Thread: Newbie Questions

Originally Posted by Alprazolam

I believe I read that while in a Lucid state, your dream will pass through time just as if you were conscious. (Like 5 seconds is the same while in a LD as being conscious)

Is this true? Do people really end up in a LD for what feels truly like hours at a time?
My second newbie fear/question is:
Does anyone have any trouble waking up out of a Lucid dream?
Does anyone think of the wrong things and have a bad Lucid Dream or I.E. bad "trip"
Any other possible bad side affects like depersonalisation or something off the wall?
-Thx-

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I have only had one lucid dream but I may be of help.
I read in "exploring the world of lucid dreaming" that time does pass almost the same in a lucid as real life. Laberge tested this and he figured 10 seconds of real time was about 8 seconds in lucid (correct me if im wrong).
I woke up too easily from my LD, but i think this is because I wasnt tired to begin with. I would like to have stayed lucid longer.
I cant help you on your other questions, sorry

Ahem:

Q1: People have dreams that seem like they last hours. To paraphrase Laberge, "It's like a movie, where the main character has gone to sleep. He turns the lights off, we see a few seconds of darkness, and then it is the next day. We perceive that hours have passed, but really only seconds have."

Q2: I have never had trouble waking up, but it's probably different for everyone. You have to remember though, that you are simply asleep, and will wake up in the morning.

Q3: Never happened to me. Remember, nothing can hurt you in the dream world. There you are not governed by fear.

Q4: No idea what you're talking about.

Hope this helps!

as for #1 i have seen people say they had a 5 day dream (it was a good topic but lots of room for error) but i have also seen people say 10 seconds is 10 seconds so it is different for every body

#2 you will wake up trust me

#3 if you are ever worryed vocal camands have been said to work well

#4 could happen but only on the weak minded and if it dose which i have never seen happen stop doing it, take a break from ld and dv

depersonalization did you look that up because i had to

Originally Posted by JFK

as for #1 i have seen people say they had a 5 day dream (it was a good topic but lots of room for error) but i have also seen people say 10 seconds is 10 seconds so it is different for every body

#2 you will wake up trust me

#3 if you are ever worryed vocal camands have been said to work well

#4 could happen but only on the weak minded and if it dose which i have never seen happen stop doing it, take a break from ld and dv

depersonalization did you look that up because i had to[/b]

Thanks for all the replies guys

As for depersonalization...no I didn't have to look it up haha...I'm a psych/drug major.

psych-drug major cool i plan to get into psychiatry myself