Lucid Dreaming

Lucid dreaming is dreaming while being conscious of the fact that you are dreaming, this is something that occurs rarely naturally so most people who experience lucid dreams have developed the habit of doing so over time. Why would anyone want to lucid dream? Well think about it for a second, when you dream, you usually have no awareness of the fact that you're actually dreaming, it's all a haze of memories and thoughts and since you're thinking on a sub-conscious level you actually believe that you're not dreaming so anything you dream about you react to as if you were awake. I'm pretty sure you thought or had that before, when dreaming everything seems normal, it's only until we wake up that we realize that we were dreaming.

Have you ever thought of doing something but were too ashamed or embarrassed to do it? Like asking out that hot person on a date, being the life of the party or even talking shit straight to your boss? Some people start practicing lucid dreaming for this very purpose, simulating awkward social situations with the calm of mind, knowing that you're in control can help you overcome practically anything. Lucid dreaming can also be used for stopping nightmares and generally doing whatever you want in them(yes anything). It is, however, not exactly the easiest thing to master and control. Once your brain realizes you're awake while in REM state(dream state), it kicks you out of it back into the normal conscious state. Now obviously there are ways around this, such as keeping calm once you realized you're dreaming. Here's a method for you to try: