Interesting. Are there more people with recurring nightmares? I have recurring nightmares about big dogs attacking me. I don't know if that's because I'm afraid of big dogs and that's what gives me those dreams... or if I'm afraid of big dogs because of those dreams... Had one this morning.Widdi wrote:I have recurring nightmares about my teeth falling out.
From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dream
Interesting. Never knew this. I used to have dreams where I thought I woke up, but didn't, and then later actually did wake up. (False awakening, which Wikipedia lists as a related phenomenon.) But nothing like lucid dreaming at all.A lucid dream is a dream in which the sleeper is aware that he or she is dreaming. When the dreamer is lucid, he or she can actively participate in and often manipulate the imaginary experiences in the dream environment. Lucid dreams can seem extremely real and vivid depending on a person's level of self-awareness during the lucid dream.[1]
The term was coined by the Dutch Psychiatrist and writer Frederik van Eeden (1860–1932).[2]
A lucid dream can begin in one of three ways. A dream-initiated lucid dream (DILD) starts as a normal dream, and the dreamer eventually concludes that he or she is dreaming, while a wake-initiated lucid dream (WILD) occurs when the dreamer goes from a normal waking state directly into a dream state with no apparent lapse in consciousness. A mnemonic-initiated lucid dream (MILD) can happen when the dreamer intentionally affirms to himself or herself that he or she will become lucid during the upcoming sleep. Reaching lucidity can sometimes occur due to dream-signs or spontaneously upon remembrance.
Lucid dreaming has been researched scientifically, and its existence is well established.[3][4]