transcript: Dreams provide a world in which
we escape from reality into the mind and seemingly have little control over what happens But what if you could know you were
dreaming, and subsequently control the dream? It turns out lucid dreaming is entirely possible and with a little effort and practise, even you can do it Now, some of you might be saying, "I don't even dream" but the truth is everybody has about 3-7 dreams a night the problem is we quickly forget them The first strategy towards lucid dreaming
is keeping a dream journal Keeping the journal improves your
ability to recall dreams, and helps facilitate lucidity So every time you wake up, write
down what you can remember, even if it's nothing, just to form the habit The next step is performing reality checks In a dream, something as simple as reading a sentence, counting your fingers, or checking the time can often go astray Try it right now: look at the time,
look away, and then look back Assuming you aren't currently dreaming, the time probably stayed the same however, in a dream, the time or
the words you were reading will often completely change The key is to do these reality
checks often when you're awake This way they become second nature and when you're dreaming
you're likely to perform the same test and realise that something's wrong After this comes a technique known as
Mnemonically Induced Lucid Dreams (MILD) As you're falling asleep, begin
to think of a recent dream, and imagine yourself becoming lucid The idea is to reinforce the intention
to realise you're dreaming in your dream Keep repeating the phrase
"I will have a lucid dream tonight" The highest rates of success tend to
come if you wake up in the middle of the night get up for 30 minutes, and then go
back to sleep with these intentions in mind Finally, once you've had success with MILD, an advanced technique known as
Wake Induced Lucid Dreams (WILD) may be attempted The idea behind this is to keep your
mind aware while your body falls asleep The risk here is that you'll experience sleep paralysis, a completely normal phenomenon
that prevents your body from moving during sleep except you'll be awake which can be somewhat frightening The extra caveat with WILD is that,
during sleep paralysis the brain can play tricks on you, inducing strong feelings of fear and causing hallucinations of dark and scary figures approaching you Scientific research into lucid dreaming has provided an insight into the
location of metaconsciousness in the brain, provided opportunities for dream
therapy and nightmare recession, and even begged the question if sleep and wakefulness are distinct events, or part of a continuum After all, dreaming of doing something is almost equivalent to actually doing it when looking at the functional system
of neuronal activity in your brain So, are you sure you're not dreaming? Got a burning question you want answered? Ask it in the comments or on Facebook and Twitter And subscribe for more weekly science videos
auto_transcript: dreams provide a world in which we
escape from reality into the mind and seemingly have little control over what
happens but what if you could know you were
dreaming and subsequently control the dream it turns out lucid dreaming is entirely
possible and with a little effort in practice
even you can do it now some of you may be saying I don't even dream but the truth is
everybody has both 327 dreams and night the problem is we could be forget them
the first strategy towards lucid dreaming is keeping a dream journal keeping a journal improves your ability
to recall dreams and helps assault in the city so every time you
wake up write down what you can remember even if it's nothing just to form the
habit the next step is performing reality checks in a dream something as simple as
reading a sentence counting your fingers are checking the time can often go
astray dry right now %uh look at the time look
away and then look back assuming you are currently dreaming the
time probably stay the same however in a dream the time were the
words repeating what often completely change the key is to do these reality checks
often when you're awake this way they become second nature and
when you're dreaming you're likely to perform the same test and realize that something's wrong after
this comes a technique known as mnemonic Lee induced lucid dreams or mild as a falling asleep begin to
think I'm a recent dream and imagine yourself becoming lucid the idea is to reinforce the intention
to realize you're dreaming in your dreams keep repeating the phrase
I will have a lucid dream tonight the High Street success tend to come if
you wake up in the middle of the night get up to 30 minutes and then go back to
sleep with these intentions in mind finally once you've had success with
mild an advanced technique known as awake induce lucid dreams or wild may be
attempted the idea behind this is to keep your
mind or care what your body falls asleep the risk here is that you'll experience
sleep paralysis completely normal phenomenon prevent your body from moving during
sleep except you'll be awake which can be somewhat frightening the
extra caveat with wild is that during sleep paralysis the brain complete tricks on you
inducing strong feelings appearing causing hallucinations dark and scary figures approaching you
scientific research into lucid dreaming has provided and insight into the
location have met a consciousness in the brain provided opportunities between therapy
in a recession and even beg the question sleep and
wakefulness artistic defense are part of a continuum after all dreaming up doing something is
almost equivalent actually doing it when looking at the
functional system neuronal activity in your brain so are you sure you're not dreaming got
a burning question you want answered ask in the comments or Facebook and
Twitter Skype from our weekly science videos you
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