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I got a bit of an existential creative mind, and I love sleep deprivation because it kicks me into lucid dreaming a lot. I have incredibly intense waking dream
by thomasfromcdnjs 6y ago
I got a bit of an existential creative mind, and I love sleep deprivation because it kicks me into lucid dreaming a lot.
I have incredibly intense waking dreams for hours on end, I fall asleep and wake up up to 15 times in a row.
They are more intense then most psychedelic trips I've had. Lucid dreams feel like I'm some where between the material and metaphysical world.
I use the WILD or Wake-Initiated Lucid Dream method. It can be annoying sometimes because you essentially have to go through sleep paralysis every time, which can be terrifying if you don't know about it or aren't in the mood for it.
Copying this from another website but it sorta works like this;
> "Wake yourself up after 4 to 6 hours of sleep, get out of bed and stay up for anywhere between a few minutes to an hour before going back to bed. It is preferable that you do something related to lucid dreaming during this time, but it is not required.
Go back to bed and lie absolutely still, as if your body is melting into the mattress and losing all sensation. Silence your inner monologue if it starts to chime in. You may hear hypnagogic sounds, echoes of voices and other sounds in your head.
Once in the half-dream state, you will experience hypnagogia as a mixture of patterns and colors that take over your vision in the darkness. Observe your hypnagogia and stay relaxed, allowing it to hypnotize you and draw your awareness away from the outside world into the internal dream world that is starting to evolve now."
- TeeMassive 6y agoI've experienced similar things using this pattern, but also using melatonin before going to sleep. Not only I get to sleep 12+ hours, the dreams I do are so lucid it's crazy. I get to explore the world as I know it and sometimes I can even fix nightmares. This has helped me a lot.
- Taylor_OD 6y agoWhy would you want to do this? I have some sleep paralysis like experiences from time to time and have never found them enjoyable. Even more so when the dream only leads me into another dream and on and on.
- andai 6y agoI really enjoy flying. I do it almost every night.
- jmiskovic 6y agoA weird question, but what are the flying mechanics in your dreams? Like superman, ironman, or more bird-like? How much in control are you?
- andai 6y agoThey depend on my attitude and sense of well being. When I was a child it was like swimming but with less friction; I was buoyant (or maybe there was no gravity). In high school when I first became insecure, I began to fall out of the sky. From this time, flying became very unstable (swerving) and required a constant strain to resist the force of gravity -- and was accompanied by a constant fear of falling to my death. More recently, as I am gaining confidence again, flying still requires concentration, but it is smooth and stable, and now most dreams are partly lucid and I know I will not be harmed even if I fall. As for the mechanics, as a child I swam, as a teenager created an upward lifting force with my hands, and more recently I am pushing downward against something invisible (I almost feel like a quadcopter).
- Taylor_OD 6y agoInteresting. I have semi vivid dreams often. Basically I'm able to recognize that I'm dreaming but shortly after taking control or if I try to change to much I wake up immediately. Any advice?
- andai 6y agoI did not succeed in lucid dreaming until I tried astral projection (entering a lucid dream while awake). I didn't succeed at this, but the efforts led to many spontaneous lucid dreams. In other words, by trying and failing at something harder, I effortlessly achieved what had eluded me for 9 years.
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