Hello and thanks for reading.

This WILD thing caught my eye as i was researching meditation for stress relief.

Well here's my story/question. When i was 16 i was very stressed and very angry. Now given those two facts plus i've always been able to sleep anytime anywhere. I would lay down to listen to music with headphones and could basicly "imgine" anything and could play it through in my mind, and this was a great escape for me. As i played things through i was in complete control, but it's as if i was wathcing myself and directing a movie.

Now i believe i would indeed fall asleep, as 99% of the time i would get woke up from the tape finishing. Heres the weird part, as i got into this my body would shake and my palms sweat. Though i will say i don;t tihnk these were lucid dreams, and now that i'm much older i can't do this anymore(don't really want to either). Tho my stress and anger are still here lol.

What is this? simply a defense to extreme stress? I know music can focus the mind as your body falls asleep.

Side note, this WILD stuff, can you induce it while meditating, or do ya gota be sleeping. Id love a form of meditation where i can go to a happy place clearly in my mind for 30 min to an hour, even if i'm not in control just floating along heh. I've tried paxil, it made me a social animal VERY outgoing and speaking my mind when i shouldnt. then the dream looping came like a skipping record, so i quite the meds.

Thanks for reading