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    1. 08-11-2003 12:04 PM #1
      mel
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      My experiences

      I think I have been able to have lucid dreams to a certain extent all my life.

      I have always been able to recall my dreams and i often know I'm dreaming but I can't control them. The main factor in all my 'lucid' dreams is fear, fear and more fear.

      I'l give you an example, I work on Rivers here in Wales. The other night i dreamt i was conducting a survey with one of my work mates when the river started flooding, i realised i was dreaming but instead of controlling the dream in a good way its as if my fear took control of the dream. Ive always been afraid of drowning (i'm sure most people are!) and i was scared incase it got higher which it ofcourse did following this thought. The dream ended with me and Jenny (my work mate) clinging to a spike of rock at the top of a mountain with the whole world covered in swirling, speeding water. It was terrifying and i made myself wake up.

      This happens alot my biggest fears played out in in my dreams. Its like i think about the worst thing that could happen in this dream and it happens!

      I wish i could be a little less afraid of my dreams, i actually have much nicer ones when I'm not aware I'm dreaming, but i would love to be able to control this lucidity a bit better.


      Incidently has anyone dreamt they are an animal or a member of the opposite sex or pregnant?

      I dreamt i became a cheetah once, it was brilliant, i was running away from someone in my old school and instead of having the usual sluggish problem i got down on all fours and ran exactly like a cheetah all fluid motion, i could cover huge distances in a short space of time.


      [edited because ive realised that most people on this website are probably still dreaming as i post this it midday here ]
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    2. 09-20-2003 01:44 AM #2
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      mel,

      I have had some similar experiences. I've found that many of my dreams, although lucid, also become influenced or governed by my fears or my desires, but part of my technique has been in reminding myself that it is only a dream, thus there is no "real need" to be fearful or drunken (less control) with desire. As far as desire goes, I find that if I let my desires "go" I often lose sense of control, and as a result, often feel shame or guilt because of a loss of moral decision making. I often feel as if I am being tested and accused. Sometimes there are fine lines between fear and desire in my dreams. My goal as far as lucid dreaming goes, is often to regain control of the dream using rationality and logical reminders('it is only a dream," or claiming the dream: "This is MY dream."). I have had dreams where I have become an animal -particularly a bird or a wolf. They tend to be very odd. I often have sensations of my bones and muscles changing (as if going through a physical metamorphasis) along with perception and abilities. Often, these do not last very long, though.
      I have been a lucid dreamer (nearly every night) for about nine years now and am now 26 years old.
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