Thread: I've had lucid dreams since childhood. I have no limits. I don't understand others who have limits.

Welcome to Dream Views, Eddy.

I'm sorry to see you were met with such adversity, but since you are new here, you have to understand that these types of threads pop up all the time. People constantly come in here rambling on about how they can do anything at anytime in manners that are transparently empty boasts. I believe that you didn't mean to seem arrogant, but you have to consider your audience. There are hundreds/thousands of members here who give their all to attaining lucid control, failing often. So when you come in talking about how you have complete control, and running off a laundry list of what you can do, it does kind of come off as a "look at me, I'm more skilled than you. Too bad you're not as good as I am!" kinda introduction.

That being said; I understand both your intent and your question. The fact is; you've answered your own question - on more than one occasion - throughout this thread. You've been lucid dreaming since childhood, and you're now in your 40's. It is second nature to you. You've already admitted that, as a kid, you did have limits. You didn't have such complete control, and you've learned to overcome that. Many of the people who are new to lucid dreaming don't have that luxury of so many years of trial and error. They don't have the luxury of having started "bending the rules (physics/logic/etc)" at an early age, so they have a lot more to deal with, in terms of treating the dream world differently than they do the waking world. Hell, even I've been lucid dreaming for as far back as I can remember, and I still don't have perfect control. If I wanted to label myself, I'd say I'm pretty advanced, but "perfect" is a label I wouldn't dare touch. Most of my failures come from doubt - especially when trying something new. Flying is a constant bother to me, because the concept of gravity constantly lingers in the back of my mind. Even though I'm aware that there is no gravity in dreams, my scatter-brained nature simply cannot keep the thought from bubbling to the surface, and all it takes is that single, stray schema to make me begin to sink.

Anxiety, doubt, insecurity, an adherence to waking-world laws; all of these things are reasons that people have limits. You have to consider how long you have been doing something, before you claim surprise at how other people can't do it as well as you do. It would be a lot like a kung-fu master of 35 years coming into a school of 2-10 year students, and being surprised that none of them could beat him. That's the main reason people reacted to your post the way they did.

Anyway, I'm glad to have you around, and I'm looking forward to hearing some of your experience. I hope you start up a dream journal, and consider helping others in their attempts.

Make yourself at home!