Just Thought I'd Say Hi!

<div align="center">I&#39;m kind of new to the message board concept, so bear with me&#33;
Anyways, from what I understand, lucid dreaming is the fact of knowing you&#39;re dreaming, and being able to control the dreams you have? Well, I&#39;m 16 now, and for as long as I can remember I&#39;ve been able to do this, not knowing what lucid dreaming even is. I guess it occurs about 5/7 nights a week. The only thing is, I don&#39;t start the dream knowing I&#39;m in one...something bizarre happens, and then I know I&#39;m in a dream. My friend never has a dream she doesn&#39;t have control of, or so she says...and she can think about what she wants to dream about before falling asleep, and then dream about it that night. I&#39;m just wondering if that concept is known as anything. Also, I&#39;m wondering if anyone has trouble with lucid dreaming, or if it&#39;s just something everyone has the ability to do.


-Kyla

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It&#39;s definatly not an easy thing to do for everyone. I personally have only done it 3 times, so be happy with you blessing. 5-7 times a week&#33;? Seriously?

Welcome to Dream Views, Kyla. :content:

Nice to have another "natural" around, as always. To answer your questions; a lucid dream is simply knowing you&#39;re dreaming. This can come with or without Dream Control, it is still a lucid dream, as long as you are aware you are dreaming.
And what your friend can do is called "Dream Incubation." I&#39;ve had a few successes with it, here and there, but would like to get a little better at it.
Also, the technique you use (figuring out you&#39;re dreaming by something bizarre happening) is called a DILD (dream-initiated lucid dream), and is my best method, too. :goodjob2:

Hope you enjoy your stay. Ask around, if you have any questions.
Cya.

Hi,

Well everyone has the potential to be able to Lucid Dream so that is good :) But most people don&#39;t know that it is possible so they don&#39;t think about it or if you tell them about it they think it is wierd or impossible.

I have been working on having Lucids for over a year and I have had 8 so not too bad ;) Well 5-7 per week is wonderful - lucky you&#33; My yearly total is your weekly total LOL. Yes you don&#39;t have to be in control for the dream to be Lucid - it is just the realisation that it is a dream that counts. I have had about 4 that I had some amount of control in.

Enjoy ;) Do you put your lucid dreaming skill to any use? Do you use it for mental visualisation and practising stuff or just have loads of fun with it :)

Nice to read your post,

See ya,

Namaste ;)

Thanks for the replies :content:
I didn&#39;t realize I was a natural...haha.
I basically use the dreams to have fun. Fly around, jump off of things. Talk to people would normally be afraid to talk to. I&#39;ve never thought of training in a dream though. I&#39;d love to try that, but whenever I&#39;d like to have a lucid dream, or if I think about it too much, it normally never happens.

Hey there Kyla, :welcome:

5 out of 7 a week is awesome&#33; Haha I&#39;ve only had 1 lucid dream since I joined DV, which is nearly 5 months&#33; Granted I don&#39;t always have the time to practice the techniques, but still, it just shows how much of a natural you are :content:

I&#39;ve always been quite successful with dream incubation, although it&#39;s never really been like a conscious thing. As a child, I&#39;d just think before hand about what I wanted to dream as I was falling asleep, and viola&#33; Once, I was dreaming about this girl in a shopping mall, and then my mom woke me for some unkown reason. I went back to sleep thinking about the dream, and continued right where I left off, it was awesome&#33;

I think you could use dream incubation to dream about super weird things, and that way realise that you&#39;re dreaming.

Hi Kyla :)

Another natural to the list, hopefully you can help some of the less experienced members. Feel free to look around and have fun&#33;