stages of lucidity
I have a question. When I was younger I remember having lucid dreams. For the longest time I have not had one. Is it possible for lucid dreaming to stop, or maybe come back? –Erica, Age 19, Texas, USA For the answer to this question, click hereBack to list of lucid dreams
wake and return to sleep
I am a novice lucid dreamer. I had my first lucid dream 5 months ago with a NovaDreamer. I’ve had about 9 since then (only 1 without the aid of the NovaDreamer) & I have bought books by Stephen LaBerge, Keith Harary, Patricia Garfield, Malcom Godwin, etc., but I have to tell you that I […]
parents die
Hi Jane— I understand that your dreams are disturbing. At a time when you need to receive reassurance that your parents are OK in the afterworld, your dreams instead are confusing and antagonistic. Your first dream shows that you still are wrestling with some of the negative aspects of your relationship with your parents—the fact […]
falling leg
Dear Greedy Fly – You dreamed that you were falling because your leg was falling out of bed! That’s why you woke up the same way each time! Things that are happening in the real world become included – “incorporated” is the scientfic term for it – into dreams all the time. Common examples include […]
help! i’m lost
I keep having the same dream. I dream I am always lost and cannot find my way home. I ask for directions from people in my dream and then I have trouble finding the parking lot where I parked my car. Please let me know why I always seem to find myself dreaming the same […]
my parents’ funeral
Hi Jane— Dreams of the deceased returning to life are common among survivors, and reflect efforts to grapple with the reality of their passing. Your dreams also include some of the usual confusion of the dream state. Even when dreams give us obvious clues that we must be dreaming (your parents crawl out of their […]
unbalanced
Recently I dreamed that me and a friend were sitting on a 3-legged chair atop a 3-4 story concrete cylinder. I was sitting in my friend’s lap and we were bouncing around on this cylinder by her holding on to the base of the chair and I in her lap. We would bounce on all […]
falling and being chased
What do dreams about falling or being chased mean? I am 40 years of age on the 26th of this month. I am happily married with 2 children, ages 18 and 23, from a previous marriage. I have been married for 13 years. I have been pretty stressed the last 2 years since learning of […]
knocking at my door
Hi Maddie – Intruder dreams are some of the most common – and most disturbing – dreams that readers write in about. They are easily explained, but this does not mean the anxiety they cause is easily forgotten. Intruder dreams are a variant of the common chase dreams. In an intruder dream, an unknown person […]
man with a gun
Hi Marie— Death certainly is making an appearance in your family’s dreams. Fortunately, the background information you provide helps us understand these disturbing visions. Because your sister has a health problem that is threatening her life, the metaphor of an intruder in the first dream is explained. Your sister’s house (her self) is being invaded […]
evil presence
Hi Shirley— I’m glad that you wrote in with this sleep question, because hopefully I am going to put your mind—and your spirit—at rest. What you describe occurring in your sleep actually is a common event known as a confusional arousal. You state your experience was not a dream, and this is true! Confusional arousals […]
help! i’m lost
Hi Grace – Your dream is a fairly common example of what we describe as an “anxiety dream.” You mention that you have a hard time with directions in real life. This difficulty probably causes you to worry about getting lost someday while you are out driving, and so you dream about this fear during […]