Thread: Lucid dream characters survey

No offense OP, but why the age restriction?

We have so many great lucid dreamers over 25 here. And you'd get the best responses from them - they are often highly skilled and lots more experience. Just sayin.

Hi! Thank you for asking a great question! The reason I put on an age range is specifically because of my AP Research class. An important part of writing the research question for this class specifically is making sure your question is not too broad. I put that age range in place (and made this study specifically for those in the U.S) to gather information on a smaller group of people so my question is not too broad. Another big reason for that is if I put a larger age range, based on the number of responses I am getting right now, I would not be gathering enough responses to correctly represent that group of lucid dreamers. If this was my own personal research, I would have definitely increased the age range. However, for my reasoning above, that's why I decided not to.

Originally Posted by lucidresearch24

Hi! Thank you for asking a great question! The reason I put on an age range is specifically because of my AP Research class. An important part of writing the research question for this class specifically is making sure your question is not too broad. I put that age range in place (and made this study specifically for those in the U.S) to gather information on a smaller group of people so my question is not too broad. Another big reason for that is if I put a larger age range, based on the number of responses I am getting right now, I would not be gathering enough responses to correctly represent that group of lucid dreamers. If this was my own personal research, I would have definitely increased the age range. However, for my reasoning above, that's why I decided not to.

Hm. I understand now. One thing I would suggest, maybe picking an older group to start with for a question like this. I suggest this because the question involving dream characters evolving is a bit of an advanced concept. Young lucid dreamers often focus on seeking pleasure and avoiding pain in lucid dreams. Many don't often spend a lot of time talking with purpose to dream characters, or investigating the nature of the dream. Of course there are exceptions. But, I think you may have more success with this sort of thing with an older group, such as 30-50, a nice solid "adult" age range. They also just have more lucid experiences to pull from.

Anyways, good luck on your survey. Also, if you're really curious about this subject, Robert Waggoner talks about dream characters and how they evolve in his book Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self.

agreed. 18+ it is, as requested by OP.

Originally Posted by MoonageDaydream

Hm. I understand now. One thing I would suggest, maybe picking an older group to start with for a question like this. I suggest this because the question involving dream characters evolving is a bit of an advanced concept. Young lucid dreamers often focus on seeking pleasure and avoiding pain in lucid dreams. Many don't often spend a lot of time talking with purpose to dream characters, or investigating the nature of the dream. Of course there are exceptions. But, I think you may have more success with this sort of thing with an older group, such as 30-50, a nice solid "adult" age range. They also just have more lucid experiences to pull from.

Anyways, good luck on your survey. Also, if you're really curious about this subject, Robert Waggoner talks about dream characters and how they evolve in his book Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self.

I've actually decided to change the age limit to just 18+ (I am currently waiting on getting my original post edited to show this change). I figured that I would rather has a couple points taken off for too broad of a topic instead of not being able to get any data since I've only gotten 2 replies with my current age range. So if you are interested, feel free to take the survey if you would like and to anyone else reading this, you can ignore the age limit of 18-25 as it will just be 18+ from now on. I am hoping to get at least 10 responses by Friday, April 9th. Thanks!

took survey, 313B-M78H-8K2Y-XCYF

Great! Submitted.

I took the survey too, interesting topic!

I wanted to share a quote with you - it talks about your topic and gives great insight, I think. Also.. I don't know, but it might not be a bad thing to add to your research paper.

I put them in spoiler tags so that people who have not taken the survey will not be influenced the quotes. Only read if you've already done the survey.

Spoiler for 1st Quote:

"All dream figures are not created equal. Some may wonder if the lucid dreamer's awareness attracts certain types of dream figures, much like a street light at night attracts moths who circle about. Or, does the lucid dreamer's awareness reflect itself in the dream figures, making them only seem more aware? One can find many examples in which dream figures can seem consciously aware before the lucid dreamer achieves awareness. Such experiences suggest that the dream figures' awareness is not dependent upon the lucid dreamer's awareness; rather, the dream figure's awareness likely continues functionally separate from the lucid dreamer's." - Robert Waggoner, Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self (Chapter 11).

Edit: One more for you:

Spoiler for 2nd Quote:

"I have an usually long lucid dream with lots of discussions with various dream figures. … The basic conversation develops that in the dream state, I appear to them as a type of awareness, and each of them appears to me as a type of awareness as well. The conversation is about how one needs to show an understanding of and an appreciation for the dream figures’ own valid awareness. When the lucid dreamer doesn’t demonstrate this, the dream figure doesn’t care to interact with one so unaware and unknowledgeable. The dream figures suggest they need to be treated thoughtfully in order to respond thoughtfully.” - Robert Waggoner, Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self (Chapter 11).