Caution on Hacking Your Dream – Lucid Dreaming

Ben says on January 18th, 2006 at 5:34 am

I think the benefits highly outweigh the negative effects of lucid dreaming. I’ve been doing it for about 5 years now, and while I am not perfect at it, it has still helped me with my overall concentration levels and imagination levels also. Check out, http://www.ld4all.com for a great resource and message board on Lucid Dreaming where you can ask any question you’ve got.

ryan says on January 18th, 2006 at 4:32 pm

I’m with Ben. Plus the first two websites do not look very authoritive :) I’m not saying wikibooks is, but even wikibooks is more better than geocities or some spiritwatch :D

Michael says on January 18th, 2006 at 7:50 pm

I tried lucid dreaming a few months ago, and I had one incredibly vivid, near-lucid nightmare that made me decide to stop. I didn’t ever succeed in getting full lucidity, but it got a little too uncomfortable for me.

That being said, books on lucid dreams sometimes warn their readers that some people may find lucid dreaming to be a horrible experience, because it forces you to meet parts of yourself you might not want to.

Also, is lifehack.org saving money by hiring writers who don’t speak English? That article was atrocious.

Etsuko says on June 22nd, 2006 at 6:43 pm

geh?!? lucid dreaming is dangerous?!? how is that? it’s a basic dream that you just have control over. there ment to make you feel better. like one girl in california, she was incredibly lonly and made a “dream friend” while lucid dreaming that made her feel less lonely, plus, some people have lucid dreams without trying to. my first lucid dream was when i was 10 and i felt alot better after i relized i was dreaming.
ok. wtevr.

Gio says on August 29th, 2006 at 6:10 am

I find the concept of Lucid Dreaming very exciting but at the same time am cautious as to whether I should experience it. The Lucid Dreaming and Mental Health column says that you should space out who much you lucid dream. However, my concern is that once you learn to lucid dream can you deliberately stop when you want to?

Arnold says on April 9th, 2007 at 1:05 pm

I’m sorry but I can’t see in what way Lucid Dreaming can be dangerous for yourself….
The way I, and thousands of other people, have experienced it is totally positive.
The only arguments I understood where that when you are depressed or mentally fragile, it can be disturbing…But then anything you experience in life can be disturbing…
Take it positively!…You make it sound like playing with the devil…

Arnold says on April 9th, 2007 at 1:07 pm

I’m sorry but I can’t see in what way Lucid Dreaming can be dangerous for yourself….
The way I, and thousands of other people, have experienced it is totally positive.
The only arguments I understood where that when you are depressed or mentally fragile, it can be disturbing…But then anything you experience in life can be disturbing…
Take it positively!…You make it sound like playing with the devil…
Oh, and finding lucid dreaming terrifying is just like having fear of…real life.

Anonymous says on November 17th, 2007 at 4:49 am

The danger of lucid dreaming is what is reffered to as “thin walls”.

It’s when people have too many realistic dreams, and they start to have trouble telling them appart from reality.

It sounds silly.

The problem is, when your concious mind is controlling your actions in your dreams, it feels the exact same way as when your concious mind is controlling things when your awake.

Dreamer says on September 3rd, 2008 at 4:27 pm

Are you kidding me? The only “negative” thing about lucid dreaming is, well, addiction :) I love going to bed, as I can be sure I am going to enjoy a fun “movie” where I am the main character. Ability to do anything, control anything and realization that you are dreaming opens up amazing possibilities for learning things about your psyche & discovering your true self. I’ve been lucid dreaming ever since I was a little kid, and I’m over 30 now. Still doing well. After a while you get to learn how to “program” your dreams in advance, which is much simpler than one may think, but that is a completely different subject.

tiger says on May 29th, 2009 at 2:45 pm

i have lucid dreams every often and rarely they lead to sleep paralysis which is a very terrifying thing. I would love to be able to just sleep for a night and not worry about something trying to harm me while im paralyzed in my bed.