I can control my dreams

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i used to have a recurring nightmare when i was very young, about everything being alive. eg the pillows were alive and so were the paintings on my wall, but after having the nightmare for about two weeks every night, i started to realise i was dreaming as it was happening.
for a few days this was great as like you i could control my own nightmare. but beware!! after about a week of this happening constantly my nightmare evolved into a state where i knew i was dreaming, but could no longer control the dream, but worse than that i was also trapped in this dream unable to wake up.
anyway i grew out of it eventually but i do still sometimes know when i am dreaming, but thankfully this thought usually wakes me up now.

omg! you are soooo lucky.. you do what's called "lucid dreaming" i've only ever been able to do that like 7 times in my life. and i've been trying since i was 12 or something. :S.. but yeah, its very normal. :)

I can do it sometimes, but sometimes not to my will

like last night, i was dreaming and i had a feeling something bad was going to happen, and then a bunch of bats came and shrouded my friend.

I can do that too :P :P somtimes i cant tho and its really frustrating but i do it a lot! i normally make a hot guy come outta nowhere and the next thing i know we're in a bed lol

ahhh i love dreaming :P

i could control my dreams since my hole life and somtimes i can start a dream with wat ever i like it to be but if not i still can do anything i want every time. I can dream of anything and everything and do anything i want.

Lucid Dreaming. Perfectly normal.
I've never been able to do it myself. Unfortunately.

Yep, lucid dreaming, every night is like that for me.

wow im so glad i read your story. :)
i had no clue that other people had this problem that i have lived with for the majority of my life. Except on some nights when i am not even in the dream... some nights it just plays like a movie.. and its very scary... because it is always some sort of disaster. i hate these dreams and i never speak of them to anyone. sometimes it is a dejavu moment where bits of my dream happen in real life at different times, sometimes weeks later.
But i have noticed that when i have a dream where i AM in it... i literally HAVE to control what happens.. especially in nightmares.
For example... i have this recurring dream where i am walking the halls at a school... the doors are only 2D so its like they are painted on the walls, i cannot leave the hallway... i can only go straight.. While walking, this girl comes up to me... she has the most blank expression, its a bit scary. and she walks up to me and slowly presses against my chest.. and she keeps pressing and pressing.. until i can quite literally FEEL the pain of my diaphragm compressing so tight.. and she whispers something but i have never been able to know what she said..
But i learned soon that if i moved out of the way in my dream... i wouldnt be hurt by that strange girl.. but she is angry about it when this happens, she screams at me once and then i usually wake up and cant go back to sleep.

I sometimes wonder if this dream means anything.. it doesnt always happen of course, it did happen back in december for nearly 2 weeks every night. it usually doesnt run like a marathon like it did back in Dec, i get this dream every once in a while only. Its less and less lately.

Durring nightmares, i am in complete control. the scariest thing in the world in my oppinion... if i dont move, i will be crushed or burnt or god knows what. Its like a video game... all of my surroundings are pre-planned... not by me, or possibly subconsciously.. but they are so real, and whats more i am real. its very interactive.

....hmmm long and off topic..
Well anyway thanks for not being afraid to tell your story... it helped me feel a bit less unusual.
take care.

It's called Lucid Dreaming. Very few people realize they are dreaming, and even fewer are able to control them. I worked very hard to psychologically prepare myself to Lucid Dream. I can do it too now, and it's awesome. I especially love flying dreams.Hard to exaplain, but enjoy it. I love dreaming.

yeah.... i used to be able to do it a lot when i was younger. i can still do it sometimes.

Yeh I used to have that, that has a name? (lucid dreming?) Kewl!!!

Anyways I on't really dream anymore...so can't do it, but when I do, it sometimes happens.

Yup,google ''how to lucid dream'' if you really want to learn how.You can train your body and mind to do this...It's epic!

omg ! sometimes i can do the same thing, on rare occasions i can actually realize i am in a dream and then i can completely change the setting to whatever i want !
it sucks that sometimes i forget it's a dream after

If you can get good at lucid dreaming it can be the most awesome thing you have ever experienced in your life. I go to bed just praying I can have one every night. I cant seem to get a hold on making them happen, but when they do, maybe 6 times a year, they can be really incredible, you can do ANYTHING you can imagine. Quite frustrating tho coming out of one when you dont wish to, after waiting 2 months to have one. Look online there are many techniques to getting them, and more importantly, staying in them. If you can do this I HIGHLY suggest persuing it, and getting better, you will not be dissapointed.

hah yes I love it when this happens to me though sometimes im dreaming and em debateing if im dreaming or not to if I should do something dangerous you know... cuz what if im not!!! then I wake up and relize I was dreaming then get pissed I didnt do it

Yep, It's called lucid dreaming. Every time I try to practice it, I get temporary insomnia. Strange, Eh?

Lucky. I've done it once. It takes some work too if your not natural at it.

Perfectly normal, it's called "Lucid Dreaming".

I do it as well.

I do it often and flying is my favorite thing to do. However I still end up truing hide large quantities of money where I can find it when I wake up. So, I guess I have a lot of control of my dream but not complete.

I dreamed I was eating a giant marshmallow, and when I woke up my pillow was missing

holy cow i love those dreams. in some of my dreams i have total power over everything. one time i even controlled the weather, sometimes i posses people. its just so much fun. but i need to practice with my powers a little more, it takes some serious focus, especially teleportation. try it tonight in a dream and youll see what i mean

Wow.........!! I usually can't control what i do in dreams. For example, if i meet a really hot guy in my dreams, i can't talk to him, and even if i do, as it gets better, i wake up or someone wakes me up (its so annoying)
you're so lucky!! :/

Ive only been able to do it a handfull of times and every time it was awesome I wish I could do it more often

i understand you so much i have dreams and bits of them happen in life the weird thing is though not alot of dreams include me my dreams are always about these two main characters named Karana and Frank

I can't control what I do, but I can control the environment. If I'm having a bad dream, (say im being attacked) in my dream I'll tell myself "just go to another place/room" and suddenly I'll be somewhere else. If, say I have a dream where a close relative dies (one a had a few nights ago) I'll be like WAKE UP! and I'll force myself to wake up.

This is called Lucid Dreaming I believe.

Lucid Dreaming, yup. I do it all the time. Here's the Wikipedia page if you want more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dreaming

As everyone else has said, lucid dreaming. Some people really enjoy this. Some people never get it, some people on every once in a great while (like me, and I love dreams like that), and others can dream like that every night. You're pretty lucky. It reminds me of having two lives, but one is limitless. =D