1) I’ve fairly good dream recall. I used to write down every detail of my dreams (3-5 a night) but it would take me an hour or two to write them down every morning. So now I only bother to write it down if I think it’s ‘memorable’ or unsolvable.

1b) Depends. I’ve slept through an earthquake once and have been awoken by a clock ticking 4 rooms away.

2) I’m a concept artist. So I guess this one’s spot on!
2b) I’m not socially shy, but I pretend to be irl. I don’t like wasting my time with smalltalk and gossip. I do avoid horror movies as they’re usually too shallow, but I will gladly write my own for stories/games.

3) I’ve terrible balance and can’t take much spinning motion. Car sick easily. But doesn’t affect me in my dreams.

4) I’m a sometimes gamer and often play with character abilities. I don’t need to take their form, but it’s fun to shapechange. I think this should expand to anyone who roleplays or can imagine them self as someone else. Like method actors.

5) I love learning! I’m a polymath at heart and autodidact. I’d never have learned how to lucid dream if I didn’t experiment by myself. Was just not enough info out there years ago. :S

Neat to see a simple list like this. I’m a newcomer to this place. Will be back soon.

My dreams have been becoming much more vivid lately. I’m suffering from multiple false awakenings and also dream re-entry. I have no difficulty remembering my dreams and often repeat them over and over again…each time adding more detail. I’ve been able to remember dreams that I’ve had as far back as early childhood.

In my false awakenings, I dream that I wake up, start and continue through my day. They proved very useful in college as I would dream about taking an exam or a final and see questions and realize that I didn’t quite understand that part of the material. It would allow me to study that info more in depth for the actually exam.

Lately, I am finding it increasingly difficult to wake up in the morning. I hit snooze and immediately re-enter the same dream. It seams hours pass in the 4 minutes between “snooze’s”. Finally my cat was able to wake me up by pawing at my nose. Thank goodness for her or I would have probably been late.

In any case, I’d love to take part in lucid dreaming studies.

wg

and a special note to Nicky504: I want to offer you comfort that your sleep paralysis is natural, and not to worry about the out-of-body sensations. the key is to relax into it. Here’s more about my take on sleep paralysis plus a free article to download.

I have great dream recall, am creative + artistic, am athletic, meditate by “living in my head”, and enjoy learning.

My dream life is fascinating and I am always stunned when people tell me that they never dream. The details in my dreams makes me wonder if I have had former lives. I see places and structures that I do not recall ever seeing in this life, on TV or in a movie.

I am an INTJ, an empath, have had recurrent depression since childhood, and am a physician.