I've had one lucid dream, my freshman year in college (1987), a couple days after my roommate told me about lucid dreaming. I was dreaming that there was an incoming nuclear warhead in my neighborhood, and told myself this cant be happening, and if this was a dream, then I should be able to jump up into the air and float, which i did. the excitement i felt was as real as if you were to do this now (jump into the air and actually float, which, of course, would absolutely blow you away). unfortunately, i woke up a few seconds later, and have never had a lucid dream since that time.
that was one powerful experience that got me interested in the brain. just the idea that one part of the brain could generate experiences, and then get briefly cross-wired to the part of the brain that tells you that something is 'real', was a real mind opener.
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I've had one lucid dream, my freshman year in college (1987), a couple days after my roommate told me about lucid dreaming. I was dreaming that there was an incoming nuclear warhead in my neighborhood, and told myself this cant be happening, and if this was a dream, then I should be able to jump up into the air and float, which i did. the excitement i felt was as real as if you were to do this now (jump into the air and actually float, which, of course, would absolutely blow you away). unfortunately, i woke up a few seconds later, and have never had a lucid dream since that time.
that was one powerful experience that got me interested in the brain. just the idea that one part of the brain could generate experiences, and then get briefly cross-wired to the part of the brain that tells you that something is 'real', was a real mind opener.
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