Can anybody control their dreams?

Question

sometimes when i know im dreaming i automaticly think of something scary like an elderly lady screaming at me while her head is spinning but whenever i do this i try to control it by thinking about me jumping out of an airplane with 2 uzi's shooting at enemies like in an action movie has anybody ever done this let me know your experiences in controling your dreams

Answer 1

My brother claims he can do this, he like can pull himself out of his dreams its kinda weird.

Answer 2

of course they can

Answer 3

I agree it is a lucid dream, these are dreams that you aware you are dreaming therefore instead of seeing would you could say pull a Uzi from a rift in space itself to save yourself. To get a better understanding watch "Waking Life" and "What the bleep do we know". Oh yes I can control all of my dreams, don't know how or why.

Answer 4

I have pulled myself out of dreams before but I sometimes don't wake up, I just dream that I was dreaming. Like in my "new" dream I'll be telling people about the 1st dream. Its really wierd but it happens to me frequently

Answer 5

thats called a lucid dream, watch the movie 'waking life' its very interesting and i'll give it away, its the last moments of his life