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Meatnog · 10-15-2007, 12:57 PM

I pretty much lucid dream like this all the time. I had horrible nightmares as a kid and I somehow (beats me how) taught myself how to lucid dream. Every night.

The only time is freaky is when a dream lodges itself into memory like something that really happened. Infrequent, but it does happen.

What I enjoy most about lucid dreaming is that I'm always working through problems, situations and the like through my dreams. What I dislike the most is that I never seem to get a truly deep night's sleep. Always sleep depped.

Ah well.

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Also there are 'tricks' you can do to see if you're lucid dreaming. The first is the 'fingernail/tooth check'. If your teeth are falling out or your fingernails come off, it is a dream. I know it sounds freaky, but I almost always get the 'tooth check'. In my dream my tooth will bug me, I'll wiggle it and it'll come right out like a baby tooth when I was a kid. My brain then goes: AH HA! A DREAM! And then I can gain control (aka lucidity).

Another check is try to read something written. The sleeping mind has serious problems with symbols and things like books and newspapers are often just jumbled up. That's another biggie for me.

10-15-2007, 12:57 PM	#9 (permalink)
Meatnog YaHookan Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I pretty much lucid dream like this all the time. I had horrible nightmares as a kid and I somehow (beats me how) taught myself how to lucid dream. Every night. The only time is freaky is when a dream lodges itself into memory like something that really happened. Infrequent, but it does happen. What I enjoy most about lucid dreaming is that I'm always working through problems, situations and the like through my dreams. What I dislike the most is that I never seem to get a truly deep night's sleep. Always sleep depped. Ah well. [EDIT BELOW] Also there are 'tricks' you can do to see if you're lucid dreaming. The first is the 'fingernail/tooth check'. If your teeth are falling out or your fingernails come off, it is a dream. I know it sounds freaky, but I almost always get the 'tooth check'. In my dream my tooth will bug me, I'll wiggle it and it'll come right out like a baby tooth when I was a kid. My brain then goes: AH HA! A DREAM! And then I can gain control (aka lucidity). Another check is try to read something written. The sleeping mind has serious problems with symbols and things like books and newspapers are often just jumbled up. That's another biggie for me. Last edited by Meatnog; 10-15-2007 at 12:59 PM.