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When it comes to professors, Cleveland is the best... A few years back, during some research at the University of Cleveland, clinical psychology was ranked as the least stressful—basically the best major out there...
How do you get over someone?
Do you mean just moving on because there’s zero chance, or trying to bounce back after a breakup?
I think it could help, but if you're looking for some magic fix... I wouldn't hold my breath.
Sure... there’s something to it. Look, psychoanalytic dream theory has been poked and prodded by mainstream science for ages, and a lot of it actually holds water. But there's another side to the coin too. That's why dealing with dreams is such a headache—the theories don't play nice together, even when they all make sense individually. You have to flip your perspective on the whole problem if you ever want to find real answers.
Yeah, but this is just ONE theory out of a whole bunch about why we dream or if there’s even a point to it.
There are tons of other explanations and theories out there. None of them are 100% certain or exclusive, so you can't just be this rigid and look at everything through the lens of one single theory.
You can totally experience a lucid dream all on your own—like, they just happen spontaneously. It’s just that people don't notice them until they actually know what to look for...
It usually happens during that last REM stage right before you wake up, or in that half-asleep state before you're fully conscious...
So how do you learn it? The absolute biggest thing is starting to remember your dreams. You need a dream journal—keep a notebook right by your nightstand (or wherever you crash) and write down everything you dreamed the second you wake up. No "just five more minutes" bullshit allowed. 😁
That way, you get more aware of your dreams, you remember them better, and you start thinking about them more. Eventually, it just clicks while you're dreaming 😁 and then you can use all those different reality check techniques... There's some popular one involving light, though I can't recall the specifics right now... someone else borrowed my book on Lucid dreams so I can't check it...
But whatever, there's tons of books and articles online you can download. Anyone can find a way that works for them.
And here's the kicker: you aren't going to master this in two days and suddenly be a pro. That's what trips most people up. You need serious concentration, which was my biggest struggle. Even though mine is pretty damn good, staying in that conscious dream state without slipping back into a deep sleep or waking up entirely is tough.