So for the last several months, I've been having these incredible lucid dreams. It happens quite randomly. Sometimes it's a few nights in a row. Sometimes it's just one night.

Most recently I awoke in my bed and to my confusion the light was on. I got out of bed and thought "hmm. well that's weird". I turned the knob on the lamp and the light remained on. "Oh shit! I'm dreaming!" I exclaimed. "What should I do?" I ran upstairs and everything in my house was normal. I didn't know what to do.

Suddenly I was awake in my bed. I was so jazzed about the dream that I got up to turn the light on.. but it wouldn't turn on. I was still dreaming! I ran up stairs to find my kitchen, again. It was a little disapointing, but it happened like 10 times in a row. By the time I actually woke up I didn't know if I was awake or still dreaming.

A mundane yet baffling lucid dream experience. Anyway, I am now inspired to venture into new dream territory where I am fully aware that I am dreaming. I figure the best way to do it is to constantly be asking myself "Am I dreaming?".


Yesterday, I had "ask yourself" tattooed on my left wrist and "is this a dream?" tattooed on my right. Facing me so that I can read it.

It's a constant (and stylish) way of reminding myself to check for dream signs like light switches that don't work and text that changes or is distorted. I've been reading about lucid dreaming and it seems pretty realistic to think I can train myself to identify a dream.

I'm pretty sure these dreams are unrelated to DMT even though I think they started when I began using it. I used to be convinced they were related. I have only smoked it once in the last few months though, so I don't think so.

I will post any interesting dream experiences I have in the near future (if any). Wish me luck guys!

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Quite an interesting experience. Inception? Maybe. But definetly interesting, do let us know if you have anymore of these exeriences!

i try to lucid dream every night if i can, but for some reason 99% of the time i can't, and i wake up wondering why i was believing the foolishness that was going on in my dream

it is an amazing experience when you do though, and i have read alot of crazy stories about people who have lucid dreams and have out of body experiences

I do not share your enthusiasm for these types of inane lucid dreams. I find them extremely frustrating, and they usually happen within the context of not being able to escape the dream. A few nights ago I was lying in bed near sleep and I started hearing music in my head. It became very clearly audible, and I wanted to remember the music so I could write the tune later. Although it was pretty amazing hearing this song that didn't exist, I was concerned that I was hearing things. Then I woke up and I realized I wasn't actually lying in bed near sleep and hearing music, I was fully asleep, and dreaming that I was near sleep and hearing music. I was kind of relieved it was a dream, and a bit frustrated I would have such a dream.

Ha yeah. Some bizzaro stuff dreams.

A looooooong time ago. Jeez at least 10+ years (so obviously something that stuck with me) I had a string of these lucid/false awakenings. It's not 100% clear any more, but it started from a one lucid dream where I got a little too excited so I started to lose it and woke up into another dream. But then something else happened that was a trigger and bam I realized I was dreaming again and had not woken up. This theme happened at least 3 more times where I was always sure that I had woken up only to have something show that that was not the case. The final one I woke up to the phone ringing only to pick up the phone to hear a voice say "Isn't it weird that you are still dreaming?". I had to agree it was weird. But it certainly leads one into a Phil Dickian type land where you are not sure if this was the final awakening. After all I was "sure" I was up several times in that sequence of false awakenings.

These days my lucid dreams (when I am lucky to have them) revolve around exploring whatever environment I find myself in as long as possible without getting too excited to wake up.

AHHHH!!!!!! I hate those!!!!

Did you get the light switch trick from the movie "Waking Life?"

Such a good movie btw, I feel like everyone on this board would enjoy it.

Anyway! Lucid dreaming. I have a love/hate relationship with the dreamworld.

First off, I can definitely relate to the experience of doing something over and over and thinking you have woken up but you really haven't. It can be cool, but it can also be incredibly frustrating. There have been times where I realize what's going on, so I'm like "alright ENOUGH," and I try to wake up, but I can't. Then I get stuck in this awful sleep paralysis and I'm trying to open my eyes and move, but instead get stuck in a futile battle against a constricting darkness.

Today I had an icky experience that I think was brought on by a dosage of about 1000mg of valerian root, taking in pill form. I took a nap, and I tend to "leave" my body a lot when I nap. My whole body will start vibrating, and I always know this is a signal for me to leave my body. Many times it's a lovely experience, if a bit annoying because I'm afraid of waking up and my vision gets muddled. But when they go well, I end up walking around my house, running down my street into the trails, and flying into the cosmos.

But today, I couldn't leave my body. And then I couldn't wake up, and it got really terrifying. I kept trying to get back into it, hoping I could leave my body this time, but no go. Thankfully, I had usage of my legs, so I was able to shake them to wake myself up. I eventually stopped because I was afraid that I would lose use of those after a while.

Xanax has also caused night terrors for me. Not bad dreams, but just high levels of anxiety while sleeping, half-waking up, trying to wake up, trying to scream for help, and just being caught in that weird half-waking paralytic state. It sucks. I've had other really bad experiences with that not brought on any kind of drug, and one time, I thought there was an evil spirit in my room. It scared me so bad I had to go sleep with my mother... Embarrassing admission, haha! Oh well. That's how scary it was! :[

And as for actual lucid dreaming, not sleep paralysis or leaving my body or any of that, but just a normal, straight up dream... They can be fun. Usually I try to play the mage and like... make things appear by using my mind or making weird gestures like I'm casting a spell, but it never works. =/ I feel like I'm in an RPG... I have to up my intelligence points to gain lucid dream powers...

I'm a nerd. That's my cue to go to sleep.