Thread: Parents think LDing is an occult...

My mother: "Shouldn't you do some homework instead?..."
My step-father, pointing at me: "Get a job..."

Originally Posted by gizmo92

My mother: "Shouldn't you do some homework instead?..."
My step-father, pointing at me: "Get a job..."

What?

Originally Posted by gizmo92

My mother: "Shouldn't you do some homework instead?..."
My step-father, pointing at me: "Get a job..."

Haha sleep

I had the most vivid LD this morning. It was fun because I got sick of trying to fly through the roof and jumped out the window. But the window shattered

Originally Posted by bradysdreaming

I had the most vivid LD this morning. It was fun because I got sick of trying to fly through the roof and jumped out the window. But the window shattered

What is this smiley? Hidden disapproves. =/

I approve of this, though.

@XeL: I think gizmo meant that that was how his parents reacted when he said he was learning to LD. At least that's what I'm guessing.

So they want him to work instead of sleep then?

Haha, who knows? I'm just the translator.

Originally Posted by gizmo92

My mother: "Shouldn't you do some homework instead?..."
My step-father, pointing at me: "Get a job..."

Your parents said that when you explained what an LD was? Did they know you were talking about dreams?

My parents are not ahteists, but my moms thinks im stressing my brain by writing DJ's..

I disagree that you'd be stressing your brain: it doesn't take much mental effort to remember a few more things than you usually remember, they just happen to be things that most people forget very often.

lol yea, if i can take three honor science classes at the same time AND wake up at 3 in the morning, then so can you!

AP european history. Honors physics. Honors algebra. Latin 2. Senior patrol leader. I am sane. (I think)

There is really no way that dreaming can strain the mind, because all that dreaming is doing is providing stimulus for a brain that has none from reality. There aren't any senses active during REM, and so the mind, craving those signals, makes its own.

Indeed; learned last week in psychology that the pons of the brain sends signals to the frontal, temporal, and occipital lobes, as well as the primary motor cortex, which each of those sections of the brain interprets as a sense that you're experiencing, and tries its best to interpret the signals - since you're asleep, it doesn't quite interpret them as well as if you were awake, getting such odd dreams as many people have said to have dreamt. (Also to be noted, sleep paralysis is the reason the signals interpreted in your primary motor cortex aren't translated into bodily motions during your dreams. )

This information came from my "Discovering Psychology" textbook by Hockenbury and Hockenbury - in case anyone was questioning the credibility.

Originally Posted by Loaf

Erhem. Everyone knows religion is blind. At least to science, as someone was saying above. The way I see it, if your parents are going to ignore the facts, their opinion is worthless.

This.

Originally Posted by gizmo92

My mother: "Shouldn't you do some homework instead?..."
My step-father, pointing at me: "Get a job..."

Originally Posted by Onforty

My parents are not ahteists, but my moms thinks im stressing my brain by writing DJ's..

Ah, clueless parents...ain't they great?

I've seen this thread before...but haven't posted in it.

But, I now have a little story to share involving how my mom thinks LDing is so weird .

Last night I was just laying in bed, trying to get to sleep. I hear this creepy middle aged lady voice...I then could hear what she was saying. "you are NOT dreaming" in a VERY creepy way. I cover my ears, she FINALLY goes away. I KNEW this wasn't a dream. It had the real life feeling....and, I'm a LDer, I know what I'm talkin about! I told my MOTHER this this morning, and she thought that it was "just a dream". I tell her it wasn't, I am a LDer, I know what I'm talking about. I then HAVE to tell her about HI. She says something around the lines of "high", like on drugs, but I tell her that it stands for hypnosis imagery, and that people sometimes hear voices (am I correct?). She called me WEIRD in her "you so are" voice. No one REALLY knows that.... "You know, not everything you read on the internet is true" . But, there is info on the internet about it...not just ONE source, and it's happened to me before (only the imagery part though...), so it IS so.

Rule of thumb: Don't tell skeptical parents that one of the methods for inducing lucid dreams often makes people hear voices.

Originally Posted by lucidreamsavy

I've seen this thread before...but haven't posted in it.

But, I now have a little story to share involving how my mom thinks LDing is so weird .

Last night I was just laying in bed, trying to get to sleep. I hear this creepy middle aged lady voice...I then could hear what she was saying. "you are NOT dreaming" in a VERY creepy way. I cover my ears, she FINALLY goes away. I KNEW this wasn't a dream. It had the real life feeling....and, I'm a LDer, I know what I'm talkin about! I told my MOTHER this this morning, and she thought that it was "just a dream". I tell her it wasn't, I am a LDer, I know what I'm talking about. I then HAVE to tell her about HI. She says something around the lines of "high", like on drugs, but I tell her that it stands for hypnosis imagery, and that people sometimes hear voices (am I correct?). She called me WEIRD in her "you so are" voice. No one REALLY knows that.... "You know, not everything you read on the internet is true" . But, there is info on the internet about it...not just ONE source, and it's happened to me before (only the imagery part though...), so it IS so.

LOL well it's obvious what happened here... your mom is actually totally aware of lucid dreaming and things like HI and HS, so she stood outside your room and said that in a creepy voice just to mess with you, then pretended not to even believe in any of it!

Originally Posted by Hidden

Rule of thumb: Don't tell skeptical parents that one of the methods for inducing lucid dreams often makes people hear voices.

The golden rule.

Originally Posted by Darkmatters

LOL well it's obvious what happened here... your mom is actually totally aware of lucid dreaming and things like HI and HS, so she stood outside your room and said that in a creepy voice just to mess with you, then pretended not to even believe in any of it!

That crossed my mind too...

Originally Posted by Hidden

Rule of thumb: Don't tell skeptical parents that one of the methods for inducing lucid dreams often makes people hear voices.

I wouldn't...but, she was asking for it. I KNEW that I wasn't dreaming. It was reality. I want her to know I was right, even though I knew she'd think it was weird . She already thinks it's weird- so what if she just flat out tells me so.

Originally Posted by Darkmatters

LOL well it's obvious what happened here... your mom is actually totally aware of lucid dreaming and things like HI and HS, so she stood outside your room and said that in a creepy voice just to mess with you, then pretended not to even believe in any of it!

Yeah....Right....

My mom saw me on these forums, she really didn't believe it was evil, she just really didn't want me to get obsessed with my dreams. But I think she is starting to think I'm crazy.

My dad thought it sounded kinda cool... My mom didn't really give a shit. I'm not surprised that some parents out there think it's "evil" or "demonic".... LOL They'd prolly say the same shit about mushrooms or LSD.

My dad never seemed too enthusiastic about the idea, but I kinda stopped talking about it and he more or less stopped caring.

Originally Posted by Urban Ninja

My dad thought it sounded kinda cool... My mom didn't really give a shit. I'm not surprised that some parents out there think it's "evil" or "demonic".... LOL They'd prolly say the same shit about mushrooms or LSD.

To parents it's all the same