Im not intro LD, but i want to ask something:
When i go to bed i think about music or things that happened to me during the day but just before i fall asleep everything stops, the music in my head, the thinking, everything... i can do something with that?
[QUOTE=gta-man12345;26041836]Im not intro LD, but i want to ask something:
When i go to bed i think about music or things that happened to me during the day but just before i fall asleep everything stops, the music in my head, the thinking, everything... i can do something with that?[/QUOTE]
That's a good time to try FILD.
[QUOTE=gta-man12345;26041836]Im not intro LD, but i want to ask something:
When i go to bed i think about music or things that happened to me during the day but just before i fall asleep everything stops, the music in my head, the thinking, everything... i can do something with that?[/QUOTE]
If I understand your question right, yes.
So this morning, my sub mega-trolled me:
I was at a party at a friend's house, and when I woke up I mentioned that I had had a pretty long dream, but I should have known so. The friend I was sleeping next to had randomly talked to me about dreaming, which is seemed in retrospect a pretty clear sign I was dreaming, but at the time I said no, I hadn't dreamt. Then my friend told me that at one point, I had indeed woken up, and we had indeed talked about that (though I didn't seem very awake). I, shocked, said that I also distinctly remembered having some M&Ms. He then showed me his bag of M&Ms. I elaborated on a specific instance: the power went out (putting a stop to the LAN gaming), so the mom of the house suggested board games, like maybe checkers. A friend of mine said he was more interested in chess, and another friend concurred. Monopoly was also brought up (I dunno who by), but nobody really wanted that. The mom also said that with the power out, the furnace fans wouldn't blow, and also she wouldn't be able to make pancakes.
Point being, THIS ALL ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
The thing is I know I was dreaming because right after that, we went outside and showed up at some school my mom was teaching at, and she opened the window and told us to go back inside because it was, like, 2 degrees. She doesn't work wherever it was, and besides we had a bunch of other random people with us for no explainable reason. This was all continuous too, so I just thought it was all a dream...
I've never had stuff incorporated into my dreams like that before... maybe it had something to do with the fact that I watched Inception for the first time last night. Not a bad movie.
In any case, definitely a weird experience. Awesomely weird. I wish I could remember more of what I dreamt so I could compare it to what actually happened.
I guess my sub just decided it was a great opportunity to mess with my sense of reality. You can be sure I was RCing after that...
[QUOTE=Eonart;26043438][img_thumb]http://epguides.com/CelebrityDeathmatch/cast.jpg[/img_thumb]
This should take your mind off of things.[/QUOTE]
It's times like this I wish I could rate you Winner, Funny, and Zing at the same time
[QUOTE=Jack-Shepherd;25911310]So a few weeks ago, I had a dream about a girl I quite liked at the time, and the dream was just kind of confirming to me that she liked me - I was feeling pretty happy, when she just disappeared. The whole dream kind of collapsed then.
I knew it was a dream. I started doing reality checks, I couldn't breathe through shut nostrils, my teeth were perfectly solid, I was literally yelling that it was a dream. All of a sudden, an elevator door, which had just appeared, opened, and a man in suit pants, shirt and waistcoat, looking a bit like an older version of me, burst out, raising his hands, trying to calm me. When he managed to get a word in, and I stopped yelling that this was a dream, he told me that I'd wanted to talk with him for a while now. I realized something - that man is my subconscious. It was a feeling, knowing it, the fact that I HAD wanted to talk to my subconscious since I started with the whole dreaming thing, that I knew it was true. After that, I just felt like I really... 'had to go'. Hard to describe it another way.
I simply woke up. In another dream, but I managed to wake up from that pretty quickly and remember the whole thing.
Is this kind of thing normal in the slightest? I thought that the whole thing couldn't really happen unless you summoned your subconscious, or you had a whole relationship with it, like in Jake's case. Also the part where I knew it was a dream, yet couldn't 'prove' it, or control it at all.[/QUOTE]
just reposting this, maybe it'll be seen now :- )
[QUOTE=UberMunchkin;26051793]I had another lucid last night :v:
It was something to do with tf2, on cp_orange on top of the tower, I was a blue spy, but then an engineer shot me in the chest and I woke up. Before that it was on dustbowl as a huntsman sniper, I could hear the battle cries, and throughout the dustbowl it, I was stabbed by another sniper, who quickly had an arrow lodged into his chest.
that was an epic dream :v:[/QUOTE]
Noob, learn2skillz.
On a serious note, how's that even lucid?
Had my second lucid last night.
'Vas good.
[QUOTE=Orkel;26037401]Strange though that the sunglasses failed. Maybe it was already clear enough, or it just doesn't work on you.[/QUOTE]
It was very dense fog.
Lucid means you are aware that your dreaming in a dream have some sort of control.
It still sounds like you just remembered it not controlled it, probably the way your just typing it up makes it sound non-lucid.
[QUOTE=UberMunchkin;26062327]I did.
Here's a detailed explination of the dustbowl bit.
[img_thumb]http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/3/3d/Dustbowl_s2c1.jpg[/img_thumb]
I remember being on the control point (The Grey circle), jumping off that, and ran to the "Cave bits" at the back (Which here shows them with the gates on, which in the dream they weren't) where I encountered a blue sniper who stabbed me, so I used a bow and arrow on him.
Sme of my dreams probably won't make sense if you don't play tf2.[/QUOTE]
At which point did you realize you were dreaming?
I had a dream last night again about the friend I like.
[quote]I immediately know something was wrong. I knew she was dying. I didn't know how, but I knew it was happening. There wasn't anything I could do about it. She was in the city, and I was across the island in the forest. I knew as I hopped on my motorcycle that I needed to get to the city so I could say my goodbyes...but there was more than that. It was like I needed to projectile vomit all my good feelings at her because I couldn't hold them in any longer. All I had to do was get over a mountain. It wasn't a long road, maybe 20 miles, it should have been a fast ride. Should have.
But I just kept riding and riding, and the road kept curving up the mountain, never straightening out...never straight. The city in the distance wasn't getting clearer or closer, and the mountain wasn't getting any smaller. A fog layer lowered, obscuring my vision. But it wasn't just fog, it felt like...I don't know. Like a cloud of despair and depression. Once it dropped I immediately saw flashes of memories that never happened, memories of me doing things I promised myself that I'd change but never have. A feeling of deadness crept over me as I realized I was never going to make it over that mountain.[/quote]
I woke up this morning feeling worse than I ever have. I woke up two hours earlier than I should have, but I couldn't go back to sleep, I just felt so bad and...constricted.
I know I'm the resident interpreter, but I bet you guys can figure this one out, it's pretty simple. Guess I'm going to the gym tomorrow.
[QUOTE=UberMunchkin;26057101]Well, I remember seeing no Heads up display, and feeling a prick in my chest while be shotgunned. Also, I can't fire a bow and arrow.[/QUOTE]
Feeling pain + seeing normally + no skills =/= lucid
I wish my game-based dreams were like yours :smith:
[editline]15th November 2010[/editline]
[QUOTE=Zinayzen;26075413]I had a dream last night again about the friend I like.
I woke up this morning feeling worse than I ever have. I woke up two hours earlier than I should have, but I couldn't go back to sleep, I just felt so bad and...constricted.
I know I'm the resident interpreter, but I bet you guys can figure this one out, it's pretty simple. Guess I'm going to the gym tomorrow.[/QUOTE]
Having read half of it, you really like her (duh), but what holds you back is yourself, by telling yourself promises (which I bet involves her) only to make yourself feel better.
I can has co-interpreter?
pretty much. basically I tell myself I'm going to better myself and become a better person and stop being the slacker that I am but I never do them, and I know that unless I can actually DO those things, I'm not going to be in a position where I feel comfortable letting someone else share this life with me. It wouldn't be fair to THEM.
So basically, I either stop being a douche and actually start getting stuff done that needs to get done, or I'm forever alone. Message received, brain.
-snip-
Zin, stop making promises for yourself and make it for her. You make yourself a better person for her
I hope you understand what sense i'm referring to.
Just scanned my dream diary and put it into a blog, [url]http://dreams.haslehurst.net/[/url] any thoughts?
Your not going to believe this but I dreamt I met Gabe Newell at my old school the funny thing is he was like 7ft tall.. wtf is with that???
[QUOTE=Proj3ct_ZeRo;26076344]Your not going to believe this but I dreamt I met Gabe Newell at my old school the funny thing is he was like 7ft tall.. wtf is with that???[/QUOTE]
He was lying on his side.
[QUOTE=Proj3ct_ZeRo;26076344]Your not going to believe this but I dreamt I met Gabe Newell at my old school the funny thing is he was like 7ft tall.. wtf is with that???[/QUOTE]
[img]http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/3318/gaben.gif[/img]
Sorry Zin, I wish I could help, but whenever I think about anything greater than meets the eye, I am met with a gigantic void of nothing. I dont know what is there, but my train of thought definitely isn't.
[QUOTE=UberMunchkin;26078454]When I saw the other sniper. Another point is that the huntsman (The bow+arrow), it's more of an attack weapon, rather than camp and shoot.[/QUOTE]
No offense, but you suck at explaining. Talk less about TF2 mechanics and more about what you were thinking and feeling.
[QUOTE=Zinayzen;26075697]pretty much. basically I tell myself I'm going to better myself and become a better person and stop being the slacker that I am but I never do them, and I know that unless I can actually DO those things, I'm not going to be in a position where I feel comfortable letting someone else share this life with me. It wouldn't be fair to THEM.
So basically, I either stop being a douche and actually start getting stuff done that needs to get done, or I'm forever alone. Message received, brain.[/QUOTE]
Well, you're never going to be perfect, but I definitely see your point. That sort of thing definitely sucks.
If it helps, I like to think it's always better to hate being a slight douche than to love being a total douche. Or not knowing you're a douche, for that matter; by realizing your faults, you've taken the first step to correcting them, so regardless of how long you've taken with the second step, you're still further along than those other guys.
Edit: I was thinking, and I figured you should still try to start a relationship with her, with the understanding that you would take it slow. Hopefully she would be understanding about your apprehension, and having her around would remind you of what you need to do to become a better person. Like Oblivious1 said, do it for her. Also, she may help you to open up with these sorts of feelings, conciously or not, which means you can deal with these problems as they come. She can help you change for the better, so you should try to be with her anyways.
No matter what the hell I do. I can never ever LD.
Oh bugger.
I can't get past the breathing part :I
Fucking heart stop beating so fast tho.
Had a LD for the first time last night. Didn't last for more than 3 seconds.
I was standing in my kitchen, then i started to look around. I looked on the counter, there was a can of coke. Look back, two cans. Realized i was dreaming, was like "holy shit wat" and then woke up.
[QUOTE=1STrandomman;26026904]There's no technique absolutely guaraunteed immediate results. In the long term, you're going to want to experiment and find what works for you. As for some recommendations...
I definitely recommend WILD, but it's kind of difficult. Basically lay down in bed, relax, and watch your HI. Try to focus your viewpoint beyond your eyelids. The trick is to watch as passively as possible, but this can be difficult when you realize you're about to enter a dream.
An easier technique would be something along the lines of MILD, but I really don't recommend something along the lines of how MILD has traditionally been described. In my experience, all repeating the mantra does is keep me awake. What I recommend is something more along the lines of dream incubation. Basically, think about something you know will make you realize you're dreaming, and think about that thing as you go to sleep. Do it right, and that thing will show up in your dream, causing you to become lucid. A good example might be a clock, because clocks don't look right in dreams, and trying to read one would cause you to realize you are dreaming, however a clock kind of seems like a difficult thing to incubate (at least for me) because it's not exactly a very exciting object to think about, though I suppose I could think about it in a more exciting context ("isn't it wierd how clocks show up so strange in my dreams?" etc).[/QUOTE]
Would dreaming about being in a library be an idea? A particularly massive one would be easy to imagine, and with any luck you'd try reading from the shelves.
I have minecraft dreams a lot. In fact I had one last night. I fucking hate videogame dreams ugh they are nowhere near as real as regular dreams and anything can happen without seeming weird because it's a video game!
And the only solution to that problem is to play less videogames :sigh:
Well, this is interesting. I was just diagnosed with clinical depression and ADD.
Go figure.
[QUOTE=QwertySecond;26084899]Would dreaming about being in a library be an idea? A particularly massive one would be easy to imagine, and with any luck you'd try reading from the shelves.[/QUOTE]
Sounds like a good idea. I would just make sure to remember to think something about reading while in said library.
Today I had scary SP for the first time I think. It wasn't the way others describe it, though. I was taking a nap, and had just exited a short dream, and my body was all tingly. Then I heard (for lack of a better word) a fanfare. It was like out of a movie or a game, like the enemy had just deployed his secret weapon. It was loud, coming from nowhere, and I had this feeling... like evil itself was sitting on the other side of the room. I realized it was SP just a little too late, I think, and ended up waking up.
[QUOTE=Zinayzen;26089579]Well, this is interesting. I was just diagnosed with clinical depression and ADD.
Go figure.[/QUOTE]
Well that's good. I mean, getting it diagnosed. It's better to have a quantifiable brain abnormality than to just assume that the problems you have are your own fault. Or for other people to assume that, the dicks.
It's a little unfortunate you didn't find out sooner, what with the effectiveness of early intervention... but that's not really anyone's fault, either. These sorts of things can be very hard to notice...
I would definitely recommend just accepting the labels and moving on, instead of going into a spiral of existential angst the way I've seen it happen with others. Most people worth caring about should understand that you aren't using the labels as a crutch, but that you're simply reminding them that in a scant few instances, they might want to consider making accommodations, because what works for one person may not work for another.
Hell, I'd already have failed college if it weren't for the professors that gave me deadline extensions, notes, and kind words. I distinctly remember feeling true joy for the first time in my life after meeting with a very unexpectedly generous teacher. I went in expecting to drop out, and here he was saying that I'm a really bright kid with tons of potential, and that that much is clear from my work (despite my train of thought having a tendency to derail). I honestly had to lie down after that. Of course I accidentally fell asleep for 2 hours... I'm pretty sure people saw me.
Anyways, my point is that there are plenty of people who know what you're going through, and even more that are willing to understand, so don't be afraid of accepting their help. I'd go so far as to say that you even seem empathetic enough to request help sincerely, without any sense of 'looking for a quick fix'. I bet that if you look for help, you'll find it no matter where you are, because if you ask for help, it means you really need it.
Oh, and as a quick footnote, make sure to differentiate between ADD and ADHD, because people with ADHD tend to get a (often deservedly) bad rep. I had so many ADHD kids in my school that I honestly feel like I've had enough for a lifetime... poor ignorant bastards... and wow, I think I just totally derailed the feel-good ending. Well, at least it's for good reason.
EDIT: [QUOTE=Zinayzen;26075413]Guess I'm going to the gym tomorrow.[/QUOTE]
What in the hell? Just noticed that piece... Is an explanation forthcoming?
[QUOTE=teh_1337_r0XX0r;26092838]Well that's good. I mean, getting it diagnosed. It's better to have a quantifiable brain abnormality than to just assume that the problems you have are your own fault. Or for other people to assume that, the dicks.
It's a little unfortunate you didn't find out sooner, what with the effectiveness of early intervention... but that's not really anyone's fault, either. These sorts of things can be very hard to notice...
I would definitely recommend just accepting the labels and moving on, instead of going into a spiral of existential angst the way I've seen it happen with others. Most people worth caring about should understand that you aren't using the labels as a crutch, but that you're simply reminding them that in a scant few instances, they might want to consider making accommodations, because what works for one person may not work for another.
Hell, I'd already have failed college if it weren't for the professors that gave me deadline extensions, notes, and kind words. I distinctly remember feeling true joy for the first time in my life after meeting with a very unexpectedly generous teacher. I went in expecting to drop out, and here he was saying that I'm a really bright kid with tons of potential, and that that much is clear from my work (despite my train of thought having a tendency to derail). I honestly had to lie down after that. Of course I accidentally fell asleep for 2 hours... I'm pretty sure people saw me.
Anyways, my point is that there are plenty of people who know what you're going through, and even more that are willing to understand, so don't be afraid of accepting their help. I'd go so far as to say that you even seem empathetic enough to request help sincerely, without any sense of 'looking for a quick fix'. I bet that if you look for help, you'll find it no matter where you are, because if you ask for help, it means you really need it.
Oh, and as a quick footnote, make sure to differentiate between ADD and ADHD, because people with ADHD tend to get a (often deservedly) bad rep. I had so many ADHD kids in my school that I honestly feel like I've had enough for a lifetime... poor ignorant bastards... and wow, I think I just totally derailed the feel-good ending. Well, at least it's for good reason.
EDIT:
What in the hell? Just noticed that piece... Is an explanation forthcoming?[/QUOTE]
I promised myself I'd start working out, and I never did.
Now, unfortunately, I'm being told by my therapist that I need to start doing it too. Now there's no avoiding it.
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