How Long Can a LD Last?

**stevenr21** · 05-04-2004 12:00 PM

I am new here. I recently had these crazy dreams and I can't get over them. I wanted to learn more about dreaming and wondered upon this site. Lucid dreams are extremely fascinating to me. I have read most of the sites information from the main page, I am still working on it. I do have a question though. How long can a dream last? Not in real time, but in your dream? Also, is there any risk of going into some sort of comma? That is really my only concern and I am sure it isn't an issue, but I would like to know. Thanks for any information you may provide for me.

-Steven

**Seeker** · 05-04-2004 01:14 PM

In real time, you are limited to the amount of time you spend in REM. However subjectively, there are some here that have been able to slow down time so that a dream spans entire days or weeks.

I wouldn't worry about the coma thing. You will wake up when your body has had enough sleep.

**stevenr21** · 05-04-2004 01:57 PM

I was also wondering if my taking sleeping pills would alter my dreams in anyway. I have been having trouble sleeping lately and though I don't use them everyday, I find myself using them occasionally.

**Kaniaz** · 05-04-2004 06:02 PM

Varies. Some folk I know take them and have horrible false awakenings where a big bloody cockroach crawls under their bed eating them alive, and others have no ill side effects at all. That's the human body for you, I guess.