'Like writing and directing your own movie': Live Science readers share whether they'd learn to lucid dream if they could
Following the release of that study, Live Science asked its readers whether they would learn to lucid dream if they could.
- "I can confidently say, that there were some of the most profound experiences of my life, so the answer is definitely yes." Another reader reported having lucid dreams "about once or twice a year," adding that they typically wake up shortly after realizing it's a dream.
- Recently, researchers claimed that they found a way to "train" people to lucid dream by having them meditate and complete virtual-reality-augmented exercises while they were awake.
- In the comments, one reader shared that they'd once experimented with hypnagogic napping, a technique famously used by Thomas Edison and Salvador Dalí in which the famous luminaries would wake themselves up just as they were drifting to sleep.
Over 300 readers weighed in, with 77% saying "Yes, I'd want to try to control my dreams." Additionally, 17% of respondents said "No, I already lucid dream enough without training," 3% said "No, I don't see the point," and the final 3% said they weren't sure.
Other readers noted that they already lucid dream quite often or that they can consistently control their dreams, with one even saying that all of their dreams are lucid.
- "When I was experimenting with the hypnagogic state (using the Edison method) I started having spontaneous lucid dreams," the reader wrote.
- Lucid dreaming describes when you realize you're in a dream as it's unfolding.
- She replied that I could live a long life if I took care of myself (This was a very typical response from her...lol).
- "Already have it [lucid dreaming], but if I didn't I would certainly practice to do so," one wrote.
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