Surreal fucking night...

[demoniac93]

sometimes i have dreams about waking up, eating my breakfast and going to work

before i wake up, eat my breakfast and go to work

i hate those dreams

I actually have those for real some days O_O

[VijchtiDoodah]

Yeah, Panzer. Whenever I was working on an extremely difficult project in my old laboratory, I'd have dreams where I'm running experiments all night long to meet some deadline. Then I'd wake up thinking it was the next day only to find out that I now had to actually do the experiments I was dreaming about. Rinse, repeat...the repetition that triggered those dreams is probably the main reason why I left for other things.

Aww, see STM, that's why your mother used to say "sweet dreams" before tucking you in. Because sweet dreams really are something. Having a dream about infectious diseases, though, not so much.

Blue-ninja, you're strange anyway. Stop stalking my forumses in the middle of the night.

[demoniac93]

Yeah, Panzer. Whenever I was working on an extremely difficult project in my old laboratory, I'd have dreams where I'm running experiments all night long to meet some deadline. Then I'd wake up thinking it was the next day only to find out that I now had to actually do the experiments I was dreaming about. Rinse, repeat...the repetition that triggered those dreams is probably the main reason why I left for other things.

Aww, see STM, that's why your mother used to say "sweet dreams" before tucking you in. Because sweet dreams really are something. Having a dream about infectious diseases, though, not so much.

Blue-ninja, you're strange anyway. Stop stalking my forumses in the middle of the night.

Talking about stalkers...Anyone ever dreamed of being stalked by a group of emos wanting to kill you for wearing yellow? O_O

[Duck Boi]

On the rare occasion I have been aware I was dreaming. It gives you this wierd feeling of being able to control what happens, instead of just playing out your part in the dream according to some script or whatever.

It's called lucid dreaming. There is a whole forum on how to increase your lucid dream experience.

I've had dreams I've gone insane, they were horrible horrible dreams.

[demoniac93]

On the rare occasion I have been aware I was dreaming. It gives you this wierd feeling of being able to control what happens, instead of just playing out your part in the dream according to some script or whatever.

It's called lucid dreaming. There is a whole forum on how to increase your lucid dream experience.

I live the dream of insanity everyday, what's so bad about it?

I've had dreams I've gone insane, they were horrible horrible dreams.

[Rai-Dei]

I'll try the fan thing, this will be interesting.

[Antipathy]

http://www.dreamviews.com/

A good tutorial on how to become lucid while asleep. I was into this a few years ago, then I realized that dreams are interesting enough all by themselves. Not that it isn't funny to get lucid every now and then. 

[Xxypher]

Your dream reminds me of those strange scenes in Cartoons when this exact thing happens. It usually is funny.
But I have had stranger dreams.

[Slashnoob]

"Lucid dreams". I'll never try those again.
I once did, must've done something wrong, and ended up with a Sleep Paralysis (read more about it, it's scary) that lasted about an hour.

It was so messed up.. I was convinced I'm going to die, and was preparing for death at any moment, but it never came. I really think I was on the edge of killing my own brain and ending my life.

I really advise any of you not to mess around with lucid dreaming too much and be careful. It's not funny once it goes wrong.

Edit - Will it be the greatest thing ever or the fucking greatest thing ever to know how it feels like to have a lucid dream under the effects of LSD or any hallucinogenic drug? I mean, you're in control of your dream sort of, but random ideas pop out all the time even if you don't intend to have them in your dream. Oh boy.

[Smegma]

Sleep Paralysis

Is the best feeling ever.

[VijchtiDoodah]

Will it be the greatest thing ever or the f**king greatest thing ever to know how it feels like to have a lucid dream under the effects of LSD or any hallucinogenic drug? I mean, you're in control of your dream sort of, but random ideas pop out all the time even if you don't intend to have them in your dream. Oh boy.

I once met an ex-dealer who used to sell an experimental hallucinogenic drug that allowed you to control your own trip. He and a few others who had tried it said it was a bit like being god because you could shut yourself into your own creative world and do as you please, and if it accidentally became too intense you could snap back to reality whenever you wanted.

But then I consider how quickly LSD spread out of the experimental circles and realize that if this drug did exist, there's no way it wouldn't be freely available today. I call bullshit. It's still a nice idea, though.

[jettlarue]

DMT for dream trips, although trying to change the course of your dream will do nothing more than frighten you when you realize you can't, they only give the impression you can. Kind of hard to explain if you understand you understand. There are many different herbs and or chemicals that you can ingest to do nothing more but help you to achieve a greater amount of lucidity.
And to vijicti: disassociates paired with schizophrenia and maoi's(yeah stupid poop) can also yield that result quite easily. Although they normally do not "come down" for months completely but consciencely change between sobriety and utter inebriation causing me to believe there are ways to alter your brain from within your brain through practice.

[Zero72]

Freaky stuff. The thing about my dreams is, maybe they're too vivid and believable. The weirdest thing will be happening, but my weird little dream self will just take it all in stride. I've never once realized I was dreaming... Although I find that things in my dreams often happen as I expect them to, so it's like lucid dreaming is right there in front of me, but just out of reach because I never notice.

[VijchtiDoodah]

...causing me to believe there are ways to alter your brain from within your brain through practice.

Yep. Buddhist monks have been doing it for centuries. Ram Dass once brought LSD to some of the greatest Buddhist meditation practitioners in the world. After tripping out for eight hours, one of them finally turned to him and said, "Interesting."

Zero72, that's because you're already directing your dreams. The things that happen as you expect them happen because you expect them.

[Antipathy]

"Lucid dreams". I'll never try those again.
I once did, must've done something wrong, and ended up with a Sleep Paralysis (read more about it, it's scary) that lasted about an hour.

Sleep paralysis is overrated. It's not hard to get out of. Simply concentrate all your power into moving an arm or something, imagine lifting a really heavy weight and you'll quickly overcome the paralysis. I've been "paralyzed" many times (usually after forcing myself to wake up from a nightmare) and I've always managed to snap back to reality very quickly.

[Zero72]

Zero72, that's because you're already directing your dreams. The things that happen as you expect them happen because you expect them.

I know, but I'm not really controlling it, these things just happen according to my natural thought processes. It's lucid dreaming without the lucidness. All I lack is the awareness.

[Xxypher]

I've had "lucid" dreams. I could control them completely, and one dream< I could actually feel. It was aweful at points.
There is this road in my town called Front Street, it is the small business district. There is this massive hill there that goes straight down. Well, my mind decided that hill should be ten times larger and duplicated. It was like a roller coaster. In my dream, me and a few friends were driving down it, and I really felt like I was going on a roller coaster. It was strange. I also got punched, and when I woke up, there was a red mark on my chest were I got hit in my dream.

[demoniac93]

only once in my life, did i have a lucid dream, under the effect of a fan, do you know they can turn to nightmares and sometimes, you lose the ability to control them? That's when things get fu**ed up...Never gonna mess with my brain again. However I'd like to get to know how meditation can control all of your body senses and even deceive them. 

[STM1993]

I'm not sure if I've gotten lucid dreams before, but it seems to be really interesting to be able to manipulate your own dreams rather than follow the fixed events. I might want to try it one day.

Speaking of dreams whereby you could control the events, I used to have really terrifying nightmares that appear as soon as I close my eyes and lay on my bed.

I could remember that I got terrified when I heard this particular music tune play. Somehow, in the scariest nightmare I recall, I would see a scene of some ancient chinese drama character who looked taken aback, and that tune plays. The scene quickly fades to a moon-lit night (sometimes ghastly, sometimes clear), and then the camera-view I was looking through would lower to reveal that I was in the middle of some thick, dark forest - right infront of me was complete darkness. Within a few seconds, a sudden event that would lead to my death would take place. I may be able to make decisions to do something, but ultimately, everything I did, I would end up watching myself get brutally murdered by a giant brute (looks like the Gargantuan Beast in Diablo 2). Mind you, that brute was really fast despite its size. Right after, I wake up immediately. When I lay back in bed and close my eyes, all these repeat again, but may have slight variations. For this one nightmare in particular, I wouldn't know how to get up or open my eyes etc until I get murdered.

In those days, it was pretty cold + the fan near the ceiling would blow around the room, but every time it blowed in my direction, I could feel it.

I still get the chills when I think of that nightmare.

[Slashnoob]

I once met an ex-dealer who used to sell an experimental hallucinogenic drug that allowed you to control your own trip.

DMT? Or something very underground?
Are you talking about something which is obtainable in several different places, or more about something that a few fellas made in their own lab?

Uhh nevermind I just read the rest of your post and I guess there's no way for you to tell. Guess it is bulls**t then, but DMT comes pretty close.

..Anyway, my original idea was more or less about not being in control, inside a dream you're supposably in control of. For example, imagining an event, and experiencing another unplanned event during the original event. Under the effects of some hallucinogenics the whole adventure's have to be awesome.

Antipathy - I've snapped out of many sleep paralyses aswell, and wasn't that histeric about it. But the sleep paralysis I had while trying to lucid dream was just alot heavier. My awareness (or awakeness whichever you'd like) was much higher than normal, and the paralyse was much stronger. Usually if I focus and try hard I could lift a hand or just relax for a few seconds and it passes, but in this one I couldn't lift a finger and relaxing was just not possible for some reason.

I also got punched, and when I woke up, there was a red mark on my chest were I got hit in my dream.

lolwut?