Lucid Nightmare?

[DharmaGirl]

The other night I was having a nightmare about where I used to work, and this nasty charge nurse who used to bully me badly. I was upset and the whole staff got into the bullying session and I couldn't stop crying, and then I thought, "this isn't happening now, this is old stuff, and you don't have to react to it. You are safe." The nightmare stopped. Weird, but totally awesome! I hope I can do it again! I've been doing this while awake, and I'm glad it has crossed over to my dreams.

 

[lostforgottensoul]

The other night I was having a nightmare about where I used to work, and this nasty charge nurse who...

I WISH I COULD DO THAT! Do you know how you did that? I wake up at least 5 times a night from nightmares and it takes me about 5 mins to figure out if was a nightmare :nailbiting:

 

[Deleted member 28403]

That is a really cool and useful thing, I hooe you manage to repeat it and even master it as a skill, though I'm jelly now, I could mever lucis dream, and was never in control of my nightmares. Lucky ylu for that :p

Good luck with further lucid dreaming :hug:

 

[Ellabella44]

nice you were able to do that! i have not even tried that, and dont know why i have never thought of it.

hope you can do it again and get the nightmares to shut up again.

 

[DharmaGirl]

I don't know how I did it, except for the fact that I tell myself that a lot when I'm awake.

 

[Meryl09]

It sounds really good indeed. Sometimes I know I have a nightmare and I want to stop it and I cant. And I am just waiting to wake up but I cant do anything. It is

 

[shimmerz]

The power of writing our own endings! Congratulations! The possibilities are endless from here!

 

[DharmaGirl]

I haven't done it that I know of since, but I'm having less nightmares every night. I've been really following sleeping rules (sometimes) and it helps me go to sleep and stay asleep even with nightmares.

 

[Meryl09]

What are the steps you have been following Dharma? I am asking so I could try them out!

 

[DharmaGirl]

The lucid part came about from me saying to myself, "It's not happening now. I'm safe". The sleep rules are just general sleep hygiene rules - get up at the same time every day, no blue screens two hours before bed, the bedroom is for sleeping only (except for the other bed related activity), no naps. That sort of stuff.