The startup behind Halo is aiming for a future where a wearable headband can give people the experience of awakening in a lucid dream.

Scientists Are Researching a Device That Can Induce Lucid Dreams on Demand::The startup behind Halo is aiming for a future where a wearable headband can give people the experience of awakening in a lucid dream.

  • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    Random reality tests (nose pinching & breathing as described above) through the day works as you might randomly do it in the dream, but what I find works better is finding patterns in your dreams where something isn’t right, and do tests against that while awake.

    E.g

    • light switches rarely work for me in dreams, so start doing reality checks when you flip a light switch.
    • I always have problems with my phone in my dreams, so whenever my phone is acting up do a check

    It can be anything though, maybe you drive your car a lot in your dreams so every time you get into your car you do a check.

    You can find the patterns more easily by increasing your dream recall which can be done by keeping a dream journal.

    When I was doing frequent checks and keeping a journal, at my peak, I was having lucid dreams 3-4 nights a week, and each night I’d have 3-4 lucid dreams. I’ve stopped journaling, and only really do reality checks if something really weird happens nowadays, and I’m still lucid dreaming 1-2 times a month now. The length of my lucid dreams are much shorter now as well though.

    • MrShankles@reddthat.comEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      In one of my first lucid dreams, I was hanging out with a bunch of friends and noticed that they were a hodgepodge of people I knew, but who wouldn’t know each other. And suddenly I realized, “this is a dream”.

      I proceeded to walk out onto the balcony and fly away… because flying was absolutely the first thing I wanted to try. Flew around, checked out some different planets, and then subtly slipped back into dreaming, losing control once again.

      Lucid dreaming happens to me occasionally and I love it every time. And I always choose to fly lol, I can’t help myself

    • RBWells@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I cannot read in dreams or make numbers work. But the funniest way my mind told me I was dreaming was stairs, outdoor stairway. I was trying to go down the stairs but kept ending up at the top again. So I took them 2 at a time, then 3 at a time, then jumped halfway down, then jumped top to bottom and only THEN realized I was dreaming.