Thread: LD'ing not as popular

I've found that 2 people I knew from totally unrelated forums were also lucid dreamers- but no one in RL. After telling a few ppl in RL about the fact I could "control my dreams" I decided to stop doing so- most people just think of it as either weird or eccentric, "interesting" at best. And I can understand that, since non-lucid dreams are usually something very distant and fleeting.

Yeah, most people I've tried talking to don't get it. They just either think it's strange or interesting. I actually got my brother to read the main pages (minus tutorials) on DV. Still no go. For the most part I just keep it to myself. I've only told people I know really well; most of the others would probably think I was crazy.

I found out about it because I remembered hearing about it once before and thought it was interesting, but couldn't remember what it was called. So I looked up "lunic dreaming" (xD) and google corrected me. If it weren't for google corrections, I'd still be oblivious.

Since when was Lucid Dreaming popular? I doubt it will ever be popular because as many mentioned here, it requires a lot of work and effort to even have a single LD. I haven't had one myself but I'm getting pretty close. Also, imagine telling someone that you can "control your dreams", what do you think their response would be? Either your weird or its interesting, but, they don't care about it. Most people want to live their RL and not bother with this kind of stuff BTW, first post

I told my friends about lucid dreaming today and the conversation seemed to last for like 15 seconds until one of my friends started a new subject. I think I'm the only one in my school that knows anything about dreams and what they can do, so I guess lucid dreaming isn't so popular at least in my area.

I think some news network just decided to cover a story about it, and a few others followed. It is kind of hard to tell if it is ever going to become more mainstream, we might be a small group decades ahead of the average entertainment tastes of its time. Something about lucid dreaming might surface that becomes very populer, maybe a popular movie that is specificly about it. Though people may never accept it for the same reasons (that I have no ability to understand) why people put if off now. Though maybe it needs mainstream attention to become more accepted, instead of seeming like magick (yes thats spelled like in wiccan terms).

Perhaps it's because people are skeptical about lucid dreaming, they just don't bother arguing about it for whatever reason.




Everyone do your selfs a favour and ask your friends why they don't find lucid dreaming interesting.

Originally Posted by CrescentFox

Everyone do your selfs a favour and ask your friends why they don't find lucid dreaming interesting.

Then post here and tell the rest of us.

Hahha, yes Hidden thank you for finishing my sentence.

Originally Posted by CrescentFox

Everyone do your selfs a favour and ask your friends why they don't find lucid dreaming interesting.

If they don't, they don't. Just leave 'em to it I say; no point in trying to convince them otherwise - we'll just sound like my Mum when she tries to get me to go barn dancing with her.

"Come on, it's fun...You'll really enjoy it."

when i first heard of it i didnt truly understand the magnitute of what i was being told, i had no idea how vivid, enlightening and just plain fun it can be until it happened. then one night i had one on accident and ive been hooked

I actually had two conversations about lucid dreaming today. That's like a record for me. One of the people at my school, who I know pretty well but I'm not particularly close to, had a few lucid dreams. Then the other one was with my mom and two brothers. We were (or rather, I was) wondering if it was possible to induce nightmares, and the conversation went to lucid dreaming with a bit of guidance. (Unrelated: I really like that smiley. )

Hidden it is possible to induce nightmares, there was a post on it a while ago. I remember one of the users said that if you want it that badly, get 5-6 hours of sleep, wake up, and look an an image that disturbs you for a LONG time. Afterwards go back to bed and you should have a nightmare. One user said to find a poster with a scary image and attach it to your ceiling to wake up to.

Why would you want to induce nightmares?

Originally Posted by CrescentFox

Hidden it is possible to induce nightmares, there was a post on it a while ago. I remember one of the users said that if you want it that badly, get 5-6 hours of sleep, wake up, and look an an image that disturbs you for a LONG time. Afterwards go back to bed and you should have a nightmare. One user said to find a poster with a scary image and attach it to your ceiling to wake up to.

-tries to imagine an image that's disturbing enough to induce a nightmare- o.0 No thanks.

Why would you want to induce nightmares?

I was actually just curious. As to why someone else would want to induce a nightmare, I don't know. Both facing fears and excitement (although nightmares are rarely exciting for me, just scary) can be achieved through a lucid dream.

yeah I definitely couldn't agree with this any less. I've spread it around, and occasionally I find some one who freaks out as much as me about it.

I would have never even heard of lucid dreaming if I hadn't stumbled upon it while trying to find information on how to fall asleep quickly.

I am one of those lucky people who consistently have lucid dreams. I had always thought that everyone had them, and it wasn't until a little over a year ago when I did some casual Internet searching that I realized that many people haven't even heard of them.

Originally Posted by Kadal

I am one of those lucky people who consistently have lucid dreams. I had always thought that everyone had them, and it wasn't until a little over a year ago when I did some casual Internet searching that I realized that many people haven't even heard of them.

That's cool! I've always wondered though... Since you've had them for as long as you can remember, does that make them seem less special/amazing than if you'd never experienced one before? Like TV; it's not that amazing for me because I grew up with it, but for someone who's never heard of it before it would be a novelty. Then again, I guess you wouldn't have ever experienced "discovering" lucid dreaming for the first time.

Since everyone is asking I will give a broad answer, I just really HATE lots of people in general. I'm not saying they don't deserve to be happy or anything, but I seriously just don't think they deserve the expirience of lucid dreaming. Sorry, it's just a personal view. Forget I said anything.

I've had pretty positive response when talking to my friends about lucid dreaming. I guess you have to know When to talk about it. If someone tells you about a really weird dream, or maybe he read a carlos castaneda book or he is an artist looking for inspiration... they will appreciate the subject. Of course if your friends are some stupid teenagers who find "freaky" everything thats not in Mtv well I guess you will seem weird.

What bothers my friends is not so much that I talk about LD but that I talk too much about it.

Originally Posted by Hidden

That's cool! I've always wondered though... Since you've had them for as long as you can remember, does that make them seem less special/amazing than if you'd never experienced one before? Like TV; it's not that amazing for me because I grew up with it, but for someone who's never heard of it before it would be a novelty. Then again, I guess you wouldn't have ever experienced "discovering" lucid dreaming for the first time.

I suppose that the lucidity itself doesn't seem as special to me as it does to others, but I am continually amazed at the level of control it is possible to achieve. I am also very grateful for being able to attain lucidity without effort, as I have seen on this site that many people have trouble with it.

Originally Posted by Kadal

I supposed the lucidity itself doesn't seem as special to me as it does to others, but I am continually amazed at the level of control it is possible to achieve. I am also very grateful for being able to attain lucidity without effort, as I have seen on this site that many people have trouble with it.

I'd be grateful too. The rest of us can be grateful that we don't have to come up with our own LD induction techniques, and that it's possible to LD without being a natural.

Interesting thread. I think it is more popular in that it is in the popular culture more. I think there is a threshold of resistance to it though, and always will be, because 1) people think that it is escapist and 2) unconsciously they can sense it threatens our assumptions about waking reality.

Maybe it once was popular wherever you live, but where I live... Never heard of it... Actually, the only reason I discovered it was my natural interest into normal dreams. My brother's friend's girlfriend lucid dreams apperently... My brother told me thsi but when I tried to talk about it again he said he never told me this... Maybe it was a dream O.o

My mom thinks I'm not living in the real world. She hates it that I LD 'cause "it won't bring me anywhere in REAL life"

I think that if its not popular in your region, its probably because all the work you have to do to achieve good lucidness and control of your dreams. Most people might find it too hard and maybe even think that its not even possible.

Me per exemple. I stopped for more than a week now because I'm too busy but I'm REALLY ashamed of myself for it because LDs where what I've been looking for all my life, there the BEST!

To be honest, im trying to make LD'ing more popular. I have told one of my friends and she says she is gonna give it a go and wonder around the forums getting ideas