How do I have lucid dreams?

I've been pursuing this idea for years, now. I wanted to do it since I was nine, but I kind of pushed it out of my mind for a while. Well, I'm tired now, I don't have anything good to do but dream about se-- playing heavy metal on stage. (phew!)

How, I ask the brilliant minds of OT, do I go about this?

1. eat a lot right before you sleep

2. sleep on your back

3. wrap yourself reeeeeeeeeal tight in your blankets

You either just realize that you're asleep or try the WILD technique. The WILD technique is supposed to be better, but it's harder and if you've been up for a long time, it's unlikely that you'd be able to do it. EDIT: You can also start a dream journal. That'll make it a lot easier to recognize dream signs.krazykillaz

I have lucid dreams when I fall asleep with the lights on.

You could also try falling asleep with your hand in a warm pot of water.

I have experienced the first option. It was pretty freaky though. I suggest that you dont do any of that stuff intentionally though. I would think that it would be unhealthy.MJ4040

Does anyone find it kind of ironic a thread like this can stay open considering the dangers and immediate harm one can suffer at the hands of a lucid dream, and yet so many other threads get locked?

i don't know how to make myself have a lucid dream, but if you wanna have just a weird one, fall asleep in an kinda uncomfortable place

Does anyone find it kind of ironic a thread like this can stay open considering the dangers and immediate harm one can suffer at the hands of a lucid dream, and yet so many other threads get locked?

mrbojangles25

And psychobrew: Don't think I don't know what you're trying to pull :x

I had a lucid dream the other night... i think it was the first time ever, that i can remember. I cannot seem to recall how i had it, i just went to bed as i normally do.

I've been pursuing this idea for years, now. I wanted to do it since I was nine, but I kind of pushed it out of my mind for a while. Well, I'm tired now, I don't have anything good to do but dream about se-- playing heavy metal on stage. (phew!)

How, I ask the brilliant minds of OT, do I go about this?

[QUOTE="_IronManDude_"]

I've been pursuing this idea for years, now. I wanted to do it since I was nine, but I kind of pushed it out of my mind for a while. Well, I'm tired now, I don't have anything good to do but dream about se-- playing heavy metal on stage. (phew!)

How, I ask the brilliant minds of OT, do I go about this?

FPSunionOWNS

I had one recently. Only I was at school watching a guy name mike myers video who was teaching a few things about computers. Every time my instructor throws him on, after 2 minutes, I find myself fighting to stay awake. I must have fell asleep sitting up because I thought I saw a large australian spider on my keyboard. I thought I saw this on my keyboard:

Without thinking, I took my fist and almost destroyed the keyboard by punching it trying to kill it. I felt like an ass afterwards because I knew that it was a dream but reacted anyways. Everybody looked at me like I was nuts because of the noise I made....

[QUOTE="FPSunionOWNS"][QUOTE="_IronManDude_"]

I've been pursuing this idea for years, now. I wanted to do it since I was nine, but I kind of pushed it out of my mind for a while. Well, I'm tired now, I don't have anything good to do but dream about se-- playing heavy metal on stage. (phew!)

How, I ask the brilliant minds of OT, do I go about this?

trust_nobody

This is really the easiest way (drugs). I don't want to turn this into "that thread", but hallucinogenics tend to make a lot of people fall asleep and fall into lucid dreamsand things like morphine capsules or anxiety medication will do the same even after the effects have worn off.

[QUOTE="FPSunionOWNS"][QUOTE="_IronManDude_"]

I've been pursuing this idea for years, now. I wanted to do it since I was nine, but I kind of pushed it out of my mind for a while. Well, I'm tired now, I don't have anything good to do but dream about se-- playing heavy metal on stage. (phew!)

How, I ask the brilliant minds of OT, do I go about this? trust_nobody

i had one lucid dream in my life, and it was because i took a drug (xanax bar) i was pretty shocked because i wasnt sure if they were real or just made up and now i know that you really can control your dreams.

While I (clearly, based on avatar and sig) don't want to bring up Fringe, and confuse people, but they pretty much did that on Fringe. But to a much higher extent. involving a cocktail of hallucinogens, an isolation tank filled with water, and mental connection to a guy who was half-dead. Hence "bathing in beautiful agony". Well, I'm in no position to buy drugs, nor would I want to. So... isolation tank?

I had one recently. Only I was at school watching a guy name mike myers video who was teaching a few things about computers. Every time my instructor throws him on, after 2 minutes, I find myself fighting to stay awake. I must have fell asleep sitting up because I thought I saw a large australian spider on my keyboard. I thought I saw this on my keyboard:

Without thinking, I took my fist and almost destroyed the keyboard by punching it trying to kill it. I felt like an ass afterwards because I knew that it was a dream but reacted anyways. Everybody looked at me like I was nuts because of the noise I made....

It's pretty easy after you get the hang of it. When I first started out I would think about seeing a clock in my dream before I fell asleep. If you can train your mind to recognize a clock while you're dreaming then the rest is a breeze. When you look at the time on a clock in a dream and then look away and then look back the time will be drastically different. That's how I tell myself I'm dreaming and the lucid dream begins.

Edit

I forgot to add another easy way to begin a lucid dream. If you pull your finger in a dream it will stretch and you can make that a trigger to tell yourself that you're dreaming.

[QUOTE="tocool340"]

I had one recently. Only I was at school watching a guy name mike myers video who was teaching a few things about computers. Every time my instructor throws him on, after 2 minutes, I find myself fighting to stay awake. I must have fell asleep sitting up because I thought I saw a large australian spider on my keyboard. I thought I saw this on my keyboard:

Without thinking, I took my fist and almost destroyed the keyboard by punching it trying to kill it. I felt like an ass afterwards because I knew that it was a dream but reacted anyways. Everybody looked at me like I was nuts because of the noise I made....

FPSunionOWNS

[QUOTE="trust_nobody"][QUOTE="FPSunionOWNS"]

i had one lucid dream in my life, and it was because i took a drug (xanax bar) i was pretty shocked because i wasnt sure if they were real or just made up and now i know that you really can control your dreams._IronManDude_

While I (clearly, based on avatar and sig) don't want to bring up Fringe, and confuse people, but they pretty much did that on Fringe. But to a much higher extent. involving a cocktail of hallucinogens, an isolation tank filled with water, and mental connection to a guy who was half-dead. Hence "bathing in beautiful agony". Well, I'm in no position to buy drugs, nor would I want to. So... isolation tank?

It's pretty easy after you get the hang of it. When I first started out I would think about seeing a clock in my dream before I fell asleep. If you can train your mind to recognize a clock while you're dreaming then the rest is a breeze. When you look at the time on a clock in a dream and then look away and then look back the time will be drastically different. That's how I tell myself I'm dreaming and the lucid dream begins.

ownage_denied

It's pretty easy after you get the hang of it. When I first started out I would think about seeing a clock in my dream before I fell asleep. If you can train your mind to recognize a clock while you're dreaming then the rest is a breeze. When you look at the time on a clock in a dream and then look away and then look back the time will be drastically different. That's how I tell myself I'm dreaming and the lucid dream begins.

Edit

I forgot to add another easy way to begin a lucid dream. If you pull your finger in a dream it will stretch and you can make that a trigger to tell yourself that you're dreaming.

ownage_denied

EDIT

And trust_nobody: *jaw drops* You mean that was a real thing? I thought that was just one of Fringe's little...brain-melting, girl-exploding, mutant-mole-child things.

[QUOTE="ownage_denied"]

It's pretty easy after you get the hang of it. When I first started out I would think about seeing a clock in my dream before I fell asleep. If you can train your mind to recognize a clock while you're dreaming then the rest is a breeze. When you look at the time on a clock in a dream and then look away and then look back the time will be drastically different. That's how I tell myself I'm dreaming and the lucid dream begins.

Edit

I forgot to add another easy way to begin a lucid dream. If you pull your finger in a dream it will stretch and you can make that a trigger to tell yourself that you're dreaming.

_IronManDude_

EDIT

And trust_nobody: *jaw drops* You mean that was a real thing? I thought that was just one of Fringe's little...brain-melting, girl-exploding, mutant-mole-child things.

[QUOTE="ownage_denied"]

It's pretty easy after you get the hang of it. When I first started out I would think about seeing a clock in my dream before I fell asleep. If you can train your mind to recognize a clock while you're dreaming then the rest is a breeze. When you look at the time on a clock in a dream and then look away and then look back the time will be drastically different. That's how I tell myself I'm dreaming and the lucid dream begins.

Edit

I forgot to add another easy way to begin a lucid dream. If you pull your finger in a dream it will stretch and you can make that a trigger to tell yourself that you're dreaming.

_IronManDude_

EDIT

And trust_nobody: *jaw drops* You mean that was a real thing? I thought that was just one of Fringe's little...brain-melting, girl-exploding, mutant-mole-child things.

Lol, I didn't actually mean pull your finger from a dream. I'll try to explain it better. Let's say you're just walking around in your dream and happen to look down at your hand. You can condition your mind to realize that if you pull you're finger and it stretches then you're dreaming.

Lol, I didn't actually mean pull your finger from a dream. I'll try to explain it better. Let's say you're just walking around in your dream and happen to look down at your hand. You can condition your mind to realize that if you pull you're finger and it stretches then you're dreaming.

ownage_denied

But wouldn't I need to be lucidly dreaming already, to tell my mind to do something?

[QUOTE="MJ4040"] I have experienced the first option. It was pretty freaky though. I suggest that you dont do any of that stuff intentionally though. I would think that it would be unhealthy._IronManDude_

[QUOTE="_IronManDude_"][QUOTE="MJ4040"] I have experienced the first option. It was pretty freaky though. I suggest that you dont do any of that stuff intentionally though. I would think that it would be unhealthy.krazykillaz

I don't remember how I got them but during my years from 14-18 I experienced quite a few of them. I've had instances where I was awake in some of them and I had a sword fight with someone in a mask. I remember thinking "oh he can't hurt me since this is jut a dream" but when he stuck his sword in me I remember I felt my chest hurt a little right after I woke up. maybe it was just my mind playing tricks on me andyboiii

I've only had one lucid dream in my life, and it was an amazing ride. I was on a natural high all week afterwards, it literally was like a vacation in a sense. BETTER than a vacation, a self realized reality. I was able to do the one thing I've always wanted: to fly .I've bought many books and have tried many techniques to try to trigger another, but have had no such luck. Don't know what to tell you, try a dream journal.

[QUOTE="andyboiii"]I don't remember how I got them but during my years from 14-18 I experienced quite a few of them. I've had instances where I was awake in some of them and I had a sword fight with someone in a mask. I remember thinking "oh he can't hurt me since this is jut a dream" but when he stuck his sword in me I remember I felt my chest hurt a little right after I woke up. maybe it was just my mind playing tricks on me _IronManDude_

I've had quite a few lucid dreams like this, theres a couple which i have maybe about 5 times a year and they're always the same or really similar, in some i always fall off a high building or something and then i wake up the moment i hit the ground and die, i feel like i've just fell out of the sky into my bed and i get freaked out, in another some demon thing always torments me and i know im dreaming but i cant wake up, but i eventually wake up feeling sick and disturbed, lol but lucid dreams can also be pleasant.

Does anyone find it kind of ironic a thread like this can stay open considering the dangers and immediate harm one can suffer at the hands of a lucid dream, and yet so many other threads get locked?

mrbojangles25

Does anyone find it kind of ironic a thread like this can stay open considering the dangers and immediate harm one can suffer at the hands of a lucid dream, and yet so many other threads get locked?

mrbojangles25

[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]

Does anyone find it kind of ironic a thread like this can stay open considering the dangers and immediate harm one can suffer at the hands of a lucid dream, and yet so many other threads get locked?

Neon-Tiger

Am I the only one who has these almost every night??? =/

Am I the only one who has these almost every night??? =/

soulwithin465

I had one recently. Only I was at school watching a guy name mike myers video who was teaching a few things about computers. Every time my instructor throws him on, after 2 minutes, I find myself fighting to stay awake. I must have fell asleep sitting up because I thought I saw a large australian spider on my keyboard. I thought I saw this on my keyboard:

Without thinking, I took my fist and almost destroyed the keyboard by punching it trying to kill it. I felt like an ass afterwards because I knew that it was a dream but reacted anyways. Everybody looked at me like I was nuts because of the noise I made....

tocool340

dude i have the EXACT same thing happen to me, only the spider is crawling up my blanket. I still get those dreams on occassion, but my reaction is the same:

I sit there paralyzed for like 10 seconds, then I wiggle a bit and finally jump up and stomp the crap out of my blanket then run out of my room.

It takes me like an hour to finally calm down and realize it was just a dream and we dont have spiders that big here

I don't know a how to for such a thing.. all I know is that for me it's really easy and I don't need any form of assistance.

I don't remember how I got them but during my years from 14-18 I experienced quite a few of them. I've had instances where I was awake in some of them and I had a sword fight with someone in a mask. I remember thinking "oh he can't hurt me since this is jut a dream" but when he stuck his sword in me I remember I felt my chest hurt a little right after I woke up. maybe it was just my mind playing tricks on me andyboiii

I don't remember how I got them but during my years from 14-18 I experienced quite a few of them. I've had instances where I was awake in some of them and I had a sword fight with someone in a mask. I remember thinking "oh he can't hurt me since this is jut a dream" but when he stuck his sword in me I remember I felt my chest hurt a little right after I woke up. maybe it was just my mind playing tricks on me andyboiii

[QUOTE="tocool340"]

I had one recently. Only I was at school watching a guy name mike myers video who was teaching a few things about computers. Every time my instructor throws him on, after 2 minutes, I find myself fighting to stay awake. I must have fell asleep sitting up because I thought I saw a large australian spider on my keyboard. I thought I saw this on my keyboard:

Without thinking, I took my fist and almost destroyed the keyboard by punching it trying to kill it. I felt like an ass afterwards because I knew that it was a dream but reacted anyways. Everybody looked at me like I was nuts because of the noise I made....

mrbojangles25

dude i have the EXACT same thing happen to me, only the spider is crawling up my blanket. I still get those dreams on occassion, but my reaction is the same:

I sit there paralyzed for like 10 seconds, then I wiggle a bit and finally jump up and stomp the crap out of my blanket then run out of my room.

It takes me like an hour to finally calm down and realize it was just a dream and we dont have spiders that big here

The dreams I really HATE are the ones where you think you are awake, but realize you aren't. A mixture of a nightmare and a lucid dream. A dream within a dream to be precise. I had a dream not so long ago that some demon that resembles a Chimera had engulfed me in a large bubble and the bubble begin filling up with water. After it was filled up, I found myself holding my breath for what felt like five minutes. Then I begin drowning. As soon as I thought I drown, I woke up in my bed looking at the window. I notice the rays from the sun that was shining on my wall was redder than usual. So I ignored it and flip over. When I looked at my ceiling, the same damn chimera like demon was hovering over me. I was about to yell out, but before I could, I found myself and the bed I was laying on once again engulfed in a bubble. And once again, I was holding my breath for what felt like five minutes. And when I woke up again from what felt like I was drowning, this time, I flipped my ass out of the bed, landed on the floor, and looked all over the place to make sure I wasn't dreaming anymore with my awareness up so high that even the slightest noise from a room away I could hear. I hate dreams like this when I was a kid after watching horror movies like nightmare one elm street....

sometimes if i'm falling asleep on the couch i'll see myself falling off and my heart jumps, but then i'll wake up and i'm still lying on the couch normally.