How common is it to have lucid dreams?

Question

I have had lucid dreams almost every night since I was a kid- but I have heard that having lucid dreams is rare? and that now people are training themselves to do it.

Also my dreams always seem to take place in the same settings- there might be 10 different scenarios I visit (some have come and gone though) but I have visited them for years and can always pick up where I left off in the dream... is that normal? can anyone else do it?

Answer 1

Hey! I just discovered a few minutes ago that I apparently have been "lucid dreaming" for a while! I asked a question about it.

For me, it's something that just happens, I guess. I thought it was just regular dreaming, but, apparently, it's not. At least once a week I have a dream. It is not really the fact that I know I'm dreaming that is odd to me (I thought that was normal.), but that if I feel a nightmare coming on, I just change the dream or wake myself up. That's an event for me.

I'd say, if you're really curious about what's going on in your head-ola, google "lucid dreaming" or, what else was mentioned, "astro-travel," I think.

That is interesting - about the same places and being able to pick up on dreams. Once, I woke up from a nightmare and fell back asleep in the same spot I just jolted out of. It was a bummer. Only once.

One night, I was being chased by Damien from the Omen through maybe five different dreams. That's the oddest thing that has ever happened to me. I think he chased me through bits of Jurassic Park, Dragon Tales, and King Kong before I woke up and stayed awake.

Definately google some of this stuff - it's very interesting.

Answer 2

Nope you're pretty darn lucky. I've been trying to train myself too.

Answer 3

i bet it's rare..

i never got a lucid dream.. ]=

Answer 4

Yeah, i do that ALL the time.

Not every dream i have is in the same place, but the majority are.

Answer 5

Hi,

I have not had lucid dreams. But some of the dreams, i have had have come true.

For instance, my sister had lost her gold earings. all of us were searching for it in vain.

one day afternoon, i was sleeping and i had dream. in the dream, i saw the earings in teh rails of our shutters.

i woke and went to see if it really is there. it was there. i was suprised.  

THis is my true experience.  

Answer 6

It's thought that everyone has a lucid dream at least once in their lives. You are extremely lucky to have them every night! I have about 1-2 per week, sometimes more, sometimes less.

The Lucid Dreaming Kit teaches people how to have lucid dreams in 7 days... and whenever they want thereafter: http://www.world-of-lucid-dreaming.com/l...

However this still takes effort - so you have a wonderful tool at your fingertips my friend! What do you like to do on your lucid travels?

Interesting what someone said about astral travel. This could explain the locations you keep re-visiting. I would try to validate your experience to see if you can connect it with the physical world (for instance, visit someone you know and see what they are doing, then check with them if it was true): http://www.world-of-lucid-dreaming.com/a...

It would be great to put your stories in my lucid dream forum:

http://www.world-of-lucid-dreaming.com/l...

Answer 7

to the lucid dreamer, yes it is very rear to have a lucid dream very night, but it seems to me that you are not dreaming , but you are astro traveling , and you are good at it . many people are unable to control it or don't now how to astro travel.

by the way one cannot train themselves to have lucid dreams . how ever they can try to astro travel.

all i can say it that you would have to be very very talented mate.

you would also have to be very preceptive to a certain degree, but you don't always talk about it.  what i can say is that you are very clever.

you should be able to interpret dreams if you really wanted to.

take care.  

fran