Thread: Odd Physical Sensations After Dreaming

Hi -

I just right now tonight joined. I've had about a half dozen LDs. At first they were longer, clearer and generally more sucessful. (Beginner's luck?) Lately it has been difficult for me to remain asleep upon becoming lucid. But what happens then is of more concern to me.

As of late I have had distinctive and prolonged sensations of tingling and kind of "energy rushes" up and down my legs,
shoulders and head upon waking from a dream. It also includes lightheadedness. I feel as though waves of something were rolling over me. It gets very intense at times if I let myself go into it. It mostly happens when I almost become lucid and wake up or when I have a dream in which there was a very clear missed oppurtunity to become lucid. (I have identified 7 or 8 repetitive motifs (dream signs) in my dreams so far.)

In short, I have not improved in my ability to attain lucidness but I seem to be getting awesome at this aftermath body tingle. It's getting so I can kind of will it on during the daytime if I please. But I see no value to it nor have any idea what it is leading to or if it's skill worth cultivating (it is kind of pleasant once I got past the fear.). Any insights any body?

The breeze
(The Breeze is a super hero type character that came to me in a half dream, fyi)

It sounds almost as if you're getting up too fast! But if that is not the case, if you are feeling this while lying down... Then I cannot relate to it, sorry!

I cant relate, sorry.

The only physical sensations I have after dreaming are pains from sleeping in funky positions.

This has happened to me once! I can't really say much as I'm a beginner too, but here's my experience:

It was a non-lucid dream though where I was hugging this alien. I started dissolving into it, hearing weird intergalactic sounds and feeling a tingling sensation all over my body. I immediately woke up with the sensations and sounds that lasted a few seconds.

Perhaps it was also a missed opportunity to become lucid? I'm curious though, how exactly do you induce it at will?

>Perhaps it was also a missed opportunity to become lucid? I'm curious though, how exactly do you induce it at will?
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How do I induce it at will? I quiet my mind, recall the sensation, put my attention on a certain body spot like around the left eye for instance where I last strongly felt it and kind of let go or relax or stop resisting and then the tingles start coming on again.

It could very well be mild sleep paralysis from some of the things I've read. I wonder if I could use it to go directly into dreaming?

Breeze

I'm not sure if we're talking the same thing but, I can induce a feeling of what I associate with "goosebumps" but without necessarily getting the raised hair (though I sometimes do); kind of a tingling in my spine that permeates throughout the entire body. It's somewhat like the feeling of acceleration but without the sensation of G-force. It's hard to explain any clearer but if you combine those two descriptions you may understand what I mean.

It sounds similar to what you're talking about but, I never get the lightheadedness you describe. I also don't get that feeling upon awakening, as you do.

Anyway, I purposely induce that feeling during the day as a part of my RCs. I don't do it every time but many. I find it to be fun because it simulates the exhilaration I feel when I first realize I'm dreaming. In other words, when I become lucid I get the same physical sensation. I've learned to easily create the sensation at will. And by using it, it makes reality checking enjoyable.

Hi and welcome to Dream Views.

I can't relate to this either but Im wondering if its some mild form of breaking out of sleep paralysis? Or not. I've no clue. The closest I can come to having a similar sensation is a slight numbness after waking directly from a lucid dream.

Whatever you've got going on sounds interesting though.