Thread: Parents think LDing is an occult...

Yeah, I tried telling my friends about lucid dreaming, but that didn't turn out so well...

Also, it seems like everyone thinks LD'ing is crazy, except my little brother. I was proud how he was slightly interested in it, and he didn't automatically assume I'm making it all up. Hopefully he'll ask me more about it, and soon practice lucid dreaming.

but as for everyone else, I keep getting strange looks, and stuff like, "dude, are you high?" or, "umm, ok man, that's cool..." It really surprises me, you can do ANYTHING you want, no consequences, and everything feels real! People are so damn blind...

Originally Posted by Clyde Machine

the only way it could be a problem is if someone was using it as a complete and total escape from reality, just like over-usage of video games, books, movies, and even praying, among other examples, could be used as an escape from reality.

I think I read this on the homepage, but I'm pretty sure that's not possible either. Because think about it, you can only really sleep when you're tired, and the only way to lucid dream is when you sleep, so you can't sleep whenever you want, thus, you can't LD whenever you want. So as far as I know, lucid dreaming can only be positive.

I told my best friend. They think its the coolest ever...I don't think I'm gonna tell dad though, mom would probably be cool with it, I haven't told anyone cept best friend.

Most people don't listen to me or care about lucid dreaming, salvia trips, or DMT related stuff. Kinda sucks, cause I like talking about this stuff. I only have 1 friend who is interested. It's pretty cool having a good friend who knows what I know

I've told my mother about it and she didn't have any problem with it, and I even told her about my first lucid experience. She then shared with me how she's one of those people whose dreams tend to come true when she dreams of something significant. I have told several of my friends, only one of which had anything less than supportive to say about it, and even then it was just them voicing their concerns about it and asking if it was safe to do. So, I haven't run into any issues with telling others about it, but when I read about people being ignorant and scared of it.... It just gets to me. Fear comes from uncertainty and lack of education - so you know how people would stop drawing assumptions about it and being afraid of any of us inducing lucid dreams?

That's right: education.

Originally Posted by Clyde Machine

I've told my mother about it and she didn't have any problem with it, and I even told her about my first lucid experience. She then shared with me how she's one of those people whose dreams tend to come true when she dreams of something significant. I have told several of my friends, only one of which had anything less than supportive to say about it, and even then it was just them voicing their concerns about it and asking if it was safe to do. So, I haven't run into any issues with telling others about it, but when I read about people being ignorant and scared of it.... It just gets to me. Fear comes from uncertainty and lack of education - so you know how people would stop drawing assumptions about it and being afraid of any of us inducing lucid dreams?

That's right: education.

Yeah I tried showing them this website so they could see what i was doing, and read all about it, but they refused...

Originally Posted by Hidden

One could spend their whole life obsessing over their next lucid dream and stop caring about reality. Things aren't going too well? Doesn't matter; everything will be great when you LD tonight. You can't play video games all the time either; you have to stop to eat and sleep at least every now and then. And some people can sleep for a long time.

True, very true, but then they will find some other obsession to fill the gap. It depends on the person, really, you can't blame lucid dreaming.

Yeah I tried showing them this website so they could see what i was doing, and read all about it, but they refused...
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next time they say something weird refer them to wikipedia. do they dare argue with wikipedia?

Originally Posted by lVlerciless

True, very true, but then they will find some other obsession to fill the gap. It depends on the person, really, you can't blame lucid dreaming.

Well, yeah. I wasn't blaming lucid dreaming, just like I don't blame video games because some people get way too obsessed.

Lol, Wikipedia is awesome.

Originally Posted by Hidden

Well, yeah. I wasn't blaming lucid dreaming, just like I don't blame video games because some people get way too obsessed.

Lol, Wikipedia is awesome.

Yeah, I know, just saying, lol.

Also thanks for the advice guys, the talk about LDing has died down in my family, I don't think they really care anymore, rofl.

Originally Posted by lVlerciless

Yeah, I know, just saying, lol.

Also thanks for the advice guys, the talk about LDing has died down in my family, I don't think they really care anymore, rofl.

What exactly was their problem with it? Did they just not know what it was, or....?

Originally Posted by lVlerciless

Yeah I tried showing them this website so they could see what i was doing, and read all about it, but they refused...

I guess it depends on the angle with which you approach someone about lucid dreaming? I just kind of presented it to people I knew, saying I'd found a blog article about it and was interested in it. Even though they need to be educated about it to talk to you about it and understand it, I'm afraid the NEED to be educated doesn't translate into the WANT to be educated about it....

Just hope you'll run into a fellow DV member in real life sometime, I suppose!

And +1 to Wikipedia.

I used it to stop nightmares, so my parents are cool with it. Ive been interested in dreaming for a while before I stumbled upon this website, and have loved it since then.

Originally Posted by Heavy Sleeper

It is quite sad to hear about some of the people here having controlling parents. My mother always let me be myself and stood by any decision I made, that's why if I ever told her about lucid dreaming I'm sure she wouldn't have tried to stop me from doing it.

It really is. I feel the same way about my parents; it's such a shame that so many people's parents don't listen to their kids or let them make their own choices, even about something like paying attention to their dreams.

Originally Posted by lVlerciless

I think I read this on the homepage, but I'm pretty sure that's not possible either. Because think about it, you can only really sleep when you're tired, and the only way to lucid dream is when you sleep, so you can't sleep whenever you want, thus, you can't LD whenever you want. So as far as I know, lucid dreaming can only be positive.

One could spend their whole life obsessing over their next lucid dream and stop caring about reality. Things aren't going too well? Doesn't matter; everything will be great when you LD tonight. You can't play video games all the time either; you have to stop to eat and sleep at least every now and then. And some people can sleep for a long time.