Induction of self awareness in dreams through low current stimulation (2014)

Re:Induction of self awareness in dreams through low current... by hnzix on Thursday January 11, 2018 @08:06PM (#16129593)

> Never to accomplish lucid dreaming

Two easy techniques -

1. Ask yourself continually through the day "Am I dreaming?", which primes you to become self-aware while dreaming.

2. Wake up two hours before you normally get up for 10 mins, then go back to sleep.

I also find that a Magnesium and Zinc vitamin tablet before bed assists with dream recall, however I have no science to back this up.

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Re:Induction of self awareness in dreams through low current... by nkrisc on Friday January 12, 2018 @10:33AM (#16133615)

I've never done it intentionally, but as someone who occasionally has lucid dreams #2 definitely seems accurate. Much of the time I lucid dream it's when I'm sleeping extremely lightly right before I wake up.

In fact, I know that I'm dreaming and that if I open my eyes (somehow separate from opening or closing my eyes in my dream) I will wake up. Sometimes I might shout or say something in my dream and I actually say it out loud and that wakes me up as well.

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Re:Induction of self awareness in dreams through low current... by flukus on Thursday January 11, 2018 @09:24PM (#16129935)

I already do step 1, if I do step 2 I worry that all my lucid dreams will involve meetings with management.

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