So the other night I had a LD. There was a man who I didn’t recognize and in an attempt to practice my dream control skills I told him to leave my dream. He got extremely angry and hostile and went on about how wrong it is for me to tell him to leave and that I had no right.
This was the second time this type of thing has happened to me. One other time I told a DC I wanted them to leave my dream and they turned into this scary demon thing, which ended up disappearing eventually, but took me an enormous amount of energy to make them leave (i actually turned myself into a scary monster to scare them away).
I’m just wondering if this is my lack in dream control skills? Or if DC generally aren’t controllable? Anyone else have this problem? Should I strive to fix this and just keep practicing? Any input is welcome. Thanks!
That’s most likely because you expect them to get mad at you if you tell them to leave, at least on a subconscious level. Next time, perhaps you could try asking politely and expecting them to comply, or simply asking for smaller favors.
Maybe this is because your subconscious doesn’t like getting kicked out of your dreams? Next time, try asking them something else like to pick up something nearby and give it to you. Hope this helps!
I agree with fennecgirl here. I’ve had experience with hostile DC’s, but after some analyzing and thinking I came to the conclusion that this was because I wasn’t very kind, which, based on the real life reactions of people, had to result in hostile DC’s (I didn’t fully realize at this time that real life rules don’t apply in dreams). Try to be nicer and interact with them (what MrMindBlow said for example) rather than chasing them away. Also, I’d like to point out that it isn’t really possible to kick your SC out of your dream since the SC more or less creates the dream.
Wow! Thanks for all the insight. All this totally makes sense now. I had a ld just the other day where there was a dog and at first I didn’t want it there and it got mean but then I remembered all your advice and was kind to it and it turned really nice and lovable. Thanks guys!
The way I see it, if you REALLY want something gone, just do it the “quick way”. Sometimes people like doing it creative ways, like building a giant ion cannon, blowing it up, or just simply warping the world around you to have it be gone. It’s your dreams, and you set the bars for your limitations.