How to Influence Your Dreams

Posted by admin in Prescription Sleep Medicine on July 15th, 2009

Dreaming is a natural part of life that all humans experience on a semi-regular basis. Even when we go on dry spells of dreaming, the dreams that we do have we desire to be fun and positive. On the other hand, nightmares can be terrifying, and often the negative feelings of such a dream carry over in to the next day. Not only do our dreams occupy our experiences of the night, but in many cases they affect our lives as well. Due to this fact, people desire to have good dreams, and there are many theories about how to influence what kind of dreams you have.

Some of the influences for our dreams are unavoidable. Sometimes small parts of our day creep in to our dreams, and if we have a bad day, we are more likely to have a bad dream. This is not always the case, though. In many cases, dreams can have absolutely nothing to do with what happened during the day, and sometimes they are influenced more by the emotions of a day rather than the specific events. Other times, you may dream about something that directly correlates which what happened in the day. This is usually the case if the event was particularly powerful or meaningful. We have little control about the random good and bad things that happen to us, but thankfully, we still have some semblance of power over what happens in our minds.

Through training and meditation, many individuals have gained the power of lucid dreaming. This is the only way to gain total control over your dreams. With lucid dreaming, you decide what happens in your dreams, and you are aware that what is going on is actually a dream. It is surprising that although the vast majority of dreams are impossible or vastly improbable, we rarely notice that it is not real. Lucid dreaming allows us to overcome this ignorance and discover the truth. Since you are in control during a lucid dream, you can make it positive and do anything you want. However, people need to practice for years to master lucid dreaming, and some people just do not have that kind of time.

Other techniques to influence dreams, besides full on lucid dreaming, are more subtle and less powerful. Simply relaxing yourself and clearing your mind of stress is an easy way to help make your dreams a little better, and doing so also increases the quality of your sleep as well, which is important for how well you function the next day.

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