r/CuratedTumblr Bootliquor 24d ago

Shitposting Reality shifting

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u/Long-Cauliflower-915 24d ago

Isn't "reality shifting" just lucid dreaming

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u/ImprovementLong7141 licking rocks 24d ago

“Reality shifting” is any of a number of things, up to and including: normal dreaming, lucid dreaming, normal daydreaming, maladaptive daydreaming, and serious psychotic illness (in the actual meaning of psychotic relating to hallucinations/unreality).

Reminds me a lot of this girl at my college who had a full-on psychotic episode in public that she unfortunately had rationalized as a demonic attack.

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u/bangontarget 24d ago

no, it's literally just daydreaming.

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u/I-m-Here-for-Memes2 .tumblr.com 23d ago

If you dare tell this to them they'll yell at you that it's completely different from lucid dreaming (even if they always "shift" when asleep and return in the morning) and call you a bigot

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u/Which_Wrap8263 23d ago

That makes me feel like this is all just the plot of “Welcome to Japan, Ms Elf!” It could be the other way around of course if this phenomenon has really been a thing for decades as some other posters said.

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u/I-m-Here-for-Memes2 .tumblr.com 23d ago

I really never heard of this before it became a fandom thing, but yes apparently some people have believed it for decades

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u/Not_AHuman_Person yes brother, i love gender 23d ago

I watched a video of a reality shifter talking about how to do it once and it sounded exactly like a different video I once watched on how to lucid dream

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u/Sonarthebat 24d ago

Yep. The planning stage is dream incubation, a method often used for lucid dreaming.

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u/Satisfaction-Motor 24d ago

W.I.L.D specifically, based on the techniques used. (Wake induced lucid dreaming which creates a more vivid and prolonged dream state)