Reasons for False Awakenings
Sometimes the brain seems to play tricks on us, offering a “fake” awakening, meaning it feels like we’ve woken up, but in reality, we continue to dream. The same areas…
Sherlock’s False Awakenings
“The Abominable Bride”—an Emmy-winning episode of Sherlock—sees Benedict Cumberbatch’s Victorian detective delving into the depths of his mind like a seasoned lucid dreamer, blurring the lines between reality and hallucination.…
Philosophers Tackle the Lucidity Problem
There’s a theory that dreaming is essentially imagining and visualizing. After all, a dream is a fabricated world we create ourselves. But what about lucid dreaming, where a person understands…
Do Lucid Dreamers Suffer from Sleep Paralysis and False Awakenings?
Lucid dreaming, sleep paralysis, and false awakenings are what we call phase states. German researchers Felix Sammer, Susanne Haug, and Veronika Timpe have noted the similarities between these phenomena. The…
Out-of-Body Experiences and Their Connection to Other Phase States
Out-of-body experiences can be a sign of illness and may occur as a result of taking various substances or the electrical stimulation of specific brain areas. However, they are also…
Phase State – Norm or Pathology?
Phase states (lucid dreams, sleep paralysis, false awakenings, out-of-body experiences, etc.) have been recognized for a long time, but they have not always been acknowledged by the scientific community. Today,…
Phase States Becoming Popular Inspiration in Art
More and more people are becoming aware of phase states (lucid dreams, sleep paralysis, false awakenings, out-of-body and near-death experiences) and their influence on everyday life. Recently, several representatives of…
The Boundaries of Full-Fledged and False Lucidity in a Dream
In a lucid dream (LD), the dreamer realizes that they are dreaming. However, the level of control and the depth of awareness in the dream can vary. For example, you…
“False Awakening” with Alec Baldwin
After the tragedy that occurred in the fall of 2021 on the set of the film Rust, when Alec Baldwin was mistakenly given a loaded gun and accidentally shot the…
Healings, UFOs, and Communication with the Dead Discussed at Scientific Conference
At the end of 2021, the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD) held a two-week online conference on lucid dreams (LD), combining the scientific and esoteric. On the…
False Awakenings in the Creative Work of the Group Reaping Asmodeia
The metal band Reaping Asmodeia from Minneapolis (USA) was founded in 2013 by former members of With Dead Hands Rising, and released their debut album a year later. In July…
False Awakenings Lead to Lucid Dreams
Researchers have repeatedly hypothesized that false awakenings accompany lucid dreams. However, up until recently, there was no scientific evidence to support this hypothesis. In 2019, the journal Dreaming published an…
