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:roll:Hello New Friends!! Wow I am so happy to have stumbled across this site, or was it an accident? Lets see I have been Lucid dreaming since I was seven years old. In fact it went beyond that, I was also making premonitions through my dreams. I remember telling my mother and she disregarded it as childhood imagination. However as you can tell it didn't go away. My family is part Native Indian so I have been repeatedly told what I had was a gift from the spirit world. I know now there is a technical term but is still doesn't explain a few things. If anyone has some input or thoughts I would really appreciate it. Ok here is my unusual set of circumstances...

I have experienced the following, the ability to manipulate a nightmare, encourage a playful sitaution, re-enact a previous scenario over and over, and recently joined someone I used to have a strong connection with. The most bizarre part of this is after years of no contact, they hunted me down to tell me of this bizarre experience. I am told of situations in my dreams that haven't yet happened. This has freaked out more then a few friends to say the least. I actually experience day time premonitions that are like a take off from the previous nights dream. It's almost like the dream didn't have closure and needs it.

Ok now for the REALLY weird part. I was recently diagnosed with sleep apnea. I don't have any of the stereo typical traits for this. I am young, not overweight, no history of the disease, and no snoring. My test results showed minimal REM time. I thought the only way possible to experience Lucid dreaming was in a REM state. They want to supply me with an oxygen mask to help achieve deeper sleep. How could I be tapping into this form of dreaming almost daily when three test results have all sworn the same diagnosis? So if anyone out there has any insight, I would be very grateful.

Till then happy dreaming fellow adventurists!!

Hi,

I've had precognitive dreams. I've never been able to successfully predict the future through my dreams, it's just recognition of a situation in waking life, déjà vu. I have no clue how this works or if it's even true.

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Ok now for the REALLY weird part. I was recently diagnosed with sleep apnea. I don't have any of the stereo typical traits for this. I am young, not overweight, no history of the disease, and no snoring. My test results showed minimal REM time. I thought the only way possible to experience Lucid dreaming was in a REM state. They want to supply me with an oxygen mask to help achieve deeper sleep. How could I be tapping into this form of dreaming almost daily when three test results have all sworn the same diagnosis? So if anyone out there has any insight, I would be very grateful.

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Dreams usually take place during REM sleep, but it's not impossible to dream during non-REM. I don't understand what you're saying above; REM-sleep is light sleep. If the extra supply of oxygen will get you in deeper sleep you will not be in REM sleep more frequently, I think?

Hello thank you for your reply. I'm not sure either I guess that is why I was asking. I was lead to believe that REM is the deepest stage of sleep and when most forms of dreaming happen. I could be wrong. The question I was asking is if that is TRUE how am I having so many memorable dreams outside that state?

As far as the premonition dreams go perhaps that is a sixth sense kicking in? I just wish it would give me some lottery numbers :lol:

Thx for your input :)

Maybe you dream in non-REM because of the sleep apnea. That's my best guess.

By the way, precognitive dreams are very common, I think. I heard some people talk about them lately and they don't even know about lucid dreaming.

I have the precognitive dreams too. Another thing I do is spend time with deceased loved ones. Sometimes that freaks me out. Several years ago before someone in my life died my grandmother spent every night with me in my dreams for at least the month before they passed away. It was like she was comforting me before the death. Those dreams were very specific and I didn't realize at the time why I was having them.