Thread: Lucid Dreaming as Escapism

Frankly, my life right now is not good. I am in my last year of law school, with no desire to practice law and (more importantly) no job. Although I'm in the best shape of my life, I am lonely and losing hope. I drink too much and too often.

Basically, sad as it is, my dreams are the best part of my day, and I have thrown myself into developing LDing skills. I'm afraid that my motivation (a desire to find a life better than my real one) may not be healthy. Any thoughts? Should I not attempt to develop my Lding while my RL is in such turmoil?

I feel ya, man. Are you in the States? Trying to find a job is insane these days. Which is why I temporarily escaped to South Korea, heh.

Well the thing about LDing is that many times it can be a fantastic way to help work out your RL problems. You can probably improve yourself mentally a great deal from some good LDs.

Stephen LaBerge talks about this in more detail in his book EtWoLD, so I'd suggest reading it if you haven't already.

That's rough. I feel for you CT. However you are not alone. Many people find they don't want to work in the field of their degree (this happened to me and I ended up completing a second degree to do what I really wanted to do). You don't have to practice law for the rest of your life. You could do it for a while and then do something else. You never know what doors are going to open. Or, you may end up finding an area of law you enjoy.

I don't think you should worry about LDing being an escapism. I'd be thankful for having it. It's wonderful and yet so few people know about it! Just make sure to keep balance in your life. Physical activity is always a good remedy for the blues. Endorphins are released when you exercise and these make you feel good mentally. You could take up some form of partner dancing for example.

Someone posted some dancing bananas once when I was a bit down and they cheered me up so here's some for you (doncha just love how happy they are!)



Take care
DQ

That reminds me, I know of a guy who worked as a lawyer for years and then quit to teach English in Korea and LOVES it. I agree with DreamQueen that you don't have to practice law forever. My degree is in Economics and I'm certainly not going to be an economist.

Thank you all for the responses; I appreciate the sense of community I get here. Funny thing is, I was on these forums, browsing, during my first ever law school class two and a half years ago. Diff. name and all, but those were good times. I love Dreamviews.

this would make a good story for a book for a movie. someone who escapes the harsh reality in lucid dreaming where they are actually free.

but really i hope things work out for you..

I find that the community here is really great. Everyone is really nice and supportive.