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About Lucid Dreaming And Its Relation To Mental Health, Personality, Self-Confidence, Behavior Control…

January 13, 2020 Brit Lucid Dream Experience, Mental and Physical Conditions and Illnesses, Psychology, Study

Excerpts from a study initially published in the International Journal Of Dream Research – Doll, E., Gittler, G., & Holzinger, B. (2009). Dreaming, Lucid Dreaming and Personality, 2(2), 52–57 – https://doi.org/10.11588/ijodr.2009.2.142 “DREAMING, LUCID DREAMING AND PERSONALITY… …Our investigation focused on the frequency of the lucid dream experience and its relationship to mental[…]

“Nocturnal Consciousness And Its Importance For The Exploration Of Psychopathology”

January 2, 2020 Brit Brain, Mental and Physical Conditions and Illnesses, Psychology, Study

“Nocturnal Consciousness and Its Importance for the Exploration of Psychopathology” …In fact, the dream sleep stage…has been suggested as a model for schizophrenia…and there is some evidence that psychosis may be conceptualized as sleeping mentation entering the waking state… The various nocturnal consciousness characteristics that have been related to stress,[…]

LUCID NIGHTMARES

November 1, 2019 Brit Lucid Dream Experience, Lucid Nightmares, Nightmares

The phenomenon of LUCID NIGHTMARES is seemingly a less known and less encountered experience. Hopefully, more studies and articles will be written about it. Maybe, with better understanding of it, more people can learn how to stop them when needed, or use them to face their fears and grow through[…]

Lucid Dreaming And The Darker Side Of The Psyche – Charlie Morley And Shadow Work

January 9, 2019 Brit Nightmares, Psychology, Shadow

“In Jungian psychology, the shadow refers to the entirety of the unconscious, i.e., everything of which a person is not fully conscious, or an unconscious aspect of the personality which the conscious ego does not recognize in itself. Because one tends to reject or remain unaware of the least desirable[…]

Commonalities Between Sleep Paralysis And Lucid Dreaming

May 24, 2018 Brit Brain, Neuroscience, Sleep Paralysis

DISSOCIATION: “In psychology, dissociation is any of a wide array of experiences from mild detachment from immediate surroundings to more severe detachment from physical and emotional experiences. The major characteristic of all dissociative phenomena involves a detachment from reality, rather than a loss of reality as in psychosis.” – Wikipedia “Terror and bliss? COMMONALITIES AND DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN[…]

The Relation Of Metacognition And Lucid Dreams; And The Possible Treatment Approaches That Come With It

January 16, 2018 Brit Addiction, Anxiety, Brain, Consciousness, Depression, Human Mind, Lucid Dream Experience, Mental and Physical Conditions and Illnesses, Neuroscience, Nightmares, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Psychology, Study

“Metacognition is “cognition about cognition”, “thinking about thinking“, “knowing about knowing”, becoming “aware of one’s awareness” and higher-order thinking skills.” – Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacognition “Could we one day heal the mind by taking control of our dreams?… …Brain regions involved in meta-cognition are among the most activated in lucid dreaming… …In principle, lucid[…]

Sleep Paralysis And How To Stop It When Needed

December 25, 2017 Brit Lucid Dream Experience, Neuroscience, Sleep Paralysis

Below is a link to a a nice article about sleep paralysis. It includes the following section on how to stop it. “As we’ve said before, sleep paralysis is limited to your voluntary muscle system, such as your arms and legs. Your breathing is semi-voluntary, so even in deep states[…]

Benefits of Lucid Dreaming – Any thoughts?

December 19, 2017 Brit Lucid Dream Experience, Mental and Physical Conditions and Illnesses, Nightmares, Questions for Readers

Benefits of Lucid Dreaming – Any thoughts? NIGHTMARES – Stopping nightmares through lucid dreaming – www.world-of-lucid-dreaming.com/escaping-from-nightmares.html SLEEP PARALYSIS – The practice of controlling your surroundings while asleep and aware may help someone to change the scenery during sleep paralysis. Just try to love and hug a monster during sleep paralysis[…]

Lucid Dream Therapy in Psychiatry

November 28, 2017 Brit Human Mind, Mental and Physical Conditions and Illnesses, Nightmares, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Psychology, Study

“New Links Between Lucid Dreaming And Psychosis Could Revive Dream Therapy In Psychiatry” “…Similarities in brain activity during lucid dreaming and psychosis suggest that the previously discredited technique of dream therapy may be useful in psychiatric treatment, according to a European Science Foundation workgroup. People suffering from nightmares can sometimes[…]

How Do Lucid Dreams Of Blind People Differ?

November 26, 2017 Brit Brain, Consciousness, Human Mind, Lucid Dream Experience, Mental and Physical Conditions and Illnesses, Psychology, Questions for Readers, Study

How do lucid dreams of blind people differ? What techniques could they apply? What kind of studies and research should be done in the field of lucid dreaming for blind people? “…four of the seven congenitally blind subjects who were totally blind had no indications of visual imagery in their[…]

TheRaRaRabbit – A Youtube Channel – Maxwell Hunter

November 24, 2017 Brit Brain, Consciousness, Human Mind, Induction Techniques for Lucid Dreaming, Lucid Dream Experience, Mental and Physical Conditions and Illnesses, Neuroscience, Psychology, Schizophrenia, Video

TheRaRaRabbit – by Maxwell Hunter – A great YouTube channel for lucid dreamers. I find it special because you firsthand experience Max’s personal account of a life with lucid dreaming. A lot to learn from him and an excellent source for understanding lucid dreaming and all aspects related to it. His[…]

“Lucid Dreaming for Mental Health” – By Maxwell Hunter, TheRaRaRabbit- Psychology

November 24, 2017 Brit Anxiety, Consciousness, Depression, Human Mind, Lucid Dream Experience, Mental and Physical Conditions and Illnesses, Neuroscience, Nightmares, Psychology, Schizophrenia, Study, Video

Psychology and Lucid Dreaming A video by Maxwell Hunter, a UK based artist and oneironaut, about lucid dreaming and mental health – Youtube – TheRaRaRabbit – Published on May 24, 2017 Related Post(s): TheRaRaRabbit – A Youtube Channel – Maxwell Hunter Psychology and Lucid Dreaming Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Nightmares[…]

Is anyone teaching their Children (or little Brother, Sister) how to Lucid Dream? Any Success with it?

November 24, 2017 Brit Human Mind, Induction Techniques for Lucid Dreaming, Lucid Dream Experience, Nightmares, Psychology, Questions for Readers

Is anyone teaching their Children (or little Brother, Sister) how to Lucid Dream? Any Success with it? Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Nightmares with Lucid Dreaming

About Conscious Decision Making (Volition) and Ability to Plan (or lack thereof) while having a Lucid Dream..

November 24, 2017 Brit Brain, Consciousness, Human Mind, Lucid Dream Experience, Mental and Physical Conditions and Illnesses, Neuroscience, Psychology, Study

About conscious decision making (volition) and ability to plan (or lack thereof) while having a lucid dream… “Volition or will is the cognitive process by which an individual decides on and commits to a particular course of action.” – “…Another study looking at people’s ability to make conscious decisions in waking life as[…]

The Advantage of Lucid Dreaming in Relation to the Search Activity Concept

November 24, 2017 Brit Brain, Consciousness, Human Mind, Mental and Physical Conditions and Illnesses, Neuroscience, Psychology, Study

“SEARCH ACTIVITY CONCEPT (SAC) is a psychophysiological concept that integrates subject’s behavior, resistance to stress and deteriorating factors, pathogenetic mechanisms of different mental and psychomatic disorders, REM sleep functions and psychosomatic disorders, REM sleep, brain monoamines activity and brain laterality” – Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_activity_concept “Dream’s lucidity (the subject’s realization that he/she is dreaming) protects[…]

Has Lucid Dreaming Ever Helped You To Stop Nightmares?

November 24, 2017 Brit Human Mind, Neuroscience, Nightmares, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Psychology, Questions for Readers

Has lucid dreaming ever helped you to stop nightmares? Related Posts: Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Nightmares with Lucid Dreaming Lucid Dream Therapy in Psychiatry Dream Therapy in Psychiatry Psychology and Lucid Dreaming

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