Thread: How do I stop Lucid Dreaming!

How do I stop my lucid dreaming? Although, many of you are fascinated with this Lucid Dreaming - it seems to be causing me more stress throughout the night and I need sleep!!!!

Based on all the research I have done, I am a lucid dreamer many times. However, my lucid dreaming includes talking in my sleep and moving physically in my sleep (walking, sitting up, etc.).

For instance, I will know I am in a dream and I will sit up in my bed, turn on my light and verbally start talking to whoever is in "my dream". Many times I will even get out of my bed and walk, sit, etc. And I will know I am doing all of this and remind myself I am dreaming and I need to come to reality, relax my mind and I will go back to sleep.

I notice my lucid dreams occur more often when I have added stress or a busy schedule and commitments. It disrupts my sleep and I want to stop this type of dreaming. I get decent exercise and I get 7-8 hours of sleep at night. Any help or advice on this would be great.


Thanks

HI M,

I think you should try to find out why you're able to move about during REM than worry about lucid dreaming. If you're moving about during lucid dreams you're just as easily bound to move during regular dreams, and that's just as dangerous.

You either have a condition which prevents you from going into sleep paralysys - or you are a sleepwalker. If the later, you are not really dreaming, but in a weird trance state which occurs in deep sleep (or stage IV).

Either way, you should consult a physician about it if it starts to really bother you. If you manage to get that part taken care of, you'll wish you never even thought about trying to stop lucid dreams!

stop thinking about lucid dreaming all together, you could also take sleeping pills or vitamins like magnesium or melatonin. still dont know why you would ever want to stop luciding

I agree with TJ. This sounds like a serious problem that goes beyond lucid dreaming.

What I'm wondering is why this happens to you while lucid dreaming and (I'm assuming) not while you are having "regular dreams." As far as anything I've read, there is not enough physiological difference in the body between lucid dreaming and non-lucid dreaming to cause such a phenomenon, but I'm no expert, so that may mean nothing at all.
Also, though, if you are 100% aware of your state, and that you are doing what you say you are doing, in the waking world, what is it that keeps you from simply...not doing it? What I mean is, if you know you are dreaming, and you know that when you sit up and turn on the light, you are really sitting up and turning on the light...why not...not sit up and turn on the light?
Get me?

As far as anything I've read, there is not enough physiological difference in the body between lucid dreaming and non-lucid dreaming to cause such a phenomenon, but I'm no expert, so that may mean nothing at all.

Exactly, which is why I think it's a sleepwalking issue. MM might be thinking he's lucid because he's "aware" of what's going on. But his awareness is occuring normally in his (transitionall) awakened state, not while dreaming.

I gotcha. Thanks to all of you for your responses. It makes total sense. So maybe I am not lucid dreaming while i am moving and talking - cus you are right- why wouldn't i just control it to not do it. Hmmmm, some things to ponder, it's just really weird and sometimes tiresome. Thank again though, I appreciate all of your input.

Do you mind saying (approximately) how old you are? E.g. sleepwalking is more common in young people, an it might affect how people suggest help. (BTW I think there used to be an age requirement here but it has been quietly removed).

You don't really match either sleepwalking or a simple lack of sleep paralysis (a.k.a. RBD). If you sleepwalk you're supposed to not remember what happened (even as a dream). RBD involves acting out motions from a dream, but usually only for violent motion, and from a normal dream so you might try to e.g. run while you're actually lying down. I'm pretty sure you won't find this if you search for advice on sleep disorders.

So, er, congratulations on being so unique (sorry I don't have a smiley for confused irony to put here). Physiological effects of lucid dreaming seem pretty unlikely too (compared to potential psychological effects). Nobody else has associated LD with sleepwalking or similar while I've been at DV; they wouldn't even describe what you've experienced as a lucid dream.

All I can say is that there are various strange states you can get into halfway between being asleep and awake. Yours doesn't sound familiar but it's plausible. Weird but not insane .

See a doctor. Since this isn't typical of lucid dreams, and your doctor may not know much about lucid dreaming, I'd suggest not introducing it as a lucid dream to avoid confusion. OTOH, once you've explained what's happening I'm sure they'd like to know that you'd been trying to lucid dream & what sort of things you'd been trying. Let us know what happens cos we're nosy like that.

Originally Posted by mmatyniak

How do I stop my lucid dreaming? Although, many of you are fascinated with this Lucid Dreaming - it seems to be causing me more stress throughout the night and I need sleep!!!!

Based on all the research I have done, I am a lucid dreamer many times. However, my lucid dreaming includes talking in my sleep and moving physically in my sleep (walking, sitting up, etc.).

For instance, I will know I am in a dream and I will sit up in my bed, turn on my light and verbally start talking to whoever is in "my dream". Many times I will even get out of my bed and walk, sit, etc. And I will know I am doing all of this and remind myself I am dreaming and I need to come to reality, relax my mind and I will go back to sleep.

I notice my lucid dreams occur more often when I have added stress or a busy schedule and commitments. It disrupts my sleep and I want to stop this type of dreaming. I get decent exercise and I get 7-8 hours of sleep at night. Any help or advice on this would be great.


Thanks

People would kill for your "talent". Unfortunately, the more you think about not lucid dreaming, the more its probably going to happen.

Uhh, this is a tough one. The only thing i can suggest, is if you go lucid, de-lucidify it, and turn it into a normal dream. You should have a normal night.

good luck

Read all of the threads about maintaining lucidity, then do the opposite!