Not referring to lucid dreaming, which is simply controlling your dream. I’d like to know how to control what I dream the next night, regardless if it ends up as a lucid dream.

I remember reading a portion of a book then dreaming about it the day later. I am also aware of the “shifting” community (though they want to go to an entire alternate universe) in which they script throughout the day and sometimes get dreams related to it. Is there an actual practice for this sort of thing? Or is this something that happens only randomly?

  • catreadingabook
    9•1 year ago

    Dreams are at least somewhat influenced by your recent thoughts and experiences. For example, many studies found that people dreamed more about disease and confinement during the pandemic (here’s a medical journal article about it). You probably have a higher chance of influencing the subject of your dreams if you focus on the desired subject enough during the day.

    • @200ok
      2•1 year ago

      This explains why I had a dream about this person from work who is trying to take my job but pretending to be my friend.

      I wasn’t feeling well yesterday and spent 8 hours on the couch, binge watching a trashy reality TV show that included a lot of jealousy and betrayal in a confined environment.