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I'm sick of the state of this subreddit — I'm tired of it: I love lucid dreaming, I achieved it on a weekly level for years now and I love to read about people's experiences, sharing my own piece of advice, learning about the different techni…

Hosting Company Gaslighting Strategy? — I work as a sub-contractor for a marketing company and their biggest client uses a niche hosting company that is more paranoid than Elon Musk in a bunker. I have to install Wordpress manually, do manu…

How did you find working in Avada? Would you charge more? — Im creating a site audit for a potential client about some SEO work. The last agency he was with builty a pretty site that doesnt and hasnt shown up anywhere in 4 years its been live. Were going to…

Marketplace Connect changed 12000 Amazon inventory items to 0 ! Has this happened to anyone? I can't get help uploading a product list I downloaded. — What a nightmare! This experience has been devastating! The software is supposed to be safe... how on earth does it change all my inventory to 0 and no one is willing to help me fix it?? I have gone a…

Ecommerce shop losing money inconsistent results with ads — Hi hope everyone is doing fine. I am running a woocommerce store for the past 5/6 years. The first few years had been great I had been generating a lot of revenue and profit. I run a woman fashion st…

Ecommerce shop losing money inconsistent results with ads — Hi hope everyone is doing fine. I am running a woocommerce store for the past 5/6 years. The first few years had been great I had been generating a lot of revenue and profit. I run a woman fashion st…

Death by a Thousand Subscriptions: Is anyone's SaaS bills higher than their Ad spend? — I've been watching several eCommerce businesses in my network, and it's fascinating how many are drowning in subscription costs for essential software. One store owner I know is paying nearly **$500/m…

Which Web builder should I use .. — Long Story. I wanted to have a website of my own sharing my experience(I am a VLSI Engineer). Started to learn basic html/css/js There was no motivation to learn felt very difficult to reproduce m…

I finally realized my fear of closeness is really a fear of being known — I've been working to understand myself better as a DA, in part with the help of Reddit. I now feel the last puzzle pieces fell into place and I finally have a coherent story of why I am the way I am. …

My father is sabotaging my career and medical treatments through "smear campaigns" and monitoring. I feel like I'm living in a Truman Show nightmare. — ​I (25F) am an Indian doctor currently preparing for NEET PG, and I am living with a family led by a malignant narcissistic father. My mother and brother are complete enablers. I’m writing this becaus…

DA healing update: searching my true self, my inner child finally seen — Some of you may know me at this point. I'm (40M) dismissive avoidant, my wife fearful avoidant (41F), together 17 years, married 13 years, 3 children. I've been working on my attachment style for 5 mo…

Honestly? I enjoy lucid nightmares. — Is anybody else like this? We've all had out fair share of absurd random chaotic dreams, but I actually prefer nightmares to those. While I'm having them, they suck, but when I wake up I love thinking…

Heavy energy/projection in living space — I keep experiencing, on a daily basis, unbearable heavy energy (from the little I've learnt, and I have learnt a lot) it feels like a projection of some kind. I have learnt and grown about myself abo…

No contact year 6 update: — Hello everyone! I’ve made some update posts in the past and figured I would make one for year 6 as that anniversary is coming up soon, and with context it will make sense why I still specifically reme…

No I don’t want to be a medical doctor — I am 23 fucking years old, I do not want to be doctor. I NEVER wanted to be a fucking doctor. I am so sick of this. I feel like a failure. I applied to grad school for 2 years in a row and I haven’t g…

I can’t stop thinking about her — I feel like I’m going insane. I cannot stop thinking about my ex girlfriend. It has been 3 1/2 years since our relationship first ended. And after the first breakup(6 months in), I ended up getting ba…

Please tell them the truth before it destroys them. — If you’re cheating on your partner, please stop. And if you already did, have the courage to tell them the truth. Infidelity doesn’t just “hurt someone’s feelings.” It can destroy a person from the i…

My wife got pregnant and immediately turned into a completely different person. It’s like she’s trying to destroy me. — Alright lads, need to get this off my chest. Been with my missus 6 years, married 3. We planned the baby, dead excited. The second she got the positive test? Complete personality transplant. Swear dow…

Effortless manifesting - Deciding — I’m getting everything I want effortlessly. Why? Because i’m simply deciding on it. I don’t even want my SP back anymore, I’m aware of the fact that he can’t stop thinking about me, he needs me like t…

Finally Got a Lucid Dream... So I Tested your Queries in it — Hey guys, this is gonna be a bit of a long one lol. \[CONTEXT\] For a while, I've been trying to lucid dream, but was too lazy to consistently do training, write in journals, or set multiple alarms …

Sometimes they’re so cartoonishly evil you have to laugh — i visited my older brother yesterday. We have a bit of an age gap, so we aren’t totally privy to each others childhood. He asked me if i remembered a “song” that Mum used to sing about her dying. I st…

'Talk to the dream entity,' they said. 'It will help,' they said. — I have recurring lucid nightmares/FAs/SPs/idk with the same entity/dream character. I've had them for about ten years now. I've tried all kinds of things to get these dreams to stop, but nothing reall…

Breakup with my partner and best friend — Its one of the first time im using reddit so im hope it'll be alright. I've had a best friend. He's been my confident for 10 years, he was my safe person, I was relying on him for everything. 3 year…

Mirrors and Energy — I wanted to ask your advice/ experience regarding physical mirrors in rooms and how they affect energy. From my experience as well as others I've spoken to, if the mirrors are in the bedroom, it lead…

The best and 5 worst things I did after 5 breakups in 12 years chasing unavailable partners, and I just got marriaged on 2.14.2026 — I've been through 5 painful breakups over the last decades, all with the same pattern: I'd chase someone emotionally/physically unavailable—either a cheater or straight-up avoidant—who'd pull away jus…

Carl Jung wasn't a psychologist. He was a shaman. — Carl Jung quietly wrote one of the most profound esoteric texts of all time, at least in my own personal opinion. Seven Sermons to the Dead was written in 1916, privately shared between a handful of J…

Dream people are nice! — I'm so tired of hearing "dont tell them they are a dream". Assuming dream people would be zombies turning on you the second they "find out" is how you get nightmares. Dream people are living in your d…

I (21M) have survived two decades of severe physical, emotional, and financial abuse from my Indian parents. I'm finally exhausted and need to tell my story. I am not free yet. — # TL;DR: I'm a 20-year-old only child in India who has endured severe physical, verbal, emotional, and financial abuse from my parents since toddlerhood. They have beaten me, medically neglected me, …

Fear of the death of the people you care about — I have been suffering from anxiety for almost 4 years now. It all started with my narcissistic relationship. Everything was OK on a surface level however, lately I have been experiencing the fear of t…

i have to fly 5 hours across country almost to see my boyfriend — i have somatic ocd and the overall fear of being stuck or trapped. traveling is something that’s really hard for me, especially lately and by myself. my boyfriend (we are long distance) flew up for a …

What kind of lucid dreaming is this? — When I was a kid, I used to tell my siblings that I knew I was dreaming while I was in a dream, that’s why I could do whatever I wanted. They thought I was lying. But Many times, I would just ignore …

Intermittent affection as an unrelenting thirst — There's this gnawing, relentless, hollow sensation. Ever present. It's a feeling that's far away, aching, cavernous...*starvation.* An unrelenting emotional hunger that burrows into the core of my b…

Are my mom and sister codependent? — ​ I really need some outside perspective because this situation is driving me crazy. I moved closer to my family recently, and ever since then, my relationship with my sister has gone downhil…

I'm (F33) struggling to tell a friend (F40) I can't share an apartmwnt with her on a trip because she's a terrible roommate. — Hi everyone. First time posting on here so I hope I'm doing a good job. For the 3-4 years I have done a yearly trip for the industry we all work in with 3 friends. The trip is 10 days, and it's long,…

Lucid…. Waking? — Hello! I wanted to share this super weird phenomenon that happened to me last night (and many other times.) I’m curious if it’s lucid dreaming, and if anyone else has experienced the same thing! L…

The nature of dreams & the abilities therein — **Note\*** The following is not an experience, I repeat it is not an experience nor a collection of experience. Instead it is best to think of it as background information that pertains to some of my …

Synchronicity and the Beginning or Continuity of Experience? — To begin, I have had quite a long winded set of experiences, that have seemed to have calmed down a bit over the last few weeks. They went on for several months beginning 3 months and 3 days before my…

Trying to get through this — I found out in November that the love of my life met up with his first girlfriend from 30 years ago. I found the picture on his phone. It was a very explicit picture. I had known he was texting this w…

WTF happened — Hello Reddit, I think I just need to get this off my chest. Because I don't get it. Today I shook my head while walking home, because I realised that I never actually took a chance in my life and I …

Daughter drew this today. Has been having nightmares lately — Hello all, My 2 year old (almost 3) received a watercolor gift from a neighbor today. Lately she has been having nightmares. She tells us that she is seeing “fish with big eyes” at night. I have f…

A character in my lucid dream told me about the 2,4,7 method.. how fascinating is the brain!! — Hello all! I am a light sleeper and used to get a lot of lucid dreams even before I knew their term. Yesterday I dreamt about attending a school I haven’t seen before and had recently saw a reel tha…

Frequent Nightmares When Attempting to Shift — Ive been trying to shift on and off for the past 4 or 5 years. Though, it isnt until recently when I got back into shifting did I start expirencing vivid nightmares. Usually whenever I would try to sh…

Help wanted: What helped you move on and how much time it took? — everyone says go no contact. but that's jus start. what actually helped you move on? I'm struggling. i don't want to give any mental real estate to that piece of human trash. but I can't heal without …

Huge Success. Actually shocking how EASY it is. (Guidance & Success) — # 3/29/26 First things first, I want to say that it all starts with you and the person that you believe you are. What you believe you are capable of achieving. I want you to remember that a belief is…

Struggling with intrusive scary thoughts/nightmare scenarios while attempting WILD/WBTB — Hi everyone, ​I’ve been practicing lucid dreaming for a while now, specifically focusing on the WILD (Wake-Induced Lucid Dream) and WBTB (Wake Back To Bed) techniques. However, I’ve hit a bit of a ro…

How I obe accidentally (bad English) — I am going to say how I managed to do it but it’s very long I was on a very powerful medication they usually help with lucid dreams And before it I was listening to gate away tapes for 17 minutes I …

Well, she's gone. [trigger: death] — I posted here maybe six months ago about my terminally ill Nmother, and how my brother and I were navigating that situation. Well... here's how it went. In efforts to preserve my brothers sanity, I e…

i havent slept well in years. — the worst part is that no matter how early i sleep or how much i sleep i get i never get that feeling of waking up rested. i dont know if its because my body isnt in deep sleep or its hyper alert but …

HELP ME UNDERSTAND — Hi everyone, I've been reading a lot about the subject and i'm also in therapy since 3 months. I'm already non in the relationship with this woman but i sort of need to make clarity and hear other…

Ask reddit Post about the most disgusting thing a person has said to you. — My comment was removed for being too obscene. I just want to put this down somewhere so maybe it stops bouncing around inside my head. Extreme content warning. These are all of the most awful things …

There aren't many but as far as I can tell there are a couple which could qualify. 1. Escapism. Just like anything fun, let alone of the "reality substitute" type, there is the potential to use it e…

I have this problem I realize I'm dream but if I try to control it to just becomes a nightmare.

Sounds like the plot to Insidious lol try not consuming anything with sugars, Caffeine or carbs after 6pm if you can. sometimes nutrition and physical activity can have an effect on what goes on in yo…

Yea I found out years ago about how caffeine would give me nightmares burn never knew carbs did as well. Thanks I'll try to cut carbs before I sleep to reduce the chance of a restless sleep.

I'm just learning about AP. I dream a lot (every night, very vividly, and highly detailed landscapes/locations), to the point where I sometimes feel tired in the mornings. Last night I experienced som…

This is the hardest part for me. I struggle with some PTSD which manifests itself often at night, in the form of nightmares, night terrors, and sleep paralysis. I'm deathly afraid of encountering an…

I attribute my LD to the episode ‘What was in Blue’s Dream’ from Blue’s Clues. Home sick one day from school, watched this episode, dreamed that episode that night then not only did I know I was dream…

I had no idea that everyone didn’t dream like this all the time. I have had lucid dreams for as long as I can remember, and I can interact with them. I have even died in dreams to be reborn in the sam…

Any advice on how to deal with very vivid lucid nightmares?

I’ve had this pulling sensation happen to me before. It feels really scary tbh. So scary that you feel yourself gripping your bed so “it doesn’t take you.” “It” being this invisible force trying to li…

Hello all, I am new to this site but I have been lucid dreaming since I was eight years old. I am now almost 66 years old. I had nightmares as a child. I decided that if I had a nightmare I would wak…

This is a REALLY old comment, no idea if you still use this account, but I had something similar happen recently. Some kind of entity appeared at the beginning of my dream and told me I was going to h…

Hello. I have been lucid dreaming since I was a young child too, though I am roughly a third of your age. I too learned very early on to wake myself up from nightmares. Recently I have been learning t…

I can lucid dream and I do sleep paralysis which can be very scary. Being thrown against walls etc. always a dark swirling cloud and a deep vibrational mode.. I just took it as ptsd as stated. Until…

Gees what a nightmare!!! I hope u find a way to feel safer like I would consider moving to a difference city even. I think people like that should be in a maximum security mental hospital for life.

It's actually not uncommon for stalkers to follow their targets when they move. It's advised to stay/move near support systems. This all happened to me 20 years ago and I did 13 years of therapy, whic…

You have a couple options. U can navigate this yourself, but u need to know a few things and I am operating with assumptions here. For context - I am a manufacturer rep selling product to supermarke…

Feels like a nightmare 😢 sending you love 🫶

They might have been more hurt that when they didn’t come in, you didn’t call to check on them, after they called to check on you when you were sick? So - I would think maybe it would be good to apol…

I am FA and my avoidance comes alive if someone wants too much closeness, control, if he wants too much. Sometimes taking a time apart helps. Also giving it real time to feel attached. Also telling yo…

She talked shit about me being obsessed with her, while unbeknownst to my friends she was breadcrumbing me, emotionally manipulating me and gaslighting me. The angriest I’ve ever seen her was when I …

What action did you expect? To help you to move around - sure, to help you to get you into emergency room if it's already kinda 10 out of 10 pain - sure, but you have to take care of yourself... yours…

Thank you for sharing this. Reading your post felt like someone handed me the secret playbook to my own current nightmare. I am on the other side of this dynamic—the anxious partner desperately in lov…

Maybe add sleep paralysis as a negative side effect because you can induce spontaneous SP with lucid dreaming and I do believe people should understand that since SP more commonly happens as a nightma…

Hello, I am in a relationship which is neither strictly platonic nor romantic. We are both neurodivergent and asexual and met 6-ish months ago, hence the seemingly strange nature of our relationship. …

I know, but there's no source of hope or optimism anymore. Everything has been horrible, and I know it's going to continue that way. Every day hurts and every day I have to do it alone. There's no hop…

I'm 18. I'm barely an adult and these feelings I don't see myself getting rid of. Yes of course I crave that love, because no one ever gave it to me. Everyone that was supposed to, and everyone that I…

Oh my god STOP this is my fucking NIGHTMARE

Hang in there, man. Totally sounds like my life, except I was the breadwinner. She was the woman of my dreams I thought, but these past two years have been a nightmare. I used to wish I learned abo…

Exercise. Also, I've found some drop in meditation classes in my area. Sitting in silence with strangers and feeling everyone breathing helps. You don't have to talk, you don't have to be social if yo…

I find myself in your post, but I'm not sure to have any solutions. I struggle too. But I have to disagree when you say *"I feel incredibly jealous of people who can fall in love or even in limerance …

Had a nice date last night. Good drinks and a really nice (and refreshing) mix of light and heavy conversation. Kept it pretty short at 2.5hrs (wait, is this actually short?) and then walked her to …

Oh gosh…such a nightmare. He is putting his needs first - he was hungry, so he ate the pizza. His behavior is very unsexy 

If she could “just do it” or muster up the courage to talk to him she wouldn’t be here asking so it’s not a motivation problem. You’re dealing with fear of vulnerability maybe from the past (shame) an…

32nb Update! Had a full-on Nightmare that 39m absconded after one date with another woman and together they laughed and made fun of/were very cruel to me?? I cried?? And said It’s Over!! And then rod…

I think you should tell her this before you go on a date with her because it sounds like you like the attention she gives you and you just want some action, even though you don't even desire her like …

10/10 agree. To be honest, when I'm talking with someone who happens to have a septum piercing, or rather several or large piercings in their face, I can't help but be distracted and stare at the pier…

Same here haha. I was conditioned in my 20’s to try and go for people who appeared to have similar tastes in music as I do for the sake of having a concert buddy as well a partner. Now I don’t really …

I don't want someone who "helps me open up" that sounds like a literal nightmare.

Hey, I get it. My long term relationship ended at the 3 year mark a year ago. It was so hard to move forward, I had invested so much time and energy. I also remembered how much of a nightmare the ap…

Being friends with this person is a nightmare waiting to happen. Accept this person does not need to be in your life anymore or ever regain access to you and vise versa 

As a divorced man, getting into a relationship with a “good on paper” attractive woman who cooks and cares for me and is good in the bedroom sounds like my dream match. If she takes to the internet …

I had a dream (slightly nightmare-ish actually) about my ex two days ago. He handled our breakup in a very cowardly way, and I guess it still hurts. I’ve been wanting to tell him some stuff by text (h…

hahhahaah we are living the same nightmare. stay strong chica! don't give into the microwave!!

Chill I had a nightmare about my first ex twice this week already and it was more than 6 years ago lol  I was like wtf I forgot this person lowkey existed 

"Two emotionally reserved people in a relationship sounds like a nightmare." story of my life lol But I thought the music thing was cute!

It sounds like it's the anxious speaking to me. You didn't do anything wrong, but you're assuming she's ignoring you when her circumstances just might have changed. New job, new life stressors, sudden…

Oof. That’s awful. My god, that’s literally my worst nightmare brought to life. This is why I always refuse to mix business with friends. Or even let them know specifically what I do. You literally j…

Scheduling, the ultimate nightmare, haha

honestly? sun sign compatibility is barely scratching the surface. i've seen plenty of 'incompatible' sun signs have amazing relationships because their moon signs or rising signs are a great match. a…