Lucid dreaming "not as awesome as previously believed", experts aver.

Many years ago I got a book on how to teach yourself lucid dreaming (that is, being aware that you are dreaming while you are asleep), and I guess I'm pretty suggestible because it was a great success. The book didn't actually say how to STOP dreaming consciously, so I am pretty much stuck with it, but recently I've progressed(?) to being not entirely sure of whether I'm dreaming, but strongly suspecting it.

So, I was dreaming that I was playing WoW (first time! I swear...), and when our new group member came on voice chat, I realized that it was either Dr Chase from House, or the actor who plays him. I also realized that since Chase is not real, if he was on voice chat I must be dreaming, but if it was only the actor who plays him, the question was up in the air.

You know, in the book that taught me this, the end result was supposed to be that you realize you're dreaming and then you fly, or have sex with Marilyn Monroe, or live out whatever fantasy you might have. In my dream, I decided that since I wasn't entirely sure I was dreaming, I'd better ask this person on voice chat a series of leading questions trying to figure out who he was, BUT make it sound like a normal conversation just in case I was not dreaming, because I really wouldn't want to embarrass myself in front of my gaming friends!

At last I got tired of this, logged off, and went into the other room where my mom was sitting, and I explained to her this entire dilemma of not knowing whether I was dreaming or not. Then I realized that my mom has been dead for quite some time, became fed up with this dream and woke myself up.

Lucid dreaming "not as awesome as previously believed", experts aver.

Many years ago I got a book on how to teach yourself lucid dreaming (that is, being aware that you are dreaming while you are asleep), and I guess I'm pretty suggestible because it was a great success. The book didn't actually say how to STOP dreaming consciously, so I am pretty much stuck with it, but recently I've progressed(?) to being not entirely sure of whether I'm dreaming, but strongly suspecting it.

So, I was dreaming that I was playing WoW (first time! I swear...), and when our new group member came on voice chat, I realized that it was either Dr Chase from House, or the actor who plays him. I also realized that since Chase is not real, if he was on voice chat I must be dreaming, but if it was only the actor who plays him, the question was up in the air.

You know, in the book that taught me this, the end result was supposed to be that you realize you're dreaming and then you fly, or have sex with Marilyn Monroe, or live out whatever fantasy you might have. In my dream, I decided that since I wasn't entirely sure I was dreaming, I'd better ask this person on voice chat a series of leading questions trying to figure out who he was, BUT make it sound like a normal conversation just in case I was not dreaming, because I really wouldn't want to embarrass myself in front of my gaming friends!

At last I got tired of this, logged off, and went into the other room where my mom was sitting, and I explained to her this entire dilemma of not knowing whether I was dreaming or not. Then I realized that my mom has been dead for quite some time, became fed up with this dream and woke myself up.