this sort.

[jsmith65]

My whole family thought for a long time (before I'd had one), that it's a bunch of bull crap, and that everybody is making it up. Now that I swear I've had one they just don't care. When I first got into it my brother began to get interested, but when my dad shot him down for it he quit. My sister, who is 6 years old, remembers dreams quite frequently ever since I began talking about lucid dreaming. I think she is developing a fascination for dreams. I still talk to my dad about it, but he dismisses it as taking the fun out of dreams. He says the whole fun is thinking it's real. I told him that the fun of having your own world and an alternate reality far outweighs the loss of fun for knowing that it's all in your head (if that takes any fun out of it at all...doesn't for me). And just now my mom is telling me to get off that weird dreaming site......makes me want to scream!!!

[Xyn]

My sister and mom litterally think i'm going insane. I told my cousin about this a couple days ago and he really wants to do it. I think he started visiting these forums too. He got really interested in Dream Walkers and stuff.

[Abra]

I've gotten my younger sister to lucid dream. She now uses them as inspiration for her "mad art skillz." The rest of my family knows about it, but doesn't understand the purpose. Have they no imaginations? Are they really that distant from their dreams? ... One of my family members thinks that dreams are premonitions. *slaps forehead*

[tokyo_kurikinton]

My parents always talk about their dreams, and my brother and I used to do LD training when we were younger, though he stopped after a few months. I did too, but I kept having them anyway.

[Kromoh]

My parents acted silly when I told them, before I had my first LD. When I told them I had had my first one, they just avoided the topic for some time. Now when I mention it they stare me with a "don't know what to say" look. My agreeable uncle doesn't believe it is possible but is open for discussion, which is just what I want from people. My disagreeable uncles and aunts just pretend they didn't hear it when I talk about it. My sister appears to not have time to this "bullshit", but strangely she has lots of time to spend with that idiot she calls a boyfriend. My cousins have had lucid dream themselves and are generally interested in the topic But then, my family is an old-fashioned catholic style (apart from me, I'm atheist, thank God xD xD)

[james-25:22pm]

i havent told my family, its my dreams i've mentioned it to friends though...and i just don't get it...a couple had one shot and gave up....a few didn't even understand the idea properly and some just don't care. i just don't get it...the second i heard about it i was right into it...how is it not the coolest thing ever lol?

[Crabman]

I agree james. I told my brother about it and he just said it was stupid, Even if it worked. The minute i heard about lucid dreaming I got really excited and decided I would try to acheive it. But I guess some people are different...

[james-25:22pm]

correction: but i guess some people are different/missing out/clinically insane

[mylucidworld]

i havent told my family, its my dreams i've mentioned it to friends though...and i just don't get it...a couple had one shot and gave up....a few didn't even understand the idea properly and some just don't care. i just don't get it...the second i heard about it i was right into it...how is it not the coolest thing ever lol? I recall when i dicovered lucid dreaming i wondered why anybody wouldn't want to lucid dream. It's crazy to think that people ain't interested. It's like asking somebody how do you fancy being able to do anything you want in your own world and then them saying no thanks. no.

[dreamscaper22]

they think that im crazy

[orange_entity]

My mom doesn't get it, my sister doesn't car, and dad at first thought it was dangerous, but when I explained it a little more he thought it was interesting but hasn't had any luck with LDing.