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Experts in Lucid Dreaming: A Question
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[quote:YouAreDreaming:MV80NzQ1MDA3Xzg2NDYwNDI2XzZCOEZBRTIy] [quote:LittleRed:MV80NzQ1MDA3Xzg2NDYwMjg1X0NFNDZCQTA=] Thanks for the answer! I am 49 and I wouldn't doubt my cognitive abilities are declining, but my dreaming stopped abruptly when I got the CPAP in December. The CPAP has affected my sleep cycle, because I now get a solid 8 hours every night. Before I got it, I was waking up every hour and a half or so all night. [/quote] Most people remember dreams in REM, and the NREM (1-3) sleep cycles is where more amnesiac dreaming takes place especially in the delta cycle of NREM because brain activity is very very low. Remembering a dream in these other cycles is not as frequent because studies show reduced neural activity connecting dream recall to NREM but enough activity for some that recall is possible and that again is likely based on the frequency of dream recall for that individual. REM/NREM study. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK19956/ Here is a study supporting dream recall in NREM as well so we don't get stuck in the idea that dreaming is exclusive to REM. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7349242/ The participants were woken up during NREM and some (not all) could recall dreaming. Since you are having 8 hours of sleep, you should be oscillating through proper REM/NREM thus I don't see that as being an inhibitor for dream recall short of the dramatic change in your sleeping pattern which means you'll likely adapt to it for dreaming with a little practice. Still a lot of research into this area but another really great study was on dream-replay showing we consolidate memory in NREM1. https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(20)30530-1 [/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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