How to Avoid Nightmares while Lucid Dreaming
There are moments in a person’s dream where he/she knows and declares that he/she is dreaming. This is a theory given by the Greek philosopher, Aristotle. According to him: “often when one is asleep, there is something in consciousness which declares that what then presents itself is but a dream”. Once you know that you are a lucid dreamer, you can even control what you are doing in your dream. When it comes to nightmares, it means that changing things becomes relatively easier. A lucid dreamer has the capacity to change nightmares into normal dreams.
Instructions
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First things first, you need to remember what you have been dreaming about. Mostly, when people wake up, 70% of the things which they dream about simply vanish from their thoughts. Why? It’s because they stop concentrating on the whole dream, but a particular moment. Others would simply disregard anything that they saw and simply wake up. In case you want to avoid nightmares while lucid dreaming, you need to remember your dream. Keep a journal right at the side of your bed so you can write your dream down as soon as you wake up.
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You need to incubate an evident dream. Normal dreamers would find this really hard to believe but lucid dreamers can actually control what they want to see. Simply sit down, relax and try to imagine things which you really want to see while dreaming. Meditation is a simple way of doing this. Therefore, before going to bed, sit and close your eyes and just imagine what you want to see in your dream.
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You need to come to a point inside your dream where you question yourself whether you are dreaming or not. The whole procedure sounds difficult but it’s not. You just have to make your brain accustomed to a particular signal with which you will instantly understand that you are dreaming. In order to do that, you must make a small card and write “Am I dreaming?” on one side and an image of any natural thing on the other side. Keep this card with your throughout the day and make sure you have easy access to it. Pull it out every once in a while and keep looking at the icon and the text. After a few days when your brain records this card more than it is required, you will have a dream. However, once you see the card it will read “Am I dreaming?” and you will instantly come to the conclusion that you are dreaming. Now you can control your dream and avoid any nightmares.
