certain dream

[acorn elf]

Does anyone do something a little like lucid dreams? What I mean: I would like to give myself a dream with some set guidelines. Anyone do that? Got any method to it or does it just kind of happen?

[Evendusk]

I know several people who were able to make themselves dream about a topic if they thought about it intensely before falling asleep. It's never worked for me though.

[Flar's Freyja]

I know several people who were able to make themselves dream about a topic if they thought about it intensely before falling asleep. It's never worked for me though.

Absolutely. This is called "incubation." Believe it or not, almost all people lucid dream. Many don't realize it and just go back to sleep! It does take some commitment and practice.

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[acorn elf]

The thinkng about it a lot would probably do it for me. I think I've done that before, now that I've tried to remember. Doesn't even have to be hard, just right before I fall asleep I guess is when it usually happens.