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I used to dream and lucid dream a lot. My email signature was "Traveller by day and dreamer by night, or the other way around, I don't remember."

I have lost it and it is something I would like to get back.

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I too experienced a plethora of lucid dreaming through my early twenties. Sometimes I would have a few a night for weeks. They tapered off gradually and I have maybe a few a year now (I'm 35).

Many were tied with sleep paralysis, which didn't give me the fear that most people associate with it. Sometimes I could extract my preceptual self from my body and experience walking around the room in a weird lucid dream world. All while simultaneously being aware of my pysical body lying in bed.

I would love to have those dreams again.

Wow, so similar. My first lucid dreams were initiated during sleep paralysis. Initially, these episodes were absolutely terrifying (i felt like I was suffocating). Lucid dreaming cured me of this fear .. once I realize i'm in a dream I can change the scenario to something more pleasant.

Or just fly away through the window ;)

I feel sleep paralysis and lucid dreaming are deeply linked phenomena.

I never had any lucid dream unfortunately, but this link has already been looked at, notably here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgJOMqIhvHM&list=PLC2DC804CF...

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