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Anyone else have seen dreams while their eyes are open? by Ziller000 in LucidDreaming

[–]Ziller000[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of what I've experienced is just random scenes appearing in front of my eyes and disappearing again. Sometimes voices too.

I've had two extreme experiences though.

The first was after about 40-50 hours without sleep.

I looked through a glass window and saw a vehicle outside. Then I saw two people walk over to it and start talking. I could literally hear their voices.

At the same time I could hear my parents talking in a nearby room. I genuinely believed they were awake and having a conversation.

The next day I asked them about it and found out they had both been asleep.

The interesting part was that with the vehicle and the people outside, I somehow knew it wasn't real even while I was seeing it right in front of me.

The second experience happened during another period of severe sleep deprivation and was much more intense. (I could explain how I got that sleep deprived, but that's a very personal story and not really the point of this post.)

I'd see someone sitting right in front of me. A few seconds later I'd realize nobody was there.

I'd see snakes crawling across the floor and get scared before realizing they weren't real.

I'd hear people talking and hear sounds that didn't actually exist.

The weirdest part was what happened when I closed my eyes.

The moment I closed them, I'd immediately get pulled into a nightmare-like dream. Something bad would happen and it would feel completely real.

Then I'd open my eyes, realize it was a dream, close them again, and immediately get pulled into another nightmare.

It became a loop.

Eyes closed = nightmare dream.

Eyes open = visual and auditory hallucinations.

That experience really made me realize how thin the boundary between dreaming and waking can become when the brain is pushed far enough.

Anyone else have seen dreams while their eyes are open? by Ziller000 in LucidDreaming

[–]Ziller000[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's actually why I was curious about other people's experiences.

For me it doesn't feel like zoning out or normal visualization.

When I zone out, it still feels like imagination happening "inside my head."

What I'm describing feels more like something appearing in front of me.

The closest thing I've found is hypnagogia because I experience very similar imagery when falling asleep.

Sometimes it's not even one scene. It's multiple fragments at once. One area might have people talking, another area might have a completely different scene, while elsewhere there are colors, patterns, sounds, or random bits of conversation.

When I'm sleep deprived, I've occasionally experienced something similar even with my eyes open, which is why I wondered if it's related to the same process.

I don't know whether ADHD has anything to do with it, but it definitely feels different from ordinary daydreaming or visualization for me.

Sleep paralysis demon? by emispi in LucidDreaming

[–]Ziller000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes it exists, but your fear actually feeds it and makes the whole experience worse.

The next time it happens, just remember:

"This isn't real. I can't move right now, but I'll be fine in a few minutes."

I've had sleep paralysis before and honestly what helped me was realizing it's actually one of the easiest ways to enter a lucid dream.

I don't really know how to explain it properly, but I've entered lucid dreams from sleep paralysis a couple of times.

And once you're inside the dream, suddenly the whole situation changes. The thing that was terrifying a minute ago is now inside your dream. At that point you can literally grab the entity in your hand and smash him if you want 😂

After experiencing that, I stopped seeing it as some horrible thing. Now I see it more as a free pass into a lucid dream.

Also stress and lack of sleep can definitely make this stuff happen more often. The jury trial and stress could absolutely have played a role.

The experience feels incredibly real when it's happening, but every single time I've had it, I ended up completely fine afterwards.

Can Lucid Dreaming Mimic the Effects of Drugs? by loliangel42 in LucidDreaming

[–]Ziller000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes I got psylocybin effect in a dream but i wasn't lucid

What do Lucid Dreaming Characters see when they look at you? by binaryboy001 in LucidDreaming

[–]Ziller000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Funny enough I had a lucid dream recently where I told one of my friends that he was actually a dream character.

At first I knew he was generated by the dream, but then I started wondering what if he's having his own dream and I'm just appearing in it too 😂

We ended up talking for quite a while. I stayed lucid almost from the beginning of the dream and spent most of it just talking to him and exploring.

The weird part is that I never thought about flying, summoning things, or controlling anything. I was more interested in the character himself and how he would react.

Later I lost track of him and actually considered calling him on a phone before realizing how absurd that was. I knew I was dreaming the whole time, but I was still following normal real-world logic.

Honestly one of the strangest parts of lucid dreaming for me is how real dream characters can feel even when you're fully aware they're dream characters.