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I had this dream where I was really good friends with this girl and when I woke up I had no friends again. I was quite happy there, but now that blissful ignorance of my dreaming state on that night is forever locked from me. I guess what I'm asking is, what the fuarrrk MAN Now that that's out of the way, how do I have more happy dreams like that? My whole life I've had nothing but nightmares and it's only recently letting up.

Ever heard of lucid dreams ? Might be worth looking into. Keep in mind though that dream recall is essential, which unfortunately mean that you'll also remember nightmares more. However your nightmares might actually be a blessing in disguise. And lucid dreams might also address those. I'd suggest though you'd also find ways to deal with that lack of friends IRL. I don't think having only dreams as a happy experience for too long is a good thing.

>>2793 OP here. I've been having alot more lucid dreams recently. Mostly realizing it's a dream just before waking up, but it's progress. What exactly do you mean by that second part? It's very vague I'm trying to work on it, but goddam it's hard. any tips or advice lainon? I'd still like to have happy dreams, just to add as much net happiness to my life as possible.

I'm an "enlightened" beginner in lucid dreaming. So what I can tell is from my small experience with them, or from reading from authorities on the subject. You didn't ask for it, but I guess advice on staying asleep could be useful. First, stay calm. Realize that you'll be sleeping every single day of your life, which mean a potential lucid dream or even more; it's good to have one, but being too excited, well... it'll wake you up. They'll come as long as you experiment to find what work. Second, there are techniques to fade in or out the dream, it seem to be mainly from your physical perception. If you're sleeping, your brain is only getting sensory input from the dream (basically). If you lose focus on those inputs, it seems that this will wake you from the dream; so, there are techniques that have been worked on to improve the stability (or wake up at will): focusing on the physical sensations of the dreams, like rubbing your hands together; spinning on yourself, etc. This also depend on you; I'm still discovering what can help me stabilize my own dreams. The more you do them, the more it'll be natural, and the longer the lucid dreams will be. What I mean by the second part is that lucid dreams can be used to "heal" nightmares. Now I'm not a psychologist, so perhaps there are "better" things you could do to deal with the root of whatever issue is causing these. According to the book exploring the world of lucid dreaming, you can use nightmares as a reality check to become lucid; if you dream about being chased, you can try to associate the idea of being chased with the idea of doing a reality check. And then, there are a lot of possibility to deal with the nightmare; fighting it doesn't seem the best; instead, genuinely wondering what is the bad thing pursuing you, asking what does it want... What's your age, approximately ? I'm not in the best place to give help on that subject, I have several friends, but well I guess I can try to be of help. I'll give you tips based on your answer. Making friends is not easy, especially as you grow older. Hopefully this post makes sense. I've got dreams to do !

>>2807 I've actually been lucid dreaming more than usual lately. It's hard to hold on to the awareness though. Sometimes I fall right back into ignorance to the fact that I'm dreaming and continue the dream normally. I'll try to remember your advice next time I have one. I'm quite young.

I don't know if this will be useful advice or not, but read up on locus of control in psychology. How powerless do you feel in your day-to-day life? I'm not saying dumb bullshit like "pull up your bootstraps and simply stop having nightmares!" However, having a mindset of what you can control and what you can't and how to deal with the soykaf you can't can help you turn a nightmare into something better, even if it's not exactly pleasant. If you play a lot of video games, try throwing a fireball at the next fuarrrkface that tries to chase you.

dear butthurt-dreamy anon try eating cheese or some >85% chocolate but not too late in the evening... say as the sun drops off the horizon could help or could be further disturbing gl hf

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