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    Lucid dreaming is a term used to describe a specific state of awareness that can be reached by dreamers while they are in the Rapid Eye Movement (REM) stage of their sleep cycle (Holzinger, LaBerge, & Levitan, 2006, p. 88). This level of consciousness is characterized by the sleeping individual’s recognition of the fact that they are in dream, their capabilities to intentionally engage in certain activities within the dream, and their ability to manipulate information and memories created in both

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    “Most people dream anywhere from four to seven times per night, with each dream progressively lasting longer as the body remains sleeping” (Woolman). Some people say they don’t experience dreaming at all, which is not possible. What they are really saying is that they don’t remember their dreams, which is perfectly normal. What many do not realize is that in order to go into a “dream state”, it can take about thirty minutes. This is considered the rapid eye movement (REM) cycle. During REM sleep

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    Out of Body Experiences Out of Body Research Foundation noted Stephanie C Experiences on April 25/2016 “I remember drowning somehow (I think by a lake or river or something) and eventually knowing I had passed. All of a sudden I felt an out of body experience and like I was being lifted up through a vortex. A very intense vortex, it felt like I was going at least 100 mph. The scenery looked like bright light and like I was passing through a bunch of stars. The vortex eventually stopped however, and

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    I find myself lying in bed, drifting ever so closely to sleep. My body slowly numbs into a more rested state. Abruptly, I am awakened by an incredible force that is pinning my entire body down at once. It is overwhelmingly strong. My limbs wildly try to fight back only to find themselves powerless to this unseen...something...what it is I am unsure. I am physically unable to move a muscle. I try to scream. The noise won't come. I try to scream louder. Still nothing. The more I try to push it off

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    I just stared at my desk stunned. I kept asking myself if what I heard was true or if I was just in a lucid dream. I had just talked to Ben the day prior; “there was no way that he could be gone,” I said to myself. I could tell that this was definitely not a dream when I looked over to my friend Robert and his face was flushed of color, just like mine. I woke up on the 21st of October and started off my morning like any other: I ate breakfast, took my shower, got dressed and then I headed off to

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    the types of dreams that you have. There were women and men that participated, by personal or internet surveys. The questions were asking general questions like age and race and the types and the frequency of your dreams. There were 700 people to do the interviews and the researchers chose the liberal and conservative men and women. There were 234 participants in total, conservative and liberal men and women, more liberalism. One of the reasons for this research was how your dreams were based off

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    Sleep Paralysis Sleep paralysis is the inability to move or speak while asleep or upon waking (sleepeducation). One out of two thousand Americans are affected by Sleep Paralysis (sleepeducation). Two types of sleep paralysis exist but, are in four categories, the first two are hypnagogic and predormital these occur when a person is falling asleep and remains aware of his or her surroundings (sleepeducation). The second two are hypnopompic and postdormital these occur when a person is awakening (sleepeducation)

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    excitement of dreams and even more concentrated terror of nightmares is a gamble that everyone has taken. Whether you like it or not the entire population of people on this earth require sleep in order to fuel themselves in their lives. Dreams no matter how vivid are still just dreams, though, right? Some dreams may be better however this is susceptible to perspective. In other words, maybe you like a scary dream or that violent dream that the average person wouldn't enjoy. Dreams, however, can be

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    leading towards his room only to find the book “ A Study Of Dreams “ I instantly read about it and some of the words Andy mentioned were from the book. “ The lucid dream is a key to unlock the gateway towards the depth of the mind, controlling all aspects of the dream while your senses are awakened in this state. However one must be careful as it makes you vulnerable towards the supernatural.” I got an unsettling feeling towards lucid dreaming I decided to sleep the night at Andy’s to offer support

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    I’m trapped. I can’t move. I’m stuck in between being awake and asleep. I think I’m having a lucid dream. I start going into sleep paralysis. I feel this weight on my chest and it is getting harder to breath. It feels like something is squeezing my neck and stomping on the chest. My dream started off weirdly joyful. I was sitting on the beach, staring at the sunset. Listening to the waves crash and the seagulls flying over my head. I was enjoying myself looking at the ocean, but I could still feel

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