Lucid dreaming - can you do it?

[kiwifruit]

Sometimes, maybe 1 in 4 times, when dreaming i realise im dreaming and can change things.
Anyone else experience this or am i completely mad?

For instance;
I notice something is not normal(while dreaming), like water flowing up or something crazy, i think "thats not real! This is a dream" and it goes from there.

[James Deuce]

I used to be able to do that until I got smacked in the head by a road. Now I don't dream at all.

[bugjuice]

yeah, it's pretty cool.. but try doing something you normally wouldn't do in real life, eg kill someone or jump off a building. Even tho you know you're dreaming, it's still hard to do, if at all

[T.W.R]

Christmas harvest been good this season huh ?

[Trudes]

Sort of, last night I was dreaming about Ewan McGregor then realised it was a dream and was sorely disappointed, especially upon waking!
But if you mean you can change things in your dream as you are dreaming, then yep, have done, just wish real life was that easy!

[kiwifruit]

yeah, it's pretty cool.. but try doing something you normally wouldn't do in real life, eg kill someone or jump off a building. Even tho you know you're dreaming, it's still hard to do, if at all

yep, i know what you mean.....
even if i do realise im dreaming doesn't mean i can do anything unusual, sometimes it can be done.
flying is fun!

[The Stranger:Me]

yeah, it's pretty cool.. but try doing something you normally wouldn't do in real life, eg kill someone or jump off a building. Even tho you know you're dreaming, it's still hard to do, if at all

Yeah I used to do this to, but for some reason mine always ended in a sticky mess.

[yungatart]

Ewwwwwwww!

[The Stranger:Me]

Hey, why waste a perfectly good dream when you can be with anyone you like.

[SwanTiger]

Hey, why waste a perfectly good dream when you can be with anyone you like.

I like your pattern of thinking.

I do this a lot and enjoy it, the last one I remember strangling someone, bringing them back to life then doing it again, and again.

[trumpy]

........Anyone else experience this or am i completely mad?

Mmmm, let's see now........possibly

[Hillbilly]

Being someone fictional is fun, like the being part of the Bridge Crew on Kirk's Enterprise. You can go on all sorts of adventures and visit all sorts of places when you're dreaming. Except when you're gonna get eaten by something.

The worst dream/nightmare I had was crawling throuugh a narrow tunnel in the dirt/clay under a road, and it collapsed on me. I could feel the weight of the dirt crushing my chest. I managed to wake myself up and struggled for breath.

The most amazing thing is feeling everything that goes on in a dream, emotions, pain, etc. Changing what happensin a dream?? It's easy to do. You wake up, then go bak into the same dream with the weapon that will defeat whatever nasty is chasing/eating you.

Let's face it, if it's a good dream, you wouldn't want to affect/change the outcome, would you? Have you ever had a dream where you're say on Auckland's Queen Street in the dream, and yet it's nothing like it's supposed to be? You know - different buildings and street layout etc.

Dreams I hate: dreaming about being with people I know are dead!!

[Goblin]

Let's face it, if it's a good dream, you wouldn't want to affect/change the outcome, would you? Have you ever had a dream where you're say on Auckland's Queen Street in the dream, and yet it's nothing like it's supposed to be? You know - different buildings and street layout etc.

Dreams I hate: dreaming about being with people I know are dead!!

Oooh that's weird...I've only dreamed about two people who have passed on. My Grandfather and my old neighbor Phillip who was the same age as me but died at 16 years. Dreaming of both of them, like they were sill here, I had an overwhelming feeling of peace and well-being. It's like they come and let me know they're still there, watching, approving.

I had a most lucid dream recently, was driving my ex's big Scania and came around a corner to see my father working under a truck on the side of the road....he rolled out from under it right into my path so I just drove straight over him.

[Skyryder]

I had a California 'wet' dream once with this big busty chick.. I went there and it rained.

Skyryder

[riffer]

I used to be able to do that until I got smacked in the head by a road. Now I don't dream at all.

I've had similar state since a crash aged 18 involving bad concussion (Car surfing - don't ask - suffice to say I was a young idiot once).

I wonder if this is a common problem, or whether its just coincidental that lots of people don't recall dreams. My wife claims to remember dreams and be able to interpret hers, and says its a matter of training, and that if I didn't go to bed so late I would give my body the opportunity to dream naturally, rather than collapsing into bed in the wee smalls.