Thread: Questions

Thanks Matte!
Oh yeah another question.. since you are able to sing in the dream, can you "practice" and get better?
Like work on your talents and stuff? Always wondered that as well.

Well, singing involves the use of your vocal cords and there muscle memory comes into the picture. Although I've read about people getting better at like, snowboarding for example by dreaming and thinking alot about it, I doubt you can get any better at singing If I had to make a guess, I'd say that you can get better at an activity by performing it in a dream, but the amount of time you're spending doing the activity is not enough for it to be substantial.

Ok, I see. Thanks!

Oh, I have a question that I asked on the WILD forum but nobody gave me an answer! Here it is:

Is it easier to WILD if I don't have a sleep pattern at all? And is it easier to WBTB if I do have a sleep pattern?

If you don't have a sleep pattern, then you might benefit from it when it comes to naps and REM, but if you do then you know exactly when you can WILD and you won't have trouble falling asleep if your body is used to it. I recommend you keep a stable sleeping pattern. Same thing applies to WBTB's. If you have a regular sleeping pattern you won't have trouble falling asleep again if your body is used to get a few more hours of sleep.

Thanks, Matte! I'll try to have a pattern, then!

Hi, Matte! I have a quick question about reality checks... About two, three days ago, I had two false awakenings. I ended up checking a paper with written stuff and they seemed fine. I couldn't see anything weird about them, so I figured I wasn't dreaming. In both dreams (they happened in the same night), I looked at the mirror and that's when I realised I was dreaming.

Last night, I had another false awakening and, in my dream, I was suspicious, so I decided to look at the mirror. I did that and there was nothing wrong with me. So my question is: is it possible for my mind to be playing tricks on me? Like, it knows I'm doing a reality check and it makes me think it's all real? Cause that's what it looks like. And if it's really doing that, what can I do to notice I'm being tricked by myself? Should I just keep trying lots of reality checks until one of them works?

Well, the reason you're not getting lucid whenever you RC is because you haven't been doing the RC's entirely right. What you want to do anytime at all that you feel like you should question your reality, is to really question it. Use all 5 senses, check your memory and figure out if the place you're in or the situation you're in is really logical. Then you should perform a RC and even multiple ones if you can just in case. It seems like you're having an easy time to get the spark of lucidity going, but you need to be even more critical of your surroundings.

Thanks, Matte! Next time I feel confused about my surroundings, I'll question it more, instead of just relying on one RC.

I'm sorry for this, but could you please read my post here and let me know waht exactly that was?

Hello, Matte! I've had this experience ever since... well, forever, really, but I'm not sure what it is... I'll just give an example: in most of my dreams (non-lucid), I'm being followed by someone who wants to kill me, I end up thinking "oh, I should pretend I'm invisible!" and then I know I'm still visible (I can see my arms, my legs, my body), I know that the person can still see me, but they act like they can't.

It's almost like when you're a kid and you're playing with someone, like they pretend to shoot you and you go all "actually, I threw myself on the floor before the bullet hit me, I'm still alive!" That also happens when I try to fly in my dreams (again, non-lucid). People are following me, they get too close and I go all "well, sucks to be you, cause I'll fly now"... and I stop running, start walking and they start walking behind me, everybody pretending that I'm flying.

Is that control or just a really child-like reality in my dreams? I am completely unaware that I'm dreaming when this happens (which, yes, should be a dream sign to me... but I have yet to make that connection in my dreams).