CONTROLLING YOUR DREAMS

(Oct, 2017) A study from the University of Adelaide’s School of Psychology in Australia has found ways that we can control our dreams. We all have nightmares which we can’t control, but we also have lucid dreams – dreams in which you are actively aware that you’re dreaming, thereby allowing you to control it. The research, led by Dr. Denholm Aspy, found an effective technique that requires you to wake up after five hours of sleeping and stay awake for a short period of time while repeating the phrase “The next time I am dreaming, I will remember that I’m dreaming” while also imagining the experience of a lucid dream. In the study, those who used this particular method while falling back asleep – and were able to achieve sleep within five minutes – were roughly 50% likely to enjoy a lucid dream when they drifted off. Dr. Aspy says the technique works on your ability to remember to do things in the future. “By repeating a phrase that you will remember you’re dreaming, it forms an intention in your mind that you will, in fact, remember that you are dreaming, leading to a lucid dream.”
* Kate Upton, I’ll be seeing YOU tonight!
* Finally, science has discovered a way for me to remember my high school locker combination.
* 50% had a lucid dream, and the other 50% dreamed Dr. Aspy appeared in their bedroom and said, “You’re not doing it right.”
* Meh. I think I’ll stick with the VR goggles.