Sleep and Dreams Megathread v2 - General

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8i8cy6beDw[/media] This song always makes me feel better.

But anyways, I tried MILD last night. I said "I will become lucid in my dream tonight" hundreds of times to myself as I laid in bed. Then I woke up in the middle of the night, just like Goshoha (:h:) said I would. My head felt really full, like I had just read a ton in a small amount of time. I tried to remember what I had learned, but I couldn't. It was like I had a package with a suprize inside but I just couldn't get it open. I also decided to start keeping a dream journal. I'm going to write down my dream from the previous night in homeroom each morning. Going to take a nap now and see if I can get MILD to work.

I've been meaning to try this... but it seems too good to be true.

[QUOTE=Goshoha;25402429]Everyone, for the first time ever, in the life of Goshoha, I have had a [b]lucid dream[/b]. Not only that, but I had [b]two lucid dreams in the same night[/b]. I used the MILD technique and then used DEILD when I woke up too early. I'll post the details of them later, but for now WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!! FUCK YEAH!![/QUOTE] Congratulations, lets celebrate do you have gmod? because Im having a sexy party tonight and everyone here is invited. [b]EVERYONE[/b] [editline]14th October 2010[/editline] I was talking to a lucid dreamer friend IRL today, and he said when he mixed a Jones soda with some persciption cough syrup, he had some balltripping LD's last night. DAMNIT I WANT BRONCHITUS NOW!!

Way to go Goshoha! I'm still getting too involved with my dreams. Even when I'm pulling huge fucking chunks of scalp off in them, dream logic is like "Yah, this is fine." Euch. I felt sick all day at college thinking about it.

...talk about terrible dandruff

I tried taking a nap. Started out with MILD. It took me a while to get sleepy. Then, next thing I know, my dad is home and he's yelling at me. Then I told him that I was sleeping. I guess I was asleep, but I wasn't quite into REM yet. If he wouldn't have barged in yelling, then I would probably be telling about my awesome lucid dream right now. Foiled Again :argh:! Then I tried going back to sleep using WILD or the first tiime. I counted over 700 breaths, but I could not fall asleep. Am I supposed to have my eyes open when I use WILD? Edit: Oh boy! one hundredth post! And it only took me just under 2 years!

I'm really sorry if this is a stupid question (Since it originates from a horror film), but is it really possible that if a person dies in their dreams, they die for real at the same time?

I've died plenty of times in my dreams, so you're most likely safe.

Again dream logic made me throw up paint zing that bitch

[QUOTE=Eonart;25407885]Problem is though, I don't think my sub wants me lucid till something is complete. [/QUOTE] my sub didnt want me to have full control for a while either. Come to think of it, I still dont have too much control. >:& [QUOTE=Lordgeorge16;25408391]I'm really sorry if this is a stupid question (Since it originates from a horror film), but is it really possible that if a person dies in their dreams, they die for real at the same time?[/QUOTE] one two, freddy's comin for you... EDIT: btw, sub's form changed (i think). My sub now uses the form of...... ME. awesome. any insight, anyone? [editline]14th October 2010[/editline] I also feel strangely like........ beatboxing.... ???

So yeah, do I have to have my eyes open for WILD to work? I'm a pretty patient person. Also, what should I visualize while doing WILD? A few weeks ago, I experinced sleep paralysis on accident. I was sick and staying home from school. I was laying in bed, and then I woke up. I don't know what woke me up, but I was still tired, so I tried to go back to sleep. Then, next ting I knew, I heard an extremely loud pounding and vibrating noise coming from inside of my head. My vision was extrememly blurred, and to my horror, I quite simply could not move. At all. I was scared shitless. Then, after what seemed like 10 minutes, I closed my eyes and I was instantly jolted out of it. I woke up after sleeping again, and I was fine. Strange thing was, I didn't feel scared about it afterwords. I did some research last night, and appereantly sleep paralysis can cause extreme fear and anxitiy. So, to sum all of this up, the will of my subconcious to not allow me to sleep to late on a school day is stronger than the will to sleep while under sleep paralysis.

[b]Date[/b]: Wednesday, October 13th [b]Method[/b]: MILD and DEILD [b]Times[/b]: 12:11 AM - 1:36 AM - 4:29 AM - 6:08 AM I'm so sick of school. As Albert Einstein once said, "The only thing that interferes with my knowledge is my education". I'd love to use this quote, but I'm not as smart as him to get away with it. Writing and reading, however, I've always felt was a strong academic area for me. Sadly, with these skills I can only narrate how much a failure I am, but in a more elegantly, refined display. Recently, I've been given so much work that has to do with mathematics that's it's been driving me crazy. Math, the bane of my school existence. The slight utter of that word will ruin my day. I can't long divide on paper, I've almost forgotten how to multiply by hand, and I still don't really understand the basics of it all. The minute I mess up one thing I feel as though the next assignment I get train wrecks into the one I'm already doing. A big crash that burns away and fucks up my motivation from there on and henceforth. I've been arriving home everyday this week, grueling the next and getting nothing productive done. I look at the clock, it's 12:09 AM. I'm sick of school. I plop down onto my pillow, like a corpse; injured and bruised from the beatings my school work dealt upon me. This rest has been long overdue. Or at least, that's how it felt to me. Being a student isn't so easy, you know? We all can't have perfect grades and be THAT student to always get honors, rape the SATs, and go to college. Maybe I'm over exaggerating the "simple" life problems of a mere student attending a tech high school. I lay on my side and pull the blanket almost completely over me, creating my metaphorical chrysalis. Maybe I'll become a butterfly when I return from the realm of dreams and enter th- [b]Alright, enough of this metaphorical, nancy bullshit.[/b] I got home from school, took a nap, woke up at 6 PM, did some human things, got tired again at 12: 11 AM and went to bed. As I lay, resting on my pillow, I began to recite a mantra in my head, "I will lucid dream. I will be awake in my dreams and be able to do anything I want". I always think of a new mantra every night. Not for the purpose of having variety, but just because I don't remember any of my previous mantras. Maybe it's for the better. What I'm saying is, if you repeat a bad mantra, you won't get anywhere! I fell asleep. [quote] [b]DREAM - NOT LUCID (YET)[/b]: I'm standing on a wooden pier. I scoop with my hands one and two American dollar bills that I see floating in the water. I felt like I was going to be rich as I picked up the bills one by one. Some ripped as I pulled them up from the water and others were extremely soft and wet. "I'll put these by a fireplace to dry them off once I get enough!" Well, that was my intention before something happened. At the end of the pier appeared to be a wooden arch. It crated the shape of a British telephone booth. There was no door and it seemed rather pointless to be at the end of a pier, of all things. My curiosity grabbed a hold of me. I walked in, I was teleported to another place. Time fast forwarded. Nothing seemed different. It looked the same as before: a wooden pier attached to the streets of a seaside city, full of homes and stores. I walked off the pier and onto the streets and saw someone from school, [b]Charlie[/b]. He's the kid that knows everyone and who's friends with everyone. Also, he's extremely fat. We're cool though. He told me a story where he said his reputation was ruined because everyone thinks he was trying to steal ideas from a popular townsfolk. The thief said that Charlie had tried to steal ideas from him and claim them as his own. Ironically, it was quite the opposite as those were Charlie's ideas and the thief stole them. Sadly, the town believed the thief and Charlie was soon hated by everyone. He needed me to go back in the arch which apparently can bring you back in time. The purpose of this was vengeance and restore Charlie's good name and expose the thief. [b]Deal[/b]. I agreed, but before I could do anything we looked at the beach. An old, frail woman standing by the water. "Hello!" Charlie said, obviously knowing the lady. However, it's waves quickly picked her up off her feet and she was sucked into the ocean. "HOLY SHIT" we both said, and our fears lead us to action. Charlie (surprisingly) was ahead of me and dived in the water first. He tried to grab the old woman, but she was pulled farther away by a wave. A crowd was gathering at the coast where this was happening, they watched and did nothing. Charlie stretched his arm as far as he could and finally got a hold of the old woman. He swam back to shore with her and placed her on her feet. She was fine, not coughing up water or anything, but the real shocker was when she started beat the shit out of Charlie. The crowd soon joined in, fucking Charlie up and hurting him. Everyone hated him in the town for being the supposed "thief", as the swears and yells soon lead me to believe. Okay, time to be a badass. I kicked and punched away the attackers and felt like a God. The crowd separated in fear, leaving only the true attackers, the ones with enough balls to still stand and face me after my display. "I'll make an example out of one of them", I said. [b]I charged in for the kill, doing the move I knew best:[/b] [media] [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2bv6k3cjrc&feature=related[/url] [/media] A motherfucking [b]METSU SHORYUKEN[/b]. The man flew in the air and crashed hard down on the sand. Done son. Call me a nerd, but I found that badass. The old lady was not attacking Charlie anymore, but yelling at him. I didn't need to be here anymore. I went in the arch and soon [b]began my lucid adventure[/b]. [b]LUCID DREAM[/b] I was in a bar, but it wasn't just any bar. It was a bar...in the past! OoooOooooo... Seriously though, I noticed no differences than before I went in the arch. Anyways, I was just looking around when all of a sudden I realized, "Wait a minute...I'm in a fucking [b]DREAM![/b]". I popped into my body. Everything was blurry ( should have said, "Clarity Now!" ), but I was in total control of myself. Okay kiddies, let's guess what's the first thing I do now that I became lucid. Did I...summon my sub? Nope. Did I...try to fly? Nope. Too late, [b]I take advantage of the women, of course[/b]! I start to make out with the first chick on the bar stool and then look to my left and make out with the next. I remembered to keep my emotions in check and keep calm. So I jump over the counter like a child with ADHD and stare at the bar contraptions and such. I stare at this one metallic looking syrup dispenser for about a full minute before I decide to touch it. I push the little knob down and a thick, dark red, syrup in texture substance comes pouring out in the glass under it. I'm not sure what I did, but I decided to taste it. [b] It tasted just like cough medicine. Not the good kind either, the shitty sour kind[/b]. Oh yeah, my "mission". I decided to go out and find Charlie. My dream shifted pretty fast to where he was, like it just skipped over the boring parts and right where Charlie was. He was sitting at some fancy [b]Gamestop looking place reading a book[/b]. I approached him and said, "You do know the guy looking at you creepily from outside the window is the man who'll steal your ideas to fame?" "You mean my idea for Dragon "something" Studios?" He questioned. "Uhhh, yeah." How did he know that? Did he just have some sort of epiphany or something? Doesn't matter. We both got up and walked outside in the circular, patio area. It was nice. Benches were symmetrically placed, two by a store and TV screens hung above for people to watch. They mostly showed game trailers and advertisements. Two giant speakers were to the sides playing some generic rock music. The thief was sitting on a bench, eyeballin' us down. "Get ready, Goshoha." Charlie said as he stood in front of one of the speakers. He quickly ramped the speakers volume all the way up. Not even God could hear your screams now, thief. Even though anyone in the vicinity could have seen us through the store windows, we proceeded to beat the utter shit out of this dude. [b]Mission accomplished.[/b] [/quote] My dream ended and I woke up at 1:36 AM. That concludes the first of the two lucid dreams I had last night. Why I wrote it in such detail when it's really not that special? I'm not sure, but I enjoyed it. I noticed a recurring theme: [b]People from my school[/b]. Maybe I can have more lucid dreams if I recognize these people. Sorry if there are spelling or continuity errors in the story. I wrote it from memory and didn't real try to revise it. I might write the next one tonight (which I think is cooler and shorter) later, but right now I'm really tired. Hope you enjoyed it. I was going to draw pictures, but I'll leave that to when I get better control of my lucid dreams and get them to last longer! @[b]Birdman101[/b] - Thanks! That sounds really fun, but my computer sucks too much to play any games... I hope I get a new one for Christmas. It also sucks because I like to animate and want to use awesome programs like After Effects. And the games, man...the gamesssss... @[b]Jessbinx[/b] - Thanks! That sounds awesomely gruesome, Jess. Also, what are you hoping to get out of college? @[b]lordgeorge16[/b] - Absolutely not. No matter how much pain or times you die in your dreams it will never affect you physically (and most likely mentally) in real life. @[b]phagocitic[/b] - Just close your eyes and focus on the colors you see behind your eyelids, but not too much so that it keeps you awake. Focus on coming to total relaxation. Your body breathing will become slower, calmer, and deeper (Mmmmm) the more you concentrate on "sleeping". After awhile your mind will start to think you've fallen asleep. To make sure it might try to make you itch a certain body part, but DON'T DO IT. If you do you'll start at square one. The itch might be unbearable for awhile, but don't itch. Once it stops testing you it will soon make your body numb. It will feel like pins and needles. Your body will go paralyzed, but mentally you'll be awake! This is as far as I got before I chickened out, lol. I woke up in SP once by accident too and have been scared to do it again ever since. After that you should get vivid images in your head and soon you'll just be able to "jump right in there". Or so I've read!

[QUOTE=Goshoha;25408991](Badass dream story here) (Awesome advice here) [/QUOTE] Thanks again, bro. It's nice to know that I'm not crazy. I've really got to get my geometry shit done now. (totally know how you feel about math, its the same with me)

[QUOTE=Goshoha;25408991]:words:[/QUOTE] Absolutely positively awesome entry and post. Curiously, same way i became lucid "oh shit im dreaming!" wonder if theirs an easier way of triggering it? Oh, and mine was C-WILD

[quote=goshoha;25408991]winsauce[/quote] incredibly amazing story bro

@goshoa: I have after effects installed on my school-issued crapple. I know what it does, but I cannot for the life of me figure it out. Maybe sometime you could call me up on skype and show me the basics a little? I need as much computerey shit as possible to put on my resume. my list grows longer every month... [editline]14th October 2010[/editline] do you know how to use adobe premiere? I need an alternative to the simple movie maker and the incredible gay imovie. I've got the entire adobe pro cs5 suite on it. :smug:

I have a terrible fever(I get fucked up dreams when I am sick), so last night while I was reading this thread I had stumbled upon at random, I thought to myself, "I really don't want a lucid dream tonight." The idea of it terrified me because I was worried I wouldn't be able to handle it. I've dreamt lucidly in the past, but I never had a strong enough will to conjure things up the way I'd like to, and the negative energies I'm experiencing from being sick would be hard for me to overcome from being so inexperienced. I am also terrified with the idea of facing my subconscious when I am not ready for it. Anyway, as you probably have guessed by now, I fell asleep thinking about lucid dreams and ended up having a semi-lucid one. Though I knew I was dreaming, I didn't really try doing anything odd in my dream. I just wanted to wake up. [quote="Dream"]I sort of faded into the dream. It felt like I was passed out and was slowly coming to. I was standing up, and I looked around me slowly. It was a clear sky at night, the stars were visible and I could feel that I was by the ocean. Thinking back it had the same layout as Angel Island(I was talking to a friend about Sonic the Hedgehog and I had bought a game recently, so that may be a contributing factor) and it was beautiful. After looking around a bit I noticed a slender Caucasian man in a black suit staring at me. he really bothered me because whilst everything in my dream was blue, this man had red highlights in his short black hair and black rabbit ears on top of his head. I, for whatever reason, believed this was my subconscious, nd refused to speak to him. He had a calm and collected composure as he walked towards me, but I could see worry in his eyes(I never noticed what color they were. Oops!) as he told me I shouldn't be here, and I'm not ready for anything this place has to offer me. I then noticed there were two portals behind him, standing where two pillars should be. He told me that he had sealed the other ones off but if I wanted to go through these ones I could. I really didn't want to. He told me what the two portals represented but I wasn't paying attention to him. I started panicking and everything around crumbled into nothing except for the man. I saw him looking at me with concern before I woke up. [/quote] Sorry if any of that is hard to understand. I woke up and went straight to writing this for fear of forgetting it. I'm not sure what exactly is going on in my brain but I am apparently not ready for it yet. [B]Edit:[/B] I knew the guy in my dream looked familiar. He took the form of Crispin Glover, except with unkempt hair and a scruffy unshaven face... and reddish highlights in his hair and black rabbit ears? [img]http://goremaster.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/crispin_glover.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Kleemin;25416139]I have a terrible fever(I get fucked up dreams when I am sick), so last night while I was reading this thread I had stumbled upon at random, I thought to myself, "I really don't want a lucid dream tonight." The idea of it terrified me because I was worried I wouldn't be able to handle it. I've dreamt lucidly in the past, but I never had a strong enough will to conjure things up the way I'd like to, and the negative energies I'm experiencing from being sick would be hard for me to overcome from being so inexperienced. I am also terrified with the idea of facing my subconscious when I am not ready for it. Anyway, as you probably have guessed by now, I fell asleep thinking about lucid dreams and ended up having a semi-lucid one. Though I knew I was dreaming, I didn't really try doing anything odd in my dream. I just wanted to wake up. Sorry if any of that is hard to understand. I woke up and went straight to writing this for fear of forgetting it. I'm not sure what exactly is going on in my brain but I am apparently not ready for it yet. [B]Edit:[/B] I knew the guy in my dream looked familiar. He took the form of Crispin Glover, except with unkempt hair and a scruffy unshaven face... and reddish highlights in his hair and black rabbit ears? [img_thumb]http://goremaster.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/crispin_glover.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] Wow, nice. And bunny ears? Lol ...so are you planning on trying lucid dreaming once your fever stops? I'd understand why not, but I'm just kinda hoping we see more of your stories. ;p

My sub uses my form now, and has the exact same attitude as me: yeh wateva. I think im pretty in-tune with my subconscious; Ive been studying NLP for a few months now. This "yeh wateva" attitude is a result of me combining my two personalities. Ill do crazy shit, but Im pretty chillax about it. Im tryin to make another personality.

@Forum Shark: What would possess you to try and kill your subconscious after he warned you of unleashing your worst fear upon you? Also that is a messed up dream. [QUOTE=teh_1337_r0XX0r;25416966]Wow, nice. And bunny ears? Lol ...so are you planning on trying lucid dreaming once your fever stops? I'd understand why not, but I'm just kinda hoping we see more of your stories. ;p[/QUOTE] I'm not really sure why he had rabbit ears or reddish hair, but when I little, I used to be a huge Crispin Glover fan. I just love his acting and his general creepy demeanour, so I guess I am happily surprised my subconscious decided to take his form. I do think I would like to try lucid dreaming again in the near future. Once I learn to compose myself before going to sleep I hope I can induce it easily.

Had sleep paralysis last week, I hate that shit Have had about ~4-6 of them

So yesterday after being emotionally hurtful towards my sub (I feel like a douche) over the obvious lack of commitment to dealing with procrastination, my sub basically said he'd show my why I'm so afraid of doing work on time. But I stayed up too late last night and didn't get to REM sleep... :3 So I'm planning on trying a WILD nap right now, even though I've already figured out that it's just that my inner child is afraid he'll cease to exist. I still want my sub to show me, though... Second attempt at WILD; Wish me luck

STAY FUCKING AWARE failed WILD makes you feel like shit. Like: GAWDDAMNIT I CANT EVEN STAY FUCKING AWARE! Im in a boring class now; might try WILD. All these distractions keep me aware.

Fucking shit, my one week vacation ends today and I didn't have any lucid dreams. I barely remembered my dreams this week.

[QUOTE=dvondrake;25421835]Anyone have any tips for staying calm and enduring sleep paralysis by the way? I usually seem to go into sleep paralysis just before I actually sleep and potentially have a lucid dream if I'm focused enough, which I believe is right, but then just before I do I start panicing and just "wake" myself up and out of it. And I've had sleep paralysis just randomly in the mornings in the past, without doing anything. Single most scariest experience of my life. I think I'm scared of trying to lucid dream because of that, but if I can learn to stay calm and deal with it then I should be OK. Can't rub my hands together when I'm paralyzed though so I'm not sure the best technique.[/QUOTE] I have the same problem. I get too scared to continue my SP and I snap myself out of the "transitioning phase". I suggest just trying some other methods to do some lucid dreams first. Maybe try MILD for a couple of nights and then when you feel confident enough go for WILD. I'm sure that when you get past the "fear" and into the phase where a myriad of colors and images will greet you in your eyes you'll forget all about it. I can't talk though because I've never had a lucid dream using the WILD technique before. I might try that tonight, actually! @[b]Birdman101[/b] - I don't have any of the Adobe programs except for Flash and Photoshop (*cough* *cough* *arrrrrr* *cough*) If my computer was good enough I'd totally :pirate: some more. Even if I did get them my computer doesn't have enough RAM to run them!

[QUOTE=Birdman101;25420746]STAY FUCKING AWARE failed WILD makes you feel like shit. Like: GAWDDAMNIT I CANT EVEN STAY FUCKING AWARE! Im in a boring class now; might try WILD. All these distractions keep me aware.[/QUOTE] Wait, who was that directed towards? Btw I failed, but that wasn't really all that surprising anyways. I was [i]really[/i] tired. Maybe I should WILD when I'm less likely to actually fall asleep...? On a related note, I can't help but wonder when telemarketers got my cell phone number. Can't help but wonder using profanity.

I find that I can stay aware much better if Im in a position thats comfy, but not the right kind of comfy that makes you tired. Perfect WILD place= drivers seat of my explorer. Its also easier if there is voices that you can listen to and comprehend. Perfect WILD setting: high school class. MY SOLUTION: chop the seat out of my car and take it to school, go into SP while listening to a lecture. THAT WOULD BE FREAKIN AMAZING. I HAVE A NEW LIFE GOAL NOW.

I think that Lucid Dreaming is cool, I need a step by step guide to it :downs:

[quote]holy shit I'm in my house. I become lucid. Rub my hands and spin. I summon my sub. I try to talk to him. He has a blank stare and mumbles in a whisper. I am trying to talk to him, he doesn't do anything but stand there mumbling incoherently. He has a quiet raspy voice. I feared him. I walk backward looking at him. My dad is standing behind the bar i have in my living room[big house]. My sub says "I want to help you, but it's for your own good." I felt threatened. I panicked as the room was getting darker, grab a wooden club. As I go to swing it, i suddenly remember what he told me in a previous dream. i push through anyway, and hit him. It does not stagger him. I grab a metal one. Nada. He walked over to a sofa. At this point I'm kind of freaking out. My sub looked like me, emotionless. I try to reason with him "look, if you can make me lucid every night, i won't try to summon you again." he pulls out the knife, says something regarding me sitting in this chair, and starts stabbing the chair where my heart would be. I false awakening. In my living room. My parents and brother are walking around. Its in the morning or so. I think about that dream. It comes through very clearly. like I was still dreaming. I find my dream journal and start writing. Then, I start hearing my subs voice overlapping peoples voices as they speak. Like a double voice. I do a reality check. I'm like, "Very clever subconscious". So I rub my hands. I walk outside, through a wall. My car headlights are on and its parked at an angle. I walk down the street. It's dark. I try to run to see how fast I can go. Can't get past a full sprint. I look to my left, I can see my reflection in a fence. I get closer. It's a normal reflection with no oddities. i keep walking, when The guy in the fence bolted off going the opposite direction after he smiled. I get chills. It wasn't a reflection. I continue walking. There is a house to my right. I say "I've never been there in real life. I wonder what my brain will come up with." I walk up to a window and open the blinds see two people. A guy walks in and looks at me and starts freaking out. I suddenly have this out of body image of me as a half decomposed corpse walking. I walk back to my car parked in front of my house. I see my dad in the passenger. I walk up. Got in. He starts acting surprised and asked how I got here. I told him I need this car to explore. I planned to get in the car and drive around town. He says "Wait first." he pulls out a card. On it is a picture of a troll with Santa clothing. he had a sack over his shoulder and was smiling. he had a bunch of toys surrounding him. "Valuable troll is valuable". I wake up. Reality check. What the hell. I asked my sub in meditation the night before to make me lucid. 6:00 exactly. I think I acted rash when I attacked him. I was just freaking out a bit. Troll card. Dammit sub. Nice trick though. It should be noted that my sub in a previous dream stated that if I killed his character in a dream, he would unleash my worst fear on me. I couldn't kill his in this dream.*[/quote] First of all, for probably the thousandth time, DO NOT TRY TO KILL YOUR GODDAMN SUB, IT DOESN'T WORK. So right. About this dream. He's probably trying to show you that you can't control him at all. Saying things like "If you make me go lucid every night I won't try to summon you again" makes it sound like you're in control, which you most fucking certainly are not. The fact that he literally played a troll card is fucking hilarious, though. Props to him for that. All this was showing you was that you can't control LDs if he doesn't want you to, and you certainly can't control him. I guarantee that wasn't your greatest fear, though. Just your sub fucking around. Try to approach it from more of a logical and mutual relationship. Your sub is you, and it wants to have a better connection too. What benefits you benefits your subconscious, because it is you. Instead of trying to lord over it, realize it's probably secretly smarter than you and more logical, but it still is you and wants good things for you. And I doubt asking it to help you LD is a good idea. I don't even know if subs can DO that. [editline]15th October 2010[/editline] I had a dream last night about a girl I think I remember knowing. And if I DO remember knowing her then that's good because the dream was a very pleasant one. If I remembered thinking i knew her but i actually never remembered knowing her then I'm just angry because it was a very nice dream for once. goddamn i miss cuddling.