[elmerfud]

This is something that has always come naturally to me even when I was a child. I remember when I first learned about a lucid dreaming in my teenage years and I was surprised that this wasn't normal for everyone. Except for very rare situations I have always been aware that I am dreaming and once I am aware of the dream I can exert complete control over it.

[thenthenthen]

Same, not sure how to trigger it though...Nowadays it happens more in the early morning, being half-awake, although as a kid I had it more when falling asleep at night

[francocalvo]

This happens to me too. Sometimes I even setup many alarms every 15min or so like 40min before I want to wake up. This gets me to this state, and when I snooze the alarm I can go right back where I was

[raunometsa]

There are different techniques to trigger LD, like Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreaming (MILD) but I think we need something else to make it more mainstream.

[raunometsa]

Are you happy that it comes naturally for you or is it a burden? Can you get a full rest?

[elmerfud]

Yes my sleep is very restful. It's not really disturbing at all and oftentimes when I wake up I want to go back to sleep and resume the dream. Even in dreams that start out stressful it stops being stressful and more challenging and interactive. Almost like a game because I know that it's a dream I know that I have the cheat codes for that game. So I'm never worried about losing I'm never terrified of life or death situations. It does offer interesting opportunities to explore for lack of a better way to describe it.

[raunometsa]

Thanks really cool. How amazing the mind is, like it has the function of resuming the dream from where it was left.

[sejje]

What do you get up to?

[raunometsa]

This reminds me E. S. Fein's comment when someone asked him "Is reality disappointing now?"

"Not in the slightest. Reality still carries with it the endless enigma of unknowing. When I dream, I know I'm in dream. I know it is just a simulation created by my mind. But reality? I have no idea what reality -- waking life -- actually is. I have nothing to compare it to except for dreams, which stem from waking life. I love my reality, but I have also worked hard to build a reality I am very fond of."

From: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/mrgep9/my_name_is_e_s...