Ever attempted/considered astral projection or lucid dreaming before?

[IAMNathanael]

Well?

[ChrisMaster69]

I do lucid dreaming a lot.

it’s part of my sleep coping strategy, I’ve done it since was young,

I also have a Dream a journal.

I fairly regularly scream in my sleep (great thing for new girlfriends lol).

I also do the brilliant nightmare inside a nightmare thing, the shit that just keep on giving.

https://www.dreams.co.uk/sleep-matters-club/a-beginners-guide-to-lucid-dreaming/

https://www.charliemorley.com

the last link is good, they do work with PTSD and other mental health issues.

Admittedly some nights I have to fuck around with my sleep pattern as I know it’s going to be a bad one, nothing better than knowing you will go to bed and scream yourself awake later on 😂😂😂

oh yeah and I’m living alone, in a 200 year plus house that has had 2 known suicides in it lol.

For that reason I am avoiding any astral projection, the house is probably a bit full 😂😂 ..

[TurboKid]

Oddly I'm only able to have lucid dreams and ever since childhood. As a result, I've never had nightmares. I have had horrifying things happen in those but I was aware I was dreaming so it's like watching an interesting horror film. I actually don't know how people do the other type of dreaming where they aren't aware it's a dream. That sounds much more immersive.

[IAMNathanael]

Honestly I just want to fly like a bird, breath through gills and visit castles.

Usually in my dream I only suspect that it's a dream. I'm never really sure.

[TurboKid]

I never quite got the full control element with these lucid dreams I have, only the general awareness that it's not real. But what would happen in my case is that I frequently died in those lucid dreams, and after I died I felt like I had the slightest bit of control as to how I'd "respawn", and in what sort of setting/context.

[Anonymous]

I did it once as a child. It wasn't on purpose. I lay in bed and somehow my spirit (?) hovered towards the ceiling. I could look down towards the bed where my body was. No idea how that happened.

[Agape93]

Not projections but I’ve tried lucid dreaming before.

[IAMNathanael]

That's cool. I may have lucid dreamt by accident once before. I've tried astral projection at least once but was afraid to slip into sleep paralysis (I've read that can happen).

I'm no expert but I'm interested in these subjects. Thanks for responding.

[Agape93]

Anytime. For projection, anpu is a better resource than I, but yeah it can be unnerving when you cease having control. But that fear is dangerous.

[hahahmm]

I did lots of stuff when I was young but I kept running into people who pretended to be able to do it but were actually liars. I can't stand liars so the fact this stuff attracted hardcore liars turned me off to it.

[Slartybartfast]

I'm always lucid when I dream, on the rare occasion I sleep lol.

[call_me_scar]

I've only been successful in having a lucid dream once all I did was spawn a weapon wall and have a chat with myself

[exitseven]

I have tried lucid dreaming. I made myself fly like Superman.

[ThoughtfulSoul]

I've astral projected twice.

[IAMNathanael]

Really? How was it?

[ThoughtfulSoul]

It feels almost like a dream (emphasis on almost).
The first time, it was a bit difficult, the second time, way easier. Didn't do much exploring though, just moved around the house, took out a book from the shelf and placed it on an armchair (lol I was trying to make sure I'd done it right, I know that was a dumb move). Have you ever tried anything like that?

[IAMNathanael]

Sounds interesting. I've tried one time but not since then. I've been too nervous because as I understand it you could fall into sleep paralysis if not done right. That enough of a deterrent for me, at least for now.

[Dinosaursandanime65]

I don’t do it on purpose, most of my brain just has to be awake. Like literally being trapped in your own mind

[Anonymous]

I did that once and then I got locked in a closet and it was scary. If you wake up before you get back to your body you become a disembodied spirit who is trapped until someone opens the closet

[msc545]

I have! I wound up in my bathroom. Not too impressive. 😒😒

[WhiteWolf69]

Astral projection and lucid dreaming is a lot of fun

[ghostqueen]

Attempting lucid dreaming was a waste of time.

[Sonorous]

Why do you say? Did it not work for you?

[Brainsbeforebeauty]

No I haven't