Doing Work in a Lucid Dream

Hey all,

I'm really new to all this, and I've only had one lucid dream experience that didn't end well because I freaked out thinking that I wouldn't be able to wake up and I'd be stuck in the dream forever. Then I had a false awakening, and freaked out even more when I realized I was still dreaming.

My question is the following: I was wondering if it is possible to do work while dreaming. For instance, suppose I have a large test coming up, and to maximize my study time, I try to induce a lucid dream so I can think about my test and "study" in my dream. This would save so much time for me. Even something as simple as collecting my thoughts and organizing my schedule for the day ahead during sleep would help me out so much.

I apologize if this question has already been asked (probably has), but I couldn't find anything similar to it after searching the forums.

Of course you could! The only problem is in a lucid dream, you may be writing something down and then realise it's turned into a drawing of a cat.
Also, lucid dream time is very precious. It can take beginners a very long time to get their first lucid. Not many people would use that time studying.

Some things you of course couldn't study in a dream. You couldn't study new information, but you might be able to sort through old information, to test yourself on things you've already memorized to strengthen the memories, or practice problem solving. The problem is, as I undersatnd it, people usually have a difficult time remaining in their dreams if they aren't immersing their senses in the dream world. So studying in a dream might prove difficult unless you can come up with some creative way to visually represent what you're trying to study.

One thing I've learned is that your subconscious mind has much better access to your memory
than your conscious mind. So if you look over everything you need to study while awake. Then
go to sleep, maybe WILD, your subconscious mind will then be able to generate a studying
scenario with all the information. This has been actually recommended for academics with
non-lucid dreaming, because your brain sorts through information and if you sleep right after
studying, it has been shown to absorb the information much better. In fact, studying in a lucid
dream may be more efficient than studying awake. I will have to try that when I master WILDing.
But for now, while my lucids are few and far between, I will keep them for recreation.
Sounds like a good idea to me though.

~Wes

You totally could, man. The trick is having a good grasp on the info before you go into the lucid. Once in you could go over it all and maybe even get creative with the dream to reaffirm info you already know. But you couldn't, like, read a book or something.

Actually you know what? That'd be a sick way of study. LD yourself into a class room and creative 3D interactive scenes that help you remember answers/information.