Lucid Dreaming Trouble

@CrazyMusicLover I had to chuckle at your comment about sexual dreams.

I have very few, and they are more romantic than erotic. In fact I had one only a couple of nights ago. I recall the first time one of my dreams wandered vaguely towards erotic, I woke up because at the time I was still very naive and innocent, and literally did not know what might happen next!


I had no idea you can induce any sort of dream, "lucid" (however you define that) or not.

Dreams are fleeting normally. I think they compress time and remove our perception of it, so a "story" set over say, an hour, is over in moments.

I've not knowingly had sleep paralysis (if I am asleep at the time...) but have occasionally had those unpleasant falling sensations. I think those and their comrades-in-fright, pressure and floating feelings, could be behind some of the most common "ghost-story" themes from the past, before their physiological reality was found.

@ArishMell They are really disappointing. 😅 When I realize I'm dreaming I either get very serious about it, feel trapped and believe I have to wait till I wake up or I get the upsurge of crazy childlike joy and eagerness, test flying ability in the room first and if it works, I fly out of the window. Once I had that upsurge telling myself "I'm going to summon this person now and do stuff" but just as the person appeared I realized I was going to wake up so I had to suppress it all and quickly invent a new scene. 🤦🏻‍♀️

@CrazyMusicLover I know what you mean.

Errr, worse than that. I have very nearly injured or even killed myself by omitting the test procedures. These were nightmares based on escaping some imagined physical danger such as being about to be trapped by a vehicle, and I think associated with stress and other problems at the time.

@ArishMell I understand your perspective, but my experience with lucid dreaming has been profoundly different. It's not just about the dreams themselves or trying to decode them like some mystical riddle. It's about harnessing the incredible potential of my subconscious mind and exploring the depths of my creativity and imagination. I’m trying to connect with the deeper layers of my consciousness, to understand myself better, and to unlock my full potential. It’s not about worrying needlessly; it’s about embracing the opportunity to grow and evolve. Many of my lucid dreams do not worry me at all! I respect your opinion and concern, and don't worry I do let myself sleep properly as well!

@SparklyPrincess Thankyou for explaining it.

I do have extremely well-detailed dreams but curiously even when they are supposedly set in real places (including my former work place!) or include one or two real people, the locations are very surreal versions of reality.

I recall dreaming about work only once when I was working - and I was on holiday at the time - but have done so several times in the years since I retired.

Otherwise my imagination - or whatever it is that generates them - creates totally new locations, indoors or out, based on little or nothing I have ever seen! Yet the people in them are usually just vague palimpsests; or perhaps one is recognisable and the others are vague and out of focus.

I've also had unpleasant dreams of the type I think called "hypnagogic", for me at least, hallucinations created by seeing real objects in the very low light while almost asleep, and my mind distorting them into strange and even threatening things.


Have you ever dreamt music, as something "heard" but not "seen"? I recollect this only twice, the first time when I thought my parents had gone to bed but forgotten to switch off a radio downstairs, as I could "hear" an operatic soprano signing. Yet I was too young to know anything about opera or art-songs, and did not like those genres at the time!



As I say, I don't believe in "interpreting" dreams or trying to use them in any way, but I know there are many anecdotes of people waking having solved some problem in their sleep. Instead, I am intrigued by what may be happening to construct dreams.

If, as I gather is the accepted theory, dreams are a by-product of the brain refreshing and re-storing our memories, that may account for the work dreams. Yet why would mine go and totally invent finely-detailed settings, or warp real ones into bizarre versions? Odd!

@Ananke Don't worry about it! I appreciate your honesty and I think there's a lot of truth to it!

@Starduster79 Oh I am definitely going to push further! Felt like I was on the edge of something huge and I'm not one to back down in the face of fear.

I actually have not received the doll yet! These things take awhile to materialize sometimes 😅 But I will certainly update on that when I do get it!

@SparklyPrincess ohh ok so there is a big difference

@496sbc Vivid dreams can be incredibly lifelike and intense, but in a lucid dream, you're aware that you're dreaming and can even control the dream to some extent

@SparklyPrincess wow

@uncalled4 I totally get what you mean! But you know, I've found that sometimes even the most unsettling dreams can hold a deeper meaning if we're willing to explore them

@SparklyPrincess It doesn't take much to decode most of them. Dealings with my job or relationship, any of those could have represented the furniture in the way. Maybe even the music business. So much is open-ended. It could be any of a dozen obstacles.