Quote Originally Posted by kaeraz View Post
Hey All,

I just thought of something pretty radical while watching National Geographic's documentary on solitary confinement and its effects on prisoners. I instantly wondered what prisoners would do for their 23 hours of confinement and if dreaming was one of them. There was a mention in the documentary about one of the inmates having horrible nightmares and I wouldn't be surprised if this was a common phenomena.

I did a little research online and I could find nothing conclusive or exploratory about inmates and their dreaming habits. Part of me wonders if a course in lucid dreaming would be beneficial to these men. Most are put in solitary confinement, not for their crimes, but for their actions in prison. Most are already mentally unstable and throwing them in a tiny box for months or years on end only aggravates their condition and makes it likely for them to commit crimes again (sorry I don't have sources - this is just what I gather from the documentary).

I don't condone crimes or have any particular pity for those that commit them, but many placed in solitary are for very petty and inconsequential offenses. If these men (or women, depending) are going to wallow away in "the hole," shouldn't they be presented with the option to free their minds? To use that 1/3 of their lives for something better? I think lucid dreaming would be very beneficial and maybe a good way to relief stress, anger and fear.

I'm seriously so excited about this I'm already looking at getting back in school for psychology or psychiatry. Now tell me I'm crazy. Ha.
I'm going to prison very soon (maybe next few days) so im going to try to do lucid dreaming before then by reading how its done on dreamviews.com im not sure how many months or years ill get but im already getting depressed that im going to be there hopefully lucid dreaming will help me with stress and relax me while im stuck in there.

if you wanted to know why im going there, its for credit card fraud. no violence involved though, i hate violence and drama.