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Comment on Does marijuana affect dreaming? by george lopez

george lopez — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:12:50 +0000

i smoke before bed i got to bed around midnight or 1am and always wake up at 8am or 9am feeling hella refreshed. i dont sleep in

Comment on Does marijuana affect dreaming? by josh

josh — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:30:50 +0000

my dreams were either messed up or satanic, ill remind myself not to take a nap after

Comment on How does it feel to experience Sleep Paralysis? by admin

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:04:17 +0000

Thanks for sharing your experience Sharee.

Knowing whether it will happen more frequently now that you have “recognized what is actually happening” is difficult. However, I will state that I am a firm believer in knowledge and its power to change brain function. What this means is that since you now are familiar with sleep paralysis you will be able to study it more and learn some techniques on how to control it when it does happen, thus minimizing the negative effects it might possibly have on you.

I have been experiencing sleep paralysis for over 20 years and I get it maybe twice per year now, where each instance only lasts a few seconds and is not scary at all. What I have done to minimize the occurrence of sleep paralysis has mainly been to adopt a better sleep schedule. I don’t drink alcohol and try to be in bed by midnight and wake up by 8-9. Nine hours of sleep is ideal. Stress also pays a big role in the occurrence of sleep paralysis so I’ve found ways to minimize the stress in my life, such as doing exercise (like yoga), meditation, utilizing alternative ways of thinking (like not getting angry over trivial matters), as well as moving to a calmer city.

So in the rare case that I do experience sleep paralysis it is on my own accord and usually a pleasant experience since I never let it frighten me and inversely using it to launch a lucid dream of some sort.

Give it a try and let me know how it works for you.

Comment on How does it feel to experience Sleep Paralysis? by Sharee

Sharee — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:24:40 +0000

I first experienced this 4years ago while staying at a friends house.. I woke up to a little boy about 6years old running up and down the side of the bed staring at me wanting to play, I was paralyzed watching him, tried to call out but could not operate my voice. I finally got feeling after about 10minutes and went and slept on the couch.
I then experienced it again 1 year and 21days ago while I was travelling near Noosa. I was camping in my swag and I woke up to a man trying to unzip my swag, my entire body was paralyzed again and i was petrified. I tried to scream over and over for about 5minutes then heard a cry out and it was like I woke myself up by screaming.
The third time was tonight which brings me to this site, I knew it was happening before it started but it was so different… I was in and out of the bodies of two people a women and young girl and something bad was about to happen, I woke up when the husband was behind me then fell back asleep then woke up again two more times. My eyes were so unbelievably heavy that I rolled over and semi fell into sleep when a male spirit was lying behind me tickling my feet, poking my legs and then spoke in my ear to see if I was awake. I then woke again and fought for a good half hour to keep my eyes open as they felt like a kilo each.
I decided to get my phone and google ‘heavy body dreams’ and this sleep paralysis came up.
It is the scariest thing I have ever experienced… especially the last two episodes. Will this become more frequent or less now that my mind has recognised what is actually happening?

Comment on Ask me a question about lucid dreaming by admin

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:39:29 +0000

I am not certain if DMT itself is related to dreams, however there is research suggesting that a tryptamine derivative is involved in dream visions. A study done at the School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco states in its abstract:

The visions of dream sleep are suggested to occur through a dream mechanism which implicates tryptamine derivatives as endogenous psychedelics. The hallucinations that occur in some schizophrenic syndromes are also proposed to occur through a similar, though desynchronized, mechanism. These compounds occur in the human pineal gland and are regarded as neurotransmitters or neuroregulators. A protocol for experimental verification is suggested.

Comment on Ask me a question about lucid dreaming by Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:24:17 +0000

Is Dmt (dimethyltryptamine) in any way related to making dreaming possible??

Comment on Lucid Dream Flying by Matthew S

Matthew S — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:09:42 +0000

This is the coolest article ever!!! This has actually happened to me only once in my life time. I was around 12 years old and yes I thought of Peter Pan when I was in my dream flying around. It was one of the most amazing feelings ever. Sadly, my daily routine of smoking cannabis has stopped me from being able to recall dreams completely. After reading this blog I have decided to stop and this is my second day without smoking. I miss lucid dreaming like that and hope I can be flying throughout the dream world soon.

Comment on Does marijuana affect dreaming? by Rod Severson

Rod Severson — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:33:50 +0000

I have smoke cannabis both recreationally and now medicinally and it is 100% fact that this herb will completley stifle our ability to recall dreams and astral projection and soul travel…

Even though I receive physical relief from cannabis, my true goal is to progress spiritually…

I have just purchased mugwort which will no doubt bring to where I need to be…

So you all need to ask yourself, since this has proven to be an absolute truth, just how wonderful is cannabis…I used to think it was a true gift from the Gods but in this case define ” Gift “, it’s more of a curse…

Smoke the stuff if you want but your spiritual growth in this life will be virtually non-existant… And I have NEVER met a spiritual being who would take a drug that will induce negative Karma…

Comment on Does marijuana affect dreaming? by chad

chad — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:44:58 +0000

Since I stopped smoking I have had an increase in dreaming. Not to say I never dreamed when I smoked. However, now that I stopped almost every dream has been a nightmare, and they last all night. I’m so tired I don’t know what to do, these nightmares are the worst I’ve ever had and almost every 10 minutes every night I wake up sobbing because of them. I wish I could smoke again, but I have to get a job so I guess I’ll just have to be tired all the time and tormented in my sleep.

Comment on How does it feel to experience Sleep Paralysis? by ANDY

ANDY — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:55:38 +0000

The experience is quite freaky, but i am amazed that no one wrote why it happens? – I can only say that this is natural and is experienced by almost everybody the reason being-it is a type of complete mis-match of mind and body act-many times our mind wakes up slightly faster than the body which a type of mismatch between our mind and body may be because the part of the brain which is controling the movements of the body is still not in action. so,from next time please enjoy it.