No there are not in fact any "short cuts" to lucid dreaming. It is not hard to obtain if you put in the time and effort.
Keeping a dream journal is very important, by doing this you can look back at previous dreams and see if there are any people, things, places, ect. that keeps occuring. This could be a dream sign. Once you have a dream sign when you see it in a dream you are aware your dreaming. This should help you obtain lucidity.
No, it is very unlikely that gender has any affect on the ability to have lucid dreams.
It is possible but depends on location. Certain people are able to lucid dream at will, without any anomalies...
There are several movies about lucid dreams. These movies would include: Inception (2010), Vanilla Sky (2001), Waking Life (2001), The Science of Sleep (2006), Dreamscape (1985), and Open Your Eyes (1997).
no you have dreams every night and not everyone remembers them
i think dogs can have dreams because sometimes when their sleep they either bark or growl or sometimes even whimper in their sleep as if their dreaming.
From what I know of there isn't any, it is perfectly safe In lucid dreams, the conscious mind interrupts the natural function of the subconscious mind. Natural dreams performs a number of tasks that are essential to both physical and mental well-being. Researchers found that volunteers who were deprived of dreams for extended periods suffered serious negative effects. Similarly, the conscious mind requires natural sleep for health; lucid dreaming interrupts natural sleep. So the danger in lucid dreaming lies in the temptation to overdo it.
That depends on what you mean by "high." There is often a feeling of contentment and excitement after having a lucid dream, especially if it is one of your first lucid dreams. But you shouldn't feel any kind of dizziness, disorientation, or other unusual sensations that are commonly associated with being high.
i also take nadolol and have experienced vivid dreams and lucid dreams, my dreams are not scary or bad more weird & crazy... Hopefully you stop getting awful dreams. as for talking in your sleep i have no idea
You could "lose control" of a lucid dream only in the sense that your subconscious mind might take over control of the dream from your conscious awareness. At no point in any kind of dreaming does any factor outside your own mind control the dream. Dreams, lucid or otherwise, only exist within your own mind.
it means you're very smart because if you Dream while you know your in it, it's a proven fact because the brain still works when you're asleep but the rest of the body doesn't, or you get many dreams that you're so used to it you kind of feel like you're in your imagination... The phenomenon of realizing you are in a dream while dreaming is called "lucid dreaming." It does not "mean" anything in particular, other than the conscious mind has become active during the dream without fully awakening.
If you would like to lucid dream, you should start trying to remember your "normal" dream after you wake up. The purpose of this is: If you can't remember regular dreams, there isn't any way you'll be able to remember if you had a lucid dream. All lucid dreaming really is is being conscious of your surroundings while in a dream. If you can realize that you are in a dream while in your dream, you will become lucid. There are hundreds of different ways to learn to lucid dream. The most commonly used one is asking yourself throughout the day if you are in a dream. Chances are, if you do this in your dream out of habit, you will realize that you ARE dreaming, and become lucid.
They can.More information:To some extent it is possible to take some control of dreams through lucid dreaming. Some individuals have more success in developing this skill than others. At the present time, there is a great deal of interest in lucid dreaming, and quite a lot of unfounded claims that are unsupported by any legitimate research. See the link attached below, which has less nonsense than many other lucid dreaming sites on the Web.