Lucid Dreaming

dreaming is also described as 'paradoxical sleep'. Paradoxical, because the brain is as active during dreaming as during the waking state, while strangely enough the body is completely inactive (paralyzed). Lucid dreaming doesn't add much additional brain activity to the already highly active brain in REM-sleep when it is dreaming. If you have had a stressful dream about some examination test you failed to complete however, you wake up depressed. If you on the other hand wake up from a lucid dream where you have recognized that examination scenario as a typical dream scenario and instead decided to kiss someone you secretly love (for example), you wake up far more excited and energetic. Lucid dreaming does not make you more tired than any other ordinary dream. Potentially, based on how you use your lucid dreams, lucid dreams can greatly improve your everyday life qualit, so it doesn't make you tired or anything like that its just like normal sleep.