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Lucid dreaming app triples users' awareness in dreams, study finds

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App the article is about: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.neurelectr... Doesn't install on recent android versions though

Another argument for every public funded thing should be open source.

If you agree, here's a petition: https://publiccode.eu

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Another argument for every public funded thing should be open source.

If you agree, here's a petition: https://publiccode.eu

They won't accept a Yahoo address, saying "using this email is not possible"???

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I just want some good rest, not to experience a different reality doing bs work in my head

Yeah I figured out how to do it when I was early 20s but I’d always wake up completely shagged next morning. Now I like just going to sleep

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I used to be able to lucid dream quite regularly. I had a friend tell me that looking at your hands throughout the day would help as when you looked at them in your dreams you would realize it. Now as I’ve grown older I don’t even dream anymore (I suspect due to THC use) but even on nights where I go to bed stone cold sober - nothing happens. I don’t dream. Does anybody else find themselves lacking the ability to dre…

I am a n00b when it comes to this matter, but... does THC stand for cannabis? And it helps one sleep? Does dreaming less mean more deep sleep? Why would more deep sleep be a problem? I'm looking for a solution for my mother in law, who has only slept for 4-5h a night for the past 10 years and can't seem to fix it. This is wearing down her health.

THC is the primary psychoactive chemical in marijuana. CBD is another compound that typically is sought after for pain reduction and as a sleep aid. THC is known to mess with REM sleep. If your are looking for information Erowid is a good resource, Reddit can be helpful too.

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I used to be able to lucid dream quite regularly. I had a friend tell me that looking at your hands throughout the day would help as when you looked at them in your dreams you would realize it. Now as I’ve grown older I don’t even dream anymore (I suspect due to THC use) but even on nights where I go to bed stone cold sober - nothing happens. I don’t dream. Does anybody else find themselves lacking the ability to dre…

I am a n00b when it comes to this matter, but... does THC stand for cannabis? And it helps one sleep? Does dreaming less mean more deep sleep? Why would more deep sleep be a problem? I'm looking for a solution for my mother in law, who has only slept for 4-5h a night for the past 10 years and can't seem to fix it. This is wearing down her health.

it makes you stoned - heavy and sleepy, but when you sleep it takes away REM phase - where you have dreams, some say, it's because it makes you micro-halucinating when you don't sleep

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I used to be able to lucid dream quite regularly. I had a friend tell me that looking at your hands throughout the day would help as when you looked at them in your dreams you would realize it. Now as I’ve grown older I don’t even dream anymore (I suspect due to THC use) but even on nights where I go to bed stone cold sober - nothing happens. I don’t dream. Does anybody else find themselves lacking the ability to dre…

It's more likely that you're not remembering your dreams. When I kept a dream journal, it became clear how easy it is to forget them. If I woke up in the middle of one, the longer I waited before I wrote it down, the harder it was to remember. It was also harder to remember further back into what dream I was recalling, as well as dreams preceding it. The next day, I would read them and have no recollection of much of the contents that I had written that night before. If I hadn't written them down, I'd be totally unaware they were even occuring.

I believe most of the dreams we remember are only because 1) we wake up midway within them and 2) their content happens to be somehow memorable. For part one, this can actually indicate poor quality sleep. Periodic nighttime alertness is a great way to remember more dreams. You may currently be experiencing better quality sleep than you used to.

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I used to be able to lucid dream quite regularly. I had a friend tell me that looking at your hands throughout the day would help as when you looked at them in your dreams you would realize it. Now as I’ve grown older I don’t even dream anymore (I suspect due to THC use) but even on nights where I go to bed stone cold sober - nothing happens. I don’t dream. Does anybody else find themselves lacking the ability to dre…

It's more likely that you're not remembering your dreams. When I kept a dream journal, it became clear how easy it is to forget them. If I woke up in the middle of one, the longer I waited before I wrote it down, the harder it was to remember. It was also harder to remember further back into what dream I was recalling, as well as dreams preceding it. The next day, I would read them and have no recollection of much of…

Perhaps I should invest in some sleep tracking and investigate again. I don’t know how to describe it, but I’m not dreaming while asleep. Here’s an analogy - imagine dreaming is like putting your hand in a cup of water and remembering your dream is like your hand being wet until it evaporates (forgetting) the sensation I have when asleep would be akin to having a dry hand- I do not have the sensation of having a dream.

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It's more likely that you're not remembering your dreams. When I kept a dream journal, it became clear how easy it is to forget them. If I woke up in the middle of one, the longer I waited before I wrote it down, the harder it was to remember. It was also harder to remember further back into what dream I was recalling, as well as dreams preceding it. The next day, I would read them and have no recollection of much of…

Perhaps I should invest in some sleep tracking and investigate again. I don’t know how to describe it, but I’m not dreaming while asleep. Here’s an analogy - imagine dreaming is like putting your hand in a cup of water and remembering your dream is like your hand being wet until it evaporates (forgetting) the sensation I have when asleep would be akin to having a dry hand- I do not have the sensation of having a drea…

You can prove it to yourself by starting a dream journal and setting some alarms. Dreaming happens more frequently in the early morning to the time you wake up. Set yourself 2 or 3 alarms during this period, and keep a notepad and pen by your bed. Doing this on your phone may make it more difficult to go back to sleep. When the alarm wakes you up, write down any dreams you can remember and then try to go right back to sleep. Do this for a week, and I think you'd be surprised how many you realize you're having each night.
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