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.

I discovered the term lucid dreaming back in high school but have always been aware that I could realize I was in a dream and then control them with ease. I very rarely have nightmares and when I do, I generally turn them around before I wake up. I have excellent dream recall, I remember them as if they were a movie I just watched in extreme detail that include even taste.

I am a painter/writer/artist, basically I love to create and have a very active and outlandish imagination. I consider myself an empath and I am very sensitive yet I have no problem with horror movies, I love them and have never been scared by one.

I have great balance, did a little gymnastics in middle school.

I’ve dabbled in meditation, but I love word games, thinking games, and I can focus for very long periods of time.

I also LOVE to learn, I often stay awake very late and into the early morning because I found something fascinating and research the subject for hours! Dreams have always intrigued me and I absolutely love experiencing them. I would say most of my dreams are lucid and almost every night I have at least one lucid dream.

As a child I was a HEAVY sleeper and now I am a light sleeper and I wake lots of times throughout the night. Maybe one of the reasons I lucid dream so easily is that when I was very young for many years I used to play a game as I went to sleep, I would try to remember when I woke up in the morning what the very last thought was or what the last thing I was thinking of before I fell asleep.