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Thought I'd make a thread about sleeping/dreaming, as it's something that really interests me - in particular, Lucid Dreaming.
Basically - I'd like to hear about all your wierd dreams/nightmares/lucid dreams.
Here are some of my experiences:
Lucid Dreaming
I've had a few Lucid Dreams now, and I have to say, it's one of the best things I have ever experienced in life.
My first ever Lucid Dream was when I was approximately 13/14: I was in a French town, and some Black girl was stood in this street asking me to come in to this sort of gypsy like cart. All of a sudden, everything just clicked - and I realised I was in a dream. It truly was amazing. I remember looking up at a lamp-post, and thinking to myself that it should be on as it's nighttime, then bang, it came on instantly. It's wierd - I remember actually being exstatic in the dream because I knew I was, if you get what I mean. The girl was still beckoning me into this cart, and so I followed her in, and rocked the kazbar. I'd lost my virginity in a dream before I had in real life
Another vivid one I remember was when I was stood in my garden, and again, it dawned on me that I was actually in a dream. Again, I looked around, and saw that the trees where perfectly still, and thought to myself "there must me some wind", then the trees started to sway gently in the wind. Again, like before, I was exstatic. I then decided to simply hover up to the top of a huge conifer tree and perch myself on the top, and looked out at the whole world on the horizon, sort of like a gargantuan world atlas.
Apparently Lucid Dreams can be achieved by everyone, because 'normal' people are meant to come out of a dream as soon as they realise it is a dream, and move on to another. However, if as soon as you feel a dream 'stopping', you think "This is a dream, this is a dream" - it then becomes a Lucid Dream, and you really are free to do as you please.
It's almost, dare I say it, like being in the Matrix
Nightmares
When I was young, I always used to have wierd reoccuring nightmares.
The first, and most harrowing, took place in my home. I'd be standing at the bottom of the garden, then all of a sudden I'd hear a roar of a plane, and a huge bomb would fall off its wing, and hit the house slap bang in the middle. I'd run up the garden, and through the patio doors, to find my dad bleeding to death on the couch. I'd immediately start crying, and asked my dad if he was alright, he'd insist he was okay, and then tell me to go check on my mum. So I'd run upstairs, and as I'd reach the landing, I'd see my mum, stood in her bedroom at the end of the landing, covered in blood. I'd then run towards her, but a few steps before I'd reach her, that whole wing of the house would collapse on my mum. I always woke up in a old sweat and near crying - and I must have had that dream a dozen times.
Another, much more 'childish' dream was where I was in New York, and this huge monster would just chase me through the streets, the only thing I could do was run. Eventually, it would catch me. Much like that one, there was a nightmare where I'd be in the back garden, talking to our old dog, Betsy, in her cage (she was never in a cage in real life). Suddenly, her eyes would roll back and then turn red, and she'd start foaming at the mouth. She'd then go mental, jumping at the cage, trying to bite my face off. Eventually, she'd break through the cage, and chase me up the garden. I'd look back at her gradually gaining on me, all the time I was thinking what I could have done to get her so mad. But a few steps before I reached the safety of the house, I'd feel her jaw lock down on the back of my neck, and I'd wake up.
Perhaps the most perculiar, and the most reoccuring dream I've ever had (talking near 100 times I've had this nightmare), was where I was stood in a vast, empty room, in absolute complete darkness. Then I'd be stood in front of a table, and at the other side of the table would be stood Mario (as if in Mario and Luigi), just staring and grinning at me. I'd gradually start to move away from the table, moving further and further, but it seemed no matter how far away I could get, I could always see Mario's big evil grinning face staring at me. Make of that what you will, for I have never fathomed out why I've had that nightmare so many times.
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So, please feel to post your wierd sleep/dream experiences - I'd especially like to hear from anyone who's capable of Lucid dreaming, and anybody who has/does suffer from sleep paralysis.
Btw, I got out the looney bin on Wednesday
Basically - I'd like to hear about all your wierd dreams/nightmares/lucid dreams.
Here are some of my experiences:
Lucid Dreaming
I've had a few Lucid Dreams now, and I have to say, it's one of the best things I have ever experienced in life.
My first ever Lucid Dream was when I was approximately 13/14: I was in a French town, and some Black girl was stood in this street asking me to come in to this sort of gypsy like cart. All of a sudden, everything just clicked - and I realised I was in a dream. It truly was amazing. I remember looking up at a lamp-post, and thinking to myself that it should be on as it's nighttime, then bang, it came on instantly. It's wierd - I remember actually being exstatic in the dream because I knew I was, if you get what I mean. The girl was still beckoning me into this cart, and so I followed her in, and rocked the kazbar. I'd lost my virginity in a dream before I had in real life
Another vivid one I remember was when I was stood in my garden, and again, it dawned on me that I was actually in a dream. Again, I looked around, and saw that the trees where perfectly still, and thought to myself "there must me some wind", then the trees started to sway gently in the wind. Again, like before, I was exstatic. I then decided to simply hover up to the top of a huge conifer tree and perch myself on the top, and looked out at the whole world on the horizon, sort of like a gargantuan world atlas.
Apparently Lucid Dreams can be achieved by everyone, because 'normal' people are meant to come out of a dream as soon as they realise it is a dream, and move on to another. However, if as soon as you feel a dream 'stopping', you think "This is a dream, this is a dream" - it then becomes a Lucid Dream, and you really are free to do as you please.
It's almost, dare I say it, like being in the Matrix
Nightmares
When I was young, I always used to have wierd reoccuring nightmares.
The first, and most harrowing, took place in my home. I'd be standing at the bottom of the garden, then all of a sudden I'd hear a roar of a plane, and a huge bomb would fall off its wing, and hit the house slap bang in the middle. I'd run up the garden, and through the patio doors, to find my dad bleeding to death on the couch. I'd immediately start crying, and asked my dad if he was alright, he'd insist he was okay, and then tell me to go check on my mum. So I'd run upstairs, and as I'd reach the landing, I'd see my mum, stood in her bedroom at the end of the landing, covered in blood. I'd then run towards her, but a few steps before I'd reach her, that whole wing of the house would collapse on my mum. I always woke up in a old sweat and near crying - and I must have had that dream a dozen times.
Another, much more 'childish' dream was where I was in New York, and this huge monster would just chase me through the streets, the only thing I could do was run. Eventually, it would catch me. Much like that one, there was a nightmare where I'd be in the back garden, talking to our old dog, Betsy, in her cage (she was never in a cage in real life). Suddenly, her eyes would roll back and then turn red, and she'd start foaming at the mouth. She'd then go mental, jumping at the cage, trying to bite my face off. Eventually, she'd break through the cage, and chase me up the garden. I'd look back at her gradually gaining on me, all the time I was thinking what I could have done to get her so mad. But a few steps before I reached the safety of the house, I'd feel her jaw lock down on the back of my neck, and I'd wake up.
Perhaps the most perculiar, and the most reoccuring dream I've ever had (talking near 100 times I've had this nightmare), was where I was stood in a vast, empty room, in absolute complete darkness. Then I'd be stood in front of a table, and at the other side of the table would be stood Mario (as if in Mario and Luigi), just staring and grinning at me. I'd gradually start to move away from the table, moving further and further, but it seemed no matter how far away I could get, I could always see Mario's big evil grinning face staring at me. Make of that what you will, for I have never fathomed out why I've had that nightmare so many times.
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So, please feel to post your wierd sleep/dream experiences - I'd especially like to hear from anyone who's capable of Lucid dreaming, and anybody who has/does suffer from sleep paralysis.
Btw, I got out the looney bin on Wednesday
. Anyway with lucid dreams, how do you know that you are choosing what happens? How do you know that it isn't just the way the dream goes?