Not really a technique but I've been taking pretty large doses MSM (Methylsulfonylmethane) for a mild injury (it works) and one weird side effect is that it intensifies the dreaming experience, or perhaps it just helps you remember. The first few days of taking it, I had the most vivid dreams I've experienced pretty much since childhood. Just thought it was worth mentioning, I guess
Same here, one of my meds has the same sort of side-effects.
One of my meds makes dreaming more lucid and more vivid and you get less nightmares on them when you first start taking them or the dose is upped. It's one of the side effects - says so on the print out they give you with the medication. The effects get less strong over time, so dreaming starts to go back to normal (lots of nightmares for me again BOOOOO) after a few weeks, but every time the dose is upped, the effects come back again until the medication levels out. Apparently it's a really common side effect for this particular med, oh that and a really dry mouth and flu like symptoms that last for a couple of weeks.
I knew someone else who was on it once too, and he said that he'd never experienced such lucid dreams until he got on this med, he reckoned he was having alot of childhood dreams too that he hadn't had since he was a child. He told the doctor he wouldn't go on it again though as it made him want to sleep all the time. Lol.
Yeah, I'm sure meds have an effect on dreams like certain illness do like malaria and influenza and those dreams are typically described as being really vivid like the dreams you have when you're a kid.
Lucid dreaming is usually a spell breaker for me. It means I'm waking up.
I've had a couple of lucid dreams, but only in one did I stay asleep. It was fun. I've been trying to induce them, but no dice so far.
Maintaining a lucid dream is a whole other story, there's so many techniques and ways to prolong it but you have to put time and effort. I followed the reality check method where you constantly question whether you're in reality or not, it might sound silly but a simple quick question whether you're in reality and checking if your feet are on the ground every day for a few weeks can really help. Takes a bit of dedication but when you got a summer holiday to kill with nothing to do, sleeping becomes a great activity
When I realize I'm dreaming, my dream tends to shatter. Things explode and crack, trains break in half and suddenly we're on the Ocean. My brain can't maintain them for long atm. I've read some stuff on how to induce them. Not sure how accurate the information is, but I was going to try one day. Working on other mental capacities in detail atm.
Yours sounds... violent
When my lucid dreams are ending my vision turns blurry and colours suddenly lose their saturation, in a way its beautiful cause it feels like everything is slowly fading away into bliss and when I wake up I can't help but grin and think about the dream I had the whole morning.
Topic: Lucid Dreaming Experiences