The possibility of using lucid dreams for psychological self-regulation

a lucid dream is defined as a dream in which the person realizes that they are dreaming and continues to dream; this gives them full control over the content of the dream. We investigated how lucid dreams effect mood the next day. The dependence of the improvement of mood the next day on the application of lucid dreaming was revealed. The effect of the systematic practice of lucid dreams on the general sense of psychological well-being was studied. Unlike other similar studies, a new and much more effective method for inducing lucid dreams was used, which, also unlike the previously used method, makes it possible to return to a lucid dream after it is over and experience multiple lucid dreams in one night. For comparison, the effect of the creative application of lucid dreams on mood the next day was added. A more understandable scale for rating mood the next day was used. A more comprehensive list of questions was used to determine the effect of lucid dreams on the general sense of psychological well-being. It was shown that using lucid dreams for any purpose improves mood the day after having a lucid dream, with the greatest improvement in mood being promoted by the realization of wishes in a lucid dream; therefore, the recreational use of lucid dreams should not be neglected. It was also shown that the systematic practice of lucid dreaming increases the general sense of psychological well-being. Thus, the practice of lucid dreaming can be used as an effective means of psychological self-regulation without requiring any special expenditure of time.

lucid dreams, REM-psychology, psychological self-regulation, psychological well-being, mood, dream exit induced lucid dream, DEILD, dissociation attempt and cycling techniques in indirect method, DCIM