I'm preparing for my upcoming lecture on lucid nightmares, coming up in three weeks in Chicago at the annual conference for the International Association for the Study of Dreams. So if you want to be part of my data pool for this rendition of the … [Read more...] about Lucid Nightmares – Submit Your Dream
Nightmares & Dream Terrors
Nightmares Linked with Multiple Suicide Attempts
A study from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden reports that suicidal patients are more likely to attempt to take their life again if they have nightmares following the first attempt. In fact, the data suggests that gender and psychiatric diagnosis … [Read more...] about Nightmares Linked with Multiple Suicide Attempts
Sleep Paralysis and Spirits
Are spirits real, or are they just irrational stories meant to explain things that science now explains better? This is the way the question of spirits is framed by many. According to many recent polls, belief in ghosts in the West hovers around … [Read more...] about Sleep Paralysis and Spirits
Lucid Nightmares – Fear, Initiation, and Beyond
Sometimes there really is nothing to fear but fear itself. Fear plays a huge role in lucid dreams because fear can manifest exactly what we don't want to see. In lucid dreams this well-known phenomenon is called the expectancy effect. When we become … [Read more...] about Lucid Nightmares – Fear, Initiation, and Beyond
Lucid Nightmares & Frightening Near Death Experiences
Today I want to talk about lucid nightmares using the metaphor of frightening Near Death Experiences (fNDEs). Both of these states of consciousness are under-reported, most likely due to the taboos I explored in Part I of this series. In general, … [Read more...] about Lucid Nightmares & Frightening Near Death Experiences
Delving into the Cause of Nightmares
This is part two of my series on lucid nightmares. But first we need to take a sweeping look at how the nightmare in general is discussed and treated in contemporary psychology. Technically, a nightmare is a dream that the sleeper finds disturbing, … [Read more...] about Delving into the Cause of Nightmares