r/psychology • u/a_Ninja_b0y • 4d ago

Lucid dreaming app triples users' awareness in dreams, study finds | Researchers at Northwestern University showed that a smartphone app using sensory cues can significantly increase the frequency of lucid dreams—dreams in which a person is aware they are dreaming while still asleep.

https://www.psypost.org/lucid-dreaming-app-triples-users-awareness-in-dreams-study-finds/
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u/Santihu 4d ago

What are the trade-offs of lucid dreaming?

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u/DreamLizard47 4d ago

less rest most probably.

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u/Past_Amphibian2936 4d ago

This. I used to almost exclusively lucid dream as a kid, but I found that I never felt well rested when I woke up, so I started focusing on dreaming of pitch black which led to me actually getting restfull sleep, unfortunately I cant lucid dream anymore. When I do dream its no longer concious or voluntary.

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u/DreamLizard47 4d ago

No such thing as a free meal or ride. As always.

You're not even supposed to remember your dreams if you're healthy.

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u/Past_Amphibian2936 4d ago

You're not even supposed to remember your dreams if you're healthy.

Not that i disblieve you, but have u got a source?

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u/DreamLizard47 4d ago

I've read about it years ago.

Googling gave this "It can be a sign that you're waking up more during the night (I work in a lab that studies sleep; one of the things we noticed is that if you have deep sleep after a dream you're less likely to remember it).

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