I’m not a control freak in real life, but my dreams are a different situation. When I realize that I’m in a dream, I instantly know everything. The places, characters and stories change to suit my mood. This happens everytime and is quite bothersome. I want to exist in a world that is not of my own (even though some of mine are pretty entertaining). I wouldn’t mind this every now and then, it’s very challenging to control. It literally creates an abyss that I alone can fill. After about half a minute or so, I’m fully aware of my unconsious state. I know, I can leave whenever I want to. And then after a very short time, I do. I can’t control it any longer and I wake up. The cool thing is that it’s very easy to remember everything and if I want to, it’s easy for me to keep the story in my head, fall asleep, and reenter that dream (without lucidity).
Has anyone else had any experience with this kind of situation? Sort’ve like you’re writing your dream word for word? Is there any way to subdue it?
Starting imagining anything IRL.
Try to get tired, and have “inner dialogs” (thinking a phrase, and then letting the answer come to you)
Try to dream that someone else has control over the dream.
Imagine you are doing something you have very little control on - riding a rollercoaster, flying a plane, falling off a cliff…
That sounds very strange. In my lucid dreams, I don’t know anything more than I do in real life. Perhaps you can use this situation to create vast worlds. Try to create randomness! I don’t know how that would be done, perhaps with a random button.
Search for something unexpected! Like, walk around, going through doors, deliberately distracting yourself so you don’t create the next area consciously.
Try to override your own ability to control the events, forcing your subconscious to come up with something. Maybe if you try to bring in new elements, like objects of various kinds, or people, really rapidly, before you can think of it, something unecpected will come. Might be a minor thrill, but it’s just an example.
I usually go around exploring the possibilities, in the limited time I have. You think you can just sort of, change your focus? You say you’re a control freak in the dreams, you think you can focus on being some other kind of freak?