Benefits and concerns of seeking and experiencing lucid dreams: Benefits are tied to successful induction and dream control
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Therapies focused on lucid dreaming could be useful for treating various sleep disorders and other conditions. Still, one major roadblock is the paucity of systematic information on the consequences of attempting these sorts of dreams. The current study sought to quantify positive and negative aspects of seeking lucid dreams, describe their phenomenology in detail, and identify features associated with positive or negative experiences. Observational data from a massive lucid-dream discussion forum were analyzed to capture lucid-dreaming themes. Forum posts were independently rated on multiple dimensions hypothesized to contribute to the valence of lucidity-related phenomena. Our results revealed that lucid dreams can end nightmares and prevent their recurrence, but they can also induce harrowing dysphoric dreams. The realization of dreaming (lucidity) and dreams with high-control were both associated with positive experiences. We translated our results into a process model that describes the progression from lucid dream induction to waking benefit, identifying potential areas of concern. Our results and model suggest that negative outcomes primarily result from failed induction attempts or lucid dreams with low dream control, and that successfully inducing high-control lucid dreams poses low risk for negative outcomes. Lucid dreaming has valuable therapeutic and recreational potential, but a better understanding of the risks is required. Our findings provide new insights into possible negative repercussions and how to avoid them in future applications.
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Failed induction of lucid dreaming, potentially explained by a unilateral switch of the discriminator target alone without stopping FB plasticity, may lead to harrowing dysphoric dreams.
“In fact, failed induction of lucid dreaming, potentially explained by a unilateral switch of the discriminator target alone without stopping FB plasticity, may lead to harrowing dysphoric dreams [62].”
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The Discussion’s process model distinguishes failed induction from lucid dysphoria: when lucidity is not attained, it associates the negative outcome with poor sleep or sleep paralysis; lucid dysphoria arises after lucidity is attained but dream control is lacking. The paper does describe frightening dysphoric dreams, but it does not offer the proposed discriminator-target or FB-plasticity explanation. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredIf the switch in the D label is correctly synchronized with the required plasticity changes, the awareness of the dream and the dream content during lucid dreaming may help to consolidate specifically selected memories, as is also exploited in therapy therapeutic applications.
“However, if the switch in the D label is correctly synchronized with the required plasticity changes, the awareness of the dream and the dream content during lucid dreaming may help to consolidate specifically selected memories, as is also exploited in therapy therapeutic applications [62].”
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- Authors
- Mallett, R., Sowin, L., Raider, R., Konkoly, K. R., & Paller, K. A.
- Affiliations
- Northwestern University (US)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- University of Rochester Medicine (US)
- Corresponding author
- Mallett, Remington
- Venue
- SLEEP Advances
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2022-01-01
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- zpac027-zpac027
- ISSN
- 2632-5012 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC10104404
- OpenAlex
- W4294912148
- Cited by
- 24
- References
- 79
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 2
- FWCI
- 4.14
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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- SLEEP Advances (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
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- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (T32NS047987)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
- Keywords
- lucid dreaming, lucid dream induction, dream control, nightmares, phenomenology of dreams, online forums, process model, therapeutic potential
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