你知道电子游戏能賦予你超能力吗？
Did you know video games can give you superpowers? Okay,
嗯 不完全是
not really.
但它们能提升你清醒做梦的能力
But they can improve your lucid dreaming powers.
就好像给予了你超能力
It’s got to be close.
事实上你可以在你的大脑里做任何你想做的事
You can literally do anything you want inside your head.
任何事
Anything.
对于那些不知道清醒梦境是什么的人
For those who don’t know what lucid dreaming is,
基本上 当你在做梦时你可以有意识地控制梦境的发生
it’s basically when you’re dreaming and you can consciously control what happens. Usually,
像是一个人从梦中醒來并且说：
said person wakes up inside the dream and goes,
“哇”
“Whoa”
且在可能此刻已经拉了坨屎在裤子里
and probably takes a dump in his pants from the literal holy crap moment.
这整件事都是超酷的
The entire thing is pretty cool.
一旦你意识到你在作梦
Once you realize you’re dreaming,
你可以开始展翅高飞
you can proceed to sprout wings and fly,
与一群猴子共舞 或遇见任何你希望遇到的人
dance with some monkeys, or bang pretty much anyone you want.
清醒的梦可以很生动 甚至于到作梦者很难
Lucid dreams can be so vivid that the person having them can hardly tell
判断自己是否在做梦
if they’re dreaming or not.
因为如此
Because of this,
在每次认为自己在做梦时 很多人都会检验现实
many practice doing a reality check everytime they think they’re dreaming.
通常包括尝试着做一些不可能的事
This usually consists of trying to do something impossible,
比如堵上鼻子
like breathing while your nose is
闭上嘴巴呼吸
plugged and your mouth is closed,
或是穿墙而过 或大变活猴
or walking through a wall, or’poofing’ a magical girl monkey into existence.
老实说 这真的非常非常酷
It’s honestly really, really cool,
而且似乎电子游戏能帮助你做到这样
and it seems video games help you achieve this.
大家都知道
It’s widely known that what you do
日有所思 夜有所梦
during the day can affect the dreams you have the following night,
因此 经常在睡觉前
and so people who play video
打电子游戏的人
games often before going to sleep,
能更容易的控制梦境
are more proficient at controlling them,
结果就会产生清醒的梦境
which in turn leads to lucid dreaming.
譬如“光晕”和“使命召唤”等许多的电子游戏
A lot of popular video games like’Halo’ and’Call of
与你在一个独立的世界控制一个你的化身的方式
Duty’ are similar to dreams in the way you
都是类似的
control an avatar in a separate world.
电子游戏中的模拟几乎就像现实的练习
The video games are almost like practice,
因此你获得的技能直接就融入了梦境中
so that the skills you gain translate right into dreamland.
你也能够更有效地控制自己
You’re also able to control yourself more proficiently,
你的梦境本身也就更像电子游戏本身
and your dreams themselves are more like a video game. Unfortunately,
不幸的是 电子游戏并不总是
this doesn’t allow
给清醒的梦境带来神奇的力量
for all the cool powers of lucid dreaming,
因为随着梦境本身变得更像电子游戏
since the dreams themselves become more video game like,
你唯一可以控制的人——就是你自己
the only person you can control, is yourself.
所以就没有大变活猴了
So no’poofing’ up magical monkey girls. However,
而只是能够控制你自己的运动
just being able to control your
使你在与噩梦斗争时占有优势
own movements gives you an edge with fighting nightmares,
甚至降低做噩梦的频率
and even decreases the frequency of having bad dreams. Also,
同样 打电子游戏的人在做完噩梦醒来后称
gamers who end up in a nightmare said
他们自己通常并不感到恐惧或害怕
that they don’t usually feel scared or afraid,
而是决定反击 而不是逃走
but they decided to fight, instead of running away,
他们将整个过程看做是“使命召唤”的另一局
viewing the entire thing like another round of’Call of Duty’. Except,
除了令人讨厌的10岁小孩的尖叫声（你懂的 ）
you know, minus the annoying screaming ten-year-olds.
加拿大麦科文大学的心理学家
Jayne Gackenbach, a psychologist at the Grant Macewan University
也是这一现象的奠基人珍妮·加肯巴赫
in Canada and the founder of this phenomenon,
相信这是一种重大发现
believes that this is a major find to help people
能帮助总是做噩梦的人 甚至是从战争退役的老兵治疗创伤后压力心理障碍症
who have recurrent nightmares and even war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. So,
如果你有这些病症
if you have recurrent nightmares or PTSD,
或者你只是觉得在一个像电子游戏的梦境中东奔西跑听起来很有趣
or you just think running around in a video game-like dream sounds fun,
那就去玩更多的电子游戏吧
then play some more video games.
或许即使你对电子游戏不感兴趣
Even if you’re not interested in this,
不管怎样也去多打一些游戏吧
play some more video games anyways.
它们真的很棒
Video games are great.