Timbuktu !NYztUZfffw started this discussion 15 years ago#12,250
Do you prefer deep phase sleep, or REM phase sleep? Also, why? I prefer deep sleep because it literally speeds up your body's repair processes and strengthens your systems, including the immune system!
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later[^][v]#220,698
How the fuck are you supposed to be able to tell? Retarded.
Timbuktu !NYztUZfffw (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 minutes after the original post[^][v]#220,700
@previous (B)
Which makes you feel more comfortable is how you tell.
Anonymous B replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 minutes after the original post[^][v]#220,701
@previous (Timbuktu !NYztUZfffw)
And how do you tell which one you find more comfortable whilst you're asleep?
Timbuktu !NYztUZfffw (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 7 minutes later, 11 minutes after the original post[^][v]#220,703
@previous (B)
I don't know about you, but I can tell. I sleep lucidly, meaning I maintain a form of awareness. I believe that sleep is existence in another realm, a realm just as real as the awakened realm, but just different. Are you 100% unaware when you sleep? There are some lucid sleeping exercises you can try.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 4 minutes later, 15 minutes after the original post[^][v]#220,704
@previous (Timbuktu !NYztUZfffw)
lucid dreaming is as real as jenkem
Timbuktu !NYztUZfffw (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 19 minutes after the original post[^][v]#220,706
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No I lucid sleep, meaning that whether or nor I am dreaming, I am still aware that I am sleep. But I do lucid dream, and it is very real.
brie !OudrPWaUDQ joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 35 seconds later, 20 minutes after the original post[^][v]#220,707
I have, only a few times, though.
In my experience it's very frightening.
people spout off stories about how they control the dream, but with me, I feel trapped and helpless.
Even though I recognize that I am in a dream, I am unable to wake myself.
I only experienced this maybe twice, though, but both were very vivid. One of the times was in my first year of college.
My roommate had to wake me because I was making weird sounds. He described it as a "muffled scream."
Timbuktu !NYztUZfffw (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 17 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#220,711
@previous (Smegma !J5VkSmegmA)
Perhaps you were suffering sleep paralysis, which is something different than lucid dreaming?
Smegma !J5VkSmegmA replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#220,712
Unless sleep paralysis is accompanied by severe hallucination, I doubt it.
The images were seemingly without meaning. I can't completely rule it out, though.
I had sleep paralysis before, and it was a very different experience.
Timbuktu !NYztUZfffw (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#220,713
@previous (Smegma !J5VkSmegmA)
Interesting. Sleep paralysis actually does often include hypnogogia -- very very real hallucinations. Usually lucid dreaming just means that you are having any sort of dream and you realize you are dreaming, while what you describe sounds more like sleep paralysis, which is usually terrifying.
Smegma !J5VkSmegmA replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#220,714