Sleep and Dreams Megathread - General

So i got some weird ass dream stories, hopefully someone can answer whats with them lol. 1. For 3 years when i was younger (like 7-10) i had a dream that i would just be in my basement, then all of an announcer like voice would say "ITS THAT TIME AGAIN" the floor would fall away and without knowning i would be climbing monkey bars and i would have to all the way back upstairs. i always would fall towards the end, wakeup in a falling sensation and yell. For three years i was never able to finish it until one night i finally got to the top, i was greeted with a plate of pancakes but awoke as soon as i got to them, i havent had that dream since. 2. Same thing as the one before but it was when i was older like 13/14/15. Every single 4th of july i would have a dream but it would continue off from where the last one ended. It involved me and my friend running from some normal day housecat, but for some reason when it reached anyone they just disappeared(thought they died so i always ran from it and hid) I haven't had it since i was 15(now 17) I also will wake up and i will hallucinate weird shapes or see something incredibly close even though its across the room, like its right in my face. Nothing scary though, goes away if i blink 1 or 2 times. Oh and when i was 7, right after i saw gremlins, i was 100% awake, went upstairs and i heard gremlins talking loudly behind my door, then dreamed about them that night. Only mental issue i have is ADHD and im not like some fucked up person, just weird ass shit. Also lucid dreaming sounds amazing, gonna practice towards that.

Quick question; you can WILD right when you go to sleep, correct? I think I read somewhere that you need to set an alarm and wake up in the middle of the night, then WILD from there; not straight before you go to sleep.

Results are better when you do the latter but yes you can. I have to type up my dream during my nap when I get back from the event at the hotel. Sub was there again and something really weird happened

Since it's the weekend, Solid would you suggest me setting up an alarm to go off 6 hours after I go to sleep since that's when the REM cycle starts?

[QUOTE=Sottalytober;24226522]Since it's the weekend, Solid would you suggest me setting up an alarm to go off 6 hours after I go to sleep since that's when the REM cycle starts?[/QUOTE] It doesn't start after 6 hours. There's one 45 minutes into sleep, 3 hours into sleep, 4.5 hours into sleep, and 6 hours into sleep. Set it for about four and a half hours after you predict you'll fall asleep, not when you go to bed.

[QUOTE=Zinayzen;24227014]It doesn't start after 6 hours. There's one 45 minutes into sleep, 3 hours into sleep, 4.5 hours into sleep, and 6 hours into sleep. Set it for about four and a half hours after you predict you'll fall asleep, not when you go to bed.[/QUOTE] Didn't know there was one after 45. Thanks.

My first lucid dream in a while, and I spend it wondering why the fuck the text on the [Adultswim] bumps is messed up, and why I cant change the channel. The fuck.

[QUOTE=Sottalytober;24227026]Didn't know there was one after 45. Thanks.[/QUOTE] Sleep cycles: 1 2 3 4 3 2 REM 2 3 2 REM 2 REM 2 REM 2 1 WAKE once it hits only 2, 2 gets way longer.

[QUOTE]DO NOT ASK IT WHAT YOUR BIGGEST FEAR IS.[/QUOTE] What happens :ohdear:

[QUOTE=coolity;24228071]What happens :ohdear:[/QUOTE]Think about it. It shows you without using words. Herp derp.

Should I try laying on my back until I induce sp or should I set my alarm after 3 hours or whatever and try a wild?

[QUOTE=coolity;24228071]What happens :ohdear:[/QUOTE] Your biggest fear isn't what you expect it is, and not only will you find out what it is you will [b][i]WATCH IT TAKE PLACE[/b][/i]

I was in my school with a friend after dark, for some reason I'd been temporarily shrunk so I was only a foot high, and I was locked inside the kitchens. After escaping by climbing up a bucket and jumping from surface to surface then through an adjoining window, I un-shrunk. My friend and absconded down a corridor, and we saw that the elevator was open (it usually requires a key) so we took it to the roof. Somehow, it had become daylight. We then went into a door on the roof, which slammed shut behind us. Now creeped out, we then went down a dark corridor that seemed much longer than it should've been, and into this large circular room with a high ceiling and a catwalk raised about three metres off the ground with two sets of stairs leading to the bare, unnaturally clean floor. There was a door on the opposite side of the room. The only source of light was from a dim bulb hanging down just below the catwalk in the center of the room. My friend saw this modern-looking panel with levers and dials on the right side of the catwalk, and went over to it, so I followed. And that was when I nearly crapped myself. Coming up the stairs on the opposite side of the room was the sillhouette of a girl, probably aged about 10. The silhouette cast a huge shadow on the wall because of the lighting. I shook my friend, but he was too engrossed in what he was doing. The girl slowly walked over and touched him, and he vanished. Scared utterly shitless, I ran down the corridor from which I just came and tried opening the door. It wouldn't move at all, as if the whole thing was frozen in place. The girl was at the end of the corridor, walking towards me with an outstretched arm. Ten metres between us Come on, you stupid fucking door! Five metres Fuck! One metre No! Everything went black. [b] It was one hell of a dream. I woke up at about 6am because of it. What do you make of it?[/b]

Long overdue nap dream. [quote=Dream Journal]After taking a nap I have spoken to my subconscious again after repeating a mantra to summon it. I was in a small room. The walls were all white and the light above me was dim. There was a single doorway in front of me I was on a chair and my hands were tied together. A man walked into the room. He asked me what the password to the intel was. Apparently I knew, because I refused to answer. He punched me in my face. I spit some blood out and looked up again. He asked the same question again. I refused to reply. This time he took a baton out. He lashed at my legs. I wasn't sure if they were broken or not but the pain was terrible. Suddenly, the door slammed open. It was Ellen. "You, get out." she said as she was walking in. "What?" the other man said and he took the baton and tried to hit her with it. She caught his arm and pulled something from her red fabric trench coat. It was some sort of metallic stick. It unfolded and became a spear kind of, and she thrusted it through his chest. He then turned into ashes, ignited by the touch of the stick. She leaned her shoulder on the wall and looked at me. "Nice David." she said sarcastically. I looked up at her. "I'm dreaming aren't I" I said looking at the ashes. "I'm glad to see you're starting to recognize me. Makes it easier on both of us." She said cutting my arms loose. "You took quite a beating huh?" She took the staff and put it straight through my legs then pulled it out. She pulled me up and gave me a hug. "So what did you want to talk about?" she said as she was rubbing something on my face. "I have a good amount of questions to ask." I said. She was rubbing some cream that closed up all my cuts. I felt as though I never took any hits at all. "Before we talk, why not get to a place more" she looked around at the blood on the walls and the ashes on the floor "nice, yeah?" She pushed on the wall and it collapsed. Behind it was a capsule. "Have a seat I can handle the rest." she said gently pushing me at the capsule. The capsule had a glass top and cusioned bottom. It was about 5 feet wide. We both managed to fit inside on the same end with our legs stretched forward. The capsule closed and the scenery changed. We were now underwater. "Look up" she said pointing up. There were really weird things. Rainbow fish, auroras, and something that looked like an amoeba. "Why underwater?" I asked her. "It looks nicer. Or did you like the blood and the guy ready to be smoked up by a drug addict better?" she said laughing a little bit. "I much preferred the dead bodies back in the trenches" I said sarcastically. She giggled and pushed me playfully at the wall. "Ask away." she said leaning her head on me. "Why don't electronics work in dreams?" I asked. "Oh they don't?" she said. She created a TV in the front of the capsule. "Here's the remote." I took the remote and pressed the power button. High pitched noise and flashing images appeared on the TV. "Would you prefer that greet you when you turn your phone on?" she asked covering her ears. "Shut it OFF!" On her last word the TV exploded, not hurting any of us. "Alright here's another, whats the deal with mirrors?" I asked her. "The imagery you would usually see during sleep paralysis seems to show itself on mirrors." she replied looking up. "Isn't that one pretty?" There was a fish that had a flower attached to it's head and it was shifting colors rapidly, some colors I've never even seen used before in real life. "Don't get offended" I hesitated "but are you trying to trick me?" She stopped smiling and looked at me. I wished I never asked that question. "Why would I ever do that.. don't you trust me?" she said starting to frown. I wanted to respond yes but was afraid I would dig myself deeper. "Wow." she said again as she put her hand over my heart. "Do you feel that?" I put my hand there as well. Nothing. "No I don't, what is it?" I replied. "Your heart was just beating so fast right now" she said, flustered. "I guess you do trust me after all." she said as she was returning to a smile. "Any other questions?" I looked around a little bit before answering. "No.. I think that's enough." She looked at me for a little bit with a face that had an idea going through their head. What I hadn't expected at all was to receive a long kiss on the lips from her. I freaked out. "There you see that wasn't so bad." she said now blushing. I didn't know what to say or what to do but I didn't look at her at all after that. I turned my head to the side and looked out into the depths of the ocean. "You just kissed me" I said in monotone. "Why did you just kiss me? That means" I stopped. "That means I just kissed myself I think." She started laughing. "Of all the things in the world you'd least expect to happen you didn't see your subconscious try anything like that did you?" she said. "Relax, I know you've been under a lot of stress lately and I just thought that'd ease you down a little bit." A whale screamed in the distance, other than that we were silent. "This doesn't change anything between us, you said it yourself we're in a very high level spiritual bond with eachother." she said trying to reassure me. "I know you feel a lot better now, you're smiling." I felt my face and it was straight. "Not here, in the real world silly." She was right though. (Outside note : Prior to the nap I was exposed to a lot of couples having fun, kissing, and I envy'd it a little) I had been in some relationship problems. "Do you promise not to do that again?" I asked her. "I know you liked it" she said smiling "but okay." I thought it was about time I woke up. "I have a last question." I said to her. "Why is it that when I'm in sleep paralysis sometimes you come out and make the monsters go away?" She thought for a moment. "Sometimes you go into it accidentally because I overwhelmed you" she said stepping out of the capsule now on dry land "if you panic too much you'll exit it, so if your experiences in paralysis are good, you'll fall back to sleep." I recognized the place we were now on. A beach, overlooked by a lighthouse and a cave just under a cliff. "See you later" she said. After a breif hug I opened my eyes wide and looked straight into the newely created group of people and overwhelmed myself. I was then in my bed, awake.[/quote] I don't know what to make of it. I guess this is why zinayzen doesn't give his sub a personality. [editline]06:43AM[/editline] [QUOTE=Hmn30;24229246]Should I try laying on my back until I induce sp or should I set my alarm after 3 hours or whatever and try a wild?[/QUOTE] Assuming you're not asleep yet, I would suggest the latter if you want the highest results. [editline]06:47AM[/editline] And yes, I did forget to ask about for some hints about the drawing

God damnit. I can never remember my dreams. All my nights of sleep pass in barely a second.

Dream journal's : They'll do wonders [editline]07:24AM[/editline] It's time I go to sleep anyway, 3:23 AM. Goodnight everyone reading

[QUOTE=solid_jake;24230390]Long overdue nap dream. I don't know what to make of it. I guess this is why zinayzen doesn't give his sub a personality.[/QUOTE] Huh. That's...interesting. I just never gave it a sub because I've always had a suspicion that emotions aren't subconscious, so mine shouldn't show them. I know if I change that, though, it'll become Ellen Page. I have no idea why, but my mind is attracted to her. If we keep talking about this our thread's going to show up in Google search results for her name. :< [B]If you're keeping a dream journal, do your best to wake up naturally.[/B] Alarms will make it much harder to remember stuff. [editline]08:20AM[/editline] here's the real question, jake are you a good kisser [editline]08:20AM[/editline] that sounded less gay in my head [editline]08:20AM[/editline] and believe me i thought about it a lot [editline]08:20AM[/editline] goddammit

Dammit dammit dammit. I'm annoyed because I had a dream that I KNEW I was dreaming, I even said it in my dream and started messing around but I didn't become Lucid.... Summary of dream: Started of in a quarry like place, it was very dark sort of like storm conditions bar the thunder and lightning. There was a settlement down there, the sort of houses you expect to see in South America, the multilevel slum like ones. I was walking along a street and someone said to jump to the top of one. I said of course that's impossible but they kept insisting to try it. So I did and it worked, from that moment I knew I was dreaming and said it. But nothing changed, I just saw myself doing things I probably would have done if I became lucid. I started having a bit of fun with explosives and eventually the whole landscape changed to a massive flatgrass plain with nothing there (gm_flatgrass? :D) I started yelling out trying to get my subconsciousnes's attention. Damn... so close. Looks like MILD is the way to go for me!

I attempted going lucid the other night but all I managed to do was have a normal dream where I went to a hardware store and bought the original Half Life :saddowns:

Ok is this normal? So like 4 years ago (atleast) I had this dream where I met this girl, we didn't really do anything, just hanging out, watching tv. This all happen in town. I know its a long time ago, i just remember it for some reason. It wasnt lucid but I knew I was dreaming. So this is the weird part. Like 1 month ago I had a dream about the same girl, same thing knew I was dreaming but as usual I could not control it. Was the same weird shit hanging out only before my dream ended, we were walking over some street like 300 feet from my house and this car just mows the girl down killing her. I remember holding her in my arms crying while it was raining and the blood was everywhere. Woke up right after that, I seriously felt really depressed I had actually cried some while sleeping + i developed this paranoia, when I have to cross a street I get this nervous feeling. I think it might be related to a girl I used to hang out with. I met her in school when I first started we were friends for like 6 years but she moved to another country far away. I was really sad then cause we used to hang out and do shit every day :(

[QUOTE=solid_jake;24230390]Long overdue nap dream. I don't know what to make of it. I guess this is why zinayzen doesn't give his sub a personality. [/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_6iSUiPXao[/media] :haw:

jake if you have sex with your sub does that make you narcissistic or lonely

When I kept repeating I will remember my dreams in my head my vision starts to warp even though my eyes are closed and my head starts to feel light. My body feels heavy and my heart rate increases. Then my eyes slowly open by itself. Then I saw that my room was fucking green. Not like green green, but like all the light was replaced by green light. It was like the aurora a few weeks ago, all the light in the house was green. It was messed up, but exhilarating at the same time. Then I blinked and it was gone :(

[QUOTE=PyroCF;24232946] I'm annoyed because I had a dream that I KNEW I was dreaming, I even said it in my dream[/QUOTE] Knowing that you are dreaming is the definition of lucid dreaming. What wasn't lucid?

[QUOTE=Zinayzen;24236336]jake if you have sex with your sub does that make you narcissistic or lonely[/QUOTE] Lonely most likely. I'm already lonely :frown:

[QUOTE=1STrandomman;24239635]Knowing that you are dreaming is the definition of lucid dreaming. What wasn't lucid?[/QUOTE] I mean I couldn't control what was happening etc.

I wonder why electronics are so high pitched when they actually decide to work. [editline]05:16PM[/editline] Maybe it's a frequency thing, cause the brain has a lot of electrical pulses going on, and it requires a different frequency to operate them in the dream.

Doesn't make sense, because those are just figments of the imagination. There's no actual signal going in and out of the TV in a dream because there is no TV to begin with.

[QUOTE=SteeleCratos;24240162]Doesn't make sense, because those are just figments of the imagination. There's no actual signal going in and out of the TV in a dream because there is no TV to begin with.[/QUOTE] Another good question to ask

Well, I did the alarm thing (didn't realize that WILD needed an alarm), and it worked, but I didn't take advantage of it. I was on a beach with some friends (I remember something happened prior to that, I just don't remember what it was), and far away was this other group of people. One of the guys on the other group was a guy from my group (a clone). The guy in my group said "What is Peter doing here? I hate that guy (lol)". Surprisingly enough, this didn't make me realize that I was dreaming. We decided to lay on one place, and I have no idea how, but I suddenly realized that I was dreaming. I thought I was going to wake up from the excitement, but I stayed calm somehow. Now what did I do? I didn't summon my subconcious, I didn't fly around, I didn't have a massive orgy with Ellen Page and my crush and hundreds of other random women, I didn't do anything of the things I wanted since I began reading this thread. I decided...to go deeper. Fuck you, Zinayzen, if I hadn't read your dream this wouldn't have happened. I laid down, and closed my eyes. I stayed like this for a while, I guess I'm supposed to fall asleep on my dream, but that didn't happen, then I opened my eyes again and I felt everything fading away. I was like "fuck this shit", but it didn't work, I was on my bed again. But this is where I get really stupid. I wasn't on my bed, it was a false awakening. I considered this being a false awakening, so I begin rubbing my arms to see if I can go back to the other dream. I think for a second to open my eyes wide to wake up, but if this WAS a dream, I didn't want to lose it. I forget to do any RC, so I suddenly forget that I'm dreaming and play along with this "reality". My mom comes in and she says it's 3pm, and I slept all day. I think "Holy shit, lucid dreaming makes me sleep longer?". She refuses to make breakgfast :saddowns:. So here's my first lucid experience since I started (although I started doing it wrong, I attempted WILD when going to bed for the first time, not after waking up), and it was ruined because of my dumbness. I had another weird dream (don't know if that was before or after the lucid dream). I'll post about that one later.