Lucidity and Exploding Head Syndrome - Page 2

On March 29 2011 13:28 Coagulation wrote:
I can instantly achieve lucidity by counting my fingers
I always have 6 or 7 fingers on each hand in my dreams. never fails

On March 29 2011 13:30 Crazyeyes wrote:
Alright Displace, lets do this. I'll be your sleeping buddy. Or dreaming buddy, if you prefer. ;P

I've been wanting to have lucid dreams for a very long time now. I've researched it a decent amount and always thought it would be just friggen awesome.
I efel like I'd have a lot of trouble with this, though: I rarely ever remember my dreams. I could probably still remember less than 20 of the dreams in my life (although I'm sure I've had way more).

The main reason I never got around to it is becuase of the dream journal. I'd just feel so... gay? I think that word about covers it. Also I don't imagine I ever want anyone finding this journal of mine.
But your post has inspired me. I'll do it, although I may start in a few days since I've got a midterm coming up on Wednesday. I don't have time to write about my dreams when I should be rushing to school ^_^

Where'd you find this Lucid Dreaming guide, btw? Should probably read that before I start.

EDIT:
Just read a bunch of the posts that were posted while I was reading. Shit. Is there a way to avoid sleep paralysis? I fucking hate it. About 30-40% of the time I fall asleep in class, I get sleep paralysis... scary every time.

On March 29 2011 13:33 XXGeneration wrote:
For a person who rarely dreams in the first place, how viable is it to try to lucid dream?

On March 29 2011 13:35 Displace77 wrote:

The how-to is right here: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=137954
l.

On March 29 2011 13:35 ThaZenith wrote:

You are dreaming, you just aren't remembering.

Start a dream journal, and your recall will increase a lot, really fast. When i started a couple years ago, went from remembering maybe 1 dream every 2 weeks to 3-4 per night in less than a month.

On March 29 2011 13:22 Coagulation wrote:
just watch out for the sleep paralysis and false awakenings.

On March 29 2011 13:39 Crazyeyes wrote:
What about the sleep paralysis? Any way to avoid it? Seriously, that shit sucks.

On March 29 2011 13:37 XXGeneration wrote:


Basically when I say I dream very little I mean I just dreamt about a week ago, and my last dream before that was probably at the beginning of the school year in September or so.

Of course, I know that I'm dreaming and not remembering. The thing is, I don't know if I can make myself more aware whether it would be timing the REM cycles or something.

On March 29 2011 12:52 Displace77 wrote:

Now that I know what EHS is i've been wondering. Is it the same as falling down in a dream and waking up startled, or is there a difference? When I wake up startled from falling I don't remember hearing loud noises when it would happen (which it would often).

On March 29 2011 13:41 ThaZenith wrote:


Train yourself to, when you first wake up in the morning, do nothing but try to remember what you were just dreaming about. You'll have a much better frequency of catching dreams, and then you can write them down and get started.

As long as you get 7-8 hours of sleep at least (optimally over 8) your night will almost always end on a REM session, so that's not the issue. You can always be more aware of dreams if you work at it.

Sometimes i find it easier to remember dreams in the morning if i try to remember what I was just thinking about. Sometimes weak dreams seem like I was just "thinking" about them.

Like anything good, it takes work. You really, really have to get used to trying to remember your dreams FIRST. It's one of the more important basics.

On March 29 2011 13:42 Tenda wrote:



No it's not the same at all, EHS happens when you are in a state of sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis is essentially when you're mind wakes up before your body does, so you are kind of awake and asleep at the same time. I remember the first time i had EHS, i was in a state of sleep paralysis, my eyes were stuck looking out my window, and i couldn't move my body. My window was flashing orange. All if a sudden out of no where i hear this blood curdling women scream directly in my ear, it literally sounded like her head was right next to me. It was absolutley terrifying haha.

This first happened to me about 2 years ago when i was trying to achieve lucid dreams as well. If you find your self experiencing EHS and sleep paralysis then that's a good sign. (sort of haha) It means you are getting close. If you are trying to achieve lucid dreams, then you have to not be afraid of sleep paralysis and EHS, because you'll be getting allot of it unfortunatelyy (at least in my experience) I've had many lucid dreams; and every single time i have one, i wake up to find myself in sleep paralysis, which can lead to the scary EHS. =/

What really helped me achieve lucid dreaming was to write the letter 'D' for 'Dream' on the back of my hand. So everytime I saw the 'D' I gave myself a dream check, I would just ask myself, 'am i dreaming right now?' It's a super simple and super effective way to achieve lucid dreams and i definitely recommended you try it. I only took me a few days of doing this to achieve my first lucid dream. Also i would try drinking caffeine before sleep, that seems to work for me for some reason. Good luck.

On March 29 2011 13:42 Tenda wrote:
Also i would try drinking caffeine before sleep, that seems to work for me for some reason. Good luck.

On March 29 2011 13:45 ThaZenith wrote:
Please only do that if you can fall asleep easily already. If I try taking anything that makes you even a little more "aware", i'll end up just giving up and staying awake for 2-3 more hours. >.>

On March 29 2011 13:43 XXGeneration wrote:


Thanks for the advice; how long/have you been able to reach consistant lucid dreaming states?

On March 29 2011 13:50 starcraft911 wrote:
Uhhhhh... Wait, people actually want to have lucid dreams? I have them pretty regularly and i fucking hate it. I wake up feeling like i didn't get any rest because my mind was going all night long. End up waking myself up many times during the night to try to break the pattern.

It's really not that fun.