Comments on: How to Lucid Dream: Learn to Control your Dreams!

By: Gabriel Rocheleau

Gabriel Rocheleau — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 12:29:56 +0000

In reply to Neva.

Hey Neva,

I know what you went through. Sleep paralysis can be very frightening. Waking up from sleep paralysis is always weird. I can relate to “someone switching the power button” experience you describe. The world instantly feels completely different when sleep paralysis ends. Don’t worry though, you’re not in danger.

Thanks for commenting

By: Neva

Neva — Sun, 09 Aug 2015 11:51:52 +0000

today i experienced sleep paralyze i thought i am dead an my soul is left in my body i was shouting in my mind i cant die my eyes were closed i was struggling to move my hand and leg but cant then i felt my leg moved i tried to raise my hand and my eyes opened and i was absolutely normal like some one switched on my power button that was horrifying

By: Gabriel Rocheleau

Gabriel Rocheleau — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 12:38:55 +0000

In reply to Sam.

Hey Sam!
1) You say you are almost always present as an observer in your dream. I tend to think that this may make it easier for you to become lucid, since there’s already some space between the “dream” and “you”. You’re not caught in it as much as most other people. To become lucid, try using the techniques mentioned in the article. Even if you’re in 3rd person view, you can do all of them (for the reality tests, instead of doing them, you just watch yourself do them).

2) When you WILD, you start by relaxing your body up to the point where it is asleep, while your mind is awake. This can easily lead to sleep paralysis, but you shouldn’t be scared of it. The reason most people experience scary hallucinations in sleep paralysis is because of their stressed and fearful mental state. Sleep paralysis usually occurs by surprise upon waking up, by and since people don’t expect it, it surprises them and they freak out. It’s really not that scary if you enter it progressively by attempting a WILD. If you do get sleep paralysis, good news! You’re almost there! Just close your eyes, imagine a dream scene, and jump right in it!

Hope that helps,
Gabriel

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 03:44:40 +0000

I have two questions. One: I am nearly always in third person in my dreams, watching from the side. Or not even there. Would knowing this be helpful to becoming lucid?
Two: if I try WILD and it works, is there a chance of the horrifying hallucinations occurring as they happen in sleep paralysis?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 06 Sep 2014 04:56:48 +0000

In reply to Gabriel Rocheleau. So the nearest I ever came to lucid dreaming was that I dreamed I was in a Freddy Kruger movie and realized I could fight him with lucid dreaming. It played out like a movie that I had no real control of but in the dream that I was watching I had control. Tripy huh....

By: wytchwhisper

wytchwhisper — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 09:38:33 +0000

I had lucid dreams of an avatar like jungle in my early 20s when I was studying Shamanism to add to my Wicca repitoire. I usually fly when I’m lucid which later ironically helped me with astral travel. I haven’t seen the movie you mentioned yet but it’s not really unusual for people close to me to share the same dreams. I’ve woken and described my dream and the other person described the rest so we both knew we weren’t crazy cause we wouldn’t have known unless we were both there. I’ve also accedently thought questions at people and had them awnser me verbally cause they thought I spoke while people with me wonder why that person spontaneous ly stared talking to me. My belief in myself and my abilities started faltering as my esteem did in the last 13 yrs. when I went to eastern Canada they reawakened until a ghost I had seen in the house earlier entered my dream and shook me yelling wake up their coming and then a group of people took a white sheet and covered my face. My lucid dreams and premonition s have stopped since then not sure why but I can’t see. I kinda feel blindfolded.

By: Gabriel Rocheleau

Gabriel Rocheleau — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:08:49 +0000

In reply to Steve.

Haha, I’ve never dreamt of Freddy Kruger but I imagine that can be pretty scary! One of the best ways to overcome a nightmare definitely is to become lucid! Keeping a dream journal helps since it allows you to remember your dreams and notice “patterns” in them. Once you discover some recurring themes in your dreams, you’re more likely to notice them while dreaming and thus become lucid! Personally, I’ve never had a dream journal but it can definitely be of great help, especially to people who might have trouble remembering their dreams. I mostly do WILD’s nowadays though, so that ain’t a problem!

Thanks for commenting!

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:34:29 +0000

I’ve never tried to go to sleep hoping I’ll lucid dream, but I have had them a few times. It’s kind of a strange feeling to know that you’re in a dream. You know what’s weird, is I’ve dreamt of Freddy Kreuger a few times, but the last time I did it was a realization to me that I was in a dream. He was my trigger that I was in a dream and it made the dream lucid.

I would like to try doing it more often. I’ve heard keeping a dream journal helps although I’ve never tried that before.