Thread: 30 Some Years Of Lucid Dreaming

I am new and started dreaming more lucidly in my teens after several nightmares of being chased and dream paralysis. I thought I was awake and could not move. At any rate, I discovered that if I relaxed and went back to the dream I could wake up shortly. Then I decided to confront my dream chaser and all I had to do as I "cowered in a shed on a Halloween type night" was look up at at it and not avert my gaze. Amazingly, after the first deep rooted fear shook me, then the image began to fade and break up. It was very satisfying to know that I controlled the outcome. I have ever since foiling home invaders, terrorist plots in the 80's, problem-solving and often the outcome is pleasant, as though there was a misunderstanding.
My questions come, that with age my dreams have become much more detailed and prolific. I am flying more and I want to go up. It seems whoever I am evading cannot fly as high as me. Sometimes I can soar so high and others I can barely skim above ground. The plots are usually in houses that I need to fix up. Good basic home, just needs some work. I do lots of cleaning and sorting, folding, etc. But the detail! I tell people that in my waking life there is not so much intricacy, and the places are other-wordly, like architecture and styles never seen here. I feel like I am living in Lord of the Rings. It is pretty awesome and wish I could replicate those things. Is this what it is about? Am I experiencing what is "normal" for a lucid dreamer? I can soar in above a lake and come down into a woods and find a cabin made for me with an abundance of beautiful wood work and craftsmanship and it is really full of wonder at the emensity.
Another dream topic, a little embarrassing for a 51 year old, is unrequitted love. I often "fall in love", but it always fades with nothing more than a kiss (if that) and I wake up. Am I controlling that outcome, or is it my destiny? By the way, I am always young and lovely, not myself as I am now.

Hi and welcome! I really can't answer most of your questions from experience, because all of my LDs I had a year or two ago ended right after I became aware. As I understand, when you become aware (like in the movie Matrix ) everything is possible. When you actually believe that you can do everything you can just do it create, destroy, fly, do magic, and so on. So you are definetely having normal lucid dreams. Some more experienced lucid dreamers will probably explane things better.

Firstly welcome to the forum .

Most people often have LD's when they are younger to escape nightmares. You seem like a natural to me, some people are just lucky .
You might want to check out the tutorials section as that has alot of help and information.
You seem to have a lot of control for a lucid dreamer.

Their is a dream interpretation board for your dream about unrequitted love. I'm not really that good at figuring out what dreams are about but it seems that you miss an old romance or something.

Anyway welcome and see you around the forum

Welcome to the forum. It is great that you already have a number of years of experience of lucid dreaming. Check out all of our forums. Have fun.

Welcome to the forum, andjdogs

Isn't it neat to find out that what you've been doing all this time actually has a name?

I'm glad you found this forum - I'm sure you'll find it extremely helpful in learning how to induce more LDs and learn to gain more control over them. Check out the tutorials if you haven't already. Also, I'd be surprised if you weren't already keeping a dream journal, but if by some chance you aren't - hop to it! It's your most important tool to developing your own techniques and recognizing patterns in your dreams.

Please let us know if you have any questions. Don't be a stranger.