I've been reading a lot about lucid dreaming. It seemed kind of unnecessary, and in some cases a bit scary.

Then my friend told me that through lucid dreaming techniques she taught herself to run in her dreams. She said she was always terrible at running in her dreams, which was maddening because she was a great runner in real life. She said it took a while, over many dreams, but now she could run as fast as she wanted in her dreams. I was intrigued, because I too am continually frustrated by my inability to run in my dreams. In my dreams my quadriceps are always incredibly weak-- they can barely hold my weight, and with every step I collapse towards the ground.

I will teach myself to run in my dreams, I decided. Several weeks later, I had my first chance. I was running again, in my floppy, weak, dream-state, and it occurred to me that I was dreaming. I didn't wake up, I just knew that I was dreaming. The first step! I infused my legs with the power that came from the knowledge that nothing was real. I stood upright and ran several meters. The crippled quads returned. The dream went on, but the tide had been turned. My training had begun.

Last night I had a dream and my crush appeared in it. My mind took a momentary pause. "This is a dream," said my mind. "In a lucid dream you can do whatever you want. You could even make out with your crush!" The information was like an external narration to my dream. "Make out with my crush?" The thought was small and sad inside my dream-self. I looked at him, that beautiful charming boy towards whom I felt so tenderly. Why, I could never make him do anything he didn't want to do, even in my dreams.

Instead he sat down in a chair and I sat slightly to the side at his feet. We were watching some kind of game or spectacle. At some point I gingerly and tenderly placed my hand on his foot. And just as kindly and tenderly, he moved my hand away.

And that is what they call a

Lucid

Nightmare.

That is unutterably cute and utterly horrifying.
May your dreams preclude your notions of consent.
» SylphFeather on 2013-09-22 03:52:21

Very interesting. I also have those kinds of dreams where my legs are weak and I cannot run. I should give it a try.
» Midnight on 2013-09-24 08:30:59

Yes. I trained myself like u did too. For me its about getting away from spirits during dreaming. I have sleep paralysis sometimes n the moment im having it i will try shaking my whole body n head till i wake up physically.
» renaye on 2013-10-02 08:13:09

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