Mothers Dream?

[caraalice]

I have been having these Very Lucid and false awakening dreams for as long as I can remember, but recently much more aware of them. Usually dreaming that I am awake laying where I fell asleep, however there is another presence in the room an it scares me. Recently I have learned to make loud sounds to wake myself up. To the point: This last dream, someone or something jumped on my bed and i forcibly, yelped to wake up!! Now this is not a dream I want to stay in. More to the point: I have had no traumatic experiences in the past to do with this. (at least that I know of) however my Mother has! I am not in communications with Mum nowadays so it is not something I can ask her about plus its personal to her.....Is it possible to have her nightmare through a maternal connection? ( I am 39 and she is in her 60s). also can you tell me what SP is?

[gab]

Hi caraalice, welcome to Dreamviews! 1. Just to make sure I understand - for a dream to be lucid, you have to realize, you are dreaming. There is usually a very happy "wow" moment and often you can take over the control of the dream. Dreams can be very vivid and detailed, but if you didn't realize you are dreaming, then they are not lucid dreams. If you interested in learning how to lucid dream, this site is perfect to do just that 2. I believe, that it is possible to have a same dream with someone very close to you - like a mother and daughter. But what you are describing as a nightmare, sounds like a Sleep paralysis with Hypnogogic hallucinations. Everybody gets into SP every night, just as we start to dream. We only notice it, if our mind didn't fall asleep yet by that time. So having SP is nothing unusual. The sounds you may hear, shadows you may see, or the presence in your room, "cats" jumping on your bed are all Hypnogogic hallucinations associated with falling alseep process. Hope this helps. Happy dreams

[caraalice]

Hello Gab, thank you for your response. It all sounds very "clinical". SP with Hypnogogic Hallucinations makes a lot of sense but quite frankly scaring me, leaving me panicked when I wake. I did read an old thread on hear of similar nature but much more scarier! How can I stop this ( or rather excercise it to my advantage) where there is no panic or fear?! I have had 1 lucid dream before which was quite brilliant, but not for a long long time. I have a lot to work out in my life and a serious amount of baggage to contend with. I firmly believe that working "with" my dreams (mostly scarey and intimidating) can put me on the right path to a some sort of inner freedom and self worth. From what I read in some threads it sounds like I might be on the right "page" so as to put it????? I would appreciate any advice you or anyone can give, especially as to not making the SP any worse. thanks again. x P.s. OBE? x

[Robot_Butler]

You can use sleep paralysis as a springboard to lucid dreams. Do everything in your power to calm yourself and react positively to whatever hallucination is currently happening. Realize you are asleep, and this is another type of dream. You can close your eyes and try to enter the last dream you remember. If you are hallucinating a presence in the room, ask it for help. I will sometimes reach out to it and ask it to help me out of bed, or embrace it and use it as a guide to a lucid dream. It is all about your attitude and expectations. You are generating the scenario, whether you realize it or not. Change your perspective, and the dream will react accordingly.

[caraalice]

Thank you so much for the information. I will certainly try and put it into practice :-) x