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like their brain never properly shuts down. I really cant relate to this; for me, lucid dreaming
is always a conscious choice or a welcome accident, but never a burden. But when any
behavior starts to disrupt your everyday life, then it is a problem that needs addressing and I
urge anyone in this position to seek specialist advice from a doctor who can help.
3. When you close your eyes in a lucid dream, you can wake up.
When I was younger I used close my eyes to escape from
nightmares. When I was frozen with terror it occurred to me
that none of it was real, and I had a moment to squeeze my
eyes shut tightly and shout WAKE UP!
Now I never end a lucid dream prematurely if I can help it. But
that doesnt stop me from accidentally closing my eyes in the
dream (out of force of habit, not because theyre dry or I need
to blink) This almost always causes me to return to my
physical body. Apparently, this is not true for everyone, but it
sure is for some.
Luckily, if you do wake up by accident, there is a way to resume the dream from where you
left off. As long as you keep your body still (so as not to disturb the sleep paralysis
mechanism) and close your eyes immediately, you should find yourself back in the dream and
fully lucid. Its like changing channels on the TV. For a few seconds, both realities exist and
you are free to flick between them.
gently prods you in the rib while you sleep, you will often feel the prod in the dream, albeit
under a different interpretation (perhaps something as strange as a rat biting you in the side).
Perhaps not surprisingly, this effect seems to be more prominent during lucid dreams and
false awakenings, when your self-awareness is much more intense. For instance, when its
raining noisily in the real world, I experience heavy rain in my lucid dreams, too. Its easy to
verify this by looking for the stimulus when you wake up.