I've seen some questions about them on here, but I'm still not quite sure exactly what one is. Can someone explain this to me? Thanks!
2007-03-02 13:51:18 · 7 answers · asked by Doogie 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
So by dreaming and knowing you're dreaming, is the theory that we can control our dreams and what happens in them?
2007-03-02 14:00:31 · update #1
A lucid dream is a dream in which the dreamer is conscious as compared to the regular dream in which the dreamer in unconscious. This subject has been highly debated upon. Learn more by looking it up on wikipedia.
2007-03-02 13:54:05 · answer #1 · answered by Lying from you 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've had quite a few recently myself...
Lucid dreaming means dreaming while knowing that you are dreaming. The term was coined by Frederik van Eeden who used the word "lucid" in the sense of mental clarity. Lucidity usually begins in the midst of a dream when the dreamer realizes that the experience is not occurring in physical reality, but is a dream. Often this realization is triggered by the dreamer noticing some impossible or unlikely occurrence in the dream, such as flying or meeting the deceased. Sometimes people become lucid without noticing any particular clue in the dream; they just suddenly realize they are in a dream. A minority of lucid dreams (according to the research of LaBerge and colleagues, about 10 percent) are the result of returning to REM (dreaming) sleep directly from an awakening with unbroken reflective consciousness.
2007-03-02 22:03:11 · answer #2 · answered by Naomi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Kgirl24,
Being aware you're dreaming while doing it.... The idea is that with practice, you can control your dreams and experience pretty much anything your mind can dream up....
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Since "dreams", are so intensely personal and anecdotal.. evidence is mostly what we have to go on, whether lucid dreaming 'works' or not is... an open question.... ;)
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I put a link, below..with useful information.. :)
Thanks, for the question!;)
My regards!
Take care!
2007-03-02 22:18:08 · answer #3 · answered by Kimberly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen LaBerge, a popular author and experimenter on the subject, has defined it as "dreaming while knowing that you are dreaming."
2007-03-02 21:54:26 · answer #4 · answered by jenh42002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can control everything that happens. I had one once and I was on a magic carpet flying anywhere I wanted. I wish I could do something like that again in my head.
2007-03-02 21:58:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lucid dreaming feels like you are awake. people are sometimes able to manipulate events in their dreams when they are lucid.
2007-03-02 21:56:35 · answer #6 · answered by Jess 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is when you are actually aware that you are dreaming and have the ability to make decisions.
2007-03-02 22:01:29 · answer #7 · answered by Petra 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋