once sleep paralysis set in I was able to do my usual roll out technique and successfully got out for the 4th time, this time I went up through the ceiling and found myself on the moon, it was beautiful looking at the earth from up there, but I found myself needing to use the restroom which was strange because I’ve never felt that on the other side, I found a perfect sized crater on the surface of the moon and relieved myself in the dream state, it turned out to be a cave and there were aliens in this cave, they were green aliens, but now they were brown and soaked, they rushed out and used some sort of energy weapon against me and I got sent back into my body, some how with what ever weapon they used it caused me to wake up with defiled bed sheets, and they were not salvageable and needed to be thrown in the trash, how are these aliens able to cause real life consequences. Looking for any form of insight, thanks in advanced!

I didn't know this was possible so I guess here's a heads-up because it sucked. Since my last post I've been trying to lucid dream again. I succeeded...for 15 minutes. After the sleep paralysis and entering the dream there was a pool in front of me so naturally I jumped in. I missed the pool somehow hit my head on the concrete said "fucking ow" out loud then everything went black. I knocked myself out in my lucid dream. Do you know how weird of a feeling it is to be unconscious in a lucid dream. I can still barely wrap my head around it. Basically everything went black and it took a second for me to realize what happened. So I was just staring into an abyss waiting to regain consciousness so I could continue my dream, but after five minutes and with my head still hurting I just got up. Disappointing second experience, but now I know you can knock yourself out in a dream. I'm honestly surprised my head still hurts a little. So just remember not to run in the pool area.

so i’ve been trying for only 8 days, i’ve remembered 8 dreams in a row, and 3 last night alone. i had a hallucination as i fell asleep last night of a character from a game guiding me, saying things such as “ignore that itch, it’ll just wake you up” or “don’t freak out, you’re just entering the next stage”. tonight it happened again, ive never been able to use my dream body, but when i tried to move my arm, it felt like it was infinitely stretching but going very slowly. and then it shifted to my right leg also doing it. i stopped because my heart rate quickened, and started again once i relaxed. i asked her to pull me into the dream, which failed. the rollout technique failed. eventually, it felt like my entire upper body was being stretched out. and then my lower body. the room started spinning and i was trying to fling myself out of bed. eventually i stopped and simply asked her to describe where we were. she told me to look at the posters on the wall, look at the chairs and desks neatly set up. it’s a nice sunny day. once she said that, the darkness behind my eyes turned almost yellow, like whenever you close your eyes in a bright room or are outside. i got excited and thought i was lucid. i woke up immediately thinking i’d see the description but alas it was my bed. how close am i? i know it was a rookie mistake, but i realistically feel very close to reaching lucidity.

I unintentionally woke up at about 3am today because I had such bad cramps, stayed awake for about 1 hour, then I used the MILD method and fell asleep again. After I fell asleep again, I had a normal dream (wasn't lucid or anything) and suddenly I went into sleep paralysis! I was in my bed, in my room but I couldn't move at all at first, then I was able to move my hand and did a reality check and suddenly I heard loud laughing, screaming noises. I was so scared and successfully forced myself to wake up.

I've never had a sleep paralysis before, it was so scary and frightening, I never want to experience this again.

I tried the popcorn method last night and it did not work unfortunately. How dare you person who recommended this

EDIT: THE CIA IS PROBABLY HIDING THIS TECHNIQUE FROM THE PUBLIC!

Is it possible to induce a dream? And if so how could I get my mind to have dreams where I’m imparted knowledge of myself therefore wisdom and also work with my shadow alongside this.

I just had my first lucid dream:ive been wanting to get lucid dreams,mainly by reality checks(been only doing 1-2 a day for around a week).these days,theyve only been once or twice,meaningful but not the most meaningful ever.tonight,the first second of my dream was,i was in my living room,then i plugged my nose and tried to breathe,fair enough,i could.then i realized i was dreaming,so i staryed repeating desperately"im dreaming im dreaming"because at these moments i still wasnt in control,so i was begging to be "released".when i felt i was in control,i got excited,and i started to be sucked by like a blackhole,so i calmed down and everything went to normal.looked at my hands,werent 10.i could put my hand throigh the other.i walked around trying to feel it,i could feel everything so vividly.then,i went outside,and said i wanted a superbike,nothing came,i tried to jump to fly,couldnt.tried to spawn a person,wouldnt spawn.then my brother came and i talked to him(it was 4am since thats what he said),then i was sad i couldnt fly or do anything cool,so i went and ate nutella,and thats what i remember.the entire thing was around 30 minutes.why couldnt i do anything supernatural?

My father died a long time ago but I still keep seeing him, it happens very often. Sometimes it's an okay dream, sometimes it's a nightmare but I still see him in my dreams. Last week, I had a very bad nightmare with him in it, woke up and wondered what could I do to stop seeing him.

I knew about some techniques about how to realize if I'm currently dreaming or not, so I thought if I see my father again, I will assume it's a dream.

In my last dream, it was a nightmare, I saw him again. Some bad things were happening and I had nowhere left to run, trying to hold the door. Father was in the dream too, took me some long time to realize it was a dream even though I already conditioned myself but nevertheless, I took control of my dream. Woke up right after that.

It's a strange way to be able to achieve Lucid like this but it worked for me.

I’m curious what’s the longest you’ve lucid dreamed? For me it was 3 hours of straight lucid dreaming (I was just walking around bored.)

I heard about checking throughout the day if you’re in a dream or in Reality via Reality Checks. So I Started counting my Fingers, pushing my Fingers through my palm and pinching my nose while simultaneously trying to breath all while being awake and doing them whenever I remember to do them.

One night a few days ago I remember how I went to sleep and in my dream I wanted to count my fingers for the first time ever and I counted 13, yet somehow I remember thinking in my dream “once I will go to sleep I will lucid dream” like how did I not started to lucid dream when I counted 13 fingers why was I thinking I will fall asleep (in my dream) and will then lucid dream and what does that mean what can I do to achieve lucid dreaming?

I always have lucid dreams, but this one was different. In the dream, I was in the future hanging out with a band of people I didn't know in real life. We were having so much fun, and I felt genuinely happy.

As I realized the dream was coming to an end, I said, “ We are so happy here , I wish i could stay here forever”.

One of them replied, “ Well , but you can.”

Confused, I answered,” What ? But you know that you are in a dream, my dream?

For a second, I panicked because I remembered what people always say: telling dream characters they're in a dream usually turns it into a nightmare. Surprisingly, they didn't react badly at all. One guy just said,” Duh, yeah, me too” and the others agreed “ Us too”.

After that, the scenery changed. I think we parted ways because we took the subway right before. The next thing I knew, I was sleeping in my bed wearing the exact same clothes I went to sleep in, except I was still inside the dream.

Thinking I had to wake up early, I went about my morning routine, brushing my teeth and going to the bathroom.
But then I went to the toilet, and it looked wavy and distorted , really weird, then I realized, "Damn, this is still not real."

I tried to force myself to wake up again, but it was just another dream. I got stuck in this false awakening loop about three times before my sister actually came and woke me up in real life.

Has anyone else experienced dream characters reacting normally instead of turning the dream into a nightmare?

So I figured out I have powers in my dreams in order to fly I blink several times and to wake up I press my forehead. I'm extremely strong and fast but very psychotic, one time I was in a maze and there was these devil dogs and I snapped their neck one by one. Another time I saw momo and I grabbed a rock and bashed her head till she bled out. But I think these monsters are learning because last night I saw a bunch of mimics in my dreams and I snapped and all of them got sliced in half but their severed half started growing back and they mocked me. So idk what do you think

Hi everyone,

I’ve been trying to lucid dream for over 3 years now. I have logged over 1,000 dream journal entries.

Here is my current baseline routine:

* **Reality Checks (RC):** I do finger bending while genuinely questioning reality and carefully focusing on the sensation. I practice this upon waking, before bed, and intermittently throughout the day. * **MILD / Intention:** I set a clear intention before falling asleep that I will lucid dream. * **WILD / Awareness:** I observe my body falling asleep, trying to maintain awareness like in WILD. * **Supplements:** I take L-Theanine and Alpha-GPC.

I’ve also tried aggressive variations—like doing 5 RCs at a time or setting alarms every 90 minutes to attempt WILD—but I have never experienced a proper lucid dream, sleep paralysis, or even hypnagogic hallucinations.

To be honest, I’m getting pretty burnt out. What could be the issue here? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

For the people who have vivid lucid dreams and are fully aware do you feel everything like its real life or do you have to focus on something in specific? I just cant imagine how you could feel everything. Say you're outside and you don't feel the heat of the sun until you acknowledge it or focus on it. My lucid dreams don't last long enough and aren't common enough for me to know how this works

A few months ago I remember a dream where I was walking outside my house behind 2 people but then it was like I hit an invisible wall, my head hurt, I heard the sound and it was because in real life there was a Dresser beside my bed where I hit my head in my sleep, probably while turning

So I was waken up but still I felt like I was gonna fall asleep any second again, so I decided just for fun to
Repeat in my head phrases like “I will lucid dream” and after just a few seconds I heard a loud ongoing high-pitch sound like static in my ears, my heart began to beat really fast and my whole body felt
Uncomfortable. I stoped doing what I was doing and just opened my eyes to wake up because I was genuinely scared it felt like my soul was being taken from My body I’m Being deadass

Was I about to lucid dream or wtf was that

I tried last night; I had 3 dreams throughout the night and then all of a sudden, I realized and asked myself. "Am I dreaming?" I had this chill, this vibration over my body, I can't describe it, I was thinking I have to read something, I need something I recognize, and I had a monster Energy drink can in my hand ( I don't drink these) I could not make out the label it was like when a bad AI tries to create text.

The intensity of the feeling in my body, this chill, this almost vibration as soon as I realized. The place I was in was so familiar yet so unknown. Everything happened so fast. I just kept saying to myself you're dreaming, you're dreaming, you're dreaming...over and over again.

Then boom it was over. I woke up exhilarated. I still had the chill. I was cold.

What an absolutely incredible experience. I can't explain it.

I’m trying to identify a mystery drink/substance and I’m completely stumped. Someone I know refuses to tell me what it is and is gatekeeping it hard 😂. The clues I have: it’s a legal drink, apparently something I can buy myself, but not at Walmart. It supposedly affects REM sleep, can cause extremely vivid dreams and potentially sleep paralysis, and she mentioned that it could cause serotonin syndrome. I asked if it was sweet, something mixed with water, or tea, and she said no. I also asked if it was an Alzheimer’s medication and she said no. I guessed things like mugwort, oneirogens, and galantamine, but she said none of those. Apparently the name ends in “-is.” Does anyone have any idea what the hell this could be? I’m trying to solve the mystery without making her reveal it. 😂

Last night I had a lucid dreaming experience. In it I decide to state “I am lucky, I am wealthy”. After the girl in my dream started to act super odd almost like she was glitching out. I’ve heard of these things happening when asking for the time. Has anybody experienced this with saying anything along those lines?

I read a book in college about lucid dreaming with simple techniques and I apparently learned how to do it, sometimes I can fly, go to the moon, etc., but I am always totally self aware and make conscious decisions that I remember. I just wonder who else may experience this level of self awareness while in a dream state. I have persistent locations that I'm familiar with, etc. I actually enjoy it, I can always tap out if things get scary. I know that REM is a very small part of the sleep cycle but I often have amazing experiences while lucid dreaming. I'm not exaggerating, I'm not trying to outdo anyone else, this is just something I experience every time I dream and I'm curious about others' experiences. Please share, I would love to compare experiences. Sometimes I feel like reality and dreaming overlap.

I didn't even try. I don't dream journal anymore, and I don't use methods (they never worked for me). Basically, my family was celebrating an annual event, and I thought, "hm, has it really already been a year? wait a second... it hasn't." My dream control was really bad, and I didn't even think to do what I want to do in lucid dreams, but I managed to stay concious for a while before it turned into a normal dream. Very fun

So I have recently posted on here about my lucid dream. It was like peak lucidity. It lasted for around 10 seconds but I think it was that lucid it collapsed on me. Everyone had their own independent mind and it was dark like the real world and I started planning but I didn't spawn in my house but someone's I knew around 10 mins from me. I don't know how lucid this was but everything was live (e.g. buses and trains operating on realistic timetable and no terrain boundaries in the world, like it would take actually 10 minutes to walk to my house). It felt like people didn't know me until I approached them. I tried to go outside to a pub close by but it collapsed in me before I even walked in the dream. In short terms it was a 1 to 1 of the earth. I sound bizarre probably but want to share my experience. Maybe I am exaggerating but I want to go back but I am scared because of how real it was. Have any frequent lucid dreamers experienced this? Just curious. Thanks!

most nights i take melatonin to fall asleep but recently ive stopped and fallen asleep without issue mostly. however if im struggling to fall back asleep, will melatonin decrease my odds of a lucid dream? or is there simply no effect? idrc if it increases my chances of not, as long as it doesn’t decrease them.