Couple of things, Really cool thread by the way.
couple of quick tips on lucid dreaming.
1. when you wake write down the dreams you remember before they are gone forever haha.
2. The best time for lucid dreaming is after you have already woke. Take a short nap just after you have waken up and you will be more aware of whats going on in your dreams. The more aware you are the more likely you can control whats going on. This can take time and effort, I usaly wake my self up 5 seconds after i relize im in the dream.
the body naturaly releases a paralytic into your system as you fall asleep , so if you move in the dream you don't sleep walk. People who don't have this work fully end up sleep walking. Or visa versa wake up and can't move. I know i have done both in diffeernt stages in my life. Scary as hell to wake up and can't move. oh the screams.
My experence with monster dreams, ha i guess i seen to many horror flicks because i end up chasing the monster or checking it out, oh cool thats a neat one sorta thing. There is only 2 types of dreams that really get to me. 1. when i wake up and talk to people then wake up again and again and finaly wake up and relize there not there. after 10 15 minutes of waking up to relize you just woke up from what you thought was awake just drives me nuts. 2nd losing a loved one, Not death, but not being able to find them.
I have a friend who paints in his dreams because he can. I use my dreams to alter my mood or explore things i can't do in real life. There are lots of random dreams but training your self to take advantage of them can only make your life more enjoyable.
Im not someone who is easliy afraid, but if you get scared in a dream, like mentioned before just will your self to wake up. keep doing that and it will work, sometimes it takes a while depending how much your body is asleep that chemicle doesn't go away imediatly . Also its actuly more benifical to train yourself to change the situation if your scared and make it something good, if you do this more often, you can avert or over come the things haunting you.
One dream i was being chased in the start of the dream, i was like hrmm that thing is not real so this must be a dream. I wiped away the whole scene and started flying (flying is so fun). Then I remember singing and I felt so good and awestruck that my next week was just filled with this precence of joy. Nothing ruined it for me, not even unlucky events or bad day at work.
well theres my 2 cents
