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Originally Posted by BCRazzle
Hmm I think ive experienced the exact opposite of lucid dreaming. Like I'm sleepin and I wont be able to tell if Im awake or if im just dreaming that i am awake. For instance, I will be able to see stuff like my cat or a person while I am asleep and I will try to open my eyes to see it but my body wont let me and honestly its pretty scary. It actually happened this morning, the 2nd time Ive ever had it happen. Could someone try and explain that? or is that just another form of lucid dreaming. By teh way, this shit is really interesting and that wikipedia entry was a really good read.
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I'm not sure I understand the situation, but it could have to do with sleep paralysis. That's when your mind wakes up but your body stays asleep, and you can often open your eyes but can't move a muscle exept maybe your fingertips and eyes. My friend has this often. You can also hallucinate in this state, have waking dreams kind of.
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Originally Posted by astro_righteous
what was it you said about how you can improve recalling dreams? what else can i do? i dont recall very many of mine these days. maybe once a month or so.
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That's how I was a month ago. From what I've read, the key to improving dream recall is keeping in touch with your dream memory vaults while you're awake. Keeping a dream journal is recommended for this on many websites. When you wake up, think hard about dreams you may have had. if you can remember any, write them down in great detail. read them before you go to bed. The more your waking mind gets used to tapping into dream memories, the easier it is to do. Almost every day, when I wake up, I'll have a small grasp on what I dreamt about the night before. I remember memories of experiences that I know did not actually happen, and I know those are all dreams. If a deadbeat like me can do it, so can anyone.
Edit: This is something simple to try that, in my case, was semi successfull on my first attempt. I'm sure a lot of you get baked before bed anyways, and that helps. Just close your eyes and relax like you're going to bed, but calmly count your breath. It's likely to bring surprising results. The time when it worked for me, it took about 10 minutes, I believe.
Another thing! I shoulda mentioned this BIG tip. If you're determined enough to wake yourself up from your beauty sleep, this is a major tip. Wake up after a long nap or after you've been sleeping for 1-6 hours. 4 is like optimum. Then stay awake, reading your dream journal or just thinking about lucid dreams, then go back to bed after about 30 minutes using any technique you like. this makes you like 15 times more likely to have a lucid dream, and the time I accidentally had one on vacation was encouraged that way. After the long drive, I'd slept about 3 hours. Then I stayed up, looking up at the bright stars. I went inside to sleep and after laying down for about 20 minutes, I felt like I was outside again, looking up at the stars. It was SO vivid and I could even feel wind. It was terrifying cause I had no idea what was going on, so I opened my eyes and I couldn't see clearly for like 2 minutes cause my eyes were still in REM mode. To happen accidentally, that is rare. but if you count your breath as you go to sleep, esp. baked or after a few hours of sleep, that is not so difficult.