Thread: Lucid dreaming and not trying

If at any point in the dream you knew you were dreaming, you were lucid.

Could be sleep paralysis:

Well it seems a lot like sleep paralysis and it is very scary. I can see my surroundings but can't move and thats when I panic. That video had some alien abduction stuff too but I don't think thats the case....

Things like that video are why people are scared by the thought of SP. The last two minutes kind of turn it around though.

If you're in a dream, and you realize it's a dream, that's lucid dreaming.

Usually, it's just like any ordinary dream, you're doing normal dream stuff, and then it hits you that it's a dream. And when this happens, the last thing you want to do is wake up. Because you know it's a dream, you know you can do whatever you want, or at least try to. There is an overwhelming sense of freedom.

Originally Posted by J.D.

Things like that video are why people are scared by the thought of SP. The last two minutes kind of turn it around though.

Yeah, I can see where it's a little scary, but I think it would be a huge relief to anybody who's had SP and didn't know what it was. They tend to think they'
re dying or being kidnapped into another worlds or something. And of course a lot of them think they're being abducted by aliens! A lot better to realize it's just a normal part of the REM cycle and sometimes you're awake for it.

So, apparently the terror and vibrations don't happen all the time in SP? I had something happen when I was a kid that I'm pretty sure was SP but no terror or vibrations... just a weird hallucination taking place in my room as if I was awake.

Originally Posted by Darkmatters

So, apparently the terror and vibrations don't happen all the time in SP? I had something happen when I was a kid that I'm pretty sure was SP but no terror or vibrations... just a weird hallucination taking place in my room as if I was awake.

If you know what is happening, you can actually change what happens in SP. If you hear evil things, and see scary things, if you know it's SP, you can change it just like you would in a lucid.

Usually, if you go into SP on purpose, expecting something scary to happen, it probably will. If you think of happy things, happy things will happen.

The video made SP sound much too scary. But, like Darkmatters said, it is better than having no clue what's going on for people who already experience it. I wouldn't show it to someone who's thinking about trying WILD and is just learning about SP though.

Good to know Conzo!

And point taken Hidden.. I'll quit posting it and scaring everybody!