Hi everyone! I'm Chard, lucid dreamer extraordinaire!

**Chard** · 07-09-2012 10:02 AM

Okay, well I've done just minimal research into the subject so far, but you can't fault me for my enthusiasm.

A little background on me: Back in 2008 I experienced a brief psychotic episode that was diagnosed as bipolar, and at the time I was unfortunately medicated to the point I had the personality of a stick. I ended up blogging about my experience when I regained some bit of myself. Cycle one year later, in November 2009, I began to experience extremely vivid, lucid dreams with no change in medication and no trying on my part. So I figure they have something to do with my psychosis. Now these dreams have some exciting recurring themes, including 1. Ecstasy (four types: normal, rollercoaster, buzzed, and liquid) and on occasion sexual ecstasy, 2. Unbelievable landscapes, including an amazing cityscape of St. Louis, where I'm from, 3. Question and answer sessions, where I ask what I want and sometimes the dream answers (got annoyed when a dream answered in written Japanese one time, which I had just started learning in the waking world, and couldn't make out the answer before the dream moved on), and 4. Nerves pulsing to the tune of music if I have the radio on.

I look forward to sharing some of my lucid experiences on this forum, but I guess I'm going to have to behave myself in the dreams to make them proper for reading. I do give serious consideration to the fact that the beings we encounter in our dreams could be sentient and autonomous, which some might seem as radical. The thing is I get so caught up in the dream that I do actually sometimes hurt or offend those beings.

I was lucidly dreaming daily, sometimes 3 in one night's sleep and noontime nap session, but the past couple of weeks have been disappointing up until yesterday, and I only got a good lucid dream in because I changed my sleeping pattern back to where it was when I would achieve them with ease. I woke up to catch the Wimbledon final, then went back to sleep at noon. It's these noontime naps when the lucid dreams come, and usually when I feel like I'm still half-awake and could just open my eyes at any moment and be fully awake. I don't know if dreams coming when you're so lightly asleep is common or not. In any case, I was wondering what the rules about posting lucid dreams are? Could I just start a thread in the correct section of the forum as a dream journal that others can read and maybe even request a question I could ask in a dream (not that the answer should be taken seriously by anyone). I'd like to start with the one I had yesterday at noon. I really appreciate you guys having this site as an outlet for those with this fun talent.

**Burke** · 07-09-2012 06:41 PM

Online dream journals are posted in the dream journal website function, not the forum. The button is on top of the screen next to the Forum tab. As for the content I believe everything goes but I would make any sexual dreams much duller in detail. Keep it rated M at most, not A (adult only). Other than sex, though, there isn't anything that people don't post though extreme detail is very rare since 1) they're dreams and you may not get great detail in it, 2) you can forget dreams very easily, and 3) general social etiquette (you wouldn't walk up to someone in the middle of the street and describe how you had sex the other day).

**gab** · 07-14-2012 08:19 AM

Originally Posted by Chard

I look forward to sharing some of my lucid experiences on this forum, but I guess I'm going to have to behave myself in the dreams to make them proper for reading. I do give serious consideration to the fact that the beings we encounter in our dreams could be sentient and autonomous, which some might seem as radical. The thing is I get so caught up in the dream that I do actually sometimes hurt or offend those beings.

Welcome to the Dreamviews!

There is a few people around the forum that share your beliefs, myself included. The Beyond dreaming forum is best for topics like this, as you can read in the forum description. And if you don't feel like argumenting with skeptics, you can request access to the Deep dreaming subforum (from your control panel).

And I would just add one more reason, actually two, why not post explicit dreams.
1. We have many young members, some of them only 13.
2. You don't wanna post anything, you don't want Google to find.

So get yourself comfortable, read up and post away! Happy dreams

**Raspberry** · 07-14-2012 12:34 PM

Chard instantly reminded me of Charizard and therefore you get instant respect.

**Chard** · 07-17-2012 06:23 AM

Thanks for the heads up DVers. I'll take care with the language I use when posting about needs of a naughty nature. I'll check out the deep dreaming subforum too, sounds interesting.

Raspberry - Thanks for your respect! Also glad I remind you of something red in the face with a bubble butt.

Well at least it has a decent rawr and you made me think to try staging a pokemon battle sometime.

**flapjack555** · 07-18-2012 01:55 AM

Can anybody help me?
I go lucid allot but if it is a nightmare i cant control it and all i can think about is i will close my eyes and i will be out of here and then i wake up realizing i went lucid and didnt do anything...
Also when i am lucid i try to fly i can only get a few feet in the air and then i fall on the ground...

HELP??