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Experts in Lucid Dreaming: A Question
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[quote:YouAreDreaming:MV80NzQ1MDA3Xzg2NDYwMDk5XzFGQ0RDMkE0] [quote:LittleRed:MV80NzQ1MDA3Xzg2NDU5OTQ4X0U4MUQ4MkFB] I was able to control my dreams from an early age. I could also dream story dreams that continued where they left off from the night before. Even in adulthood my dreams were very vivid and I could always recall them when I was awake. Once or twice in my life I had a dream that came true. I couldn't control those as they were happening and they had a different visual quality when I was dreaming...they way back in the day the film quality of a soap opera looked different than a prime time T.V. show. I was recently diagnosed with sleep apnea. My husband has told me he thought I had it for years, but it took a trip to the ER with AFIB to get me into a sleep study and in December I started sleeping with a CPAP. I haven't dreamed since. I know I am sleeping deeper and in longer stretches with the CPAP machine. I no longer wake up in the middle of the night. Do you think this longer, deeper sleep is why I am no longer dreaming or if I am dreaming can't remember my dreams? [/quote] There is a lot that can impact your dream recall at this point. What most don't realize about dreaming is the nature of atrophy and cognitive decline with dream recall so as we get older and less into our dreams, stop trying to recall or participate the region of the brain (Medial Prefrontal Cortex) where dream recall is linked will have loss of neural pathway density due to atrophy. The older we get the less we will recall our dreams if we are not maintaining through a routine. It does come back but no denying takes more work the older we are but if my friend who is 77 can do it without dreaming for a decade I'm sure others can too. Most people have been passive dreamers so the development of their dreams for the most part is just hit and miss and even with me at 49 I still have cognitive decline that occurs naturally as part of getting older and it does have an impact on my dreams, so I have to train more and keep regular as it certainly slips faster if I don't. As for the CPAP, I do know people who still dream and have Sleep Apnea but the reason is always following some form of routine for dreaming. Changes in our natural sleep patterns can cause changes in our dreaming so we have to adapt to those changes. What is always good to know even if we are not remembering our dreams, the brain is still producing them regardless as its still playing a role in our memory consolidation so getting back into participating in those 3-5 dreams is where the routine comes in. I don't recommend supplementation for dreaming outside of what we already know works from natural foods and vitamins and I've talked with Dr. Scott Sparrow who is one of the researchers looking at Galatamine and Dream Recall and he agrees it's like a steroid for dreaming and doesn't recommend long-term use but for people in the 60+ range it could be a bit of a booster but again I only would look into it if there is already memory decline in general because it's an Althimerz treatment and it's expensive $179 a bottle just to stimulate a bit of dream recall is a bit much imo. I'd try with getting into working with a simple dream plan and dream routine for memory first to start getting fragments to emerge so you can get that consistent as it will help greatly even with the CPAP you should start to have recall because you are still getting deep sleep and dreams are taking place regardless of the sleep-induced amnesia causing the memory to remain in an unconscious state. The other problem is short-sleep for people who work a lot and can only get 4 hours and have a demanding life, that makes it harder to adapt to, but I've helped people find out that training dreaming regardless of the time for the body to sleep can still get results but they do struggle more for things like consistent lucid dreams as an example. But we can adapt dream training to fit our natural sleeping patterns and instead of doing a more demanding technique like WILD or waking-induced lucid dreaming, the 4 hours can work better with MILD or mnemonic induced lucid dreaming because it doesn't require all the complex attention focusing and progress that WILD requires. Always ways to tweak your approach to fit your sleeping pattern to start getting some results. [/quote]
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A little backstory...
Around the age of 16 I had the ability to lucid dream. I don't know all the technical words so I'll just explain it in simple terms. I could think of a subject/place/person, etc before going to sleep & then while asleep with 100% accuracy literally every single time I could tell you where a person was, what they were wearing, what they were doing, what they were going to do etc. I got a little cocky with this talent & started abusing it for personal gain. Long story short, the law got involved & I lost the ability seemingly overnight.
So here's my question: Can I regain this skill or did I f*ck that all up karma-wise? Previously I had the ability without aids such as background noises or whatever people use nowadays to enter that state of mind. I've sworn I'll never abuse that talent again (and I believe talents like this come from God) but I kinda feel like I had my chance & I abused it so He took it from me.
I'd like to hear what the experts in this field have to say about my query. Can I get it back? If so, how?
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