hey everyone and welcome to top tank today we're going to learn about seven things you should never
do in lucid dreams now let's begin number one the mirror experiment in real life looking into
a mirror is pretty harmless you might realize you're having a bad hair day or that you've
got bags under your eyes in a real mirror that's about the worst thing that can happen but mirrors
and dreams are completely different something as simple as your reflection can be downright
terrifying the mirror experiment has been a popular idea for some time now in fact it's
one of the first things people think about doing inside of a lucid dream this idea became popular
thanks to a wide variety of movies and TV shows many stories have given us a glimpse into the
way that a dream mirror can go wrong you might look into the mirror and see someone you don't
recognize or something terrifying staring back at you but why do dream mirrors create
such a strange reaction unlike a real mirror which shows your reflection a dream mirror displays your
unconscious self image in other words it shows you how you view yourself for some people that
unconscious representation is a total upgrade you might view yourself as smarter stronger and better
looking than you actually are but that's not true for everyone the majority of people see something
completely different from what they were expecting and that can be weird or even scary now I know
it's tempting to find out what your unconscious thinks of you but stay away from mirrors in your
lucid dreams the mirror experiment seems like a great learning experience on the surface but
it rarely rarely ever turns out the way you expect so do yourself a favor and steer clear
number two negative nightmares when you've entered your dreamscape all your emotions will get more
intense they'll transform into something sensory and visual if you're happy for example your dream
might be filled with things that are positive and uplifting you'll run into your favorite
people you'll walk through your favorite places and you might even eat your favorite foods but
what happens if you begin a lucid dream feeling negative just like any positive emotion changes
your dream negative emotions have the same effect in other words if you're stressed out
your dreamscape might become a nightmare negative emotions like fear anger and anxiety are the most
problematic and they can completely ruin a lucid dream they not only hurt the quality of your sleep
but these emotions also surround you with things that scare you or stress you out remember that
your brain is amplifying all of your emotions so any little bit of anger is going to take over your
dream so before you lucid dream just make sure you're in a positive state of mind if you find
yourself stuck in a rut I'll do something to lift your spirits you might enjoy your favorite hobby
or set aside some time for peaceful meditation anything works as long as it puts you in a better
mood before you fall asleep so that way your next lucid dream won't spiral into a nightmare number
three flying right away flying may be the part of lucid dreaming that you're looking forward
to the most for most people it is number one on the checklist but I got a bit of bad news for
you even in a lucid dream flying isn't always easy okay here's the problem your brain knows
that you can't fly you may be in the middle of a lucid dream but your brain still relies on some
basic instincts for example if someone throws a ball at you will you expect it to hit you right
it's just basic physics a ball in motion stays in motion until it strikes another object in
this case you your brain has this memorized at a very basic level so deep down it knows how the
world works so even in a dream the laws of physics might still apply but when you're trying to fly
physics is your enemy because as a human being you shouldn't be flying you should be falling
and the moment your brain realizes what should be happening you might start plummeting toward
the ground a bad fall in a lucid dream can be a jarring experience so much so that you get
scared of falling again and that just makes you less motivated to lucid dream in the future so
just don't make the mistake of trying to fly too soon I know it sounds amazing to take off like a
rocket and soar amongst the clouds and you will someday most experienced lucid dreamers do fly
on a regular basis but it does take practice your brain has to get used to those major differences
between dreams and reality at first you might practice by bending the laws of physics in
different smaller ways you could pass your hand through the side of a building or simply move
your own dream body around the world eventually your brain will realize that dream physics don't
work the same way as real physics and once that happens you can start flying without risking a
bad fall number for replacing reality many people revisit real places in their dreams they transport
themselves to their school or to their office and they surround themselves with people they
interact with on a daily basis since you're in a dream it's fun to bend the rules and your usual
stomping grounds but bending reality comes with a price if you revisit a real place your brain
will retain that memory in the future whenever you think about your office you'll remember
normal memories like sitting at your desk and talking with your co-workers but you might also
remember dream memories like writing an elephant through your hallway and that leaves your brain
totally confused it'll struggle to separate real memories from fake ones and sooner or later you'll
be asking yourself did that memory really happen or was it just part of a dream luckily there's
an easy way to make sure these fake memories don't infiltrate your brain instead of copying
reality just try to differentiate your dream world from your real world that way any time you think
back on a memory you'll know whether or not it actually happened number five wander aimlessly
consistent lucid dreams aren't something you have by accident they're intentional there's something
you have to be conscious of and it works the same way inside your dreams if you just sit back and
watch your dreams unfold well nothing's gonna happen you're going to feel disappointed and you
probably won't loose a dream again the key to good lucid dreams is a powerful imagination you have to
be thinking about new ideas creating new objects and envisioning new environments every time you
dream now of course that kind of imagination takes time to develop but you'll never get
there if you're just wandering around aimlessly if that's all you do your lucid dreams won't get
better you're going to be stuck with short empty dreams and you'll wonder why you can't have those
amazing immersive environments that you hear other people talking about most of the time empty dreams
come from one bad habit and that's not using your dream time wisely so just make sure you're being
intentional in your dreams challenge yourself to create and reinvent because the more you work on
your imagination the more fulfilling your lucid dreams will be number six stable spinning do you
get so excited about lucid dreaming that you wake yourself up if you do you might have tried a few
different stabilization techniques stabilization techniques are designed to keep you calm aware and
clear-headed inside your lucid dream a couple of popular examples are reality checks or staring at
your hands both of which help your conscious mind to stay in control but one stabilization technique
ruins more dreams than any other especially for new dreamers this technique is called spinning
and that's really all it is you stand in one place and you spin in circles you're probably wondering
how does spinning help you stay in a lucid dream much like touching your hands spinning is a way
to connect your brain to your physical body that connection should stimulate your consciousness
which keeps you awake and aware inside your dream but spinning tends to do more damage than
anything else even experienced dreamers find that spinning ruins their dreamscape imagine your brain
is putting together a dream environment your next goal is to stabilize or enhance that environment
right but instead of helping you discover more details spinning is going to destabilize your
environment and that just puts you in a really tough position if you can't quickly imagine
something new then you'll end up falling right out of your dream so if you're new to lucid dreaming
you might want to try something simpler otherwise you might spin away your own dream world number 7
closing your eyes one thing ends a lucid dream faster than anything on this list and that's
closing your eyes if you intentionally closed your eyes during a lucid dream you'll wake up
almost instantly it's just that simple you might have created an elaborate fantasy world you might
be in the middle of an amazing experience but the best lucid dreams can disappear in the blink of an
eye literally so avoid intentionally closing your eyes during a lucid dream if it's unintentional
then don't worry about it for example even though you're in a dream world your eyes might still
blink automatically this rarely has any effect on your lucid dream but closing your eyes is a
different story as soon as those eyelids shut your dream will almost always be over hey thank you
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