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Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
11. Lucid dreams...
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:35 PM
Aug 2012

Last edited Thu Aug 2, 2012, 12:06 AM - Edit history (1)

Now, lucid dreams I've had many times, and I can even bring them on. If I don't fall asleep immediately, I imagine myself in a scene that looks interesting and try for full immersion. I'll try to 'hear' the sounds of the city, to 'smell' the grass, and to 'feel' the bricks in the wall I'm touching. Then I sort of 'release' the picture and things start happening that I didn't script which eventually turns into a lucid dream where I can affect what's happening. I'm particularly fond of historical scenarios, like ancient Rome.

Life's more interesting when I dream. Whether dreams means anything or not, I have no idea, but I often refer to going to bed as 'boarding the dreamland express'..

Been there, done that, but I've had them nested four levels deep. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #1
Four levels deep! Ron Obvious Aug 2012 #4
I have been taking benadryll. texanwitch Aug 2012 #5
I'm rather enjoying the dreams... Ron Obvious Aug 2012 #9
I think it is the pink dye. texanwitch Aug 2012 #10
They get really vivid when I take oxycodone before bed. Bizarre shit. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #19
I had a dream that I was awake and I woke up to find myself asleep - Stan Laurel Brother Buzz Aug 2012 #2
Not only did that happen the other night. My first dream was lucid. EastTennesseeDem Aug 2012 #3
Lucid dreams... Ron Obvious Aug 2012 #11
It only happens to me rarely EastTennesseeDem Aug 2012 #15
I'd go for something simpler. GaYellowDawg Aug 2012 #21
That's an interesting technique TuxedoKat Aug 2012 #26
I think dreams can tell us a lot. Our culture doesn't value them much. I like to write down my raccoon Aug 2012 #27
Wow! I wondered if that ever happened to anyone. I've never had that happen. Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #6
Woman in a robe... Ron Obvious Aug 2012 #12
see my other post pitohui Aug 2012 #18
I have too and find it terrifying Nikia Aug 2012 #7
Interesting... Ron Obvious Aug 2012 #13
Had one like that: malthaussen Aug 2012 #8
That's weird sakabatou Aug 2012 #14
Dreams are interesting things. Behind the Aegis Aug 2012 #16
yes don't worry you're not bonkers pitohui Aug 2012 #17
Something I found weird about your OP. I don't recall EVER smelling anything in a dream. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #20
I felt violent motion and intense heat once when i dreamed I got in a head on collision. Kaleva Aug 2012 #24
I've had similar dreams, but I don't remember temperature being a factor. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #29
That was the only dream I've had where I recall being aware of temperature. Kaleva Aug 2012 #32
I've had ones where I was in shorts in the snow and didn't feel cold. Everyone is different. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #34
I remember one dream where I smelled something. I was dreaming about Dracula and I smelled raccoon Aug 2012 #28
You weren't passed out on the bathroom floor next to the litter box now were you? HopeHoops Aug 2012 #30
Nope, didn't have a litter box at that time. nt raccoon Aug 2012 #31
Oh, that's just SO wrong. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #33
Have had times where I know I'm dreaming and try to wake up.... Kaleva Aug 2012 #22
For me, the worst was this: GaYellowDawg Aug 2012 #23
Once or twice I think TuxedoKat Aug 2012 #25
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