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In the year 1934, anthropologist Kilton Stewart learned of the Senoi tribe during his brief time in Malaya, now known as Malaysia. It was from his findings that the Senoi Dream Theory, or lucid dreaming as it is simply known, has evolved from that of a relatively unheard-of theory into the phenomenon that it is today. Stewart was initially fascinated that the Senoi were, at the time, believed to be the healthiest and happiest people on earth, with no reported mental-illnesses or crime. Soon after Stewart’s initial findings, psychologist Patricia Garfield similarly states: "Perhaps the most striking characteristic of the Senoi is their extraordinary psychological adjustment. Neurosis and psychosis as we know them are reported to be nonexistent among the Senoi. Western therapists find this statement hard to believe, yet it is documented by researchers who spent considerable time directly observing the Senoi. They show remarkable emotional maturity".

Individuals have expressed they have utilized lucid dreaming to concoct new and inventive thoughts or bits of knowledge (inventiveness, for example, drawings, canvases, writings, music pieces. Examples that are present within this category normally fall into the creating of music, painting, drawings, as well as writing. Most lucid dreamers report that they get this creativity and inspiration from the lucid dream itself.

Benefits[ edit]
An advantaged to lucid dreaming are clear dreams permit visionary to pass upsetting and depressing dreams that are practically deficient while being as yet calm, and may expand the renunciation of search as opposed to repaying it, accordingly to the stop horrendous bad dreams and to turn without arousals bit by bit to the new dream stories that can play out their main goal. These dreams allow visionaries to pass around and remember sad dreams that are practically deficient while being calm and may remind them that, this is fake and isn't reality, then to turn to a brighter environment to the new dream stories that can play out their main goal.

Lucid dreams are often known to be followed by a series of false awakenings. In her book Creative Dreaming, Garfield further explains that a false awakening is a state wherein the visionary is by all accounts awake when he is in reality despite everything, still dreaming. The confusion and uneasiness false awakenings bring to a frequent lucid dreamer can result in dissociation, which can severely impact a person in a negative manner. Garfield also introduces two types of false awakenings, Thoughtful False Awakenings and Suspenseful False Awakenings. A person experiencing a Thoughtful False Awakening is known to be thinking of or discussing a previous dream, and can either begin in bed or somewhere else. This particular false awakening is the most common, as it can occur throughout three of four dreams, and often requires an experienced dreamer to pick up on cues that reveal it to be a dream. In a Suspenseful False Awakening, however, the dreamer is always in bed. Suspenseful False Awakenings are also rare, but can occur to those lucid dreamers who are constantly in the dreamscape. This false awakening is known to begin in an eerily realistic manner, until the dreamer senses an overpowering emotion of suspense, or dread. What makes false awakenings particularly frightening is the knowledge that a dream is capable of manipulating one’s reality, for several dreams at a time.