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Waking oneself from bad dream

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  • 04-08-2007 12:05am
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    highlydebased
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    I believe I did this for the first time last night

    I had a dream that I did not like. Then I had this sudden urge to wake up. I remember clearly waking myself up from the dream, and remember when i woke what had happened


    Is this considered a "lucid" dream, etc? I've never experienced it before


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    Hal1
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    Maybe, you took control of the dream and woke up. Lucid dreaming is controlling your dreams so maybe you where semi lucid.


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    Rossibaby
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    i used to do something similar when i was younger all the time and still do an odd time now though my dreaming seems less frequent,just near the end of the dream i can get out of it when i want and remember it all or i can stay if i wish


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    Black Swan
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    Now if a grand dream (or especially steamy) and not a nightmare, I can sometimes slip myself right back into the dream and continue. I guess that's a form of lucid dreaming? So this would be the opposite, cause I would be willing myself back to sleep, rather than to awake.


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