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I would say the opposite is true for me. I never know I am dreaming while I’m dreaming. You never have nightmares then, I take?

by otikik 4y ago

Baeocystin 4y ago
Not OP, but I can't think of a dream that I remember where I didn't know I was dreaming. Sometimes they are nightmares, but if it gets too bad I just remind myself that it's just a dream, and then that's pretty much that.
Ancalagon 4y ago
I also have never been able to lucid dream. Even the few instances where I realized I was dreaming I almost instantly woke up involuntarily. I have heard keeping a dream-journal and using a few techniques inside the dream can give you the ability to lucid dream, but these haven't worked for me.
giantg2 4y ago
Not really. I can find myself in a nightmare situation, but I can then force it to play out differently. I don't wake up scared or anything, but I will wake up tired from forcing the dream to change or go a certain way.
- 1MachineElf 4y ago
  I'm just commenting here to say that you're not the only one. My dreams always go wherever my mind wanders, so any nightmare events are just moments in a longer episode in which I'm aware that I'm dreaming. Any bad dream can be turned around as long as the thoughts inducing it are not intrusive. Exception to the above are only 5 one-off "nightmare" dreams: 1. When I was a very little, I had a nightmare after watching/about The Little Toaster. Probably a lot of kids did. 2. Slightly older, I dreamt that flowers were growing out of my skin and I was becoming a plant. 3. Same age range, dreamt an evil clown had provoked me into a fight and none of my swings could hit him. 4. When I was a tween, I had a nightmare that my mother kept a small wooden box full of my father's freshly severed fingers. 5. In my 20s, I had a nightmare where I told my sister (I don't actually have one IRL) that I shot and killed a demonic horse who was actually myself.
soupfordummies 4y ago
Yeah this is interesting, it's maybe only a few times a DECADE where I'll realize I'm dreaming. Well, that I remember at least. I have pretty good dream recall most days but of course I lose a lot pretty soon after getting going.
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nigerianbrince 4y ago
Keep asking yourself "am I dreaming" throughout the day. You'll lucid dream that night.

I would say the opposite is true for me. I never know I am dreaming while I’m dreaming. You never have nightmares then, I take?

by otikik 4y ago

I would say the opposite is true for me. I never know I am dreaming while I’m dreaming. You never have nightmares then, I take?

Baeocystin 4y ago

Not OP, but I can't think of a dream that I remember where I didn't know I was dreaming. Sometimes they are nightmares, but if it gets too bad I just remind myself that it's just a dream, and then that's pretty much that.

Ancalagon 4y ago

I also have never been able to lucid dream. Even the few instances where I realized I was dreaming I almost instantly woke up involuntarily. I have heard keeping a dream-journal and using a few techniques inside the dream can give you the ability to lucid dream, but these haven't worked for me.

giantg2 4y ago

Not really. I can find myself in a nightmare situation, but I can then force it to play out differently. I don't wake up scared or anything, but I will wake up tired from forcing the dream to change or go a certain way.

1MachineElf 4y ago
I'm just commenting here to say that you're not the only one. My dreams always go wherever my mind wanders, so any nightmare events are just moments in a longer episode in which I'm aware that I'm dreaming. Any bad dream can be turned around as long as the thoughts inducing it are not intrusive. Exception to the above are only 5 one-off "nightmare" dreams: 1. When I was a very little, I had a nightmare after watching/about The Little Toaster. Probably a lot of kids did. 2. Slightly older, I dreamt that flowers were growing out of my skin and I was becoming a plant. 3. Same age range, dreamt an evil clown had provoked me into a fight and none of my swings could hit him. 4. When I was a tween, I had a nightmare that my mother kept a small wooden box full of my father's freshly severed fingers. 5. In my 20s, I had a nightmare where I told my sister (I don't actually have one IRL) that I shot and killed a demonic horse who was actually myself.

soupfordummies 4y ago

Yeah this is interesting, it's maybe only a few times a DECADE where I'll realize I'm dreaming. Well, that I remember at least. I have pretty good dream recall most days but of course I lose a lot pretty soon after getting going.

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nigerianbrince 4y ago

Keep asking yourself "am I dreaming" throughout the day. You'll lucid dream that night.