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[GHOST S34]

Hi, I'm fifteen and i just got into this, its really interesting and a lot of benefits can be had. First off I have a question. At least 80% of my dreams are games. But not like checkers or chess. That would be fun though. Most of my dreams start normal, as a dream can go but then reset. When the reset, something changes. But it is NEVER for the better. ITs kinda like the Matrix scene in the brick building with deja vu Sometimes when they change, I recognize this and decide to continue instead of waking myself up. I usually choose to continue out of curiosity. That's the only glimpse of regular lucidity i get. I get two options: A) wake up B) what is around the corner?.... Here's an example: All in first person *NOTE* I own four birds in the morning I was walking with my mother and sister to a specific house in a near-by cul-de-sac. Walked up her driveway, into her house to her backyard. There we saw the old woman who lived there. My mother explained that we were just going into her backyard to see a specific finch, which my mother had previously named. Of course she agreed, because what's wrong with strangers entering your house? Anyway we walked outside and found the brown little finch. He began singing to us. Then the dream RESET Once again we were walking up the driveway when I heard my cockatiel screaming, i turned around. Only he wasn't screaming my name, he wasn't screaming for food or attention. He was screaming his scared call. I thought: "That's weird, why would my cockatiel be outside? Why would he be scared?" then the idea hit me, and I realized the dream had reset. I turned around again towards the driveway, which apparently locked my mind back into the dream. Then the settings changes became apparant It was near dusk, and cloudy as opposed to the sunny morning. And of course an abnormally huge bear was in the middle of the driveway. and it was aggressive. very aggressive. It charged me and I turned around to run after conciously admiring the change. The rest of the dream was me running away, but the small lucidity was gone. it played like a movie. My question is: is this normal, what does it mean, and of course how can i take advantage of these ever so common mere glimpses of lucidity. thanks.

[Seeker]

Hi and welcome on board. I've heard of isolated cases such as your and have experienced it myself on more than one occasion, but have never heard of someone having this dream deja-vu as often as you. Lucidity can be a good tool to help understand what is going on or to change it. I invite you to read up and increase your proficiency at lucid dreaming. When you find yourself in a deja-vu moment, do everything you can to remain lucid, BUT also try as hard as you can to modify the dream.

[GHOST S34]

I have been reading other posts and didn't see anything similar. I just started but hopefully will be able to begin taking control on the pivotal moments i described. there isn't a lot of time, is there any (relatively) super quick way I can do that?

[Seeker]

I have been reading other posts and didn't see anything similar. I just started but hopefully will be able to begin taking control on the pivotal moments i described. there isn't a lot of time, is there any (relatively) super quick way I can do that? You have me curious now. You state that there isn't a lot of time to solve this problem? These things take time and the more you force it, then the more you will become frustrated.

[GHOST S34]

my realization its a dream only comes right after the reset, and it soon fades. but I will do as you say.

[GHOST S34]

the weirdest thing happened to me. I do believe you call it a FA, but I doubled up on it. January 2nd 2010 1st person: I woke up in my bed. Thinking I had trouble sleeping, because I had a hard time falling asleep. In my right hand I a blue or black sharpie. I don’t know because it was foggy. I wrote an obtuse V on the wall then signed my name in cursive on the topside of it. I fell back asleep. RESET I woke up in my bed again believing I had trouble sleeping and bent over to cross-legged position. The same in the previous dream. Not only was the room foggy, the memory foggy, but I remember being foggy tired myself which may have accounted for the fogginess of the room. I used a blue or black sharpie to write an obtuse V on the wall next to my bed. I wrote my name in print on the topside of the lines. Right below the previous V with cursive. The weirdest thing about this dream was that the previous dream or at least the first version’s actions of mine (the writing) remained. This hasn’t ever happened before. so far the journals REALLY help.