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i was talking to my mom about lucid dreaming, and she said that she didnt want me to lucid dream anymore cause she thinks that so called"evil beings" are gonna take over my lucid dreams and start controlling them possibly keeping me in one all night into a never ending sleep and killing me. is this possible? ive heard ofa girl who was dreaming and in her hotel room was an evil being and then in her dream it took over and gave her a seizure and she died. is this possible?
Absolutely not. Lucid dreaming is a relatively unknown art. That is why there seems to be some strange (and flat out stupid) negative myths. Anyway, if an evil being was going to take over your dreams, you wouldn't have to be lucid for this to happen. You dream every night anyway (just usually don't remember it), all lucid dreaming does, is make you aware during this time.
Just curious, but how does anyone know that an evil being took over that girls dream and caused the seizure? Most likely she had an epileptic seizure (which can cause hallucinations), she hallucinated and thought she saw some evil being.
Welcome to Dreamviews, btw!
Thanks and i know this because on 100 ways to die it said that in her hotel room an evil spirit took over her subconciousness well she was dreaming and she died.
I had lucid dreams throughout my entire childhood (I just didn't know what they were called) and so did my sister. Neither of us had any "evil beings" come in and control our dreams. Now, I'm having lucid dreams again, and still, nothing has happened. This entire community is made up of people who havn't had anything happen to them, so we are all a testament to the safety of lucid dreaming!
Your mom may be thinking about sleep paralysis (SP), in which people can have hallucinations of all sorts, be they visual or audio. In some cultures, they thought that this was an evil spirit or a witch taking control of their bodies, when really it's a natural occurence. It happens for a short time (anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes), and some people don't even have the hallucinations when they go into SP. Some people even induce SP to WILD. It is harmless.
You also need to know that you're the one in conrol of your dreams, otherwise you won't be in control, and "bad things" could happen. However these "bad things" are only things like a regular nightmare. NOTHING can hurt you when you're dreaming. You won't die while having a dream, lucid or not (unless you're really old and die in your sleep, or have an epileptic siezure in your sleep...both of which could happen any time anyway).
If your mom is still worried, just have her do some research on lucid dreaming. She'll see pretty soon that it's harmless. My mom didn't want me to start, but soon she came around to the idea. She still thinks I'm wierd, but she accepts that I do it, and knows that it's perfectly safe. It may take time (it took me over a month to convince my mom), but she'll probably come around. If she dosn't... get back to us. Good Luck!
Thanks. i just asked her, she says as long as my dads ok with it, wich he is, then i can.
Well, it seems that she didn't have to take much convincing! Good for you. Now you can "legally" LD! :boogie:
Don't believe everything you see on t.v. ;) Congrats on getting the ok for lucid training!Quote:
Originally Posted by ldwithadhd
Urm.
I'm going to agree with KingYoshi here, your mother is porrly informed.
There's nothing supernatural about lucid dreaming, and there is no such thing as 'evil beings.
Lucid just means aware. It is always better to be aware. It is better to cross the street being aware of the dangers of cars hitting you, looking around, than it is to just walk across. (I see so many idiots do that, by the way. Why? Why? Why?)Quote:
Originally Posted by ldwithadhd
I have done a lot of things in dreams that would've killed me in waking life. You cannot die in dreams. I mean, you can die in your dream, but your body won't die. I have fallen off of skyscrapers in dreams, hit the ground, then got up, and walked away.
There are no more evil beings in dreams than there are evil beings in waking life.