Dreams and Lucid Dreaming

The cluster focuses on personal experiences with dreaming, lucid dreaming techniques like reality checks, dream recall challenges, and theories comparing dream states to waking consciousness or psychedelics.

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mr_toad Jan 18, 2020 View on HN

The dreams you recall are just artefacts of the restore process initialising your mind.

there Jan 26, 2009 View on HN

i always remember the bit about trying to flip light switches in a dream to determine whether you're really dreaming or not.

r6203 Apr 30, 2022 View on HN

I could be wrong but the experience you're describing sounds like lucid dreaming.

LocalH Jan 3, 2021 View on HN

It's almost as if dreaming is quasi-psychedelic

mangorabbit Jan 18, 2021 View on HN

does it feel different (better) than vivid daydreams?

bil7 Jan 14, 2020 View on HN

I remember reading that people used to believe that your whole dream happened in the few seconds before you woke up. Would be interesting if that was actually close to the truth.

aalleavitch Aug 20, 2018 View on HN

We already do this it's called dreaming.

bradleykingz Nov 7, 2025 View on HN

interesting. sounds a lot like something i experienced for a long time, where i was unable to differenciate between dreams and reality

sdiupIGPWEfh Apr 18, 2023 View on HN

I find this notion hard to reconcile with the occasional phenomenon of recalling the contents of an earlier dream only after several hours of having been awake.

carlmr Jun 18, 2023 View on HN

Sounds like we've invented dreaming now.