lead to sleepwalking?

[newblade]

hello everybody, i'm very intrigued in lucid dreaming. I am still new and today I am beginning to start, and keep a journal to begin. I'm wondering however can lucid dreaming lead to sleep walking, i am very worried about that. May someone clarify this for me?

[panta-rei]

I don't think it would be any different than sleep walking during normal dreams... Our body paralyzes itself while we sleep, so we don't get up or roll out of bed. Sometimes it doesn't kick in... and we walk around as if we were in a dream. you shouldn't be too worried about it. Its very unlikely to happen.

[newblade]

so if i wake up "thinking" im lucid dreaming and walk around while potentially harming myself from doing something stupid, will i know im awake once i practice lucid dreaming so i am not sleep walking? and in a lucid dreaming ill know for sure im dreaming?

[panta-rei]

Well, being lucid means knowing you are dreaming... Plus when you become lucid it is recomended to do some reality checks. Not only can they make the dream feel more tangible, but you will then KNOW you are dreaming.

[Shift]

I don't think it would be any different than sleep walking during normal dreams... Our body paralyzes itself while we sleep, so we don't get up or roll out of bed. Sometimes it doesn't kick in... and we walk around as if we were in a dream. you shouldn't be too worried about it. Its very unlikely to happen. Actually, sleep walking occurs in the earlier stages of sleep, not REM sleep. So REM atonia failing to kick in (RMD) would not cause you to sleepwalk, just to thrash around and act our your dreams. They sound similar on the surface but they are different. Unless you already have a history of sleep walking, I don't think that this is something you should even be worried about at all. Do you sleep walk?

[Robot_Butler]

I've never heard of such a thing. Do you have a reason to worry about it happening? Think of it this way. Lucid dreaming trains you to be more aware of when you are dreaming, so you can better tell the difference between dreaming and waking.

[ninja9578]

No, it can't lead to sleepwalking. In fact, sleepwalking doesn't happen during your dreams.

[slash112]

one time i would have ended up sleepwalking when i was lucid if i hadnt felt my real body's hand moving at the same time as my dream hand, i ended up waking up because i was so confused. but i was half asleep, so im not sure about being fully in a deep sleep.

[Techno]

Welcome to Dreamviews, newblade. Glad to hear that you are getting yourself prepared for your lucid dreaming life! In other news, sleepwalking does not stem from lucid dreaming. The mind normally shuts the body's movements off to prevent sleepwalking. Lucid dreaming is not known for getting rid of that inhibitor in the brain.