The power of dreams

[pure_hatred]

Have you ever had a dream that has made you change your actions and/or perceptions of people/life? If so, share.

Here's my contribution. On numerous occassions, I will have had a dream about girls who I've only looked upon as attractive friends. The dream will involve intimacy and upon waking up, I will have developed a full blown crush on the girl, purely based on the dream.

[Frobes]

I've had that happen a few times. I guess dreaming about attractive friends is the only powerful dreams I have.

[BmphP]

Sometimes I'll dream about masturbating, and when I wake up I want to masturbate. So I do.

[CalculatePie314]

I dream about having sex.

It hasn't happened yet, but boy am I ready.

[SlothMan]

Sometimes I dream about things that I could stick my dick in that I havn't stuck my dick in yet, then I wake up and ponder the practicalities and potential enjoyment of dicking said thing.

[BlackHood]

I quite often dream that I'm late for work, then I wake up and realise I'm late for work because I was dreaming about being late for work!

[Welsh_Chickky]

I dreamt that someone was ringing my doorbell this morning, and jumped out of bed thinking that there was someone at the front door. I was most unimpressed when I realised there was noone there.

[BlackHood]

Did you find yourself answering the door naked to an infeasibly attractive manual labourer holding a camera?

[Frobes]

Did you find yourself answering the door naked to an infeasibly attractive manual labourer holding a camera?

That's my dream :hmm:

[Quadros]

I think you need to be hot to be in porn Blackhood.

I once fell asleep on a flight and dreamt that the plane I was on was crashing. I woke up with a massive jump as the plane crashed, only to find that it was actually the plane landing and the woman next to me had laughed so hard she spat water all over me. So I beat her unconscious. Now have a criminal record. Thanks, DREAM.

[BlackHood]

Wouldn't it have been cheaper for them to just put you in an overhead locker?

[Welsh_Chickky]

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[Welsh_Chickky]

I think you need to be hot to be in porn Blackhood.

You cheeky little sod :lol:

[Blueblobb]

I dreamed that someone was poking me in the back in bed, so I turned around and I got stabbed in the face by some hideous creature with its fingernail. I woke up rather mortified and realized that my door was open, so I must've heard it open in my dream and imagined someone crawling into bed with me. I think it would be a very accurate statement that the hideous creature was my mom.

The dream was powerful enough that I had to avoid my mom all day and decide to sleep with my back against the wall.

[Scrotemeal]

The coolest thing happened to me. I've been trying to find out who my friend has a crush on for a few days, so before I went to sleep I was talking to her along the lines of "I'll watch you tomorrow and I'll work it out" etc. So last night I had a dream, and in the background of one part of it, I saw her kiss this guy, just as an incidental thing, not really a big deal at all. Turns out that that is actually who she likes. It's like my preconscious/unconscious mind noticed her flirting or something, even if I didn't consciously, and wanted to tell me. MY DREAM WAS TRUEE! Freudfreudfreud.

[Applesauce]

I once had a dream that my then-boyfriend will dump me for my brother. The next day, he dumped me and the next month they were going out. Figures... :indiff:

[Ocellatus]

I once had a dream that I was in an intimate, loving relationship with a stunning girl I know. In real life, she's a bit of a whore and she's got some 'lubrication issues', so I probably wouldn't pursue anything that would risk in leading to that crazy dream scenario.

[SlothMan]

I once had a dream that my then-boyfriend will dump me for my brother. The next day, he dumped me and the next month they were going out. Figures... :indiff:

I heard your brother puts out more.

[pure_hatred]

I once had a dream that my then-boyfriend will dump me for my brother. The next day, he dumped me and the next month they were going out. Figures... :indiff:

I have that sometimes. I'll dream I'm looking at something specific in a certain place, while a specific person is saying a specific sentence. At some point in the future, could be a day, a week, maybe months, but I will be at that certain place, looking at that something specific, while that specific person is saying that specific sentence. It always freaks me the fuck out -.- MY DREAMS ALLOW ME TO SEE INTO THE FUCKING FUTURE!

Th worst part is, I never remember these "premonitions" until they happen, nor can I seaprate what's a dream and what's premonition, so I can't abuse them to my advantage, for example lottery tickets, or cheating death.

[Applesauce]

I used to get dreams like that all the time. Once, I had the same premonition going on about some murder-thing on the news for months, and by the time it finally happened I was like, "Okay, round 24. Is it for real this time?" It was pretty funny actually.
I tend to figure out which is precognition and which is dream because precognition tends to be extremely vivid and completely random while dreams are more mutable. Of course, now I'm at the point where I don't get dreams like that anymore it's more like a tv show where I just go boink "Oh, Timmy's gonna fall in the fucking well again today!" It gets annoying after a while, really...

[pure_hatred]

I had a premonition of turning on the TV, the news being on and a report about a tree nursery being robbed. A week later, I turned on the TV, news was on and a tree nursery had been robbed. report was the same word for word. They've never repeated themselves for me... yet.

[SlothMan]

I have that sometimes. I'll dream I'm looking at something specific in a certain place, while a specific person is saying a specific sentence. At some point in the future, could be a day, a week, maybe months, but I will be at that certain place, looking at that something specific, while that specific person is saying that specific sentence. It always freaks me the fuck out -.- MY DREAMS ALLOW ME TO SEE INTO THE FUCKING FUTURE!

Th worst part is, I never remember these "premonitions" until they happen, nor can I seaprate what's a dream and what's premonition, so I can't abuse them to my advantage, for example lottery tickets, or cheating death.
You're not having precognitive dreams. It's a known phemonenon, which I forget the actual name for, that causes the brain to confuse new memories with old ones. That's why you never remember these "premonitions" untill what you think you're remembering has actually just happened.

Trippy shit.

[Tyler_Legrand]

My dream for today:

I dreamed that I was doing school gym class and everyone was naked. The coach was yelling at us to hurry up and strip off, and I decided I had to use the bathroom really bad first.

The stalls had hundreds of toilets, so they all had to be squeezed into really tiny cubicles that were so narrow that I couldn't squeeze through the door. (I distinctly remember my bare pecs rubbing almost painfully against the painted wood.) There were some other alternate toilets, which looked huge and built for kings, but they didn't have cubicles. They sat in open space, so anyone sitting on it would be in plain view. I was too embarrassed to do that (even though we weren't embarrassed about being naked) and I decided I didn't really need to go that bad and went to the field.

The class seemed to be playing football (the kind where you kick the ball with your foot) and I made a sweet goalie catch, though I wasn't actually the goalie; I was still just running up to the field, and a runaway ball whizzed almost past me. I had to fall backwards as I made the catch, and when I landed I looked 'above' me. This resulted in me looking 'behind' me upside-downly and I noticed a bunch of younger kids (they weren't part of the class, I think they were clothed) laughing and clapping appreciatively. At this point I thought particularly about how my penis must have been flailing about when I jumped.

I got up, ball in hand (it was a bit small and purple for a football) and a fellow nude dude ran up to me, saying 'Hey, that's my ball.' I was like whatever and tossed the ball back. When he caught it he immediately threw the ball into the face of another dude who happened to walk by my right side. He hurled it with such force that the ball punctured on impact, melting all over the receiver's face.

Although this is a dream, I'm using 'melt' as a metaphor. It didn't really melt like a liquid, but the ball did depress quite fast and comically.

Anyway at this point I woke up, and this was only a half-hour nap, rather than an all-night insanity. Apparently I liked reminiscing my high school days.

[pure_hatred]

You're not having precognitive dreams. It's a known phemonenon, which I forget the actual name for, that causes the brain to confuse new memories with old ones. That's why you never remember these "premonitions" untill what you think you're remembering has actually just happened.

Trippy shit.

Not to dismiss what you say, but I don't beleive that. I know what I dreamt, and I find it TOO coincidental that such things would happen, especially in cases like the tree nursery, and me getting lost on the way home from Alton Towers, and saying a specific sentence, while driving past an interesting peice of road, which I had never been to before in my life.

[Pieman]

I've had the same recurring dream for 2 years now, with few different ones, always after doing something for a prolonged period of time (Happened after a 20 hour gaming session, when I read a whole Wheel of Time book in one sitting etc.).
Not complaining though, the dream's pretty badass. Ballroom dancing atop a city made of streetsigns with someone. No idea who, or even if it's a guy or a girl, even though I see them clearly.
Does make me feel left out when people start talking about their dreams.

[Fruitality]

Not to dismiss what you say, but I don't beleive that. I know what I dreamt, and I find it TOO coincidental that such things would happen, especially in cases like the tree nursery, and me getting lost on the way home from Alton Towers, and saying a specific sentence, while driving past an interesting peice of road, which I had never been to before in my life.
It's Deja vu. Happens to everybody (I assume)

[Tyler_Legrand]

Not to dismiss what you say, but I don't beleive that. I know what I dreamt, and I find it TOO coincidental that such things would happen, especially in cases like the tree nursery, and me getting lost on the way home from Alton Towers, and saying a specific sentence, while driving past an interesting peice of road, which I had never been to before in my life.

What you should do is write down all your dreams. Then when someone says or does something you've predicted, you should yell "AH-HAAAAH!!" and flip to the page and shove it in that someone's face.

[Tweek]

I'd say I'm a lucky person because I dream frequently, and my dreams are almost always astounding.

[HappyPalooza]

Years ago, I had a dream I was screwing Pamela Anderson and almost ejaculated for the first time, but woke up just before it happened and didn't.

What you should do is write down all your dreams. Then when someone says or does something you've predicted, you should yell "AH-HAAAAH!!" and flip to the page and shove it in that someone's face.

He says he doesn't remember said dreams until they happen, which is the problem with his incredible gift.

[Tyler_Legrand]

I've never had a dream about having sex, ever.

The majority of the people here are perverts.

[HappyPalooza]

I only have two or three times during puberty but I jack it so much it's never really an issue.

[pure_hatred]

He says he doesn't remember said dreams until they happen, which is the problem with his incredible gift.

Exactly :( Any dreams I do remember are far too bizarre to be deja vu/premonition.

I don't have sex dreams often, anytime I do, I'll wake up before I cum, or sometimes (to my extreme hatred) I'll wake up just before I get my dick in -.-

[SlothMan]

Not to dismiss what you say, but I don't beleive that. I know what I dreamt, and I find it TOO coincidental that such things would happen, especially in cases like the tree nursery, and me getting lost on the way home from Alton Towers, and saying a specific sentence, while driving past an interesting peice of road, which I had never been to before in my life.

Yes but see, the theory I proposed explains the flaws in yours.

But I guess it is well within your rights to continue being a dumbass.

[koots]

I once had a dream my dad died then the next day I thought he was dead(just a thought in the back of my mind) untill lunch when my friend said something and I realized he was still alive. Had a similar dream/reaction about a cousin as well. Other tahn that, my dreams are just really fucked up. (Think people pouring buckets of dead kittens into fishtanks that have live kittens swimming around)

[Mustache]

I haven't had a dream I remember in like 3 years.

[rory785]

Sometimes i dream, and when i wake up, I have ejacualted in mysleep. Is it a sign???

[pure_hatred]

Sometimes i dream, and when i wake up, I have ejacualted in mysleep. Is it a sign???

Yes, it's a sign your dad is sucking you off in your sleep. Lock your door.

[J3553rocks]

I had a dream I was talking in a phone,
and then woke up talking in to my oddly-shaped hand

[SlothMan]

What the fuck is wrong with your hand bro

[Heksen]

I often dream about my crush. But when I wake up, I realise she already has a crush on someone else. Then I cry and realise I will never get a hot redhead girlfriend.

[Stealth Prawn]

I recently had a very extensive dream. Niki was in it and wanted to pretend to be married to me so we could get past the border patrol.

[Godly]

I once dreamed that I was lactose intolerant and then when I woke up that morning I had toast with butter on it. Does that mean I can tell the future?

[venomfool]

I had a science teacher who told us he once had a dream where he walked up to a student he had taught like five years previous, and hadn't spoken with to date, and shook hands with him. He woke up and thought nothing of it - then later that day, at school, a teacher told him that same student had died in some car accident, or something, the day before.

Said it contradicted his reasoning for being a science teacher. I thought it was a cool story :p

My weirdest dream was myself with my two best friends, and as the dream went on, we aged really rapidly and kept changing scenarios, and it went through my whole life; to my friend winding up in a wheel chair, me getting married, my wife passing away, my parents aging, and everything. I wrote down everything, and if the first part of the dream ever happens, I'll be like .. fuck yeah! I can tell the future! <slaps my knee>

[Tyler_Legrand]

So you're hoping your friend becomes a paraplegic?

[paraskeet]

I once dreamt my mother came into my room and starting stabbing me in my legs.

[TheTacticalBadger]

I often dream about my crush. But when I wake up, I realise she already has a crush on someone else. Then I cry and realise I will never get a hot redhead girlfriend.

It's cause they don't exist.

Except in Paramore and on Mythbusters.

[madcaster]

I can kind of control if i dream or not. :dance:
If i listen to music before i go to bed i don't dream
if i don't listen to music before i go to bed i dream!

Now for a few nightmares:

I was on a swing set at midnight then a HUGE dog comes out of nowhere. He looks at me, charges and kills me

NOTE: i was a little kid at the time of this one.
I walk in to a room the door closes behind me. I look back... No door. The end of the room is pitch black and knives fly from the darkness. Killed again.:wail:

I was on my bed. i just woke up(still in the dream) i see a baby shrek the third toy thing and im to scared to move.

It lasted like 10 seconds but it was still scary

and i have that daja vu thing too. Word for word but only about once every 3 months

[Allen]

I've been wanting Joy Division's second album, Closer for a long time, but I can't find it anywhere, so I've been thinking about ordering it. I fell asleep listening to their first album, Unknown Pleasures the other night, and I had a dream that I ordered Closer. Then when I woke up, I thought, "Man, that was a fucking stupid dream." Then I pulled up my iGoogle and saw an order confirmation notice from Amazon in my e-mail. I had actually ordered it.

This changed my life briefly, in that the account I used on Amazon had it's one-touch ordering set to a bank account I haven't used in a month, and now I have overdraft fees. Yay.

But I do get an awesome album out of it.

[Metalhead636]

When I was young, I had a dream/nightmare that had all my friends age around me. I was in 2nd grade when it happened. My friends aged to teens, but I did not, and I was looked down upon by them. I tried to impress them, but failed.

I thought nothing of it, I was 8 for gods sake.


When I was, oh, 15, I thought about that dream. I had a fear of being frowned upon by elders, especially ones I have known for a long time. I feel the need to impress.

All in all, the Explosm fora scare the shit out of me because of that dream.

[pure_hatred]

I can kind of control if i dream or not. :dance:
If i listen to music before i go to bed i don't dream
if i don't listen to music before i go to bed i dream!


Not to criticize, but everyone dreams every night, apparently your music stops you remembering them, rather than stops you having them. Nice to see someone else suffers deja vu too, makes me feel less of a dumbass (in the wise words of Slothman).

[SlothMan]

Everyone dreams. Some people just sleep too deep to remember them, and most people only remember dreams if they wake up during them.

[laugh]

I dreamt two weeks ago I broke my leg and the next day on the beach I broke my leg.

[Scott-14]

sometimes i have dreams where i'm falling and i get that butterfly feeling in my stomach and i wake up right before i hit and realize i have to shit

[laugh]

I heard that the falling dreams are caused by feeling like your helpless.

[Scott-14]

really? cause i actually do i have those dreams lol

[MrChrisso]

I once had a dream where I was in a traffic jam during a really cold winter and the roads were iced over. So me and my friends, who were each only a few cars away, decided it would be a good idea to get out and snowboard past the traffic jam. Not too far ahead of us was a slope, but regardless, everything was still iced over. We still snowboarded past all the traffic. I woke up wondering why I knew how to snowboard. :eyespop:

[slaywithgardentools]

I often dream about the day I become an explosamateer. Then wake up as a newb. And I cry.

[BlackHatWombat]

I often have dreams where I am reminded of the things I should do or didn't do. Like the guineapigs I could have loved more or the paper I should write. Or bills. I hate the dreams about bills. When I wake up I always feel guilty or panicky. My subconscious is a sadist badass.

[giordam]

anyone play that ps3 download game 'flower'? where you act as the wind and move flower peddles... well i had a dream that campus security was chasing my friend's van, which i was in, and somehow the van turned into the flower peddles. it was interesting to say the least

[HopenBroke]

Dreaming about pokemon battles for the past 2 months.... it is B.E.A.UTIFUL

[Shocklocks]

I was on my bed. i just woke up(still in the dream) i see a baby shrek the third toy thing and im to scared to move.

It lasted like 10 seconds but it was still scary


I'm actually extremely curious if anyone knows what causes that sort of thing. I've experienced the same thing about 3-4times in my life. Always after a dream where I blank out or get killed. I'm 99% sure I wake up because no matter where it happens I'll be in the right bed, with the right things next to me(2 of the times I remember were away from home.)

From there I'll be lying in bed feeling completely paralysed with fear for a good 5-10seconds before I jolt out of it while something from the dream is stuck in my head. The last time it happened for example everything in the room had a reddish tint to it and I could hear a really angry voice talking to me. It wasn't like I'd dreamed that I had woken up, experienced it, fallen back asleep and then woken up again. It really did feel like I had been awake lying in bed through it all and as soon as it passed I was able to crawl out of bed and get a drink.

[Remote]

When I was younger, (like 15) I had a dream that I set the girl who I was into's house on fire so I could save her, and look like a hero. When I woke up, and remembered a little of the dream I was disgusted with myself.

[Kurby]

Me I actually learned something that we were supposed to learn in school the next day. It was weird because I learned it all in the dream, it had to do with the taste buds of the tongue.

[OogieBoogie]

Recently, I dreamt that I was in the middle of the ocean with my boyfriend. The boat we were on was sinking so he looks at me and says "Its for your own good." Then he jumps off the boat and swims away. Only, the boat keeps sinking. SO eventually, I'm swimming too, so I try to swim after my boyfriend, Tristin, only he keeps getting farther away. Then something wraps around my leg and drags me down. I look up to the surface and see him floating above me. I try to call for help, but only bubbles come from my mouth. Then he shakes his head, mouths "for your own good" and swims away. I drown.
I woke up crying from that dream and I keep thinking about it, but I'm completely unable to decipher its meaning.

[pure_hatred]

Recently, I dreamt that I was in the middle of the ocean with my boyfriend. The boat we were on was sinking so he looks at me and says "Its for your own good." Then he jumps off the boat and swims away. Only, the boat keeps sinking. SO eventually, I'm swimming too, so I try to swim after my boyfriend, Tristin, only he keeps getting farther away. Then something wraps around my leg and drags me down. I look up to the surface and see him floating above me. I try to call for help, but only bubbles come from my mouth. Then he shakes his head, mouths "for your own good" and swims away. I drown.
I woke up crying from that dream and I keep thinking about it, but I'm completely unable to decipher its meaning.

No offence, but I don't beleive dreams have meanings. However, if you want one, I'd say that you have a fear that Tristin will eventually leave you due to problems he has with himself. Difficult to say what exactly, as I don't know him. You also feel that he is your life, and without him, you'd die.

Don't read too much into it though, not like it was a premonition or anything.

[Jada]

I'm actually extremely curious if anyone knows what causes that sort of thing.

It's called sleep paralysis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis). I've experienced it once (coupled with hallucination) and it was extremely unnerving.

[pure_hatred]

I've had the sleep paralysis, but not the hallucination. I couldn't even open my eyes, was a bit creepy at first. My brother was wandering around my room, I could hear him, but I couldn't move, look at him, and when he tried to talk to me I could only respond with a "mmm".

[Tweek]

No offence, but I don't beleive dreams have meanings. However, if you want one, I'd say that you have a fear that Tristin will eventually leave you due to problems he has with himself. Difficult to say what exactly, as I don't know him. You also feel that he is your life, and without him, you'd die.

Don't read too much into it though, not like it was a premonition or anything.
I'd interpret it more as a, you need to learn to swim by yourself sort of thing, so to speak. That she needs to develop her independence to progress her relationship/s, because without him/someone by her side, she feels like she is drowning.

[pure_hatred]

I'd interpret it more as a, you need to learn to swim by yourself sort of thing, so to speak. That she needs to develop her independence to progress her relationship/s, because without him/someone by her side, she feels like she is drowning.

I was just guessing, it's difficult to interpret dreams when you don't beleive they have any meaning. As far as I'm concerned, they're your brain filing away the things you've experienced over the past few days, and anything that correlates even slightly is "played back" and merged together.

For example, she watched Titanic or some other shipping sink movie with her boyfriend, or he suggested they go on a cruise, and that spawned this dream. Each to their own though, won't condemn anybody for beleiving dreams have meaning, maybe they do. Sometimes I see future events in my dreams, but don't remember them until the event has passed. Other people believe I'm full of shit, or rationalizing something that isn't real.

[OogieBoogie]

Hm. Both you guys gave me a lot to think about regarding that particular dream. Thankies =3

[Casalen]

Sleep paralysis is not fun, and three or four times is nothing. I used to get it regularly, including every time (twice) I took something to help me relax. Awake and asleep are not the only states; there's a large gray area in between. I've been conscious through most of it. The part where I go into a dream was written to memory on purpose when I learned to lucid dream and things like that, but having my mind wake without control of my body was not intentional. The paralysis was broken as soon as I willed one body part to move, usually my hand, or once something touched me. Sleeping with my dog always prevented it. I tried to get him to stay on my bed every night when I was kid, largely because I was worried about that happening again.

But it hasn't happened for a long time, so whatever causes it can apparently change. I guess my point is that it sucks and happens to quite a few people. And I have a bit of experience with it.

[random_blankness]

My dream didnt involve any kind of revelations or anything; my dream is simply messed up :
In my friends backyard throwing oranges at Bruce Lee.

Now what can you deduce about me from that dream?

[pure_hatred]

Sleep paralysis is not fun, and three or four times is nothing. I used to get it regularly, including every time (twice) I took something to help me relax. Awake and asleep are not the only states; there's a large gray area in between. I've been conscious through most of it. The part where I go into a dream was written to memory on purpose when I learned to lucid dream and things like that, but having my mind wake without control of my body was not intentional. The paralysis was broken as soon as I willed one body part to move, usually my hand, or once something touched me. Sleeping with my dog always prevented it. I tried to get him to stay on my bed every night when I was kid, largely because I was worried about that happening again.

But it hasn't happened for a long time, so whatever causes it can apparently change. I guess my point is that it sucks and happens to quite a few people. And I have a bit of experience with it.

I've read about lucid dreaming and some techniques behind achieving it, like reading a page of a book twice, and it will have changed, or same for a clock. The techniques say you'll logically know it's a dream from then on due to the inconsistencies you see. However, when I dream, I can't force myself to do those techniques (as that would require being lucid to do so), and if I do happen to do them by fluke, for some I accept them as normal. Very frustrating.

[Jadoth]

Dreamt of someone entering the room when i was sleeping at my ex's house. I woke up and it was my ex. o.O I guess i don't dream much. More of know what's going on around me even while im unconcious.

A weird thing about dreams however is when my ex dreamt that she woke up and looked in the mirror... And i came up and murdered her. I feel like murdering her at times. And when i snuck up behind her in the mirror as a joke, she wouldn't come near me for a week. Good times.

I also have yet to experience sleep paralysis. I had a nightmare thing where i was awake but i could still see the nightmare manifestation. That shit me up for days.

Edit: Y'know what? That nightmare was pretty bad-ass too. I don't know what happened, but it was like 4 am or some shit like that and i was sleeping. Then i woke up, wondered why i was awake and looked up to see a... well, what i could only discribe as a ghost enveloped in an eerie green light-- completely pitch black as if it was made of liquid shadow or something. It was chained to the ground. Something about chains always shit me up. So i got up - obviously at this time i wasnt thinking straight - and i went over to it and reached out. Then suddenly i had a flash of green light in my eyes and it was gone. I started coughing like fuck, fell to my knees and was sick. I almost fucking passed out but my parents came in to wonder what the fuck the noise was of me hitting the ground. I didnt sleep the rest of that night or the night after. But eventually i just fell asleep and i've been ok since. Still wondering what the fuck that was.

[occultculture]

I keep having sexual dreams.
I think it's because I haven't been in a real relationship since April.

[LandMarkMoon]

I keep having sexual dreams.


Illustrate.

[occultculture]

Rape, situations involving break-ins, situations that morph from regular dream into porn.

[J3553rocks]

I once had a dream where I was talking to a man in a hotel lobbyroom. He was speaking some sort of jibberish, when I realized it was a dream. So I just say, "Hey, this is a dream!" And he put on an expression of shock. I look around and everybody looked like him. So I walk outside of the lobby, and I just jump. Although there was no gravity, because I started flying! I was having the time of my life flying around when some sort of alarming sound came, like one that warn of terrorist attacks and natural disasters, and I woke up to the peircing sound of my alarm clock.

And I haven't had a dream like that since.

[Casalen]

However, when I dream, I can't force myself to do those techniques (as that would require being lucid to do so), and if I do happen to do them by fluke, for some I accept them as normal. Very frustrating.

The blanket term is usually a reality check, mine has always been clocks. The way I started getting myself to do it in the dream was by doing it in reality. Even when I was absolutely sure it was reality, I would check my watch twice just to be safe. This matters because in a dream, no matter how absurd if you're not in the right mindset, you won't always have something to cue you off. Since then I've usually been cued by things that don't seem right in the dream, like a building not being in the right spot. It also helps to screw with the sleep cycle and confuse your level of consciousness. Recording dreams can also help, at least taking time to commit them to memory after waking. I think it's fun to mess with stuff like that, and everyone is different as to what works with them. I'm also predisposed to be good at it, since my mind has always been aware of dreams to some extent, preventing me from having nightmares.

As for the shocked expression above, my dream characters often try to fight off my understanding of the dream. And I usually get kicked out once I achieve lucidity. Or did, it's been a while.

[Werty]

I've had several dreams about someone betraying me or I'll get in a fight with them and I'll avoid them for the rest of the day. usually they don't notice but when they do I feel bad 'cause they don't have a clue why I'm mad.

[Chocoholic]

The blanket term is usually a reality check, mine has always been clocks. The way I started getting myself to do it in the dream was by doing it in reality. Even when I was absolutely sure it was reality, I would check my watch twice just to be safe. This matters because in a dream, no matter how absurd if you're not in the right mindset, you won't always have something to cue you off. Since then I've usually been cued by things that don't seem right in the dream, like a building not being in the right spot. It also helps to screw with the sleep cycle and confuse your level of consciousness. Recording dreams can also help, at least taking time to commit them to memory after waking. I think it's fun to mess with stuff like that, and everyone is different as to what works with them. I'm also predisposed to be good at it, since my mind has always been aware of dreams to some extent, preventing me from having nightmares.


Another good technique is to pick an everyday item, something that you will see at least everyday. Everytime you see this item ask yourself "Am I dreaming?" and "Is this reality?" Eventually you'll start to do it without thinking about it. When you dream and you see this object your subconscious mind will ask if you're dreaming and you should be able to determine that you actually are, turning your dream into a lucid one.

I can't say if it actually works or not. I don't care enough about my dreams to want to do this.

[Jada]

I don't remember the dreams I have very often, but this one I had last night had a lasting impact on me:

I was in a seemingly endless field or parking lot filled with cars, in neat lines, all facing north. I was wandering this collection of cars with a flashlight and umbrella in hand, though it was not raining or feel like rain. I associated the umbrella with a shield of sorts and held it in front of me open.

As I walked like this I realized that there was a single person seated in each of the car's drivers seat, though I did not look directly at them. Then, again, I suddenly realized that it was dark and that all of the cars had their headlights on. It was not as if it had become dark suddenly, but that I had just not realized what always was. I turned on my flashlight and kept wandering with the vague desire to escape from this lot of cars.

I then realized, again in the same strange manner, that the people in the driver seats were so completely still that they must be statues and not real people and then they became so, but still seemed that they always had been that way. Then I saw the end of the lot, but I could see nothing but darkness outside the area of light created by the cars headlights. But even though that darkness frightened me, I knew it was safer than the car lot.

But as I moved to leave, I noticed the statue driver in one of the last visible cars. I thought it looked familiar and against my better judgment I went to get a better look, stepping away from the edge of the lot. I realized then that the statue was of my grandmother (dead for 12 years). A glance at the other cars suggested that I knew the other statues as well, though no names or specific identities came to mind.

I touched the statue with my umbrella and it did not move. Comforted by this, I shone my flashlight upon it. It instantly came to life. Though it was my grandmother, it really wasn't. She was vicious and monstrous and began to quickly climb out of the drivers window, clawing in my direction and hissing.

I knew then that this was a dream and I had to wake up. I focused all my energy on screaming, both in the dream and in real life. I could feel my body screaming and I awoke. I really hadn't woke, but it seemed to my in my dream that I had and I accepted it and my surroundings as normal and real.

I was in a house and knew I lived there with my father and his ex-wife as well as my sister, who I have been estranged from for several years. My sister had heard my screaming and came rushing in to "wake" me and save me from my nightmares. I was grateful and sat sobbing in her arms until the dream faded and I actually woke up.

I felt strongly compelled to contact my sister immediately after awaking, but the desire has faded now, hours later.

[PriestessOfTinsel]

I dreamt once that someone was stabbing me in the forehead, and when I woke up, it was my mate, poking me in the face, telling me to stop snoring... I was angry...