This is the dark side of lucidity, and it is not discussed much in public. And this time, they would not take “no” for an answer. In my later development of lucid dreaming, I began to question this assumption, especially after a new round of lucid nightmares came back. According to psychiatrists Ernest Hartmann and Frank Galvin, the lucid dreamers “felt their encounters to be enriching and empowering experiences both during and after their dreams.” One of the assumptions that empowered the dreamers is the idea that “this is only a dream I am safe here nothing can hurt me.” I was emboldened, and those particular nightmares went away.Ĭlinical studies in the 1990s that explored lucidity as a nightmare treatment report positive results. This is how I first dealt with my lucid nightmares. Or we can simply walk away, or wake up from the dream. We can choose to transform the monster into something less threatening. This is what Nietzsche called the “Sacred No.” The dream ego can stand up to a menacing force and refuse to go along with the narrative. But this much is for sure: lucid dreaming can be an effective strategy for banishing repetitive nightmares.īanishing nightmares is an important skill because the practice develops our strength and courage in the dream. So we change the nature of the dream through conscious choice, making after-the-fact analysis difficult. That’s because we usually wield lucidity as a tool, not an exploratory attitude. Surprisingly, even though lucid nightmares are quite natural, we still do not know much about them. Many of us were introduced to lucid dreaming spontaneously ” when we found ourselves in the middle of a disturbing dream. Welcome to part III of my series Lucid Nightmares.
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