Hi cysctocarp, welcome to hubski. There was a wee discussion of lucid dreaming here. I didn't realize one could "try" lucid dreaming, as in bring it on yourself. I've already had a number of interesting experiences within the dream world.
I'd love to hear one of your most memorable or recurring dreams. I'm inclined to believe that dreams recur when there is a message your subconscious is trying to tell you that you haven't heard yet.
Huh, I must have missed that thread when I did a quick site search before posting! I've already read on the many popular ways to induce a lucid dream, but my 'method' (I'm not sure if you could call it a method since it's only happened accidentally) usually comes right after a bout with sleep paralysis. By trying to 'fight it off' trying to move I become lucid once I fall back into a dream. I'm also used to getting into SP every few weeks that I don't think I've ever felt terrified when I realize I've set into the state again. It's something you get used to, I guess. All of my LDs (as well as a lot of my regular dreams) start in the room where I'm sleeping in, be it my bedroom or apartment. A recurring theme in all of my LDs is that when they would start, a dream character would appear. They're usually people close to me, like my sister or one of my best friends, and would usually be sitting opposite me on the bed, fixated on their phones or a book or something similar. They'd remain silent as I watched them from across the bed. My 'reality check' to know whether I was dreaming or not would be to push them off of the bed, where they'd disappear completely as they fell out of view. A quick check on my phone as to whether the time made sense, and I'm usually lucid by then. I've never looked up the symbolism of all this; personally, I don't think dream interpretation holds that much water. Also, I've never pushed anyone off my bed IRK.There was a wee discussion of lucid dreaming here. I didn't realize one could "try" lucid dreaming, as in bring it on yourself.
I'd love to hear one of your most memorable or recurring dreams.
Welcome to hubski. A quick heads up, our site search is an imperfect beast, so if you really want results turn to specific google queries. That said, reposts of thoughtful questions also aren't particularly frowned upon here. On topic, I have lucid dreamed a handful of times, maybe a dozen, in my life. All when I was much younger -- a completely unfounded hypothesis being that I was rarely tired when I went to bed, since I was forced to go to bed at a relatively early hour. Perhaps that in some way encouraged lucid dreaming. Now, of course, I work too damn much and pass out every night. I do not remember my dreams except in very rare circumstances.
http://hubski.com/pub?id=117114 Now, your dream: I think dream interpretation can be fascinating and revealing, moreso, if they are associated with an emotion. All I can draw from your example is that you feel in control of your environment (life environment as well as dream environment).Huh, I must have missed that thread when I did a quick site search before posting!
I appreciate a chance to bring up topics lightly discussed and I agree with flagamuffin. By the way, regarding searching, Google is better for searching hubski than hubski is. Even mk recommends it. I tried searching "hubski: lucid dreaming" on Google and also found these:
http://hubski.com/pub?id=18708