Thread: Is this dangerous?

From a scientific standpoint, based on all the research accumulated on the topic, no. There is no more danger in lucid dreaming then everyday dreaming. The mind does not "seperate" from the body. Your brain stays nicely put, and your body is ready to snap into action the moment you wake. Mind awake, body asleep. The two are no more seperate than they always were. You're paralized, that's all. It happens every night, wether you are aware of it or not. Lucid dreaming is just like a normal dream, only you are "awake"

From a scientific and psychological standpoint, I can tell you emphatically, NO. Lucid dreaming is NOT in any way dangerous to your mental or physical health. In fact, lucid dreaming, so far, has been shown to improve mental health. See some of LaBerg's writings and studies here:

http://www.lucidity.com/

If you are already prone to having no grasp of what's real and what isn't, then it has nothing to do with lucid dreaming--it means you are schizophrenic, and that dreaming is just a reflection of your mental illness.

Separating your mind from your body is an OBE, our-of-body experience. It is not a lucid dream, so you don't have to worry about that. And generally, OBE phenomena has never been proven to be dangerous either.

Sleep paralysis, HI, and other things can seem a little scary at first--and if you allow your hallucinations to get the best of you, it will be a very scary experience. But it is NOT dangerous to your health. Remember that it is YOUR dream, YOUR experience and you can wake yourself up if need be whenever you need to.

Lucid dreaming is long held to help cure many nightmares, since you are able to confront them. Being lucid gives you a far better chance of controlling, destroying, changing or understanding the nightmares.

A good friend of mine used lucid dreaming to cure her anxiety, with the help and guidance of her therapist. And I've used it to get over past phobias and trauma. So it can have a lot of wonderful uses.

Originally Posted by Naiya

From a scientific and psychological standpoint, I can tell you emphatically, NO. Lucid dreaming is NOT in any way dangerous to your mental or physical health. In fact, lucid dreaming, so far, has been shown to improve mental health. See some of LaBerg's writings and studies here:

http://www.lucidity.com/

If you are already prone to having no grasp of what's real and what isn't, then it has nothing to do with lucid dreaming--it means you are schizophrenic, and that dreaming is just a reflection of your mental illness.

Separating your mind from your body is an OBE, our-of-body experience. It is not a lucid dream, so you don't have to worry about that. And generally, OBE phenomena has never been proven to be dangerous either.

Sleep paralysis, HI, and other things can seem a little scary at first--and if you allow your hallucinations to get the best of you, it will be a very scary experience. But it is NOT dangerous to your health. Remember that it is YOUR dream, YOUR experience and you can wake yourself up if need be whenever you need to.

Lucid dreaming is long held to help cure many nightmares, since you are able to confront them. Being lucid gives you a far better chance of controlling, destroying, changing or understanding the nightmares.

A good friend of mine used lucid dreaming to cure her anxiety, with the help and guidance of her therapist. And I've used it to get over past phobias and trauma. So it can have a lot of wonderful uses.

Naiya just put it so much wonderfully than I could have dreamed of doing. Perfect explanation.

Didnt someone a while ago on the forums sort of go crazy because they "thought" they could do all of these things in real life as they did in a lucid dream? I think they called it "breaking out" or something. Like having the powers of a lucid dream in the real world.. or something.

I dont remember, but that guy's mental got messed up pretty bad. But im sure he just had problems to begin with.

It sounds like he was having a psychotic episode that happened to be centered around dreaming. I know a guy who's psychtotic episode centered around his car mechanic. So yeah, it's just mental illness that isn't caused at all by dreaming.

i'll just play devils advocate for a second, people on this site numerously brought up topics,based on dream experimentations,can it really be another spiritual dimension,portal,dreamwalkers,stalkers,communicati ng with the dead,psychic experiences,ect, anyway no one can really set in stone,if experimenting with (lucid)dreams just a dream, or can hold negative repurcussions

The only way lucid dreaming can be potentially dangerous is if you go the supplement route to obtain stronger lucid dreams. Any natural supplements, just like drugs, should be handled and administered very carefully, and you should likely consult your doctor about those things.

Other than that, if you don't take supplements, there's nothing dangerous about it.

i'll just play devils advocate for a second, people on this site numerously brought up topics,based on dream experimentations,can it really be another spiritual dimension,portal,dreamwalkers,stalkers,communicati ng with the dead,psychic experiences,ect, anyway no one can really set in stone,if experimenting with (lucid)dreams just a dream, or can hold negative repurcussions

Simply put, it's ALL in your mind.

I don't think its recommended for anyone who suffers from Schizophrenia.
Maybe MID and DID too. But I am not too sure about them.