UM-Bot Posted May 14, 2014 #1 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Influencing the brain through electric scalp stimulation can allow a person to control their own dreams. Lucid dreaming occurs when a person becomes aware that they are sleeping, a state of mind that can allow them to consciously manipulate and control the plot of any dreams that they are having. Read More: http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/266407/scientists-learn-how-to-induce-lucid-dreaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineffectiveArtist Posted May 14, 2014 #2 Share Posted May 14, 2014 You know, I don't need electricity to lucid dream. It happens to me anyway. ^-^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted May 14, 2014 #3 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I find setting the alarm early, waking up and going back to sleep induces more vivid dreams. I would guess its something to do with the sleeping cycle restarting, each wake up and sleep can kickstart another dream. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Crane Feather Posted May 14, 2014 #4 Share Posted May 14, 2014 It seems like good research. However some inaccuracies. Being lucid dosnt mean you can control your dreams it only means that you are aware that you are dreaming. Control is a different aspect of emotional control, thought control, and intention. Some suggest that it's easy. From personal experience and trying to help others with issues for a number of years, I can tell you it's not. The dream life relates to your real one in ways you may have never imagined. I hope the scientific talents out there keep perusing these avenues. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted May 14, 2014 #5 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Perhaps this occurs when a person is thinking about something while falling asleep and then dreams about it when they do finally fall asleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibeliever Posted May 14, 2014 #6 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Yeah but can they get me to STOP lucid dreaming? I'm exhausted! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted May 14, 2014 #7 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Yeah but can they get me to STOP lucid dreaming? I'm exhausted! I know the feeling. You sleep all night and wake up more tired than when you went to bed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Ford Posted May 14, 2014 #8 Share Posted May 14, 2014 (edited) I find setting the alarm early, waking up and going back to sleep induces more vivid dreams. I would guess its something to do with the sleeping cycle restarting, each wake up and sleep can kickstart another dream. I do this sometimes too. Set alarm for 4.30am, wake up, switch alarm off knowing I'v got another 4 hours or so of sleep then think of whatever I want to dream about. More often then not I dream of what I was last thinking of, but only rarely do I realize I'm in a dream. Either way it's still cool. Edited May 14, 2014 by bulveye 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taun Posted May 14, 2014 #9 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I do this sometimes too. Set alarm for 4.30am, wake up, switch alarm off knowing I'v got another 4 hours or so of sleep then think of whatever I want to dream about. More often then not I dream of what I was last thinking of, but only rarely do I realize I'm in a dream. Either way it's still cool. (4:30 is when I get up anyway.... sigh)... This is the mental image I got when I first read this headline: Scientist: "Now gentlemen, we have attached the electodes to the subjects head, and as you can see on the monitor, he is just now entering REM sleep. Let's give him a moment to get into his dream..." a minute later Scientist: "That should be good enough. Now, please note how the brain waves are nice sinusodal waves... Nice and peaceful. Obviously he is having a pleasant dream. Now lets set a few thousand volts through his brain and observe.." ZZZZZZZzzzzaaaaaat! Scientist: "Now you can plainly see that he is NOT having a pleasant dream"... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximusnow Posted May 14, 2014 #10 Share Posted May 14, 2014 The ultimate, Virtual Reality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Occult1 Posted May 14, 2014 #11 Share Posted May 14, 2014 (edited) It seems like good research. However some inaccuracies. Being lucid dosnt mean you can control your dreams it only means that you are aware that you are dreaming. Control is a different aspect of emotional control, thought control, and intention. Some suggest that it's easy. From personal experience and trying to help others with issues for a number of years, I can tell you it's not. The dream life relates to your real one in ways you may have never imagined. I hope the scientific talents out there keep perusing these avenues. Agreed. Also from my own experience it seems to me that most lucid dreams are actually very short. I mean 20, 30 seconds and it's over, you loose the awareness and fall back to normal dreams. Edited May 14, 2014 by sam_comm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Crane Feather Posted May 14, 2014 #12 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Yeah but can they get me to STOP lucid dreaming? I'm exhausted! You can stop!!! This is what I was talking about with intention!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Crane Feather Posted May 14, 2014 #13 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Agreed. Also from my own experience it seems to me that most lucid dreams are actually very short. I mean 20, 30 seconds and it's over, you loose the awareness and fall back to normal dreams. It depends on how you conduct your mind. A concept but not so difficult if you sit down for a half an hour and think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever Learning Posted May 14, 2014 #14 Share Posted May 14, 2014 i think that temporal lobe epilepsy which is what happens when people get deja vu is what might be happening. de ja vu is the feeling of familiarity of the situation, like its happened before. maybe this is what happens when your asleep but i grasping at straws just thinking that the shocks to the scalp remind me of something i heard about electric bursts in the brain or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridian O Posted May 14, 2014 #15 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Just another excuse for convincing the gullible to have electric shock treatment… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted May 14, 2014 #16 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I do this sometimes too. Set alarm for 4.30am, wake up, switch alarm off knowing I'v got another 4 hours or so of sleep then think of whatever I want to dream about. More often then not I dream of what I was last thinking of, but only rarely do I realize I'm in a dream. Either way it's still cool. I find this too, a great way of increasing the chances of a Zombie Apocalypse dream after an evening of Walking Dead. Broken sleep seems to bring this on a lot more often than a full nights sleep. I am not sure if its a case of having more dreams and being more likely to remember them with short spells of sleep or whether they are there but just forgotten wit an unbroken nights sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONTEATUS Posted May 15, 2014 #17 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I want one of those Now ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranomaly Posted May 15, 2014 #18 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I've had 5 lucid dreams, 4 of them happened in the last 3 months. I can't control them very well, but it's very interesting and amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
34th prototype Posted May 15, 2014 #19 Share Posted May 15, 2014 (edited) Man somebody's gonna be putting household ac current on through their head. Edited May 15, 2014 by 34th prototype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted May 15, 2014 #20 Share Posted May 15, 2014 i think that temporal lobe epilepsy which is what happens when people get deja vu is what might be happening. de ja vu is the feeling of familiarity of the situation, like its happened before. maybe this is what happens when your asleep but i grasping at straws just thinking that the shocks to the scalp remind me of something i heard about electric bursts in the brain or something. Some people believe that deja vu may be a form of ESP, especially if you dreamt about it first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted May 15, 2014 #21 Share Posted May 15, 2014 If deja vu is dreamed first, then I would say the experience comes from the remembered dream. My opinion is a little crazier than that; I am pretty much persuaded that the episodes of deja vu that I have experienced in my lifetime were actual recollections of my previous life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdesert50 Posted May 16, 2014 #22 Share Posted May 16, 2014 We do have the ability to control our dreams to some extent. Rehearsal Therapy or Training (IRT) has been a staple for dealing with persistent nightmares. Simply put, one rescripts the bad element of the dream, practices the new script, and eventually adopts the new dream sequence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka CAT Posted May 16, 2014 #23 Share Posted May 16, 2014 We do have the ability to control our dreams to some extent [...e.g. when] dealing with persistent nightmares[...] Seldom do I have nightmares any more, since my tending to acknowledge the fact while dreaming. That often caused me to laugh at my anxiousness whereupon humor would not only bring relief but alter the dream in ways fun. As a form of escapism, I don't expect that uncommon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemagegod Posted May 16, 2014 #24 Share Posted May 16, 2014 (edited) I always did feel awake when i was aware that i was dreaming. It didn't feel like i was completely asleep either. So i didn't know if i was legitimately lucid dreaming or my mind was making s-h-i-t up. Edited May 16, 2014 by stevemagegod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemagegod Posted May 16, 2014 #25 Share Posted May 16, 2014 We do have the ability to control our dreams to some extent. Rehearsal Therapy or Training (IRT) has been a staple for dealing with persistent nightmares. Simply put, one rescripts the bad element of the dream, practices the new script, and eventually adopts the new dream sequence. Whenever i have a nightmare that lasts more than one i just tell it **** off. Works every time once i remember that i am in my bed sleeping that is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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