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Sleep paralysis is extremely terrifying, especially if your mind creates 'reasons' as to why you can't move (i.e. you hallucinate being chained to your bed as a dark shadowy figure appears in the doorway, true story).
But lucid dreaming induced dare-I-say 'naturally' (as in, randomly) isn't very scary at all. I've done it quite a few times, the most recent being when I was standing on the top of a very large cliff and I thought I was going to die, but then I realised I was dreaming, so I just jumped off the cliff and flew through the ground. When I was younger, I had lucid dreams very often but I didn't realise just how powerful they were, so I ended up doing the most boring things possible. One time I teleported into my own room to watch myself sleep. I was that interesting.
But lucid dreaming induced dare-I-say 'naturally' (as in, randomly) isn't very scary at all. I've done it quite a few times, the most recent being when I was standing on the top of a very large cliff and I thought I was going to die, but then I realised I was dreaming, so I just jumped off the cliff and flew through the ground. When I was younger, I had lucid dreams very often but I didn't realise just how powerful they were, so I ended up doing the most boring things possible. One time I teleported into my own room to watch myself sleep. I was that interesting.
But it's impossible to not think about anything for me ;-;
As soon as the voices in my head stop talking I ofc hear myself breathing since I'm lying still, and then I start thinking about the fact that I have to breath. It's like whenever someone says "You now become aware that you are breathing automatically" and suddenly it's not automatically anymore. Same with blinking and stuff. And since I need to breath/blink I start thinking about the action *blink* or *take a breath* and ofcourse my heads never gonna stay clear if I have to think about that.
Lucid dreams to happen though, while not often once every two weeks or so is still nice. The other dreams are about spiders and ogod I hate it whenever there are spiders everywhere in my dreams. plsmakeitstahp.[BCOLOR=#ffffff]¿whatishappning¿¿[/BCOLOR]
As soon as the voices in my head stop talking I ofc hear myself breathing since I'm lying still, and then I start thinking about the fact that I have to breath. It's like whenever someone says "You now become aware that you are breathing automatically" and suddenly it's not automatically anymore. Same with blinking and stuff. And since I need to breath/blink I start thinking about the action *blink* or *take a breath* and ofcourse my heads never gonna stay clear if I have to think about that.
Lucid dreams to happen though, while not often once every two weeks or so is still nice. The other dreams are about spiders and ogod I hate it whenever there are spiders everywhere in my dreams. plsmakeitstahp.[BCOLOR=#ffffff]¿whatishappning¿¿[/BCOLOR]
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My profile picture is a photo from the presentation I did on lucid dreaming- It's a depiction of a lucid dream I had, in which I was standing in a large field with a tall man and the sky was full of nebula.
I did a speech on this topic, I've been lucid dreaming for two years, and I know a group of people who practice it.
I have had sleep paralysis before, but that was when I was practicing astral projection, which is in it's own distinct group.
I was laying in my bed, and I couldn't move. There was a dark and awful presence behind me and it was coming closer and about to float over my head, I was trying to scream but no noise came out. All of a sudden I was thrown across the room, into my dresser, and I woke up in my bed too scared to move.
so yeah, practicing lucid dream is safe, as long as you do it right, man.
Here's how I practice it.
My profile picture is a photo from the presentation I did on lucid dreaming- It's a depiction of a lucid dream I had, in which I was standing in a large field with a tall man and the sky was full of nebula.
I did a speech on this topic, I've been lucid dreaming for two years, and I know a group of people who practice it.
I have had sleep paralysis before, but that was when I was practicing astral projection, which is in it's own distinct group.
I was laying in my bed, and I couldn't move. There was a dark and awful presence behind me and it was coming closer and about to float over my head, I was trying to scream but no noise came out. All of a sudden I was thrown across the room, into my dresser, and I woke up in my bed too scared to move.
so yeah, practicing lucid dream is safe, as long as you do it right, man.
Here's how I practice it.
Lay in bed in a comfortable position, and just breathe deeply in and out. Feel the muscles in your feet start to relax, they feel really heavy, so heavy. Feel your ankles relax, they get heavy as well. Relax the muscles in your calves, your legs and your thighs, and feel every muscle relax individually until you get to your neck. Take a moment and imagine directing each of your breaths into any muscle that might still feel tense, soothing them.
Imagine, in your head, that all of your thoughts are liquid. Imagine that liquid rippling, each of your thoughts rippling outwards until they disappear completely.
During this process your body will try to send you signals to see if you're relaxed enough for sleep. Maybe you feel the urge to change the position you're sleeping in, maybe there's an itchy spot on your body. Resist these signals consciously, but continue letting your thoughts ripple out.
If you resist these body signals while you are aware that you're conscious, it will trick your body into believing that you're ready for sleep even if you're fully aware, and will induce lucid dreaming if done correctly.
Keeping a dream journal helps a lot if you plan on practicing lucid dreams often. You have to keep it on your nightstand, or on the floor next to your bed, under your pillow. Write down the dream you just had as soon as you wake up. We forget 90% of our dreams within five minutes of waking, so you're more likely to write your entire dream down the sooner you write it down.
Writing your dreams down will ultimately make your dreams more vivid because you'll remember more details after waking. Once you understand the way your subconscious works your dreams, you'll feel more comfortable in the dream itself and things will come more naturally, especially with induced lucid dreaming.
Look at your hands.
Sounds weird. Just, look at them throughout the day, trust me. Put one finger down to your palm at a time, count them. one, two, three, four, five. Do it to both hands.
In your dream, if you're mildly lucid you can choose to look at your hands. Your hands will not look normal. You will not have five fingers, if you can mentally note this, you'll realize that you're dreaming, thus inducing a lucid dream.
Some extra infooo
If you regularly have nightmares, using this technique can help you to alleviate them and conquer whatever fears find their way into your dreams. The Department of Psychology conducted a study to find out if lucid dreaming could help get rid of recurring nightmares. Five subjects were tested, and after the study was finished, four out of the five found that their nightmares were completely diminished. Lucid dreaming can be therapeutic because it can allow you to be aware in your nightmare, and let you decide to overcome the fears that keep following you. Since you know you’re not awake, you know what’s happening isn’t real, and therefore you can make the decision to change the situation and defeat your fears.
Lucid dreaming and lucid sleep allows you to solidify everything you learned during the day, as well as consciously choosing what other things you want to solidify in your memory, so it can help improve your memory as a whole.
Imagine, in your head, that all of your thoughts are liquid. Imagine that liquid rippling, each of your thoughts rippling outwards until they disappear completely.
During this process your body will try to send you signals to see if you're relaxed enough for sleep. Maybe you feel the urge to change the position you're sleeping in, maybe there's an itchy spot on your body. Resist these signals consciously, but continue letting your thoughts ripple out.
If you resist these body signals while you are aware that you're conscious, it will trick your body into believing that you're ready for sleep even if you're fully aware, and will induce lucid dreaming if done correctly.
Keeping a dream journal helps a lot if you plan on practicing lucid dreams often. You have to keep it on your nightstand, or on the floor next to your bed, under your pillow. Write down the dream you just had as soon as you wake up. We forget 90% of our dreams within five minutes of waking, so you're more likely to write your entire dream down the sooner you write it down.
Writing your dreams down will ultimately make your dreams more vivid because you'll remember more details after waking. Once you understand the way your subconscious works your dreams, you'll feel more comfortable in the dream itself and things will come more naturally, especially with induced lucid dreaming.
Look at your hands.
Sounds weird. Just, look at them throughout the day, trust me. Put one finger down to your palm at a time, count them. one, two, three, four, five. Do it to both hands.
In your dream, if you're mildly lucid you can choose to look at your hands. Your hands will not look normal. You will not have five fingers, if you can mentally note this, you'll realize that you're dreaming, thus inducing a lucid dream.
Some extra infooo
If you regularly have nightmares, using this technique can help you to alleviate them and conquer whatever fears find their way into your dreams. The Department of Psychology conducted a study to find out if lucid dreaming could help get rid of recurring nightmares. Five subjects were tested, and after the study was finished, four out of the five found that their nightmares were completely diminished. Lucid dreaming can be therapeutic because it can allow you to be aware in your nightmare, and let you decide to overcome the fears that keep following you. Since you know you’re not awake, you know what’s happening isn’t real, and therefore you can make the decision to change the situation and defeat your fears.
Lucid dreaming and lucid sleep allows you to solidify everything you learned during the day, as well as consciously choosing what other things you want to solidify in your memory, so it can help improve your memory as a whole.