I’ve been coming across a lot of accounts of shared dreaming. For those who don’t know, that’s when two or more people share the same exact dream or when someone communicates with another person via a dream.
This idea comes up when talking about Lucid Dreaming a lot. People mainly ask, “since you’re in a dream and can do anything, you can go to other people’s dreams, right?” Well, no one really knows. There’s accounts, but those are just that — accounts. There’s also the Lucid Crossroads. It’s a place “created” quite a while ago where lucid dreamers could gather together and pretty much just hang out or do some dream karate in the dojo. Not many people have claimed to visit this place, and the ones who have claim they haven’t seen anyone else there.
What do you guys think? Does shared dreaming exist? Do you have any accounts or
experiences to share?
I am very interested in lucid dreaming and excited to find this site!
I have had vivid dreams since I was about 5 years old, moreover many lucid dreams.When I was a child I was able to wake myself up from any dream, but to do this I would have to find a flight of stairs in my dreamworld and run to the top – then I would hurl myself headfirst down them hoping to hit my head hard – this would wake me up.It was to my horror that I found on occassions I didn’t hit my head hard enough and had to run all the way back up them and try again!!!! (Meanwhile being chased by monsters and doctors….)
To answer the question I have had two shared dreams-one with my female friend on a lazy afternoon we both fell asleep in the same room and woke up, both addmitting we had been having intense sex in our dreams with each other!!…The other was with my boyfriend, but this dream is harder to explain-It was early in the morning and when we awoke, we were amazed to find that we both knew that we had met in the dream-It was as if our emotions, or our souls were tousling above our heads in bed and we were very disturbed by the feelings and the vivedness of our unconcious meeting…
I would love to hear of others experiences and thoughts about lucid dreaming!!
Katalin
By: KATALIN KAAN on January 11, 2008
at 11:44 am
You’d hurl yourself off the top of stairs to wake up? Now that’s interesting. Especially that being chased by doctors has the same effect on you as monsters! That could be bad, i’m studying to be a doctor
I like how your shared dreams are all about sex. Man, you must have some intense energy, lol.
I haven’t had any shared dreams, but i can’t wait to experience one!
By: b12dreamer on January 11, 2008
at 12:12 pm
I am a clinical hypnotherapist and registered counselor in the state of Washington. About 20 years ago I did research into this question using hypnotic regressions. I found evidence that people do share dreams and can recall under hypnosis the same events (without guidance, of course).
From that research I have come to believe it is much more common than we realize in our waking state. The Senoi consider the dream state to be as real as the waking state and treat it with the same sensitivity and respect.
Dale
http://www.shamansweb.com
By: Dale on February 26, 2008
at 1:59 pm
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at 3:05 pm
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By: Question About Breathing on February 24, 2009
at 12:28 am
Shared dreaming exists, but its not for the waking world. Lucidity brings order to the free-associating dreaming mind, which has the effect of waking one up. The lower energy of the brain at rest/sleep results in many autonomous pockets of tiny energies which communicate with each other via emotion/chemistry. This state of mind is not structured with the order of time nor space as the waking mind is, and has the beneficial effect of rebalancing the brain’s chemistry. The sensation of falling or accellerating is analagous to the energies in the waking mind getting greater and greater until you re-connect with the spine/body and become awake. This is probably why Katalin was trying to “fall” within her dreams.
By: Psi on June 28, 2009
at 3:55 am
I’ve had one shared dream verified (though probably countless others that could have been shared dreams though it’s difficult to approach people and ask them without them thinking you are quite mad). This one was a very weird experience and left me in no doubt about the existence of shared dreaming and furthermore the existence of a dreamstate which we all share.
In my dream I woke up in my bed to find that my girlfriend (of the time) wasn’t there. I knew something was wrong so I got up and walked downstairs and into the living room. My girlfriend was asleep on the sofa and there was also a man there who I instinctively knew meant her harm. He looked directly into my eyes and showed me a knife while smiling at me. I then woke up (for real this time) and my girlfriend wasn’t there. I panicked a little and rushed downstairs and into the living room where my girlfriend had just woken up on the sofa and was distraught. After I had calmed her down she told me of her dream it matched the one I’d just had, only from her perspective. It is to this date the strangest experience I have ever had. This happened around 20 years ago.
I found your site today after searching for “lucid dreaming” of which I had my first experience just 2 nights ago. I was very excited to know that I was dreaming and could take control – I found that the best way to deal with falling (which usually wakes me up) was not try to flap my arms (I obviously can’t fly or turn into a bird) but just “know” that I could survive the fall and land on my feet. Incidentally, I mentioned I couldn’t turn into a bird in my dreams but I can turn into a cat – even better at surviving falls and definitely worth a try for anyone who wakes on falling.
I have had another 2 lucid dreams since the first – I think I have the knack of it now and I’m looking forward to more experiences of this kind.
By: Paul Buxton on August 19, 2009
at 2:46 pm