Convincing friends to learn to LD

I WISH I could convince my brother to give it a go. He has suffered from horrible nightmares for most of his adult life (he was first on the scene at a brutal drunk-driving boating accident which none of the boat's occupants survived back when he was in his early 20s) and has suffered from depression and a tendency to "over-medicate" with alcohol before bedtime as a result.

... I've talked to him in the past about keeping a dream journal and trying to tackle his nightmares head on, "and by opposing, end them" (thanks Will) but I think he's just too afraid to examine his dreams too closely, for fear of what he may find.

Any suggestions on how I could reassure him that this would HELP him with his nightmares, as opposed to make them worse?

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Originally Posted by -Blakren-

Has anybody tried to assimilate a friend or two into the LD community? I was able to do this for one of my friends. He's pretty crazy, just like me XD. What about you guys? Also, I wasn't sure where to post this so I won't be shocked if this post is moved.

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I've tried to rope friends and family into the LD'ing community, but alas...no amount of significant interest was exuded on their part.

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Originally Posted by Dream scientist

Him: I'm Saggitarius, so my metal is tin and my element is fire.

Me: Well, I can do whatever the hell I want, no matter what I am.

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Win. :>

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Originally Posted by Unelias

Which leads us to a conclusion that the curious and those who are deeply motivated to learn will search us out anyways.

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I totally agree.. it takes a certain kind of person to train him/herself to LD, and that kind of person will probably naturally discover it.

I have tried, however, with some friends that seem like they would be good at lucid dreaming and be able to work hard for it. It turned out I was wrong, though.. :/

Yes. I talk to everyone that I can (who won't think it's freaky) about lucid dreaming. After explaining the concept and making sure they understand, I assure them that at some point they WILL have a lucid dream in the future. At first my sister was thrilled by the endless possibilites and then she let it fall to the wayside. It didn't really interest her anymore and she wasn't really willing to put any work into it. Sure enough though, we had a conversation and she told me about her creepy nightmare. The more she talked I said 'you had your first lucid dream.' She was unaware of this because she thought lucids didn't include nightmares. At some point in her nightmare she said, 'man this dream is boring. I'm ready to do something different', and proceeded to find a way to carry out her wish, besides being freaked out by creepy things.

My other friend is quite interested in the concept of lucid dreaming. We even thought about having a sleep over and practicing WBTB and WILD techniques together to see if we could have lucid dreams at the same time. NO, I'm not referring to shared dreaming. Anyway, I can't really say what he's doing inregard to his lucid dreaming because I haven't spoken to him about it in a while.

My other friend revealed that he has had lucid dreams, though he didn't know that's what they were. I guess I can see what he's doing with his as well.

But to answer your question more quickly: Yes, I've convinced people to join in the fun of lucid dreaming. :)

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Originally Posted by Abra

Win. :>

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:D