Time for sleep (Part 3)

[everythingsxen]

Dream frequency (includes nightmares)

While technically I think everyone actually dreams a whole lot in a night, this is dreams remembered, on average.

[AlienGirl]

1. Frequently

I've been keeping track of my dreams for years now!

Tucker

[gyopsy]

2. I always forget to write them down

I wish I could remember. some of them are awsome.

[Lizz612]

3. Ooo, man! I have crazy dreams!

Playing poker on the roof of my house, swimming in my flooded school, weird shit.

[AlienGirl]

4. What I dreamed most recently

I was living on a giant tower of wrecked cars that had grass and moss growing on them. It was oddly tranquil. There was a forest around me and I had the egg of some very rare or extinct animal, and I was going to be the first to hatch one out in a long time. I was excited and happy.

Tucker

[everythingsxen]

5. Cool!

I forget what I dreamed last night.. I mean I rememebered it in the morning but it faded quickly..

[AlienGirl]

8. Keep a notebook next to your bed

Jot down the dreams when you first wake up.

Paying attention to your dreams will get you in the habit of remembering them more easily.

Tucker

[Dogmudgeon]

6. Freedom from Dreams! Please!

My dreams are so realistic I have been known to confuse things that happen in dreams with my waking life. It's some kind of family thing: "Familial Autosomal Sleep Disorder(s)". Like the hallucinations of bikers and aliens and knife-girls.

--bkl
Pity me. Not.

[Qanisqineq]

7. There's a name for it?

I have that same problem. The doctor gave me medication for it but never told me it had a name.

[everythingsxen]

9. Wow that's actually some real stuff?

I mean.. I have always had very real dreams.. sometimes I do not know if I am dreaming or awake...

[Qanisqineq]

10. Yeah

while I can't speak for BKL, I found myself believing people had died or I was going through a divorce (a couple examples) when it had simply been a dream! I would believe this for hours, or less traumatic things for days even.

Do I sound crazy??

[everythingsxen]

11. Not at all...

I have been trapped in totally realistic dreams.

I have had dreams where my alarm goes off and I get up, live out my whole day, go to sleep, dream, wake up.. etc.; Only to find out it was all just a dream...

I will sometimes forget that I haven't done things because I did them in dreams...

It's also left me with a recurring audio hallucination in real life where I hear my alarm going off...

It sucks ass..

[Dogmudgeon]

12. More common than you think

I've had all sorts of variations on the theme: multiple false wakings, injuring myself in a dream and waking up with reddish marks on the area, and being killed in a dream and then thinking I had entered an after-life existence.

There have also been dreams of nuclear explosions, huge rocks hurtling at me, floods and giant waves, and monsters.

There are some very pleasant ones, also: having a good life, being happily married and having nice children, being an athlete, astronaut or popular actor, even full-on orgasms during sex in dreams without wet-dream ejaculation.

I've had several detailed conversations with my father, paternal grandparents, uncle Pete and aunt Del, and other members of my family who have died.

When I was a little boy, I had pretty archetypal (or should I say "cliche") dreams of my little friends coming for me at night and leading me to their little room outside, with everything bathed in golden light, the color being like it was an hour before sunset.

You have probably had most of these things happen, and maybe a few that I haven't listed. I think a lot of the paranormal and religious visions are derived from such dreams. They used to freak me out but now I view them as entertainment, even if they do reduce my sleep efficiency.

The usual treaments are tricyclic antidepressants, stimulants, and the new slow-wave sleep enhancers. But for me, these cures are worse than the disease -- if it's a disease at all.

--bkl
She asked me what's my pleasure -- a movie or a measure?

[AlFrankenFan]

13. Usually two a night...

sometimes they're really long, or really short, sometimes I can have five or six separate dreams because I wake up so often in the middle of the night. Lately I've been having two or one long dreams a night, which I can usually remember, and as always, they make absolutely no sense.