Thread: Hello, I'm new here and looking for some insight on my dreams....

Thanks Alyzarin! Dark, that's what I am kind of confused about, when it was said earlier that I might be close to being able to LD. Is it possible even though I have never really tried? Or possible that I may have even already done it? When I dream most of the time I can remember my dreams, all of them from the night. When I've dreamed of the underwater thing and being able to breath I just thought that is was because it was just a weird dream...hmmm

Originally Posted by Darkmatters

They were non-lucids from when I was younger, probably late teens or early 20's. But I definitely had the sensation of not being able to breathe - not sure if I actually was breathing or not though. But since the nosepinch is almost universally accurate, it seems like there's no way to fake that sensation, unless your breathing is actually closed off somehow. Another possibility - having your head cocked @ some weird angle could close off your throat for a moment, and maybe you shift your body unconsciously without waking up so you can breathe again? Google can probably shed some light on this - now I'm getting obsessed with it!

** EDIT:

Just realized, I might have gone lucid as soon as I started breathing underwater - in fact I think I did. But it must have been before I really knew what lucidity was. It was just a really weird feeling of awesomeness.

Well, for what it's worth, I've had a nosepinch RC fail before. And I've only done it a few times. Ironically, it made me lucid. >.> It's true that most people can easily breath in dreams all the time, but I think it's important to remember that almost every lucid dreamer knows this as well. Just like with electricity not working in dreams, and I've had that happen correctly before too. And ultimately, that sensation of being able to breath or not breath is coming from the same place whether you're awake or dreaming... and not your nose, your mind. Your nose does stay active when you're asleep, but this doesn't change the fact that people can have dream smells overlapping the real ones, too. I think it all just depends on how vivid and powerful the dream is, and the more fear you experience the more you give power to your delusions/the dream.

But you might want to get yourself checked for sleep apnea just in case.

Originally Posted by KatMarie

Thanks Alyzarin! Dark, that's what I am kind of confused about, when it was said earlier that I might be close to being able to LD. Is it possible even though I have never really tried? Or possible that I may have even already done it? When I dream most of the time I can remember my dreams, all of them from the night. When I've dreamed of the underwater thing and being able to breath I just thought that is was because it was just a weird dream...hmmm

I didn't even know that lucids were possible when I had my first one, I just realized that the house design I was in was too stupid to actually exist. You just have to be in the right situation!