Thread: So it was my first time last night.

Welcome -=NightHawk=-

wow, 12am to 10am... wish I could do that!

Great that you remembered your dream,next you have to keep a journal of all your future dreams.

About the groggyness - many people tend to feel exhausted if they end up taking a nap during the daytime hours. Not sure why this is. But, since you slept in kind of later than normal (unless this is normal for you) you may be experiencing the same effect. Did you force yourself to stay in bed, or did you just get up as usual?

Well, good luck Hawk !

Hiya NightHawk, and welcome (again) to DreamViews!

It sounds like the simple act of thinking about dreaming caused you to remember a dream for the first time in a while. Improving your dream recall is the first step to becoming lucid, and the best way to do that is to keep a dream journal. When you go to bed, get in the habit of telling yourself "I will awaken after I have a dream, and I will remember the dream". Then make sure you have a notepad or something handy so you can write down everything you remember as soon as you awaken. If you really get in the habit of doing this, you'll probably find that you will start remembering more and more about your dreams in fairly short order.

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Anyway, is it normal for me to be exhausted now being awake? i went to sleep at midnight and awoke at 10. is this a common thing?[/b]

I would say that's fairly normal. If I sleep more than 8-9 hours, I usually feel groggy for most of the next day. I don't think it has anything to do with dreaming per se.

Glad to have you here!

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Well, good luck Hawk

Joe, you're going to have to start being more specific!

on average i get 8 to 10 hours of sleep. i didnt force myself to stay in bed. i know once i naturally wake up, my mind/body is telling me that it has had its proper amount of sleep. i hardly ever wake up feeling the way i did. it felt like my mind was still asleep.

i was thinking today while walking to one of my classes (im a college student) could you use lucid dreams as a sort of "power of suggestion"? like, if you are an ill being, like either sick or have a rash, etc... could you use lucid dreams to cure yourself of these things? there are physical practices of people using the power of suggestion to cure patients of numerous things. could you use lucid dreams to your advantage in this way?

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if you are an ill being, like either sick or have a rash, etc... could you use lucid dreams to cure yourself of these things?

You could try. Would it work? I certainly don't think it could hurt, and would be worth a try.

If the illness was psychosomatic to begin with, then I imagine you could get some results. And it's widely accepted that the mind is able to have some effect on physical conditions, so perhaps it could go further than that. But I highly doubt that you're going to be able to use lucid dreaming to cure cancer or anything like that. Just my opinion.

yeah i wasnt talking about the terminally ill. however im not sick at the moment, nor have i had an LD yet so i cant try it lol

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like, if you are an ill being, like either sick or have a rash, etc... could you use lucid dreams to cure yourself of these things?

Yep, as a matter of fact I highly recommend reading Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming (referred to many times on this site as "EWOLD"). It's pretty much considered the bible of Lucid Dreaming. -- It just so happens that I just finished reading it myself about 20 minutes ago! --

Anyway, chatpter 11 is called "The Healing Dream" and covers how and why it appears to be possible to heal certain physical ailments with our minds in dreams.

Furthermore theres information on how you can "learn" physical activities (like sports) by practicing them in a lucid dream. You see, even though you are not physically performing the movements - your nervous system is active in the sense that it "experiences" what you are doing in your dream, even if you are not physically "moving" your body parts. Pretty amazing stuff!

Well, I'd elaborate more but that would cost extra! LOL

thanks for the reply and helpful information!