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[-] BluesF@feddit.uk 23 points 11 months ago

If this is the same startup I read about a while ago... Well the technology doesn't actually exist. There's a vague suggestion that maybe lucid dreams could be induced through techniques that are not properly understood yet, and that's about it.

[-] JGrffn@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Well FWIW there are somewhat reproducible techniques, I've used them, but I couldn't tell you how I've used them if my life depended on it (honestly, brain chemical imbalances or fatigue might be a prerequisite). I actually got tired of lucid dreaming and started avoiding certain positions in bed, and started shifting around if I felt myself getting close to jumping into a lucid dream during hypnagogia.

I also worked on university assignments during lucid dreams, solved countless bugs in my code while asleep, a friend can even attest to it since one time I instantly woke up to solve a specific bug and then went back to sleep, with him right next to me (all nighters woo hoo).

It can be done. It really shouldn't be done. The reason why I grew tired of lucid dreaming is because I didn't feel like I was actually resting at all. That disconnect and peace that falling asleep gives you, it's not there for me while lucid dreaming (at least not if I jumped in through hypnagogia).

[-] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, unfortunately my weak brain instantly wakes up as soon as I realize I'm in a dream, the rare times it happens

[-] threeduck@aussie.zone 1 points 11 months ago

Focus on something up close in your dream, like the texture of a wall or table, it'll pull you back into the dream. Works for me!

The other suggestion is to spin around, but I did that to stay in a dream once and noclipped through the floor. Which woke me up.

[-] JGrffn@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I was often sent flying with no way to come back down. Went up fast. Not great for anxiety. The "focusing on stuff" trick does work, though if I overdid it I also woke up because I tried engaging my senses too much.

[-] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 5 points 11 months ago

There's a vague suggestion that maybe lucid dreams could be induced through techniques that are not properly understood yet, and that's about it.

Where can I invest?

[-] BluesF@feddit.uk 3 points 11 months ago
[-] meekah@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

the other guy had it almost right, you're looking for DMT

[-] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 2 points 11 months ago

With enough venture capital, anything is possible! Cheques in my name, please.

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