Scientists Are Researching a Device That Can Induce Lucid Dreams on Demand::The startup behind Halo is aiming for a future where a wearable headband can give people the experience of awakening in a lucid dream.

  • Daft_ish@lemmy.worldEnglish
    181·
    10 months ago

    No thanks. I like sleeping while I’m sleeping. You introduce controlled lucid dreaming and soon enough I’ll have a second job at dream McDonalds to pay for my dream space underwear.

  • electric_nan@lemmy.mlEnglish
    12·
    10 months ago

    If anyone is interested, you can train yourself to dream lucidly. There’s a bunch of techniques, but they are mostly pretty similar. What worked for me:

    Make a habit of (lightly) pinching your nostrils closed, and attempting to breath in through them. Do this whenever you think of it throughout the day. Might take a few weeks before you are consistently doing this habit. If you do it and find that you are able to take a breath, you are dreaming!

    The other part is at bed time. While laying in bed, focus on your sense of touch for 10 full breaths, then your sense of hearing for 10 full breaths, then the same for your other senses. Repeat until you fall asleep. This is intended to keep your mind focused on your body as you transition into the dream state.

    The best time for actually lucid dreaming is if/when you wake up very early in the morning, and then go back to sleep.

    Overall, this is a pretty fucking cool thing that you can do, for free, and you can train yourself to do it regularly. Do whatever you want-- sex, talk with dead loved ones, fly, practice dreaded interactions…

    • Ad4mWayn3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      Well, I definitely need to get some sleep right now, read sex and dead loved ones too close and my mind skipped a word… That was not fun to think of.

      • WetBeardHairs@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        I try not to kink shame. But incestuous necrophilia is pretty hard to not tut.

        On another note, I wonder what kind of costume a person with that kink would wear.

      • LeadSoldier@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        100% is for me and my friend who tried it. I know how to lucid dream but I haven’t done it in 10 years because it is exhausting. I’ve never met anybody who actually knows how to lucid dream who hasn’t stopped for the same reason. You never hear of anybody doing it constantly.

        For those interested, I just summoned something to read in my dreams. Magically operating a newspaper wasn’t enough to clue me in but not being able to read it was what made me become lucid. It took about 2 weeks of practice before I was getting more aware in my dreams.

      • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        I never woke up tired because of lucid dreaming, but the effort to dream journal was a lot, and I eventually got tired of doing it as it eventually felt more like a chore. Once I stopped doing it the frequency of my lucid dreams dropped dramatically.

  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
    61·
    10 months ago

    What is not known, yet, is whether TUS can induce or stabilize lucid dreams

    Vaporware.

  • CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    Damn that’d be nice. I’ve only had one lucid dream but every time I’ve tried to get one again I’ve landed myself in sleep paralysis.

    • gearheart@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Sleep apnea is the general cause of sleep paralysis. It’s good idea to check if you happen to have a chance. :)