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Questions about dreams / Vivid Dreams
« on: June 10, 2014, 08:10:12 AM »
I have always hear that we dream the entire time we are sleeping, however I rarely remember dreaming at all, even immediately upon waking. Therefore, when I do remember a dream, it tends to stick with me and bother my thoughts for quite some time afterward.
One dream I remember was in high school, which for me was many many years ago. I had a dream I was following a classmate who was an evil prophet and eventually killed someone to protect this boy's life. Very Children-of-the-Corn-esque.
The next time I remember vivid dreams, I had a series of dreams that were truly horrifying. Death, destruction, apocalyptic type dreams where I was trying to run but instead wading through bodies and gore. That was while I was pregnant with a daughter who died at full-term, though nothing was wrong with her. Her death was a cord accident, so no prior warning.
Another time, I had a series of dreams about a man I knew. In the dream, we were both single (and neither of us actually were single at the time of the dreams) and I had very vivid dreams about the stages of our dating, the struggles, the decisions on whether to marry, the struggles when we decided to do so, etc. Oddly, he and I were both eventually single later, but never did have the desire to date. And no, I didn't tell him about my dreams! Though at the time I was having them they caused me a LOT of distress and guilt.
The dream I posted on the interpretations board is a dream I had recently and like the others, it has really been nagging at my thoughts since I almost never dream.
So my question is...How often do you remember dreams? Are they always very vivid like the few I have described here, and, are you like me and rarely remember them, so when you do, you must seek meaning in them?
I have a feeling that were I to dream more, or remember my dreams, whatever the case may be, it would be beneficial to my waking life. But even when I wake before the children and really try to think about it, I cannot remember having dreamed at all! Is there any way to focus more energy on remembering my dreams, and to encourage more vivid dreams? Does it "mean something" that I either don't dream, or don't remember having had dreams?
One dream I remember was in high school, which for me was many many years ago. I had a dream I was following a classmate who was an evil prophet and eventually killed someone to protect this boy's life. Very Children-of-the-Corn-esque.
The next time I remember vivid dreams, I had a series of dreams that were truly horrifying. Death, destruction, apocalyptic type dreams where I was trying to run but instead wading through bodies and gore. That was while I was pregnant with a daughter who died at full-term, though nothing was wrong with her. Her death was a cord accident, so no prior warning.
Another time, I had a series of dreams about a man I knew. In the dream, we were both single (and neither of us actually were single at the time of the dreams) and I had very vivid dreams about the stages of our dating, the struggles, the decisions on whether to marry, the struggles when we decided to do so, etc. Oddly, he and I were both eventually single later, but never did have the desire to date. And no, I didn't tell him about my dreams! Though at the time I was having them they caused me a LOT of distress and guilt.
The dream I posted on the interpretations board is a dream I had recently and like the others, it has really been nagging at my thoughts since I almost never dream.
So my question is...How often do you remember dreams? Are they always very vivid like the few I have described here, and, are you like me and rarely remember them, so when you do, you must seek meaning in them?
I have a feeling that were I to dream more, or remember my dreams, whatever the case may be, it would be beneficial to my waking life. But even when I wake before the children and really try to think about it, I cannot remember having dreamed at all! Is there any way to focus more energy on remembering my dreams, and to encourage more vivid dreams? Does it "mean something" that I either don't dream, or don't remember having had dreams?