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      First Lucid dream.

      Hello everybody. Last friday I had my first lucid dream. Since then I got more and more intrested in lucid dreaming. I had no idea what it was althought I believed it was possible. The dream began in lucid I believe. I still remeber it clearly. Everything was clear and for some reason I was running through an unknown area and I knew it felt wierd so I don't know why pinched my arm and then I knew it was a lucid dream.

      Well, all I want to know is... Is there any risk to become addicted to these dreams. I've allways dreamt about being able to do what you can do in lucid dreams and I believe I can achieve more of them with training. Yet should I do it and risk becoming addicted?
      I've heard that three people has gone insane through history.

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      Hi there , congrats on your ld.
      Well they say its addictive but not that you go insane.
      Well those 3 people are like 0.0000000000001% of population

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      Welcome to DV Thaik! Believe me, you won't get addicted. I love lucid dreams very much, but I'm still not addicted to them.

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      I don't think people do become addicted to them.
      They just decide that they're complementary to a healthy/fun lifestyle.
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      [ ] Tolerate, not obliterate, my DCs. [ ] Swallow a grenade & see what happens.

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      Anything can become addictive. Television, drugs, sex, even pain.
      Once you do something enough times, and convince yourself "This is good" eventually your brain will release endorphines every time you repeat this act. It becomes a natural drug.
      Anything can become addictive.

      There is an exception.
      Let's take mushrooms for an example. To have the same trip on mushrooms, in the same month, you need to inject twice the amount. Tolerance skyrockets. Therefore it is impossible to become completely addicted in the physical world, unless you live in a neverending mushroom patch.

      I suppose it is possible to become addicted to lucid dreaming just like anything else. In order to do so, you would have to start sleeping ALL the TIME. Unless you already have such an addictive personality that you are already doing stupid things due to your addictions, you probably don't have a problem.

      As far as becomming addicted, the same rule applies. I'm sure three people have become insane doing EVERYthing. Most likely, they were already on their way to becomming insane. Dreamviews has thousands of members. Many of these people lucid dream every night. Of these thousands of members, as far as I know, the only person who has gone insane due to lucid dreaming is Burns. What a crazy crazy lady.

      It's a MINOR RISK. You have a MUCH higher chance of being struck by lightning...
      ...underneith the ocean...
      ...while watching Spongebob...
      ...with Spongebob.
      Last edited by sloth; 05-18-2009 at 02:19 PM.
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      That's great news. Thanks for answering to my questions.

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      Most techniques for achieving lucidity involve practicing increased attention and awareness in your daily life. Seems like a healthy addiction, to me. You get more out of your sleeping and waking life. You are not really escaping into fantasy, or losing yourself to a false reality. You are developing the ability to separate fantasy from reality, and by doing so, increasing your enjoyment of both.

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      The only problem with addiction is that when you don't succeed you end up really hating yourself.

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