Why jump when you can fly? I think you should definitely search up about lucid dreaming. I hear it's very amazing, and a great way to explore your mind whilst, well, inside your mind.
You will most likely call bullshit, but I had a recurring dream that I was walking through a rusty old boiler-room filled with steaming pipes, and every step I took I got closer to a large cylindrical boiler which shook ever more violently the closer I got. The room was completely cramped with pipes going in all directions like a maze and sounds of clinking pipes were the only thing that I could hear. I would continue walking and then when I got to the boiler --- BOOM... then I would wake up.
Here is the kicker, I was about 2 years old when I had the dream for the first time (I remember being in an old school wooden crib and freaking out). I've had it maybe a dozen times with the last time a few years back. The thing that gets me is that I was 2, how the hell did I imagine a boiler room in such detail. Im originally from Croatia and we didn't have a TV until I was 5. To this day I wonder how the hell it's possible. This single event plays a huge role in my life...
That's insane. I totally believe you, though. I still remember my recurring scary dream when I was little, too, but mine seem to be more normal. I was always in my house, and then went to the restroom. I didn't like the lights being out so I tried turning the lights on; the lights never came on. A monster slowly crept out of the walk-in closet and went to me. I believe it was usually either a creepy girl with long hair or Chucky (now that I'm older, he isn't much scary at all). Now that I learn more about dreams, flipping the light switch and the light not turning on is a common sign that people are dreaming. Some people use it to gain awareness that they're dreaming, and lucid dream. Sadly, my consciousness is different in my dreams; I accept anything that happens in my dreams as perfectly normal occurences, and only realize that I was dreaming when I wake up. I have noticed, though, that in my scary dreams, I try to wake myself up. I'm not fully lucid, and it puts me in a semi-lucid state where I'm trying to close my 'dream' eyes (which I can strangely still see out of, even closed) and go back to the real world. Have you ever had a lucid dream before? If you did, have you ever tried to reproduce your recurring dream to get more insight of it?
I probably had half a dozen lucid dreams in my life, some with me flying or jumping really high --- others were just an adventure of some sort but never did I try and go back to that boiler room. I guess it didn't occur to me that when I do get a lucid dream I can essentially control my surroundings, which I did maybe on a couple of occasions with success while other times it was less lucid I guess. I find it wild that you can realize you're dreaming by flicking the light switches,. To this day I have no idea how to get into a lucid state, maybe its for the better.
Would you ever be interested in it? Lucid dreaming would have to be the most amazing thing ever given proper control. It can be fun for some, and therapy for others. If you want to, you can do it today/tonight! This guide would probably be very helpful if you are interested. Also, you're so lucky to ever have a lucid dream. The closest I've been to a lucid dream was this 'semi-lucid' state in which I stated in my dream "I'm dreaming!", but I didn't know I was, if that makes sense.
Yeah I get you! Getting in the moment where you're an active participant in your own dream is super rare, most of the time you're an observer while the whole thing lasts a few minutes at most (even though it feels like a lot longer). Sometimes I have a hard time just remembering what I dreamed, so when I do have a dream with even a tad of control its an excellent experience.
If you want to, you can do it today/tonight! This guide would probably be very helpful if you are interested.
Did this guide help you at all? You mentioned you had a hard time trying to get yourself into the state of lucid dreaming. For me those lucid states came at random and rarely throughout my life, so I cannot claim that I had anything to do with triggering a lucid dream. But when I checked out the link it felt spammy.
Now that I look at it again, it does seem a bit spammy. Sorry about that. The method the site uses wouldn't help me at all. Basically, in my dreams, my logic conforms to my dreams. This method basically trains you to give yourself reality checks with the hopes that you'll eventually do it in your dreams. You know how you sometimes 'noclip' in your dreams; like your finger going through your hand? It doesn't work for me, because I think everything in my dreams is logical. My best bet would probably be some type of wake-induced lucid dreaming (WILD) or mnemonically-induced lucid dreaming (MILD), which is basically just forcing yourself to dream before you sleep with pure willpower. I'm actually going to try MILD tonight, as it seems to require the least effort. If it works, I'll definitely tell everyone!
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Hard to say really. The funnest dreams are the ones where I can jump really high. Like really really high.
I figure most people have dreams with jumping, I guess it takes more effort to fly?
True. I've only had about four flying dreams, and strangely, I could only fly on low ground. Still great dreams, though!
Why jump when you can fly? I think you should definitely search up about lucid dreaming. I hear it's very amazing, and a great way to explore your mind whilst, well, inside your mind.
You will most likely call bullshit, but I had a recurring dream that I was walking through a rusty old boiler-room filled with steaming pipes, and every step I took I got closer to a large cylindrical boiler which shook ever more violently the closer I got. The room was completely cramped with pipes going in all directions like a maze and sounds of clinking pipes were the only thing that I could hear. I would continue walking and then when I got to the boiler --- BOOM... then I would wake up.
Here is the kicker, I was about 2 years old when I had the dream for the first time (I remember being in an old school wooden crib and freaking out). I've had it maybe a dozen times with the last time a few years back. The thing that gets me is that I was 2, how the hell did I imagine a boiler room in such detail. Im originally from Croatia and we didn't have a TV until I was 5. To this day I wonder how the hell it's possible. This single event plays a huge role in my life...
That's insane. I totally believe you, though. I still remember my recurring scary dream when I was little, too, but mine seem to be more normal. I was always in my house, and then went to the restroom. I didn't like the lights being out so I tried turning the lights on; the lights never came on. A monster slowly crept out of the walk-in closet and went to me. I believe it was usually either a creepy girl with long hair or Chucky (now that I'm older, he isn't much scary at all). Now that I learn more about dreams, flipping the light switch and the light not turning on is a common sign that people are dreaming. Some people use it to gain awareness that they're dreaming, and lucid dream. Sadly, my consciousness is different in my dreams; I accept anything that happens in my dreams as perfectly normal occurences, and only realize that I was dreaming when I wake up. I have noticed, though, that in my scary dreams, I try to wake myself up. I'm not fully lucid, and it puts me in a semi-lucid state where I'm trying to close my 'dream' eyes (which I can strangely still see out of, even closed) and go back to the real world. Have you ever had a lucid dream before? If you did, have you ever tried to reproduce your recurring dream to get more insight of it?
I probably had half a dozen lucid dreams in my life, some with me flying or jumping really high --- others were just an adventure of some sort but never did I try and go back to that boiler room. I guess it didn't occur to me that when I do get a lucid dream I can essentially control my surroundings, which I did maybe on a couple of occasions with success while other times it was less lucid I guess. I find it wild that you can realize you're dreaming by flicking the light switches,. To this day I have no idea how to get into a lucid state, maybe its for the better.
Would you ever be interested in it? Lucid dreaming would have to be the most amazing thing ever given proper control. It can be fun for some, and therapy for others. If you want to, you can do it today/tonight! This guide would probably be very helpful if you are interested. Also, you're so lucky to ever have a lucid dream. The closest I've been to a lucid dream was this 'semi-lucid' state in which I stated in my dream "I'm dreaming!", but I didn't know I was, if that makes sense.
Yeah I get you! Getting in the moment where you're an active participant in your own dream is super rare, most of the time you're an observer while the whole thing lasts a few minutes at most (even though it feels like a lot longer). Sometimes I have a hard time just remembering what I dreamed, so when I do have a dream with even a tad of control its an excellent experience.
Did this guide help you at all? You mentioned you had a hard time trying to get yourself into the state of lucid dreaming. For me those lucid states came at random and rarely throughout my life, so I cannot claim that I had anything to do with triggering a lucid dream. But when I checked out the link it felt spammy.
Now that I look at it again, it does seem a bit spammy. Sorry about that. The method the site uses wouldn't help me at all. Basically, in my dreams, my logic conforms to my dreams. This method basically trains you to give yourself reality checks with the hopes that you'll eventually do it in your dreams. You know how you sometimes 'noclip' in your dreams; like your finger going through your hand? It doesn't work for me, because I think everything in my dreams is logical. My best bet would probably be some type of wake-induced lucid dreaming (WILD) or mnemonically-induced lucid dreaming (MILD), which is basically just forcing yourself to dream before you sleep with pure willpower. I'm actually going to try MILD tonight, as it seems to require the least effort. If it works, I'll definitely tell everyone!
My dreams have made me a bit scared of the dark and more spiritual. Also very creeped out by haunted houses