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Scientists Are Researching a Device That Can Induce Lucid Dreams on Demand (www.vice.com)

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Scientists Are Researching a Device That Can Induce Lucid Dreams on Demand::The startup behind Halo is aiming for a future where a wearable headband can give people the experience of awakening in a lucid dream.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 10 months ago (13 children)

If anyone is interested, you can train yourself to dream lucidly. There's a bunch of techniques, but they are mostly pretty similar. What worked for me:

Make a habit of (lightly) pinching your nostrils closed, and attempting to breath in through them. Do this whenever you think of it throughout the day. Might take a few weeks before you are consistently doing this habit. If you do it and find that you are able to take a breath, you are dreaming!

The other part is at bed time. While laying in bed, focus on your sense of touch for 10 full breaths, then your sense of hearing for 10 full breaths, then the same for your other senses. Repeat until you fall asleep. This is intended to keep your mind focused on your body as you transition into the dream state.

The best time for actually lucid dreaming is if/when you wake up very early in the morning, and then go back to sleep.

Overall, this is a pretty fucking cool thing that you can do, for free, and you can train yourself to do it regularly. Do whatever you want-- sex, talk with dead loved ones, fly, practice dreaded interactions...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well, I definitely need to get some sleep right now, read sex and dead loved ones too close and my mind skipped a word... That was not fun to think of.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I try not to kink shame. But incestuous necrophilia is pretty hard to not tut.

On another note, I wonder what kind of costume a person with that kink would wear.

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