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by White Mage Cid on May 1st, 2005

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Is there a way I can control my dreams? If so, how?

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  • by Sean Leonard on May 3rd, 2005

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    Sure! There is a process you may have heard of called "Lucid Dreaming". It refers to the process of being aware when you are dreaming that you are in fact, in a dream.

    There are a number of techniques you can use:
    *) Try setting a watch to go off every hour. Throughout the day, when it goes off, ask yourself "Am I dreaming?".. Become aware of your surroundings. A good approach is to try to remember what you were doing 10 minutes ago. When you're awake, this is easy. When asleep, it's much more difficult. When your watch goes off while you are dreaming, it may be enough to realize "Hey, I'm dreaming"
    *) Possibly in combination with the above, try looking at your hands frequently. I know this sounds strange, but I guess for whatever reason, in a dream, hands don't look like they should, and is usually a pretty good give-away that you're dreaming.

    The method that worked best for me was simply to try to understand your dreams more. Everytime you wake up, try to record your dreams. The more you attempt to remember your dreams, the more frequently you will be able to remember them. This also leads to an increased awareness of whether you are dreaming or not.

    Finally, there are also products you can buy. Do a search for lucid dreaming mask.. They're masks that you can wear to bed and while you enter the REM stage, the masks flash a serious of small lights. Like the other methods, these lights are to make you aware in your dream that you are actually dreaming.

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    • That didn't answer my question at all, i was asking how i can CONTROL my dreams, doing things i normally couldn't in reality.

      White Mage Cid

      by White Mage Cid on May 5th, 2005

    • This does answer the question

      Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony

      by Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony on May 8th, 2005

    • Once you realize you are dreaming, then think of things you want to do and do them.

      riffraff814

      by riffraff814 on May 21st, 2005

    • yep that sums it up it would be what i would say!~~~

      PRIL79

      by PRIL79 on August 29th, 2005

    • White, if you could read you would know that this explanation tells you how you can CONTROL your dreams. (AKA Lucid Dreaming)

      Matt6466

      by Matt6466 on October 2nd, 2005

    • isn't it bad to disrupt the REM stage of sleep?

      libragirl101010

      by libragirl101010 on July 11th, 2006

    • This doesnt answer the question at all. IM PISSED OFF that i cant do any of this. YOU CANT LOOK AT YOUR HAND IN A DREAM! to me dreams are like 10 second long black white and maybe orange and red movies. why cant i even dream a realistic dream. I've never had a dream look real or feel real. Maybe i just cant remember. I just dont controll my dreams. "i" in my dreams does whatever "i" want. its more like a movie of myself that im watching. i am very jealous.

      jdemczak

      by jdemczak on March 7th, 2011

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