Personal Narrative: Lucid Dreaming: Tim Post

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Lucid Dreaming: Tim Post

I have always been really fascinated by dreams. Both my mother and I have very vivid and surreal dreams every night so each morning while we’re waiting for the bus we discuss our dreams. We tend to have around 2-3 each night and are able to recall specific details about what happens while we sleep. Up until a couple years ago I thought that everybody experienced what is known as lucid dreaming. It was so weird when Post started explaining what the person in the sleep lab said he was dreaming of because I totally have dreams similar to it. I often have lucid dreams where I dream that I woke up from the dream. All in all I loved watching this TEDx talk.

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