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EHS is when you wake up in the Rapid eye movement state. You are more or less paralyze, and it's quite common to have hallucinations and hear things. Usually resulting in intense fear, if you know whats happening and fall back asleep in this stage you lucid dream. I personally lucid dream quite often, but less that I used too (I would reckon it has to due with drinking).. lucid dreaming was something I strived for months for, I had had it happen, knew it was possible, months after I had first done it I saw the writings of a doctor teaching at the university of alberta, then months after that found the TL thread. i'll never forget the first time I gained consciousness in a dream
Story goes, was dreaming, I was inside a mall shopping and tried to steal something, quickly got cought an ran for my life from cops. Outside the mall still being chased, got caught by a cop running down a steep hill, rode him like a sled down the hill until i saw a cliff. This is when I gained complete consciousness, and I wanted to fly, In the dream i put myself into a superman pose and flew as I lept off the cliff. It was quite amazing in retrospect, My brain put together a whole city below me, I checked a few buildings looking through them, and there were entire groups of people talking, and one point all of them stared at me, they were all looking at me at one point. remembering back they were all talking with eachother but I cannot recall any of their faces, I actually dont think they had any. I left that building and flew to a barn in the distance and went to sleep.
There really is nothing like under your own power flying into the sky and exploring a world your mind created.
As far as this exploding head syndrome, I guess I've had it a few times. I know for a fact that waking up in the REM state can cause hallucinations, hearing things, and causes immense fear and temporary paralysis. I've had it happen to me numerous times in memory. I guess this is what they are classifying as exploding head syndrome. I thought it was just merely waking up in rem, and that there wasnt a medical term for it. It's nothing like falling in a dream and waking up, You are actually awake, your eyes open, you cannot move, you cannot talk, everything is going so quickly, perhaps a loud noise startled you, your eyes arent correctly focusing so you see things. for a few seconds you feel completely helpless. If you have had it happen to you once or twice you know whats happening, you fall back to sleep, and enjoy a free trip into a lucid dream.
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Getting super powers in your lucid dreams is where it's at.
For a summer two years ago, I had lucid dreaming completely down. In my dreams, I had the ability to fly and phase through matter. 'Twas awesome.
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Every time i've had a lucid dream since i watched inception some one in my dream tells me i have to go deeper. which i've pretty much used as an RC since then. i told my friends this and now they like to mess with me, and sometimes, not common enough where it's obvious and not even that clearly they will say it to me (while i'm awake). I hate them.
so yeah my advice, if you have shitty friends, keep your RC's private or strictly kept to the world around you and not to people.
also EHS sucks soo much, i've never gotten over it. mostly because for me it's a loud noise and an intense ( and completely instant) pain in my genitals. every time it's a growl and that. -.- it's like a giant evil dog bit me in the crotch. i HATE IT SOOO MUCH.
now i tell myself not to remember my dreams.
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On March 29 2011 16:32 Crazyeyes wrote:
Alright. Going to sleep. Writing D on my hand. Telling myself I'll remember this shit.
No dream journal for tonight. Don't expect much (anything) to happen, but I'm starting.
THE JOURNEY BEGINS.
Just going to say, reality checks are a bad way to start. Starting with a dream journal is almost mandatory.
But good luck with your efforts. 
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This morning I pulled off a lucid dream and put it in my ipads note app thingy. Damn i got through like a paragraph or two and stuff just came back to me.
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I tried remembering dreams from last night and the three hours of sleep I got not long ago...fail.
I need to focus more on "I will remember any dreams" and get more than 4 hours of sleep.
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On March 29 2011 16:57 Phayze wrote:
EHS is when you wake up in the Rapid eye movement state. You are more or less paralyze, and it's quite common to have hallucinations and hear things. Usually resulting in intense fear, if you know whats happening and fall back asleep in this stage you lucid dream. I personally lucid dream quite often, but less that I used too (I would reckon it has to due with drinking).. lucid dreaming was something I strived for months for, I had had it happen, knew it was possible, months after I had first done it I saw the writings of a doctor teaching at the university of alberta, then months after that found the TL thread. i'll never forget the first time I gained consciousness in a dream
Story goes, was dreaming, I was inside a mall shopping and tried to steal something, quickly got cought an ran for my life from cops. Outside the mall still being chased, got caught by a cop running down a steep hill, rode him like a sled down the hill until i saw a cliff. This is when I gained complete consciousness, and I wanted to fly, In the dream i put myself into a superman pose and flew as I lept off the cliff. It was quite amazing in retrospect, My brain put together a whole city below me, I checked a few buildings looking through them, and there were entire groups of people talking, and one point all of them stared at me, they were all looking at me at one point. remembering back they were all talking with eachother but I cannot recall any of their faces, I actually dont think they had any. I left that building and flew to a barn in the distance and went to sleep.
There really is nothing like under your own power flying into the sky and exploring a world your mind created.
As far as this exploding head syndrome, I guess I've had it a few times. I know for a fact that waking up in the REM state can cause hallucinations, hearing things, and causes immense fear and temporary paralysis. I've had it happen to me numerous times in memory. I guess this is what they are classifying as exploding head syndrome. I thought it was just merely waking up in rem, and that there wasnt a medical term for it. It's nothing like falling in a dream and waking up, You are actually awake, your eyes open, you cannot move, you cannot talk, everything is going so quickly, perhaps a loud noise startled you, your eyes arent correctly focusing so you see things. for a few seconds you feel completely helpless. If you have had it happen to you once or twice you know whats happening, you fall back to sleep, and enjoy a free trip into a lucid dream.
Thats sleep paralysis you're describing, its not the same thing. EHS is a bang and a bright light, like a flash grenade or something. It happens to me every once in a while when i'm awake. After it happens I feel as if my mind has 'rebooted' or something, its really wierd.
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I've had several sleep paralysis , they were scary as fuck at first, one time it happened in a hostel room with a girl. We have just had sex and we fall asleep, then I remember waking up in the same room and looking at her, but she was some kind of a scary witch-like demon that freaked me out, i still couldn't move and i heard some loud noises and shit around me, it lasted for like a minute but i was very awake, just couldn't move or say anything, then i finally could move and breathe properly but i was too scared and felt this evil presence in the whole room, it scared the shit out of me and I just couldn't be in that room anymore, and i woke the girl up and we switched to another room :p
That was before i researched a lot about sleep paralysis because i was having so much of them and it was anoying everytime, now that I know most of the cientific explanations around them whenever i have one of those I just remain very calm, and tell to myself i'm just having that and try to breathe slowly and don't try to force anything, sometimes it still takes some time before i can move but sometimes i can move much more faster, but I don't get really as terrified as before
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I find that natural supplements such a valarean root and melatonin help in creating vivid dreams as well as allowing for lucid dream states. Valarean root also helps day time tension and anxiety and melatonin removes the grogginess when you first wake up.
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I wish I could experience all of this. I can't even experience dreams nor have I in quite some time  Any tips from anybody on how to HAVE a dream?
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On March 30 2011 11:48 Erotheis wrote:I wish I could experience all of this. I can't even experience dreams nor have I in quite some time Any tips from anybody on how to HAVE a dream?
Get 8-9 hours of sleep. Anytime you wake up, before you have a single thought, remember what you were just dreaming about. You'll really have to strain to catch dreams if you rarely remember them.
The real problem is just remembering to remember your dream. Usually when you wake up, you probably start thinking about the day ahead. Don't, just remember your dream.
And when you finally remember, write it down is the greatest detail possible. Do that for all your dreams, your recall will increase fast when you start writing them down.
Good luck.
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On March 29 2011 17:31 ThaZenith wrote:Show nested quote +On March 29 2011 16:32 Crazyeyes wrote:
Alright. Going to sleep. Writing D on my hand. Telling myself I'll remember this shit.
No dream journal for tonight. Don't expect much (anything) to happen, but I'm starting.
THE JOURNEY BEGINS. Just going to say, reality checks are a bad way to start. Starting with a dream journal is almost mandatory. But good luck with your efforts.
I half assed taught myself to do reality checks... Started Turning lights off and on in a specific room in my house. I never kept a dream journal
Had 1 lucid dream, i realized it was lucid, started to fly, woke up cuz it scared the shit outa me lol. Lost interest after that, I was pretty bumbed out QQ
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On March 29 2011 13:22 Coagulation wrote:
just watch out for the sleep paralysis and false awakenings.
This happens so often for me it's crazy.
Seriously... like few times a week at minimum. T_T
However I find trying to "power through" it and use all your strength and willpower to move eventually works, lol. Still freaky shit.
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On March 29 2011 17:31 ThaZenith wrote:Show nested quote +On March 29 2011 16:32 Crazyeyes wrote:
Alright. Going to sleep. Writing D on my hand. Telling myself I'll remember this shit.
No dream journal for tonight. Don't expect much (anything) to happen, but I'm starting.
THE JOURNEY BEGINS. Just going to say, reality checks are a bad way to start. Starting with a dream journal is almost mandatory. But good luck with your efforts.
haha, today then!
I've been doing reality checks all day.
Like its actually annoying. I got to make the D in a slightly less noticable place so I'm not doing it every 5 minutes. ;/
Still...
Got some random notebook ready. No dream remembering, though.
So really, even if I had the notebook ready yesterday... I didnt remember any dreams... so there was nothing to write down. :x
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Oh weird I might have had that exploding head effect also. I heard super loud bang and/or vehicle driving by when there's really no way anything around where I am could possibly make that much noise really.
I always thought it was real though, although it didn't scare me, just really annoyed me cause I wanted to stay asleep lol.
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On March 30 2011 14:25 Crazyeyes wrote:Show nested quote +On March 29 2011 17:31 ThaZenith wrote:On March 29 2011 16:32 Crazyeyes wrote:
Alright. Going to sleep. Writing D on my hand. Telling myself I'll remember this shit.
No dream journal for tonight. Don't expect much (anything) to happen, but I'm starting.
THE JOURNEY BEGINS. Just going to say, reality checks are a bad way to start. Starting with a dream journal is almost mandatory. But good luck with your efforts. haha, today then! I've been doing reality checks all day. Like its actually annoying. I got to make the D in a slightly less noticable place so I'm not doing it every 5 minutes. ;/ Still... Got some random notebook ready. No dream remembering, though. So really, even if I had the notebook ready yesterday... I didnt remember any dreams... so there was nothing to write down. :x
Getting an actual notebook is a great step. Just remember to think about your dreams the second you wake up. It's tough to get used to not thinking about your day ahead, but it's essential.
And the thing about reality checks is you don't want to do them very often. If you do it that often you won't be paying attention to it, which is the whole point. When you do a reality check, you have to actively question reality. Just glancing at the D is pointless.
For example, take the "look at my hand, is it normal?" check. When you do it, you have to actively think "how many fingers do I have now? looks like 5, ok that's normal. how long are my fingers right now? looks like my thumb is my longest one, and it's crooked. that's not normal, thus I must be dreaming, whee i'm flying" If you do it more often than, say, 10 times a day, it's unlikely you can stay focused through the repetition.
If you just glance at your hand and go "cool my hand" without really thinking it through, you will do the same in a dream and it will accomplish nothing. Same with your D, if you do it that many times in a day it's unlikely you're thinking through how it should be, if this is reality, every time, which defeats the purpose.
If you want, feel free to pm me, i can help you out more if you have questions or guide you to good information, even after the thread inevitably dies in a day or 2. ^^
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I made a point of trying to remember my dreams and it worked pretty well. I didn't think of reality checking while I was dreaming though so I didn't realize I was dreaming even though a t-rex was chasing Dr. Malcolm and I. The mind is a crazy place
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Eating peanuts eh? Gonna try this out...
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United States13896 Posts
Peanuts? Was snacking on some all through SotG tonight, going to bed now, we'll see how this goes I guess.
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