Thread: Parents think LDing is an occult...

My mom thinks I'm going mad because of writing down all my dreams and pinching my nose all the time.

About the closest I've gotten with my parents is just talking about dreams in general terms. Like "I had a strange dream last night..." And that gives everyone a LOT of room to decide how much they want to share with each other without feeling uncomfortable.

I don't breach the issue of "lucid dreaming".

I come from a devout Christian family, and no one I have told has any problem with it. At one point my mom stayed awake all night wondering if lucid dreaming was dangerous, and instantly started looking into lucid dreaming to see if it could be harmful in any way (this was just her protective nature taking over) She actually found this site and some posts from my account, which she recognized because my username was an old family joke.
(CaptainCrutch was my nickname when I broke my ankle and had to use crutches) The only thing she had a problem with was the "dream herbs" and substances that could be taken to enhance dreams. She said as long as I don't use any of those, she's fine with lucid dreaming.

When I told my mother, she just asked some things about it and she said that she was okay with me practising and learning about it as long as there are no dangers involved. She also gave me good advice(she is a nurse, has finished medical college or something) about things like Sleep Paralysis and give me an opinion from medical point.
My father has no problem with it, but tells me not to practise it too often so I don't have trouble sleeping.
My grandmother(today I talked to her on this subject), she is very religious but she said that she was okay with it when I read to her something about Lucid Dreaming.
My brother thinks I am crazy for trying this, but it's okay, since he considers me a lunatic in general.