Retelling Lucid Dreaming Stories
These days, everybody seems to be interested in lucid dreaming. Ever since the movie, “Inception,†starring Leonardi DiCaprio hit the silver screen, people are wondering if they can truly control their dreams. Lucid dreaming involves learning how to regularly become aware that you are in the dream state. Upon realizing that you are aware that you are dreaming, you can control, change and create an environment in the dream world similar to that of Ellen Page’s role as the Architect in the aforementioned movie.
Upon seeing the movie, it turns out that people also have similar experiences and they would narrate and share their lucid dreaming stories. There are websites full of lucid dreaming stories of flying, of stories of childhood reunion and fantastic things that go beyond the laws of Physics and social constraints. It can be total pleasure but there is a darker side of lucid dreaming.
Lucid dreaming is a path or step to control the dream state. For a beginner, it is unfamiliar territory for a wakeful person and once one tries to control the subconscious stage without the proper mental preparation, it can lead to confusion and terror for the brain. This is the darker and grim side of lucid dreaming stories.
A great example of lucid dreaming stories that goes beyond dreaming is the movie, Nightmare on Elm Street. This lucid dreaming story is all about children who have are dreaming in the beginning and then ended up having nightmares when the character Freddie Kreuger, played by Robert Englund is introduced in the picture. Freddie Kreuger is a character from hell that ends up killing them in their subconscious state and for the sake of suspension of disbelief, also in the real world. Such lucid dreaming story has the makings of a lucid nightmare. Once a lucid nightmare is introduced, it is harder to control it.
If you awaken and the vivid imagery of the nightmare keeps on repeating in your head, the chances of the conscious suggesting the story to be repeated in the subconscious is a strong possibility. The brain is now subject to suggestions and memories that the subconscious state might pick up and it may manifest again when you sleep. Instead of using lucid dreams to overcome nightmares and anxiety, the reverse has happened. It may take a lot of dedication, training and effort to control the subconscious state since the feeling of fear is authentic but there is no harm that would come to dreamer for the danger the dream poses is not true. This may be the twist in Dicaprio’s movie wherein his wife keeps on appearing and causing nightmares and havoc in his dreams. This may be the reason why this picture is considered to be one of the best as it is nominated in the 2011 Academy Awards.