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Scientists Are Researching a Device That Can Induce Lucid Dreams on Demand::The startup behind Halo is aiming for a future where a wearable headband can give people the experience of awakening in a lucid dream.
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Damn that’d be nice. I’ve only had one lucid dream but every time I’ve tried to get one again I’ve landed myself in sleep paralysis.
Sleep apnea is the general cause of sleep paralysis. It’s good idea to check if you happen to have a chance. :)
I think they’re referring to staying conscious and meditating towards sleep to keep lucidity during the transition. It’s a technique.
Yes, and the fact that they keep finding sleep paralysis instead of a lucid dream is a little concerning, so this person is recommending they talk to a professional about it.
Google: shut up and take my money.
Countdown to ads in your dreams… Is there a Futurama episode that has that?
No thanks. I like sleeping while I’m sleeping. You introduce controlled lucid dreaming and soon enough I’ll have a second job at dream McDonalds to pay for my dream space underwear.
I read that as “second dream job at McDonalds” and I was like damn… there goes the phrase dream job.
Nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope
“They come here every day to sleep?” “No, they come to be woken up.”
Inception, here we come baby
Why would Bungie do this
Good luck. What’s the eventual purpose though?
Recreation? Not everything strictly needs practical purposes. I’d certainly buy one if it’s affordable. Though it might have medical or therapeutic use.
Treatment of persistent nightmares as part of psychotherapy? If they can get this thing certified as a medical device they can jack up the price by 500% no problem.
Creating batteries for the machines.
Sex dreams you can control
If anyone is interested, you can train yourself to dream lucidly. There’s a bunch of techniques, but they are mostly pretty similar. What worked for me:
Make a habit of (lightly) pinching your nostrils closed, and attempting to breath in through them. Do this whenever you think of it throughout the day. Might take a few weeks before you are consistently doing this habit. If you do it and find that you are able to take a breath, you are dreaming!
The other part is at bed time. While laying in bed, focus on your sense of touch for 10 full breaths, then your sense of hearing for 10 full breaths, then the same for your other senses. Repeat until you fall asleep. This is intended to keep your mind focused on your body as you transition into the dream state.
The best time for actually lucid dreaming is if/when you wake up very early in the morning, and then go back to sleep.
Overall, this is a pretty fucking cool thing that you can do, for free, and you can train yourself to do it regularly. Do whatever you want-- sex, talk with dead loved ones, fly, practice dreaded interactions…
Random reality tests (nose pinching & breathing as described above) through the day works as you might randomly do it in the dream, but what I find works better is finding patterns in your dreams where something isn’t right, and do tests against that while awake.
E.g
- light switches rarely work for me in dreams, so start doing reality checks when you flip a light switch.
- I always have problems with my phone in my dreams, so whenever my phone is acting up do a check
It can be anything though, maybe you drive your car a lot in your dreams so every time you get into your car you do a check.
You can find the patterns more easily by increasing your dream recall which can be done by keeping a dream journal.
When I was doing frequent checks and keeping a journal, at my peak, I was having lucid dreams 3-4 nights a week, and each night I’d have 3-4 lucid dreams. I’ve stopped journaling, and only really do reality checks if something really weird happens nowadays, and I’m still lucid dreaming 1-2 times a month now. The length of my lucid dreams are much shorter though as well.
Inception timeline
Here we come!
Sounds like a Black Mirror episode.
What is not known, yet, is whether TUS can induce or stabilize lucid dreams
Vaporware.
I’d prefer a drug that can do same, reliably
