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- Fantasy is number one. Steampunk, sci-fi, alternate history, and everything else that isn't boringly realistic are also fine by me.
So, some of my most vivid creative experiences are from lucid dreams. On and off again, I find myself able to sort of enter god mode when I'm dreaming, and literally the world becomes my playground. Think Inception. The scenery, characters, physics, everything, becomes mine to toy with.
Lucid dreaming is awesome- lucid dreaming is also difficult.
There are many methods about lucid dreaming, but the one that works best for me is simply to train your mind to recognize dreams, because once you realize lucid dreaming tends to come naturally. How can you recognize a dream? Here are a few easy tips:
Start asking yourself multiple times per day "How did I get here?". Dreams almost never include travel. If you're at your granny's house but you don't remember arriving, you might be dreaming! Once asking the question becomes habit, you'll do it even in the dream.
Check for your phone, ring, necklace- any item you always have on you. Chances are your dream self forgot to put on the ring. Upon realizing that you aren't wearing it, you might snap into lucid mode.
Review how you met everyone whenever you see them. When you get to a dream, you might realize you don't know how you met this person who is now your best friend.
Stop and think! Get in the habit of clearing your mind regularly. In a dream, this sudden clarity might make you realize that something funny is going on.
Now, those tips work OK, but it can be difficult. The other thing that really helps me is dream journaling. Put simply, you're going to write down every single detail of every single dream you have. I find it helpful to keep a notepad on my headboard for just this reason, because you forget dreams FAST. Writing the details down help them stick in your mind, and then forever.
Once you get used to how dreams roll, stepping from first person to third ought to be easy. ^^
Use this thread to share tips, as well as a dream journal, of sorts, where you can share when you have interesting dreams or even lucid ones. ^^
Lucid dreaming is awesome- lucid dreaming is also difficult.
There are many methods about lucid dreaming, but the one that works best for me is simply to train your mind to recognize dreams, because once you realize lucid dreaming tends to come naturally. How can you recognize a dream? Here are a few easy tips:
Start asking yourself multiple times per day "How did I get here?". Dreams almost never include travel. If you're at your granny's house but you don't remember arriving, you might be dreaming! Once asking the question becomes habit, you'll do it even in the dream.
Check for your phone, ring, necklace- any item you always have on you. Chances are your dream self forgot to put on the ring. Upon realizing that you aren't wearing it, you might snap into lucid mode.
Review how you met everyone whenever you see them. When you get to a dream, you might realize you don't know how you met this person who is now your best friend.
Stop and think! Get in the habit of clearing your mind regularly. In a dream, this sudden clarity might make you realize that something funny is going on.
Now, those tips work OK, but it can be difficult. The other thing that really helps me is dream journaling. Put simply, you're going to write down every single detail of every single dream you have. I find it helpful to keep a notepad on my headboard for just this reason, because you forget dreams FAST. Writing the details down help them stick in your mind, and then forever.
Once you get used to how dreams roll, stepping from first person to third ought to be easy. ^^
Use this thread to share tips, as well as a dream journal, of sorts, where you can share when you have interesting dreams or even lucid ones. ^^