{"id":75382,"date":"2025-05-26T17:23:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T15:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?post_type=magazin&#038;p=75382"},"modified":"2026-09-26T12:34:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T10:34:34","slug":"learning-to-dream-lucidly","status":"publish","type":"magazin","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/at-night\/learning-to-dream-lucidly\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning to dream lucidly: awake in your own mind\u2019s cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"cover--lead-in has-spacing--m\">\r\n\r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__content typo--tiempos\">\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"entry-categories\">\n\t<a class=\"post__tag\" href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine-category\/at-night\/\" rel=\"category tag\">At night<\/a><\/div>\r\n        <h2 class=\"cover--lead-in__headline headline-size--s\">\r\n            Learning to dream lucidly: awake in your own mind\u2019s cinema        <\/h2>\r\n\r\n                    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__text\">\r\n                <p>Steering your dreams consciously, without apps and without hype: what sleep research knows about lucid dreaming.<br \/>\n<strong>By <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/lotta-fuhrken\/\">Lotta Fuhrken<\/a> (text), <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/clara-schoettke\/\">Clara Sch\u00f6ttke<\/a> (photos)<\/strong><\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n        \r\n                    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__author\">\r\n                \r\n                    \r\n                            <figure class=\"cover--lead-in__author__image\">\r\n\r\n                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/clara-schoettke\/\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n                                \r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-696-68x68.jpg\"\r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-696-68x68.jpg 68w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-696-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-696-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-696-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-696-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-696-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-696-1920x1920.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-696-1400x1400.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-696-1050x1050.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-696-670x670.jpg 670w, 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href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/lotta-fuhrken\/\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n                                \r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-658-68x68.jpg\"\r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-658-68x68.jpg 68w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-658-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-658-52x52.jpg 52w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-658-96x96.jpg 96w\"\r\n                                    width=\"68\"\r\n                                    height=\"68\"\r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n\r\n                                                                    <\/a>\r\n                                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https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/schoettke-luzides-traeumen-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/schoettke-luzides-traeumen-1400x2100.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/schoettke-luzides-traeumen-1050x1575.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/schoettke-luzides-traeumen-670x1005.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/schoettke-luzides-traeumen-420x630.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/schoettke-luzides-traeumen-350x525.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/schoettke-luzides-traeumen-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/schoettke-luzides-traeumen-150x225.jpg 150w\"\r\n                width=\"1406\"\r\n                height=\"2109\"\r\n                alt=\"\"\r\n                style=\"object-position: 59% 56.33%\"\r\n            \/>\r\n        <\/figure>\r\n\r\n        \r\n    \r\n<\/div><!-- .cover--lead-in -->\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--s\"><strong>Flying like a bird,<\/strong> <strong>diving into fantasy worlds<\/strong> or shaping a life exactly as you wish \u2013 many people dream of going beyond the limits of reality. Lucid dreaming and reality shifting are supposed to make exactly that possible. Three people share their experiences: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.die-klartraeumer.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daniel W\u00fcnsch<\/a>, a lucid-dreaming coach; the dream researcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zi-mannheim.de\/forschung\/personen\/person\/261.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prof. Dr Michael Schredl<\/a>; and the author <a href=\"https:\/\/johanna-koers-autorin-aus-leidenschaft.jimdosite.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Johanna Koers<\/a>. They describe how they experience these phenomena in their own way.<br><br>Lucid dreaming describes the state in which we are aware that we are dreaming. In some lucid dreams, this also gives us the ability to actively shape the dream world. This kind of dreaming was proven around 1980 by two researchers, Stephen LaBerge and Keith Hearne, independently of each other. Coach Daniel W\u00fcnsch has been working with lucid dreams for many years and says lucid dreaming is not only an adventure but also a tool for personal development. He himself used lucid dreaming to resolve a nightmare that had haunted him for 27 years. That is also how Daniel W\u00fcnsch found his calling, and he wants to teach lucid dreaming to as many people as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n    \n    <div id=\"quote-block_c252ab65b3b27d32f9bc52e6040d027a\" class=\"block-quote has-spacing--s\">\n        <figure class=\"quote\">\n            <blockquote>\n                <p><strong>At some point I thought it\u2019s actually really nice not to dream lucidly.<\/strong> And not to make conscious decisions and control almost everything, the way I already do in real life.<\/p>\n            <\/blockquote>\n\n            <figcaption>\n\n                            <span><\/span>\n            <\/figcaption>\n            \n        <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n \n\n<div class=\"photo-grid grid-layout--2col-2 has-spacing--m\">\n\n            \n\n            <div class=\"photo-grid__image\">\n\n                <figure>\n\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \n                        src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-03-768x1061.jpg\" \n                        srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-03-768x1061.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-03-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-03-741x1024.jpg 741w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-03-1112x1536.jpg 1112w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-03-1482x2048.jpg 1482w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-03-1920x2653.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-03-1400x1935.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-03-1050x1451.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-03-670x926.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-03-420x580.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-03-350x484.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-03-300x415.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-03-150x207.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-03-scaled.jpg 1853w\" \n                        width=\"768\"  \n                        height=\"1061\" \n                        alt=\"A cyanotype: a photograph of a person, in blue.\"  \n                    \/>\n\n                                            <span class=\"photo-grid__image__title\">Maura in Hannover<\/span>\n                    \n                    \n                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div><!-- photo-grid__image -->    \n\n\n            \n\n                    \n                \n\n            <div class=\"photo-grid__image\">\n\n                <figure>\n\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \n                        src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-04-768x1061.jpg\" \n                        srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-04-768x1061.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-04-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-04-741x1024.jpg 741w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-04-1112x1536.jpg 1112w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-04-1483x2048.jpg 1483w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-04-1920x2652.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-04-1400x1934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-04-1050x1450.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-04-670x925.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-04-420x580.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-04-350x483.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-04-300x414.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-04-150x207.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-04-scaled.jpg 1853w\" \n                        width=\"768\"  \n                        height=\"1061\" \n                        alt=\"A cyanotype: a photograph of a person, in blue.\"  \n                    \/>\n\n                    \n                    \n                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div><!-- photo-grid__image -->    \n\n\n            \n\n            \n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\n    <div id=\"accordion-block_445747e0f363f6f77c785f39640a2802\" class=\"accordion has-spacing--m\">\n        <div class=\"accordion__title\">\n            <h5>About the photos in this article<\/h5>\n            <span><\/span>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion__text\">\n         <p><strong>In her photo series \u2018Wach und Schlaf\u2019 (\u2018Awake and Asleep\u2019), <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/clara-schoettke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clara Sch\u00f6ttke<\/a> portrays and interviews FLINTA* friends. By working with cyanotypes, Clara Sch\u00f6ttke links technique and content, exploring the contrast \u2013 but also the mutual necessity \u2013 of day and night. In the cyanotype process, watercolour paper is coated with light-sensitive chemicals and dried in the dark. The negative is then placed on the paper and exposed to UV light, transferring the photograph onto the paper. The distinctive blue tone comes from washing out the chemicals afterwards and their oxidation. Lucid dreaming was not originally a criterion for choosing the protagonists; it was only raised later, when the work was prepared for this article.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--s\"><strong>Dream researcher Prof. Dr Michael Schredl has been studying lucid dreaming for many years<\/strong> at the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim, and he too explains that this kind of dreaming can be learned through discipline. Various techniques help, such as so-called reality checks: dreamers repeatedly check whether they are awake during the day so that the habit carries over into their dreams. Sleepers then become aware that they are dreaming and consciously recognise the dream as such. Schredl also explains that people can put lucid dreams to use \u2013 for creativity in music or painting, for example. A few athletes have also used lucid dreams to rehearse motor skills in their sleep and improve them.<br><br>Reality shifting is a social media trend and has so far not been scientifically proven in any way. In short videos on TikTok, people claim they can consciously \u2018shift\u2019 into alternative realities. Under hashtags such as #realityshifting or #desiredreality there are hundreds of videos in which mostly young people talk about their nightly adventures in, for example, fantasy worlds from films or books. One of the most popular destinations among those who follow the trend is the wizarding world of Hogwarts. They write a kind of script in advance describing the reality they want to reach. Then, in the evening, the shifters go to bed with the deliberate intention of diving into another world. Johanna Koers is an author from the Emsland region and has written a book that deals, among other things, with reality shifting. She became aware of the trend through her two eldest children. \u2018My daughters suddenly always wanted to go to bed early, which made me suspicious. When I asked, they told me they were going shifting.\u2019 Her daughter Emma and Emma\u2019s sister tried shifting. It never worked for Emma, and she no longer believes shifting is possible. Her mother, Johanna Koers, says of the trend: \u2018Maybe we\u2019re just having lucid dreams and think it\u2019s reality because it feels so real.\u2019 Even so, the trend inspired the author, and the result was a thriller for young adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n    \n    <div id=\"quote-block_a4f237f2ff023695dd75e368ef72b096\" class=\"block-quote has-spacing--m\">\n        <figure class=\"quote\">\n            <blockquote>\n                <p><strong>Young people in particular could become more and more detached from their actual reality<\/strong> if they spend too much time in their fantasy world<\/p>\n            <\/blockquote>\n\n            <figcaption>\n\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"portrait--inline\" src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Johanna-Koers-1-52x52.jpg\" width=\"52\" height=\"52\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                            <span>Johanna Koers<\/span>\n            <\/figcaption>\n            \n        <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-spacing--m\"> \n\n<div class=\"photo-grid grid-layout--2col-2 has-spacing--none\">\n\n            \n\n            <div class=\"photo-grid__image\">\n\n                <figure>\n\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \n                        src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-05-768x1069.jpg\" \n                        srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-05-768x1069.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-05-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-05-736x1024.jpg 736w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-05-1103x1536.jpg 1103w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-05-1471x2048.jpg 1471w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-05-1920x2673.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-05-1400x1949.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-05-1050x1462.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-05-670x933.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-05-420x585.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-05-350x487.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-05-300x418.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-05-150x209.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-05-scaled.jpg 1839w\" \n                        width=\"768\"  \n                        height=\"1069\" \n                        alt=\"A cyanotype: a photograph of a person, in blue.\"  \n                    \/>\n\n                                            <span class=\"photo-grid__image__title\">Antonia in Hannover<\/span>\n                    \n                    \n                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div><!-- photo-grid__image -->    \n\n\n            \n\n                    \n                \n\n            <div class=\"photo-grid__image\">\n\n                <figure>\n\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \n                        src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-06-768x1071.jpg\" \n                        srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-06-768x1071.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-06-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-06-734x1024.jpg 734w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-06-1101x1536.jpg 1101w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-06-1468x2048.jpg 1468w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-06-1920x2678.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-06-1400x1953.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-06-1050x1464.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-06-670x934.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-06-420x586.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-06-350x488.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-06-300x418.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-06-150x209.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-06-scaled.jpg 1836w\" \n                        width=\"768\"  \n                        height=\"1071\" \n                        alt=\"A cyanotype: a photograph of a person, in blue.\"  \n                    \/>\n\n                    \n                    \n                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div><!-- photo-grid__image -->    \n\n\n            \n\n            \n<\/div>\n\n \n\n<div class=\"photo-grid grid-layout--2col-2 has-spacing--none\">\n\n            \n\n            <div class=\"photo-grid__image\">\n\n                <figure>\n\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \n                        src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-09-768x1063.jpg\" \n                        srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-09-768x1063.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-09-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-09-740x1024.jpg 740w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-09-1110x1536.jpg 1110w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-09-1480x2048.jpg 1480w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-09-1920x2657.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-09-1400x1937.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-09-1050x1453.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-09-670x927.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-09-420x581.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-09-350x484.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-09-300x415.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-09-150x208.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-09-scaled.jpg 1850w\" \n                        width=\"768\"  \n                        height=\"1063\" \n                        alt=\"A cyanotype: a photograph of a person, in blue.\"  \n                    \/>\n\n                                            <span class=\"photo-grid__image__title\">Vanessa in Hannover<\/span>\n                    \n                    \n                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div><!-- photo-grid__image -->    \n\n\n            \n\n                    \n                \n\n            <div class=\"photo-grid__image\">\n\n                <figure>\n\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \n                        src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-10-768x1090.jpg\" \n                        srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-10-768x1090.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-10-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-10-721x1024.jpg 721w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-10-1082x1536.jpg 1082w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-10-1442x2048.jpg 1442w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-10-1920x2726.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-10-1400x1988.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-10-1050x1491.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-10-670x951.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-10-420x596.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-10-350x497.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-10-300x426.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-10-150x213.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-10-scaled.jpg 1803w\" \n                        width=\"768\"  \n                        height=\"1090\" \n                        alt=\"A cyanotype: a photograph of a person, in blue.\"  \n                    \/>\n\n                    \n                    \n                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div><!-- photo-grid__image -->    \n\n\n            \n\n            \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--xs\"><strong>What both methods have in common is the wish to break out of reality.<\/strong> Daniel W\u00fcnsch explains that lucid dreaming helps people to realise their dreams in everyday life too, by overcoming inner blocks and building confidence. Prof. Dr Schredl adds that many people deliberately use lucid dreams for creative development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--s\">Using your sleep effectively at night and getting something positive out of it certainly sounds like a dream. Reality shifting and lucid dreaming hold potential, but also risks. The constant urge to escape into this other, boundless world can lead people to lose touch with reality. Johanna Koers also sees downsides to the reality-shifting trend: \u2018Young people in particular could become more and more detached from their actual reality if they spend too much time in their fantasy world.\u2019 Prof. Dr Michael Schredl also stresses that not everything about lucid dreaming is positive. \u2018If you\u2019re lonely during the day, lucid dreaming can intensify that loneliness, because you know that everyone in the dream is just a projection of your own mind.\u2019 You can also feel trapped in a nightmare and simply be unable to take control. So both phenomena can be seen as a way to escape everyday life, but lucid dreaming and reality shifting often take a lot of work. Success and a positive experience are not guaranteed, so they are of limited help if you want to escape reality in the long run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n    \n    <div id=\"quote-block_4b8bd04984101a18cd066506c13a1488\" class=\"block-quote has-spacing--s\">\n        <figure class=\"quote\">\n            <blockquote>\n                <p><strong>After waking up, dreams fade <\/strong>fairly quickly, but some images burn themselves in.<\/p>\n            <\/blockquote>\n\n            <figcaption>\n\n                            <span><\/span>\n            <\/figcaption>\n            \n        <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n \n\n<div class=\"photo-grid grid-layout--2col-2 has-spacing--m\">\n\n            \n\n            <div class=\"photo-grid__image\">\n\n                <figure>\n\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \n                        src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-01-1-768x1067.jpg\" \n                        srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-01-1-768x1067.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-01-1-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-01-1-737x1024.jpg 737w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-01-1-1105x1536.jpg 1105w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-01-1-1474x2048.jpg 1474w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-01-1-1920x2668.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-01-1-1400x1945.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-01-1-1050x1459.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-01-1-670x931.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-01-1-420x584.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-01-1-350x486.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-01-1-300x417.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-01-1-150x208.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-01-1-scaled.jpg 1842w\" \n                        width=\"768\"  \n                        height=\"1067\" \n                        alt=\"A cyanotype: a photograph of a person, in blue.\"  \n                    \/>\n\n                                            <span class=\"photo-grid__image__title\">Anneli in Halle<\/span>\n                    \n                    \n                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div><!-- photo-grid__image -->    \n\n\n            \n\n                    \n                \n\n            <div class=\"photo-grid__image\">\n\n                <figure>\n\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \n                        src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-02-1-768x1094.jpg\" \n                        srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-02-1-768x1094.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-02-1-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-02-1-719x1024.jpg 719w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-02-1-1078x1536.jpg 1078w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-02-1-1438x2048.jpg 1438w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-02-1-1920x2735.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-02-1-1400x1994.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-02-1-1050x1496.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-02-1-670x954.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-02-1-420x598.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-02-1-350x499.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-02-1-300x427.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-02-1-150x214.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schoettke-Clara-Nachts-02-1-scaled.jpg 1797w\" \n                        width=\"768\"  \n                        height=\"1094\" \n                        alt=\"A cyanotype: a photograph of a person, in blue.\"  \n                    \/>\n\n                    \n                    \n                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div><!-- photo-grid__image -->    \n\n\n            \n\n            \n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-spacing--default has-spacing--default\">\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\n    <div id=\"lead-in-block_3956e2d927d3acd6d07de17aceaf0879\" class=\"block-lead-in typo--default font-size--xl has-spacing--s width--default\">\n        <p><strong>Recommended by the editors:<\/strong><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"teaser-grid grid-layout--3col has-spacing--s width--inline\">\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/collecting\/the-worlds-largest-playmobil-collection\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Collecting<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                The world&#8217;s largest Playmobil collection: 400,000 figures                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>It all began in a child&#8217;s bedroom \u2013 today Oliver Schaffer owns the world&#8217;s largest Playmobil collection, with more than 400,000 figures. A visit to his high-bay warehouse.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px-768x614.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px-1920x1536.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px-1400x1120.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px-1050x840.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px-670x536.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px-420x336.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px-350x280.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px.jpg 2000w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"614\" \r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/masculinity\/being-gay-is-not-a-choice\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Masculinity<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                \u2018Being gay is not a choice\u2019                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>Dirk and Thomas came out to their families only recently. Today they live together as a couple. In an interview with our author, they talk about their path to an open life.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5-768x512.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5-150x100.jpg 150w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"512\" \r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/masculinity\/i-was-a-hitler-caricature\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Masculinity<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                \u2018I was a Hitler caricature from a bad Hollywood film\u2019                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>He used to march through the streets in a leather coat, carrying the Reich war flag, giving hate speeches and dreaming of the great revolution. Today Axel Reitz works in extremism prevention.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-768x512.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Janek-Stempel_AxelReitz-1317-150x100.jpg 150w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"512\" \r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n        <\/div><!-- .teaser-grid -->\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"teaser-grid grid-layout--3col has-spacing--s width--inline\">\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/work\/new-work-the-philosopher-who-emptied-the-offices\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Work<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                New Work: the philosopher who emptied the offices                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>New Work didn\u2019t start with the pandemic but with the radical vision of a thinker in the 1980s. His ideas are more relevant today than ever.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC08367-768x432.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC08367-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC08367-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC08367-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC08367-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC08367-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC08367-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC08367-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC08367-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC08367-670x377.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC08367-420x236.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC08367-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC08367-150x84.jpg 150w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"432\" \r\n                                    alt=\"A young man with light brown curls sits on a folding chair against a bright orange background. He wears a burgundy jumper over a light blue shirt. He isn\u2019t wearing proper trousers, but colourful socks with a comic-strip pattern. His legs are crossed. Beside him stands a white three-legged coffee table with a grey plant pot and a pink mug. 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