Training dream lucidity is likely to produce safe psychological strengthening in a non-psychotic population, but in a psychotic population LD practice may further empower deliria and hallucinations, giving internal reality the appearance of external reality.
I’ve used several lucid dreaming techniques to help manage my psychotic symptoms But still an interesting article nonetheless!
This is such an important topic and I don’t understand why neuroscientists don’t pay much more attention to the similarity between dreams and psychosis and explore, scan, measure, compare these two states of mind and consciences??? It is just common sense seeing the similarity between the two states, like lack of external influence on mind, like internal reality seemingly coming out of nowhere… Why is this not explored more???
I share your sentiment. I’ve noticed for a long time how much symptoms can be likened to experiencing a dream while awake, both in terms of delusions and hallucinations.
Wow,
I’ve had extremely Lucid dreams since the onset of my illness. Sometimes I question whether I am awake or not during the day because of how conscious I am when I am sleeping. I feel pain, pleasure etc. when I am dreaming and wonder how this waking state is any different. More so I have been driven mad nearly committing suicide for I was unable to tell if I am ever truly “awake” or if it’s all a dream … no real way of telling
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