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I've only ever had one lucid dream, in which I was being chased and realized I could just throw myself off a cliff to wake up, which is what I immediately did.

I've only ever had one lucid dream, in which I was being chased and realized I could just throw myself off a cliff to wake up, which is what I immediately did. I wish I could have more. I really enjoy when I remember my dreams and they consume part of my day. I consider it productive. If I let them, they reveal themselves more to me as the day goes on, and there's usually an "aha" moment when I realize what a dream was a metaphor for, usually something I'm struggling with in real life. Often they also give me new ideas for creative design problems I'm working on. Sometimes a building or a landscape I'm walking through is even laid out to show me a better way to approach an algorithm. I can relate, though, to wanting to clear the fog that comes with holding onto a dream, and get on with the day in reality. Usually if I decide one isn't worth reading too much into, I can just jot a few words about it down and let it go.

comboy 4y ago
Maybe writing it down will help to let it go, I'll try it some time. > I've only ever had one lucid dream, in which I was being chased and realized I could just throw myself off a cliff to wake up, which is what I immediately did. I wish I could have more. I can't say anything objective about your subjective experience, but I think if it was a lucid dream, not a "oh it's a dream", you'd rather look around the thing that is chasing you, transform it to whatever you please and fly of a cliff to dance in the sky. What I'm trying to say is that it can be much more than just this realization, and if you wish to have more, you can, there's tons of exercises you can find online. Unfortunately they tend to often be on sites/forums where they also talk about chakras, astral projections and what not. Which is the reason I thought lucid dreaming may also be some b*t, and which is the reason I'm writing these comments here to vouch that it is real, achievable and worth giving it a try.

comboy 4y ago

Maybe writing it down will help to let it go, I'll try it some time. > I've only ever had one lucid dream, in which I was being chased and realized I could just throw myself off a cliff to wake up, which is what I immediately did. I wish I could have more. I can't say anything objective about your subjective experience, but I think if it was a lucid dream, not a "oh it's a dream", you'd rather look around the thing that is chasing you, transform it to whatever you please and fly of a cliff to dance in the sky. What I'm trying to say is that it can be much more than just this realization, and if you wish to have more, you can, there's tons of exercises you can find online. Unfortunately they tend to often be on sites/forums where they also talk about chakras, astral projections and what not. Which is the reason I thought lucid dreaming may also be some b*t, and which is the reason I'm writing these comments here to vouch that it is real, achievable and worth giving it a try.