Ways to induce lucid dreams

[tccleaning1]

heard not hurd (duh)

[twister77]

Mmm
Try setting the alarm a couple hours before your regularly wake up to disrupt your sleep cycle. You'll be half-awake and half-asleep... a dreamlike state.

When I was trying to get my sleeping schedule right on track my dreams suddenly started to become more vivid. Prior to fixing it, I was going to bed at around 3am and waking up at 12-1pm. (i really need 9 hours)

Before sleeping at 3am, I set the alarm at 7am. BRINGG!!!! Like a zombie I slammed the snooze and sat in my bed thinking about how I should spend my day before I drifted off asleep again. Like magic, I was transported to some weird dimention half-awake half-asleep. I was dreamining, knowing I was dreaming and had the ability to fully awaken, but chose not to. Anytime the annoying clock would chime, I'd slam the alarm until around 8am where I gave up trying to awaken and reset it to 10am. I had never dreamt like that since a year ago and it was a fresh awakening to the prowess that existed in sleep.

[bucksgirl]

las night i had a dream that i was half human half dragon and i was in love with a half man half dragon named 3 i just cant get this off my mind we worked together in saving a life of a friend then at her wedding he flew away i relized that i was in love with him and went after him in my dream my wings expanded and i flew after him i found him and called out his name he came to me and i looked in to his eyes they were deep blue and i said 3 i love you and want to be with you forever he wrapped me in his wings and i woke up it was so real and he was so handsome what does it mean

[iggyomega]

I wouldn't reccommend this unless you actually have allergies, but when I first started taking Zyrtec a while back, it caused lucid dreams on an almost nightly basis. This is actually one of the known side effects of the drug. It doesn;t happen anymore, but I I have been taking them for a couple years now. Stupid allergies

[twister77]

I'm finding it funny how most of the recommendations towards lucid dreaming involve drugs

Ahh.. drugs... is there anything they can't do?

[Tamothyblue]

About 75% of my dreams are lucid dreams that I can control whether they are nightmares, adventures, etc. I do not know how or why I do it but I will try to keep note of things I do prior to sleeping that could maybe help figure it out. I think some people just have the ability....like a gift but I am willing to try to figure it out.

[akit]

Originally Posted by tccleaning1

I'm new to this site and about lucid dreams , I love what I read here,I'm not sure if lucid are what I've been having,but my dreams are so real , I wake up in them but I cant move at all,I scream out for someone to wake me (maybe it scares me)and them my husband hears me and shakes me to wake me ,it seems to mostly happen ,when I fall asleep on my back,could someone help me on this, I want to enjoy my dreams,but when I cant move it scare the h___ out of me ,,last night I had a dream that my son (10) woke up scared about something under his pillow and as he was running around my bed he fell and hurt his toe and I could not get up and help him and I was mad at myself that I could not move ,and I hurd my daughter come in my room (I assuming to help me) next thing I new ,I heard her say mom are you ok? I was awake then I said yes baby thank you,,I asked her this morning how many times did you come to my room,,she said two times ,she said I heard you mumblin and then nothing ,she went to the restroom then heard me mumblin again and then said are you ok mom,,but in my dream I did hear her come to my door the first time but I could not move or wake up ,, I have a lot of them even started when I was about 12 I'm 41 now most of them is where I cant move ,,one is where my body was pressing down in the bed I felt the covers being pulled off me and I truly felt it It was so real,,what going on with me ??????any input would be great ,,tccleaning1

I have a feeling that you were having a nightmare. Do you take in food before sleeping? I have observed personally that the amount of food intake before bedtime can contribute greatly to having nightmares or just plain dreaming. I view lucid dreaming as that when you are able to control events consciously (i.e. waking up without anyone doing the waking for you).

[Arpeggio]

I have a question. What if you only remember dreams that you have like every half year. I mean, I only have dreams on a RARE occasion.

Any ideas?

[akit]

Sorry, Arpeggio but I can't help you either. I suggest you try and read all the other forums as you may be able to get some answers from there.