Hi! I'm new here

[Toozul]

Hello! I've been aware of this forum for a while, but decided join after i had my first lucid. My friend first had lucid dream and when he bought a notebook for his dream journal, he bought one for me and that's how it started. Now after a month i had my first lucid and so, i decided to join this forum. So everything i know about lucid dreaming, is what my friend has told me! But there still is few things that troubles me 1: Sometimes when i go to sleep (usually when i've had only little bit of sleep during the week), i see this bright white flash! Could it be Hypnagogic hallucination, and would it be possible start lucid dream from one, and how? 2:I haven't seen any lucids before my first one, but in some dreams i have thought like "this shouldnt be like this" or something similar. Would it be possible to have a lucid dream from such a situation and how? 3:As i am interested in rail transportation, i have streetcars/trains in many of my dreams. (maybe in ½ of my dreams) Is it usual that one's interest's/hobbys is showing itself in a dream? 4:I've read from some book that dreams repeat the same message about one week. Is that true?

[Zoth]

1. They could be HH, since it does not always results in vivid images, but also in abstracts shapes or lights while you're failing asleep, but it could also be some reaction to the light. Usually when I'm tired due lack of sleep or watching tv/being in the computer for long hours, I go to sleep and when I close my eyes I suffer from this "light show" until my eyes adapt to darkness. 2. Yes that's what you would call a DILD (Dream Inducted Lucid dream). Read more about it here. Basically while you dream, something or someone makes you suspicious about wether you are awake or not. As you keep performing this technique, which consists on questioning reality as often as possible, as well doing reality checks to make sure you are awake (or dreaming!), your awareness will increase to the point where your eye will catch inconsistencies in scenarios/behaviors and trigged lucidity. DILDs are a huge help for beginners, because in the long term, you'll become lucid, if you keep practicing methods like ADA (read about it here). 3. Dreams are made by a mixture of memories and life expectations/ schemes. For example, in those weeks where I am filled with work, I tend to dream with work. Or if I'm really eager to go to the cinema, I might dream with it. It depends a lot on the amount of focus you give to it, because residual memory determines that certain events which you gave a big importance to in the last days can easily slip into your sub conscious and appear in your dreams. So yes it's perfectly possible, they can often turn out to be your dream signs 4. I'd say no. First of all, you dream several times per night, and they can be entirely different. It's possible to have re occurring dream yes, but you won't get the same dream (or even the same scenario/message) during a week, unless you're really anxious/stressed about something. Since memories organization is also a part of the dream's function, you're likely to find several scenarios each night The deal is, we don't know the dream's message in 99% of the cases I would say, so that information seems a bit off imo :s If you want to read a book that has great information about lucid dreams, read "Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming" by stephen LaBerg. He's one famous scientist in the area, and he developed his own technique called MILD, which is highly effective to choose what you want to dream with! Good luck and post any more questions if you have them

[Kona]

Hello there! Glad you decided to join! Congrats on your first lucid dream! Make sure you check out Puffin's beginner's guide to lucid dreaming here. It has tons of great info on lucid dreaming. Now onto the first question: You know, I experience the white flash as well, I am not 100% sure of what it is but I believe it is the beginning of Hypnagogic hallucinations. As for your second question: Yes! That's exactly the questioning that is pretty much the beginning of a lucid dream! You could easily get lucid from that! If you follow that with a reality check then you are golden! 3rd question: Oh yes that happens a lot. Dream are created from our memories from the day and other things like interests, things like that. Things like that will pop up in your dreams especially if you did something related to them throughout the day. As for your fourth question I honestly have never heard that and really dont know. That would be a great question to ask in the dream interpretation section. Hope this helps! Good luck!!!

[Appe96]

Hello there and to dreamviews! 1: I have no idéa sir :/ 2: Yes absolutly! Always question everyting you do and then do a RC (Reality check) Browse the forum for puffins SAT guide wich will help you one the way. 3:Haven't happend to me and I haven't read it but I guess it depends on the individual. 4: I don't think that's true because if you haven't noticed the dreams is a kind of a summary of your day. Feel free to ask anything, we'll be glad to answer you

[Toozul]

Thanks for the answers. Helped me a LOT! About question number 4. I don't believe that it's true, but that is why i asked.

[Finlander]

Hey!!! It's me, the friend who told him about LD'ing. Glad you finally decided to make a post. So welcome, people here at DV are very helpful.