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Controlling what you dream about(?) I had a friend of 16 years and more who is in love with a singer in a popular 90s band(obsessed) and it's no way reciprocat
by paul7986 8y ago
Controlling what you dream about(?)
I had a friend of 16 years and more who is in love with a singer in a popular 90s band(obsessed) and it's no way reciprocated. She says he loves her in another dimension and she controls her dreams to speak to him. I use to have to listen to her talk about her fantasy conversations with him until i could no longer take talking about some delusion. She is no longer the fun person I use to know... just lost in a delusion and I and all her family/friends tried to make her snap out of it.. but no one is more important then the delusion :-(
Is there another reason why one would want to lucid dream other then to create another reality that doesn't exist?
- dcow 8y agoReminds me of cases where people die at amusement parks. Doesn't mean the park isn't thrilling. I've occasionally experienced lucid dreams. You don't have to get lost in them...
- skmurphy 8y agoSleep is another form of cognition that can unlock other problem solving capabilities. See "The Committee of Sleep" by Deidre Barrett https://www.amazon.com/Committee-Sleep-Scientists-Athletes-Solving/dp/0982869509 https://www.amazon.com/Committee-Sleep-Scientists-Athletes-S... for a number of well documented examples of scientists, engineers, artists, and others solving problems or unlocking design insights from dream experiences.
- 0xb100db1ade 8y agoAlthough I'm always worried that one isn't really getting actual sleep if they are half-awake and thinking during it
- sdfin 8y agoAnalyzing what our imagination is capable of. I find it quite curious how it can spin a very detailed dream apparently out of nowhere. It may be curiosity or entertainment. You ask "why create another reality that doesn't exist". Most films, tv series and novels are about "a reality that doesn't exist".