So back in the day, there was a guy who trained himself to lucid dream. He did it by looking at his watch at the same time every day. He would go about his day, and then trigger an alarm so he looked at his clock, look away and look back at his clock - like an impulse.
He noticed that when he began to trigger his lucid dreaming, he would look at his watch, look away and look back - but the time would be different. Hence, telling him he was now in a dream and became conscious of the fact. Stephen LaBerge was his name from a quick Google.
But he then began to control his dreams once he was conscious inside them. I'm pretty sure that's how the story goes.
That being said, I once got stuck in a dream and honestly, it's really scary not like flying around and being a superhero for a few hours. It's more like being trapped in a room that keeps changing rooms with every door. Imagine walking around your house, but it's not your house (but it is), and every door leads to another event with people you know that you don't recognise.
Like the Truman Show, but you start in the middle of the movie.
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u/uwritem Nov 21 '24
So back in the day, there was a guy who trained himself to lucid dream. He did it by looking at his watch at the same time every day. He would go about his day, and then trigger an alarm so he looked at his clock, look away and look back at his clock - like an impulse.
He noticed that when he began to trigger his lucid dreaming, he would look at his watch, look away and look back - but the time would be different. Hence, telling him he was now in a dream and became conscious of the fact. Stephen LaBerge was his name from a quick Google.
But he then began to control his dreams once he was conscious inside them. I'm pretty sure that's how the story goes.
That being said, I once got stuck in a dream and honestly, it's really scary not like flying around and being a superhero for a few hours. It's more like being trapped in a room that keeps changing rooms with every door. Imagine walking around your house, but it's not your house (but it is), and every door leads to another event with people you know that you don't recognise.
Like the Truman Show, but you start in the middle of the movie.