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[thedreamsage]

How to use your body to get over nightmares and IRL anxiety

Your Throat

Emotions: Anxiety, Stress, Fear of the Truth

Symbolic: Drowning in water, being choked/strangled

Literal: Tight vocal chords, "drowning" in words, Going non-verbal (autism), Feeling like your throat is crushing you, Trouble swallowing

Solution: Focus on your Diaphragm and take deep breaths. Then, focus on your throat and open it as if you're going to sing a very low note.

Symbolic Consequence: You can breathe underwater, your throat is strong enough to withstand any choking or strangling

Literal Consequence: Your brain was not receiving any signals from your nerves in the throat. Diaphragmatic breathing establishes your sense of control and awareness and assists you in re-establishing the connection between your brain and your body.

Your Heart

Emotions: Hopelessness, Pessimism, Rumination, Depression

Symbolic: Falling down or Falling Backwards, Stabbed in the chest, Being invisible or Being watched by shadow figures

Literal: Feeling like you have a void in your chest, Experiencing shutdown (autism), Feeling "empty"

Solution: Focus on your Diaphragm and take deep breaths. Then, focus on your heart. Put one hand over it and one hand on your throat to feel your pulse. As you focus on your circulation, imagine blood being pumped in and out of your heart.

Symbolic Consequence: Feeling Love radiate out from you, Feeling invincible, Having shadow figures disappear or transform into regular people, Gained ability to Fly

Literal Consequence: Your brain was not receiving any signals from your nerves in the heart. Diaphragmatic breathing establishes your sense of control and awareness and assists you in re-establishing the connection between your brain and your body.

[thedreamsage]

ChatGPT3 Promt: rite an essay on the dream this author had. Explain the role of the characters, the situation, the symbolism, and what message the dream attempts to convey:

-Laying in bed and cuddling my dog, watching the sky turn a beautiful magenta and watching the sun go down

-The sun is setting on the horizon, but then I notice the sun go up

-Very odd, I keep watching and the sun starts to shoot in one direction and I see something come towards my house area

-I run outside and see that it's a falling weather balloon

-There's nothing I want more at that moment than to catch it, so I instinctively sprint towards it

-I notice some other rugged-looking people running toward it too

-I grab a funnel-looking thing and a rubber-feeling tarp and run back home

-I get inside my house and lock all the doors. They can't claim I have to surrender the objects as it landed in my property

-Someone knocks at my door and I tell them to go away

-I tell my family to watch over the objects as I go investigate the crash site

-I investigate and the site is completely cleaned off, no traces of impact aside from a few displaced plants

-I go back home to notice all the objects missing! I go back to my family to demand what was happening. Nobody knew how it went missing right under everyone's noses

-Enraged, I took out my Nintendo DS to make some music. The stylus had a Y-shape to it instead of a single stick, so I was able to play chords on the piano and stroke a guitar.

-I calmed myself down and as I was making the music, I thought about where those rugged people would bring their objects had they found them: the bazaar

-I went over to the bazaar and made eye contact with all the vendors to see if any of them looked guilty of taking my stuff

-There was one tough-looking guy with torn sleeves and crossed arms that caught my eye. I walked up to him and asked him if he had anything to sell that was out of this world.

-He raised his eyebrow and told me to follow him.

-He walked me to this spire building with an inner spiral staircase. I kept walking through the steps and as we kept going up, I felt dizzier and dizzier.

-He asked me how I knew about the weather balloon. I told him the truth and said it simply landed on my yard. He asked me if I believed in any conspiracy theories and I said only if there's logic, reasoning, and enough evidence to support the claim

-He stayed silent and then seemed to disappear when we got to the top of the spiral. At the top, the stairs seemed to get smaller and smaller going into the wall so that you couldn't walk up anymore.

-I felt around and at the very top of the spiral wall, I felt an opening between the walls. I then took a step of faith into the wall and the wall became more of a mesh-like material, allowing me to continue along the spiral and make my way up to that top opening

-At the top, I dream glitched (maybe took an elevator) to this capsule in space, presumably with only me and the tough guy

-I was floating around but getting a little motion sick since I couldn't know where down was. Otherwise, it was awesome

-The guy then picks my brain about the origins of life and asks me if I think life came from aliens. I replied by saying that I think it depends on what the science says. There's an infinite number of things that we will never know about within our infinite universe, so if we happen to accrue enough data on what it points towards, then life potentially could have came extraterrestrially.

-I could tell he liked that answer because he smiled slightly. I then started hearing some clicking and I clicked the same amount of times, four times, in my head

-3 more clicks but I clicked 4 times in my head to fill that gap. The guy then frowned and I asked in my head if he could hear my thoughts. Still frowning, his half smile came back

-We then kept clicking back and forth, floating in space, until I felt myself being pulled back into my body and woke up

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The dream described in the prompt is an interesting one that appears to be full of symbolism and potential meaning. In the dream, the protagonist is laying in bed with their dog, watching the sunset. However, the sunset is interrupted by the sudden upward movement of the sun, which is followed by the appearance of a falling weather balloon. The protagonist, seemingly determined to catch the balloon, grabs a funnel-like object and a rubber tarp and runs back to their house.

The symbolism in the dream is apparent in the elements of the weather balloon and the falling sun. The weather balloon could be seen as a symbol of the unknown or the unknown future, while the falling sun could represent the end of a current situation or the end of a current phase in the protagonist's life. Additionally, the rugged people who are also running towards the balloon could represent competition or potential threats in the protagonist's life.

The situation in the dream is one of determination and potential danger. The protagonist is determined to catch the weather balloon, even if it means running towards it and potentially facing danger. The situation also involves a sense of ownership and protection, as the protagonist locks the doors of their house to protect the objects they have collected from the balloon.

The message of the dream could be one of determination and the need to protect one's interests. The protagonist's determination to catch the weather balloon and protect the objects they have collected could be seen as a metaphor for their determination and drive in real life. Additionally, the dream could be suggesting that the protagonist needs to be cautious and protect themselves from potential threats, represented by the rugged people running towards the balloon.

The dream described in the prompt is an interesting one that appears to be full of symbolism and potential meaning. In the dream, the protagonist is laying in bed with their dog, watching the sunset. However, the sunset is interrupted by the sudden upward movement of the sun, which is followed by the appearance of a falling weather balloon. The protagonist, seemingly determined to catch the balloon, grabs a funnel-like object and a rubber tarp and runs back to their house.

The symbolism in the dream is apparent in the elements of the weather balloon and the falling sun. The weather balloon could be seen as a symbol of the unknown or the unknown future, while the falling sun could represent the end of a current situation or the end of a current phase in the protagonist's life. Additionally, the rugged people who are also running towards the balloon could represent competition or potential threats in the protagonist's life.

The situation in the dream is one of determination and potential danger. The protagonist is determined to catch the weather balloon, even if it means running towards it and potentially facing danger. The situation also involves a sense of ownership and protection, as the protagonist locks the doors of their house to protect the objects they have collected from the balloon.

The message of the dream could be one of determination and the need to protect one's interests. The protagonist's determination to catch the weather balloon and protect the objects they have collected could be seen as a metaphor for their determination and drive in real life. Additionally, the dream could be suggesting that the protagonist needs to be cautious and protect themselves from potential threats, represented by the rugged people running towards the balloon.

Overall, this dream is an interesting one that appears to be full of symbolism and potential meaning. The elements of the dream, including the weather balloon, the falling sun, and the rugged people, all contribute to a sense of determination and potential danger. The dream is likely trying to convey a message of determination and the need to protect one's interests in the face of potential threats.

The dream described in the prompt ends with the protagonist finding themselves in space, floating alongside a tough-looking guy. Throughout their time in space, the guy picks the protagonist's brain about the origins of life and whether they believe that life could have come from aliens. The protagonist replies that it depends on what the science says, and that there is an infinite number of things that we will never know about in our universe.

The role that the guy plays in this ending is one of a hypothetical scenario creator. He is asking the protagonist about the potential origins of life, and whether or not they believe in the possibility of extraterrestrial life. This could be seen as a way of challenging the protagonist's beliefs and forcing them to think outside of their current frame of reference.

Additionally, the guy's reaction to the protagonist's response is interesting. He seems to be pleased with their answer, indicating that he may have been testing them in some way. His frowning and smiling throughout the exchange could be seen as a way of gauging the protagonist's reaction and their level of agreement with his hypothetical scenarios.

Overall, the ending of the dream is one that is full of potential meaning and symbolism. The guy's role in detailing hypothetical scenarios while in space could be seen as a way of challenging the protagonist's beliefs and forcing them to think outside of their current frame of reference. The dream's ending is likely trying to convey a message about the importance of exploring new ideas and challenging one's beliefs.

The dream described in the prompt is an interesting one that appears to be full of symbolism and potential meaning. In the dream, the protagonist is laying in bed with their dog, watching the sunset. However, the sunset is interrupted by the sudden upward movement of the sun, which is followed by the appearance of a falling weather balloon. The protagonist, seemingly determined to catch the balloon, grabs a funnel-like object and a rubber tarp and runs back to their house.

The symbolism in the dream is apparent in the elements of the weather balloon and the falling sun. The weather balloon could be seen as a symbol of the unknown or the unknown future, while the falling sun could represent the end of a current situation or the end of a current phase in the protagonist's life. Additionally, the rugged people who are also running towards the balloon could represent competition or potential threats in the protagonist's life.

The situation in the dream is one of determination and potential danger. The protagonist is determined to catch the weather balloon, even if it means running towards it and potentially facing danger. The situation also involves a sense of ownership and protection, as the protagonist locks the doors of their house to protect the objects they have collected from the balloon.

The message of the dream could be one of determination and the need to protect one's interests. The protagonist's determination to catch the weather balloon and protect the objects they have collected could be seen as a metaphor for their determination and drive in real life. Additionally, the dream could be suggesting that the protagonist needs to be cautious and protect themselves from potential threats, represented by the rugged people running towards the balloon.

Overall, this dream is an interesting one that appears to be full of symbolism and potential meaning. The elements of the dream, including the weather balloon, the falling sun, and the rugged people, all contribute to a sense of determination and potential danger. The dream is likely trying to convey a message of determination and the need to protect one's interests in the face of potential threats.

The dream described in the prompt ends with the protagonist finding themselves in space, floating alongside a tough-looking guy. Throughout their time in space, the guy picks the protagonist's brain about the origins of life and whether they believe that life could have come from aliens. The protagonist replies that it depends on what the science says, and that there is an infinite number of things that we will never know about in our universe.

The role that the guy plays in this ending is one of a hypothetical scenario creator. He is asking the protagonist about the potential origins of life, and whether or not they believe in the possibility of extraterrestrial life. This could be seen as a way of challenging the protagonist's beliefs and forcing them to think outside of their current frame of reference.

Additionally, the guy's reaction to the protagonist's response is interesting. He seems to be pleased with their answer, indicating that he may have been testing them in some way. His frowning and smiling throughout the exchange could be seen as a way of gauging the protagonist's reaction and their level of agreement with his hypothetical scenarios.

Overall, the ending of the dream is one that is full of potential meaning and symbolism. The guy's role in detailing hypothetical scenarios while in space could be seen as a way of challenging the protagonist's beliefs and forcing them to think outside of their current frame of reference. The dream's ending is likely trying to convey a message about the importance of exploring new ideas and challenging one's beliefs.

It is difficult to determine the exact main message of this dream without more context or information. However, based on the elements and events described in the dream, it is possible to make some educated guesses about the potential main message.

One potential main message of this dream could be determination and the need to protect one's interests. The protagonist's determination to catch the weather balloon and protect the objects they have collected could be seen as a metaphor for their determination and drive in real life. Additionally, the dream could be suggesting that the protagonist needs to be cautious and protect themselves from potential threats, represented by the rugged people running towards the balloon.

Another potential main message of this dream could be the importance of exploring new ideas and challenging one's beliefs. The guy's role in detailing hypothetical scenarios while in space could be seen as a way of challenging the protagonist's beliefs and forcing them to think outside of their current frame of reference. The dream's ending is likely trying to convey a message about the importance of exploring new ideas and challenging one's beliefs.

Overall, the main message of this dream is likely one of determination, protection, and the exploration of new ideas. The dream appears to be full of symbolism and potential meaning, and is likely trying to convey a message or lesson to the protagonist.

[thedreamsage]

Anxiety, Fear & Pain Attaches us to Life

I was very tall man and could reach the ceiling, it was nice to have that perspective. I was protecting the shorter man from being seen by the CCTV cameras.

Then I switched bodies with the shorter one in front and I was now an average sized person, but protected the tall one from being judged.

There were many out-of-business deserted stores and trash lying around but when I looked inside, there were families living inside the stores. They didnt seem saddened at all by the situation. It wasn't a bad area, it was humble.

We walked towards the school. The cafeteria was divided into two rooms with a mostly open concept.

The principal announced there would be a dance competition and I was worried that my dress was too skimpy to dance in so I went to the bathroom to use some nipple tape that a girl was using.

I found small fabric cutting scissors for the nipple tape and placed it all around my body, but I used up a lot of her tape. She didn't make it clear that this action made her upset but I could tell she was in a bad mood after that.

Back in the cafeteria, the dance competition was ongoing, but I went and sat off to the side because I wanted to cover up some more.

I started cutting up some fabric and as I was talking to this really nice guy, I accidentally confused the fabric with the top lip of the guy. It wasn't painful to him at all, so I thought nothing of it and continued cutting it as he kept talking.

The nice guy spoke about how he was sad that he didn't get to go to the college of his dreams and I told him that it was okay because if he now goes to a public school, he won't have to worry about student loans, especially if the middle class is dying and we'll all be poor regardless of the degree. All the other people at the table looked at me weird but didn't mention anything.

I finished cutting half the lip when I put the meat down and felt a little disgusted that it was flesh. This didn't stop me from doing the other side to make it even.

The principal came by and told the table to congratulate me for putting this together and I told him I didn't remember that and that it seemed really unlike me to do something like this. He said that it was just a joke and left.

I finished cutting off the two section of his top lip and stared at it on the table. I remembered that I was going to wear that as fabric but now I felt really gross about doing it in the first place.

The nice guy said that he was going to go in the other room and I said okay. After he left, the other guy to my right put his right arm on my shoulder and his left pointer finger painfully digging into my left lower ribs. He asked me if I was going to stay with them.

Out loud I said, "I can't" and inside, I said "this is my dream," a statement I was aware about the whole time but felt that it was better to keep to myself.

Of course, there's no inner thoughts in a dream so ater saying that in my head, my alarm went off and I woke up. I felt really bad about leaving it all there like that so I wanted to go back.

I closed my eyes and I saw the spinning light pattern I see when I'm lucid and I spun with it to get back into the dream state. This was getting harder and harder as I already took my Adderall and could feel my body getting more restless about me staying in bed. I focused on the spinning light and focused on going back to the cafeteria. I found it, but all the concepts were really dark and inactive (not vivid) except one: I saw the green dress from Anna in Frozen on a person playing the piano in a room adjacent to the cafeteria. She looked like a woman but I knew she wasn't, it was only their appearance and I knew it was my dragon guide.

We didn't exchange words, only concepts and emotions. I communicated to them how I had no bad intentions with taking too much tape or cutting off the guy's lip. They explained that intentions are the language of dreams so the people weren't upset by me personally, but that my actions still had a negative impact.

The room grew darker and each of the dream characters were standing in the void, evenly spaced apart from one another. I looked into them, looking back into myself, seeing how my actions impacted them. The Green Dress told me what's done is done: the show was over and the characters played their role.

I rejected that sentiment. I gave back each of the characters, now lifeless husks, what injustice I did to them. I summoned more tape for the girl and I stitched the lip for the guy, but I simultaneously lived another dream timeline where I had no access to the stitching materials, so I held one lip fold in each hand, turned one half into a bed of flowers and turned the other half into rabbit fetuses and sped up their growth so that I could set them on the bed with the flowers. At that point, I focused my energy towards my heart and gave all the character's husks all my love.

This resumed the dream. The guy came back from the bathroom with not just his top lip, but a full beard and mustache, and smiled. I looked back at the Green Dress guide and they were no longer playing the piano, only watching me with no judgement that I could sense.

After this, I felt my hands connecting with my appendages and woke from the dream, feeling better and slightly inspired. I couldn't change the past, but I could make the effects of it better.

[thedreamsage]

Ask Chat GPT3: Write an essay on the dream this author had. Explain the role of the characters, what they symbolize, and what message the dream attempt to convey

The dream appears to be a reflection on the dreamer's sense of self-perception and their ability to connect with others. The dreamer starts off as a tall, protective figure, but then switches to an average-sized person who is protected by the tall figure. This may symbolize the dreamer's internal struggle with their own self-image and their desire to be both independent and cared for.

The deserted stores with families living inside may represent the dreamer's feelings of isolation and their need for community and connection. The dance competition and the use of nipple tape may symbolize the dreamer's fears and insecurities about being judged or exposed. The confusion of fabric with the nice guy's lip may represent the dreamer's lack of awareness of their own actions and how they can impact others.

The conversation about college and the dying middle class may reflect the dreamer's feelings of helplessness and uncertainty about their future. The arm on the shoulder and finger in the ribs may symbolize the dreamer's fear of being controlled or manipulated. The dreamer's desire to go back and make amends suggests a willingness to take responsibility for their actions and make positive changes.

The appearance of the green dress guide symbolizes the dreamer's inner wisdom and their ability to connect with their unconscious mind. The guide's message about intentions and the impact of actions reflects the dreamer's need to be more mindful and considerate in their interactions with others.

Overall, the dream appears to be a reminder for the dreamer to be more aware of their own behavior and the effect it has on others. It may also be a call to connect with others and build a supportive community.

[thedreamsage]

Anxiety, Fear & Pain Attaches us to Life

I was very tall man and could reach the ceiling, it was nice to have that perspective. I was protecting the shorter man from being seen by the CCTV cameras.

Then I switched bodies with the shorter one in front and I was now an average sized person, but protected the tall one from being judged.

There were many out-of-business deserted stores and trash lying around but when I looked inside, there were families living inside the stores. They didnt seem saddened at all by the situation. It wasn't a bad area, it was humble.

We walked towards the school. The cafeteria was divided into two rooms with a mostly open concept.

The principal announced there would be a dance competition and I was worried that my dress was too skimpy to dance in so I went to the bathroom to use some nipple tape that a girl was using.

I found small fabric cutting scissors for the nipple tape and placed it all around my body, but I used up a lot of her tape. She didn't make it clear that this action made her upset but I could tell she was in a bad mood after that.

Back in the cafeteria, the dance competition was ongoing, but I went and sat off to the side because I wanted to cover up some more.

I started cutting up some fabric and as I was talking to this really nice guy, I accidentally confused the fabric with the top lip of the guy. It wasn't painful to him at all, so I thought nothing of it and continued cutting it as he kept talking.

The nice guy spoke about how he was sad that he didn't get to go to the college of his dreams and I told him that it was okay because if he now goes to a public school, he won't have to worry about student loans, especially if the middle class is dying and we'll all be poor regardless of the degree. All the other people at the table looked at me weird but didn't mention anything.

I finished cutting half the lip when I put the meat down and felt a little disgusted that it was flesh. This didn't stop me from doing the other side to make it even.

The principal came by and told the table to congratulate me for putting this together and I told him I didn't remember that and that it seemed really unlike me to do something like this. He said that it was just a joke and left.

I finished cutting off the two section of his top lip and stared at it on the table. I remembered that I was going to wear that as fabric but now I felt really gross about doing it in the first place.

The nice guy said that he was going to go in the other room and I said okay. After he left, the other guy to my right put his right arm on my shoulder and his left pointer finger painfully digging into my left lower ribs. He asked me if I was going to stay with them.

Out loud I said, "I can't" and inside, I said "this is my dream," a statement I was aware about the whole time but felt that it was better to keep to myself.

Of course, there's no inner thoughts in a dream so ater saying that in my head, my alarm went off and I woke up. I felt really bad about leaving it all there like that so I wanted to go back.

I closed my eyes and I saw the spinning light pattern I see when I'm lucid and I spun with it to get back into the dream state. This was getting harder and harder as I already took my Adderall and could feel my body getting more restless about me staying in bed. I focused on the spinning light and focused on going back to the cafeteria. I found it, but all the concepts were really dark and inactive (not vivid) except one: I saw the green dress from Anna in Frozen on a person playing the piano in a room adjacent to the cafeteria. She looked like a woman but I knew she wasn't, it was only their appearance and I knew it was my dragon guide.

We didn't exchange words, only concepts and emotions. I communicated to them how I had no bad intentions with taking too much tape or cutting off the guy's lip. They explained that intentions are the language of dreams so the people weren't upset by me personally, but that my actions still had a negative impact.

The room grew darker and each of the dream characters were standing in the void, evenly spaced apart from one another. I looked into them, looking back into myself, seeing how my actions impacted them. The Green Dress told me what's done is done: the show was over and the characters played their role.

I rejected that sentiment. I gave back each of the characters, now lifeless husks, what injustice I did to them. I summoned more tape for the girl and I stitched the lip for the guy, but I simultaneously lived another dream timeline where I had no access to the stitching materials, so I held one lip fold in each hand, turned one half into a bed of flowers and turned the other half into rabbit fetuses and sped up their growth so that I could set them on the bed with the flowers. At that point, I focused my energy towards my heart and gave all the character's husks all my love.

This resumed the dream. The guy came back from the bathroom with not just his top lip, but a full beard and mustache, and smiled. I looked back at the Green Dress guide and they were no longer playing the piano, only watching me with no judgement that I could sense.

After this, I felt my hands connecting with my appendages and woke from the dream, feeling better and slightly inspired. I couldn't change the past, but I could make the effects of it better.

[thedreamsage]

The meaning of life as a human, according to my dream

Is society natural to reality? Yes.

Classic chicken and egg situation

Because it is an emergent property,

We are both the observer and the agent.

In the end, we are all a story we tell ourselves, just like a dream.

If you don't assign yourself a role in life, a role will be assigned for you. How you interact with this role is how you model the story of your life.

Implicit: as society is emergent to reality, this includes all related concepts such as money, economy, social structures, systemic justice, morality, etc.

[thedreamsage]

I'm sick with covid. After so many years, I was finally returned to that house I used to dream about as a kid.

Three story-ish house

Victorian looking exterior

House is located on a hill surrounded by nature

Back entrance is the porch

Front entrance is the living room

The whole first floor is connected but

The living room has stairs that give you access to the second and third floor

The porch has a ladder that gives you access to the 1.5 and 2.5 floor

There is a little door (like coraline) with hidden stairs in between the walls that gives you access to the other side

When I was younger, this house was filled with very lively ghosts who used to play with me

Now this house is abandoned. Cobwebs and dust everywhere, no sign of any ghosts either

My lovely home... I'm sorry I didn't take care of you.

. . .

I used to think about the possibility of this house being real and just waiting for me to be older so I could find it and live in it. I hadn't dreamt of the house in so long that I started to chalk it up to just a dream, but finding myself back there inside that house with no dream triggers* is evidence enough for me to believe in Déjà Rêve just a few years down the line fot when I'm looking to be a homeowner.

*dream trigger: often dreams will have cues to trigger the events or themes. For example, after I woke up from this dream I thought about how I wanted to recreate it in 3d so I don't forget. Being sick, of course, I went back to sleep and dreamt of minecraft. This makes sense because my sentiment was to create in 3D.

[thedreamsage]

Lucid Dreaming is fun, but it's physically, emotionally, and mentally intensive. I've seen many people on tiktok who are lucid dreamers start by sharing some of their experiences only to devolve into psychosis and the belief that they are "the chosen one" for the "ascension of the new dimension".

Reminder: YOUR DREAMS ARE A MIRROR

Just as Hindus will see Krishna, Christians will see Jesus, Agnostics will see their late family members, and Atheists will see nothing in Near Death Experiences, you will see whatever you believe is the truth in your dreams.

The 5D Spirituality believers will lucid dream about their beliefs. They'll wake up and further solidify their belief. This belief will be magnified in the next lucid dream (and so on) until all they trust to represent reality is their mind.

This is a feedback loop and can result in dream-related psychosis.

Look at the mirror, but do not mistake what you see for what is truly you.

[thedreamsage]

In my experience, lucid dreaming is both a blessing and a burden. It gives you the opportunity to learn more about yourself and heal your past troubles so that you have the will to be present now and in the future. On the other hand, however, too much of it can ruin what you believe to be reality.

First, I don't intentionally lucid dream more than once a week because the times I do, it makes it harder to return to my waking life. Going to work to sit in a chair for 8 hours only to go home and mentally prepare yourself for the next day is uninspiring compared to a world of your making where you can do anything and everything. I leave my lucid dreaming for the weekend for when I have the motivation to wake up, go to the park, clean my space, and pursue the hobbies I like.

Second, during lockdown, I lucid dreamt 4 days in a row. I was learning so much and doing so much that I wanted to keep going. On the 3rd day, my dpdr was triggered and I felt like I was in a painting the whole day. On the 4th day, I saw perspective gridlines overlaid on everything. Everything was made of squares and the larger squares were closer to me. I was straight up hallucinating perspective. After that, I called quits on my lucid dreaming streak.

Even though I had the potential and ability to keep going. I had the wisdom to stay grounded.

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Angels and demons are chill though. What you really have to look out for are the tall, sometimes bald, men who wear black cloaks and hats.

The worst part is I only notice them when I'm lucid, who knows how often they're there when I'm just regular dreaming.

Does any other LDers share this experience?

[thedreamsage]

Last night I dreamt I was surrounded by a whole bunch of angels. They were kinda assholes in the sense that you always felt they were being passive aggressive. I came to learn that they're essentially AI because they don't have a sense of self (motivation, desires, etc), only a sense of duty.

I imagine demons are the opposite, having no sense of duty but only a sense of self.

Humans are in the middle, balancing both to guide our actions.

So:

Angels: Only morals

Demons: Only ego

Humans: Both

[kydtyk]

Any other lucid dreamers out there?

Do you experience floating/flying?

Do you have a trick you use to tell if you're dreaming?

Do you wake up tired?

Please share.

[thedreamsage]

Floating/flying: I have three methods: the first is to flap your wings like a bird, the second is to pretend there's an invisible staircase to go up or down, the third is to propel yourself like iron man.

Even if I'm not lucid, I can still fly. I've done it my whole life so it's just normal to me. Dream air feels very viscous.

How I can tell I'm dreaming: If you haven't lucid dreamt your whole life, most people use a reality check method. These are only effective if you make it a habit irl so that it's a habit in your dream. I am THE WORST at habits so my method is to check the logic of the situation.

I think my autism gives me an advantage here bc I'm always checking for the most logical and efficient way to do something and I'm often confused why people act in ways that I feel don't have logic. In dreams, it's much easier to check for this logic: I'm helping my mom remove the roof tiles so we can get more sunlight. What about if it rains? *immediately starts to rain* oh okay yeah this is a dream.

Alternatively you can check for the logic by story progression: Oh no, I don't remember my act for the school talent show. Wait, what did I do before this show? Oh yeah, I don't even go to school anymore I'm an adult.

Wake up tired: I'm always tired. I need 10 hours of sleep to feel well rested. Aside from the times I've blacked out after a night of partying, I'm always at minimum having a vivid dream. Everyone around me says they just go to sleep and a few seconds later, they're awake. My hippocampus wants me to remember everything I experience at night but when it comes to remembering my sister's birthday, it says:

[thedreamsage]

About Me (TW: Adult topics)

Hi! Im Guiverno and I'm a lucid dreamer. I've had vivid dreams for as long as I can remember, but my lucid dreams began around age 11 when my childhood trauma culminated in never-ending nightmares. Because I was a vivid dreamer, every bad thing that I ever watched, read, or heard about, I experienced.

I was in a very dark place and was terrified of going to sleep every night, that I attempted to unalive. After this was unsuccessful and I came to the realization that I could control my life just as I could control my death, I took matters into my own hands. For that next month, I finished off the nightmare creatures that had been plaguing me with these horrible situations for years.

For the past decade, I've been learning to grow my dreaming skills. Growing up undiagnosed autistic, I had a very turbulent social life so my dream characters became my friends and teachers, showing me how to "people" better and teaching me lessons on compassion and love. I learned dream magic (flight, creating portals, conjuring objects) and have had dream-related experiences (Astral Projection, reality shifting, Journey meditation).

These dream-related experiences have been helpful in answering the existential questions I've had since I was a kid (shout out to other gifted kids eyyy) like what happens when you die, are born, what is good and evil, and what is the purpose of existence.

During lockdown, I learned the most important lucid skill yet: dream healing. My past traumas will always be a part of me but because it's stored in my memory, I was able to become lucid, find those memories, and give my child self the hug and compassion that they so desperately needed back then.

My dreams influence me just as much as I influence the dream. Most notably was my experience with the spirit of the Green Dragon. I mentioned how much I loved to fly and wish I could do it all the time. The Green Dragon said I was flying, so I clarified that I meant I wished I could fly in my waking life. The Green Dragon helped put things into perspective for me: within a dream I can fly, within life I can soar.

To fly in life is to be present and carry an open heart moment-to-moment. There are certain things that make you happy and there are certain things that fill your heart with satisfaction, bringing you a feeling of peace and balance. This is what it means to fly in your waking life.

Life is about cherishing the experiences you have, irrelevant as to if they are good or bad. The value doesn't come from how happy they made you, but the fact that you experienced something in your own perspective.

Dreams are equally about perspective as life is, so the person who can give you the most accurate interpretation about your dream is yourself. If you don't know where to start, however, feel free to reach out and send me a message and I can help with guiding that process.

Dreams are abstract and symbolic, so meanings will vary across cultures and people. Just as reality is intersected and can be viewed in different lenses, so are your habits, decisions, and sense of self.

The more you understand your dreams, the more you will understand yourself.