Think that's slightly different i have had that as well i am sure my brain is not normal LOL, sleep paralysis for me is like my body was concrete at first you just cant move no matter what but your slightly aware your asleep and sort of stuck in a dream and awake stage, its then once you relex you can move.
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Think that's slightly different i have had that as well i am sure my brain is not normal LOL, sleep paralysis for me is like my body was concrete at first you just cant move no matter what but your slightly aware your asleep and sort of stuck in a dream and awake stage, its then once you relex you can move.
Now i know what you mean i had that last week, it sounded like a door banging i fully woke turned to the wife and said what was that loud bang she replied there was not one
Aye; between her and I we're both a couple of nocturnal nutcases. She often speaks in her sleep; absolute incoherent gibberish. I twitch and fluctuate between absolute silence and extended periods of extreme deep and slow breathing patterns. Fortunately no snoring!
Now I know what you mean i had that last week, it sounded like a door banging i fully woke turned to the wife and said what was that loud bang she replied there was not one
That sounds like a waking dream. Basically you are semi-conscious. I had a similar experience recently where I saw strange people in my bedroom, It was indistinguishable from reality till I awoke and realised I was hallucinating.
sound smore like a wet dreamThe worst one I had involved me being at the pub with mates. It was the usual affair, getting smashed whilst the footie was on, etc. Pub was packed and loud. Suddenly nature called, so I got up and queued at the toilets for what felt like an eternity. Finally I get to a urinal, pull the python out and the very moment I started, I immediately woke up to find myself standing over my bed ****ing all over it. Never been so devastated and bemused.
I just realised that's probably not lucid dreaming, but yeah.
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Dreaming in Cray Cray? I can do that!
Worst dreams I have are often after long, repetative activities during the day where they continue in my dreams and won't allow me to "relax" until something is done. RTS games very often do this to me if I play them a lot before bed, they are horrible!
It's weird how some stick with you for years like they were only yesterday - I now keep a dream diary and find looking back on them fascinating as I would otherwise forget them by noon.
It's weird how some stick with you for years like they were only yesterday - I now keep a dream diary and find looking back on them fascinating as I would otherwise forget them by noon.
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How does one lucid dream?
It's one of those things you can not control. Most people never experience it, but for those that do it's quite profound. My best explanation as someone who does lucid dream is that your conscious mind intersects with your subconscious mind during sleep. This allows you to take control of your dream. It's like waking up inside your dream.
I experienced this once and it was very unpleasant. Never heard of sleep paralysis when it happened so I genuinely thought I had been possessed lol!
I used to have lots of lucid dreams after working nights when I used to do shift work. Even Today after working late doing project work or when on call it can happen.
I rarely dream nowadays (or at least i rarely remember them when i wake up). But i used to dream a lot as a child and into my 20s. Some of those were lucid. Some were not. But the dreams were often set in one of several locations and often with similar people in them. The dreams were always slightly different but set in those locations. It was like a TV series where the location and characters were the same but the show changed each week. Unfortunately they were frequently nightmares such as being stuck in the same haunted house.
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Dreams can come true, Look at me babe I'm with you. You know you got to have hope, you know you got to be strongEven if it did, it's just a dream.
Ha ha!
That’s not fully correct. It doesn't work for everyone but there are a number of techniques to make a person lucid dream and if you practise enough it becomes instinctive and you lucid dream every night. As a side effect it makes nightmares impossible. Due to practise as a child I lucid dream every night now without even trying.
Yeah I agree. I've read about people (typically from the USA) who attend groups where they are shown techniques in order to lucid dream more often. However, it seems to me that it's down to the individual. Not all people can do it, which was the point I was more concerned about.
Used to have them all the time, even as a kid if i started having a nightmare I always used to think to myself 'Wait, i'm just dreaming. Wake up!' And I did
I also have had sleep paralysis a few times as well, thinking you're awake but being frozen and often seeing weird things or figures, but I'm quite lucky as every time this has happened I;ve used a similar trick - I start panicking then kind of realise what is happening and then just tell myself to relax and i then snap out of it.
I also have had sleep paralysis a few times as well, thinking you're awake but being frozen and often seeing weird things or figures, but I'm quite lucky as every time this has happened I;ve used a similar trick - I start panicking then kind of realise what is happening and then just tell myself to relax and i then snap out of it.
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I've had very rare instances of lucid dreaming, and I also used to get sleep paralysis quite a lot (haven't for years now thankfully). The worst sleep paralysis incident was when I woke up unable to move and couldn't see anything depsite knowing my eyes were open. I could just sense a dull white blur. this made me panic quite intensely. When I eventually regained control of my body I realised this was because I'd woken up with my face right up against the wall. Distrubing though.
I also had a really stressful confusion of waking and sleeping states on the long night bus journey from Melbourne to Sydney. I'd been asleep when the bus pulled in for the only loo stop for the next few hours (no toilet on the bus). I really needed to pee, so got up to get off the bus. I got to the door at the front of the bus... and then woke up still in my seat. I must have kept drifting off because this was repeated... oh, I don't even now how many times, but must have been at least five or six. I was getting really worried that the bus would pull out with me still being in my seat, leaving me bursting for a pee for hours. I did eventually manage to make it off the bus for real, but everyone else was already finished peeing/eating/drinking and was heading back on so it must have been going on for a while. Really weird experience. The sensation of getting up and walking to the front of the bus was so vivid I couldn't quite believe I hadn't actually done it.
I also had a really stressful confusion of waking and sleeping states on the long night bus journey from Melbourne to Sydney. I'd been asleep when the bus pulled in for the only loo stop for the next few hours (no toilet on the bus). I really needed to pee, so got up to get off the bus. I got to the door at the front of the bus... and then woke up still in my seat. I must have kept drifting off because this was repeated... oh, I don't even now how many times, but must have been at least five or six. I was getting really worried that the bus would pull out with me still being in my seat, leaving me bursting for a pee for hours. I did eventually manage to make it off the bus for real, but everyone else was already finished peeing/eating/drinking and was heading back on so it must have been going on for a while. Really weird experience. The sensation of getting up and walking to the front of the bus was so vivid I couldn't quite believe I hadn't actually done it.
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I only have lucid dreams when I'm on drugs.... These nicotine patches do crazy things haha
I now don't wear them to bed as they wake me up because the dreams are so real.
Other than that i never, ever remember a dream. I would even say i don't have them, but i know we all have them every night
I now don't wear them to bed as they wake me up because the dreams are so real.
Other than that i never, ever remember a dream. I would even say i don't have them, but i know we all have them every night
Had a few disturbing ones in past, zombies attacking you kind of thing, you run only to realise your slowing down and becomes like running through treacle usually ends before conclusion. Are all dreams not pretty much lucid though. That bridge between semi consciousness and sleep.
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I always get the strange things in bedroom and banging sounds that "wake me" altho i feel like im awake at the time ive often done tings like sat up right and said to the missus "what Wrong" coz i thought she was walking around for example, or loud bangs and i wake her saying "what was that noise".
Another one i get quite a lot is a spinning light like a small disco ball on a wardrobe or wall etc. Or that i was watching tv and the power went out so i find myself trying to find a light switch.
The whole experienxe Is really wierd but happens very often and i find its usually when ive gone to bed early as up early in morning.
Another one i get quite a lot is a spinning light like a small disco ball on a wardrobe or wall etc. Or that i was watching tv and the power went out so i find myself trying to find a light switch.
The whole experienxe Is really wierd but happens very often and i find its usually when ive gone to bed early as up early in morning.