Does anyone else lucid dream?

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Hello, really hoping someone is about at this time. Even better if they can lucid dream too.

I’ve been having some awful, awful dreams recently. Usually scary dreams were halfway through I realise they’re just dreams and I can control them. But then I’m aware and conscious and can pick my own actions during a nightmare which is even worse tbh because I’m awake and aware. I’ve posted on here before and have been to my doctor who said they cant do anything about it because it’s not a medical issue but I’m not exaggerating when I saw this is horrific.

I just had it right now and woke up- I was dreaming I was working at my old job and realised this was just a dream and this wasn’t my job anymore. I decided to make myself wake up so I announced to everyone that this wasn’t my job anymore and that they could all fuck off (haha can you tell I worked in customer service and always wanted to say this 🤣) and I knew I had to make myself wake up by jumping over the ledge that was there which I did, then I was in a weird state where I was surrounded by darkness and I was lying flat but completely free falling. I gradually felt myself come back into my body (that’s the only way I can explain it- as if I was falling into my own sleeping body) and I’ve woken up with horrendous tinitus and tingling in my legs. My whole body feels weird, my heart is beating quickly although getting better and I just have a horrible light feeling across my body like it feels all tingly but worse in my legs and feel. That happens several times a night and I don’t always have an easy way out of the dream like I did tonight- that’s scary enough but it’s worse when I have to stay in it and am aware and controlling what I do.

the doctor said sleeping tablets won’t help because I’m not having issues getting to sleep, it’s the fact I’m having issues during my sleep. He told me to destress which I’m trying my best with but it’s easier said than done

anyone else lucid dream? I feel so alone with this. I spoke to my friends who didn’t believe me and said me ‘lucid dreaming’ is all part of the dream and not really happening but that’s not true- I’m 100% aware and controlling what I do. I just feel so alone and could do with a virtual hug x

Yes I also lucid dream, very rarely now but did alot when I was a child/teen, mine are never scary dreams just usually very boring normal stuff.

There was a recurring one I had when I was young but again just very boring just crossing the road near my childhood home and going in a shop and realising I was dreaming and taking all the sweets!

Very soon after knowing/saying I'm dreaming I come out of the dream, I don't wake up but nothing else happens.

I'm sorry to ask but is your heart actually beating fast, do you check and feel it? I only ask because I often dream about my heart beating fast but when I properly wake up it's normal.

Some of what you describe about how your body feels reminds me of when my night time anxiety was bad.

You are not alone and not going crazy 😊

I had this a couple times in my early 20s but not since and I'm 46 now. It sounds like sleep paralysis, I'm sure I read somewhere it was due to an imbalance between n your ears, a bit like vertigo but I don't really remember, may be worth looking up though 💐

I’ve done it before but not for years, I’ve also had phases of sleep paralysis and I get vertigo once in a while. I have quite good control of my sleeping/waking and can nap when necessary and don’t ever sleep past when I need to get up.

I used to more commonly when I was younger, haven’t in a while. I used to enjoy it- I’d be dreaming about school and would suddenly realise I was dreaming and would just get up and leave the classroom, it was weirdly thrilling at the time! I had a few though when I felt this urgency to wake up, and would then dream I had woken up, was sat up in bed but something was wrong with the room and there would be something odd out the window and I’d know I was dreaming still, and I’d feel panicky and lie back down (in the dream obviously but it felt very real) and close my eyes tight to try and get out of that dream and wake up, but couldn’t. Sorry I appreciate that’s not very helpful, just that you’re not alone and I know how scary it can feel, I felt panicky going to sleep again after those. Hopefully someone more knowledgable will be along soon

https://www.sleepfoundation.org/parasomnias/sleep-paralysis#:~:text=Sleep%20paralysis%20is%20a%20temporary,and%20certain%20mental%20health%20conditions.

I lucid dream as well, but it's invariably in the period before I wake up in the morning, it isn't in any way sinister or unsettling, and I wake up properly in a normal, calm state. I'm typically well aware that I'm experiencing a dream and can 'direct' it how I choose, and I usually end it and wake myself up by just saying 'come on now, this is silly, time to wake up'.

I don’t remember dreaming very often but when I do it’s always lucid dreaming. I don’t have nightmares unless I have a fever. For me it’s always being aware that this is just a dream and it’s not real.

Yes and for me it’s very useful- I can often stop a bad dream entirely by just deciding-I think within the dream that I no longer want to be having it and go and do something more enjoyable instead. Sometimes this is waking up and sometimes I just direct the dream to something else.

The best though is when I’m lucid during an ordinary dream and can decide to do anything- I usually go flying. It’s marvellous but quite rare, maybe a few times a year.

Mostly when I have a migraine approaching. The dreams are absolutely intoxicating. Even when I know I should get up and get medication, I don’t really want to leave. The dreams are Incredibly vivid and I do often seem like I have a great deal of control. Sometimes it even feels like I just decide to revisit a different dream that I liked better.