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Can you manipulate your dreams? If so, you’re probably experiencing an interesting phenomenon called lucid dreaming! Lucid dreamers have…

Vansh Sharma in Write A Catalyst · 2026-04-21 17:19 · 15 claps · 1.9 min read
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Living in imagination

Imagining a better and an happy future

Imagining a better and an happy future

Can you manipulate your dreams? If so, you’re probably experiencing an interesting phenomenon called lucid dreaming! Lucid dreamers have the ability to become aware that they are dreaming, and sometimes even influence their dreams

Lucid dreaming

Lucid dreaming

It can be both good and bad for you depending on your situations and surroundings.

  1. If you are suffering from ptsd or anxiety issues, it might help you to cure it to an level
  • Lucid dreaming offers a powerful therapeutic tool for PTSD and anxiety by allowing individuals to control nightmares, transforming fearful, re-traumatizing scenes into empowering or neutral experiences

Lucid dreaming for mental health

Lucid dreaming for mental health

  1. Escapism Dependency: Because lucid dreaming allows individuals to live out fantasies, it can become a form of addictive escapism. If the dream world is more engaging or pleasurable than reality, it may lead to neglecting real-life responsibilities.

If there’s someone who prefer their controlled dream worlds over their waking lives, often using them to avoid confronting real-world problems

You might end up getting trapped in your dreams rather than confronting your real-life problems and working on your life and making it better.

Personal experience: I was a student who was very good in studies until 2 years back; then things got worse. I failed an entrance exam too, and then I fell into a trap of dreaming or running away from reality, but for the last few months I have started to cure it by

  1. Practice “Grounding” in Reality

Physical Activity: go out for a walk or run.

Social interaction: Go talk to your friends or your loved ones.

In simple words go and face your reality.

do drop feedback.

keep growing and have a good day


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