Do you dream? I have been having vivid dreams for the past 4 or 5 nights.. Very weird..

[mitch96]

Swimming with whale sharks... Old Fords in front of the house I grew up in.. Sometimes they wake me up.... very strange. It's like going to the movies every nite.... No mood or mind altering substances involved...
You?
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[Walleye]

1. I wish I did sleep well enough to have a dream. I hardly ever have dreams that I remember

[mitch96]

2. I'm fortunate I sleep like a log.. 7 to 9 hrs a nite. My problem is I wake up groggy and need

about an hour in the morning to start functioning..Coffee helps...
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[Walleye]

3. That's good, you got a clean conscience

[Lulu KC]

4. Very oddly, yes

I dream regularly but I have been having very vivid dreams all week. I'm not writing them down so they're gone quickly, but I have no idea what's precipitating this.

[NanceGreggs]

5. I dream whenever I sleep ...

.. even if it's only for a few minutes.

I had no idea that some people don't dream at all - or, if they do, have no memory of having done so.

[mitch96]

13. I had a therapist tell me to keep a pad and pencil next to the bed. If you wake

in the middle of the night, just jot down a few points of the dream. Don't turn on the light, just write it down even if it's like gibberish. It will jog your memory the next morning...
Worked for me!! YMMV
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[lark]

6. I dreamed very vividly and constantly until I was in my 20's.

I had several dreams that kept repeating with slight differences. One night I actually resolved the dream and wasn't all alone at the end. I've dreamed very little since then. In my 40's I developed a sleep disorder and by the time I was 45 the one thing that worked for me (kava kava) was taken off the market. I started smoking pot which helped me sleep. 25 years later, I now have a fitbit which tracks my sleep and I discover that my dreaming is way off the norm. Some nights I don't dream at all. I am wondering if this is affecting my memory and if I need to do something about it?

[mopinko]

18. yes, yes you do.

see a sleep doc. that's bad.

[lark]

19. Oh damn!

I thought sleep dr. were only for sleep apnea and narcolepsy, didn't know they were also good for insufficient dreams? Is it bad when I usually dream, but a lower level than normal, and only sometimes (maybe once every 2 weeks) that i don't dream. I sleep usually 6:30-7:30 hrs.

I have an HMO so have to see my primary care first. I do feel hopeless about this. Without pot I don't sleep - period. With pot I sleep good, except for not having a good level of dreams. When I tried rx pills, I hated them, felt groggy & drugged in the morning. I feel like lose/lose with this and hate that feeling.

[Elessar Zappa]

20. You might dream more than you think.

Many people never remember dreams but nonetheless are in REM sleep.

[lark]

21. I track this with Fitbit, it's not just how I feel.

I thought I was ok until I got the new Fitbit which provides a lot more sleep information and found out about the consistently low level of dreams and occasionally deep sleep.

[Elessar Zappa]

26. Whoops, looks like I didn't read your post closely enough.

Yeah, sounds like you should see a sleep doc.

[William Seger]

7. I had very vivid dreams when I was using nicotine gum to quit smoking

Kinda fun, actually.

[nocoincidences]

8. Me, too.

I always dream but this week has been very active and clearly remembered!

[Baggies]

9. I dreamed I was awake, woke up and I was asleep.

[sanatanadharma]

10. No doubt that I dream, I just don't wake up remembering

And I am fine with that. Let dreams be. I do not need to own the odd thoughts that pop-up.
Dreams happen; pleasant or not, confusing or revealing, the dream is created from our memories, knowledge, and desires.
We create whole worlds in our dreams and when we wake, the entire creation is withdrawn into one's self.

The self is simply the observer of what is, awake or asleep.
Asleep the world disappears to be recreated in dreams.
Awake the entire world is nothing other than ideas in the mind, like dreams.
The difference is that only one being sees the dream world.
Awake, many see and say, this is the "real" world (and the real-me) and thus assume it is not a dream.

Observing consciousness sees no difference.

[mitch96]

16. Sounds like eastern philosophy. I think it's interesting people sense that they dream but don't

recall any of it... Different strokes for different strokes I guess...
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[onethatcares]

11. do you get to participate in these dreams?

I try to when the dreams are vivid but it doesn't always work.

[mitch96]

15. Yup, Years ago I use to dream I was flying.. just jump off a cliff and soar!! Sometimes when

the dream was bad I would just tell myself "this is bullshit" and wake up and reset... Havn't done that in years though... How about you?
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[onethatcares]

22. I try to

most of my vivid dreams include driving, swimming, walking in different areas that I grew up in. I've tried to keep the dream going after I realize I'm part of it.

There's one dream in particular that involves driving up a mountain to a cabin overlooking a very scenic view. I feel myself getting out of the car and walking to the door of the cabin, knocking on the door and then the dream poofs out.

I think I'll try the Carlos Casteneda method and look at my hands the next time it happens.

[mitch96]

24. "Carlos Casteneda method"... interesting.. what is that? nt

[onethatcares]

25. do the google

it's basically a fictional account of a person learning there are other dimensions in this one. "A Yaqui Way of Knowledge" is the first in a series.

Enjoy it. Even if it's fiction, it's an interesting read.

[mitch96]

30. I wonder if dreams are another dimension.. Maybe Carlos knows.. thanks for the info..nt

[Dave in VA]

12. Have you started taking any new medications?

I have had very vivid dreams when starting something new and doctor changed it and then the dreams stopped.

Just my $0.02

[mitch96]

14. Nope, I'm fortunate that I'm a very healthy 73 yo geezer. Active half assed vegan..nt

[mopinko]

17. i rarely do, and when i do it's cuz my apnea is acting up.

those dreams suck. running but not moving, throwing punches that bounce off.

but just last week i woke up remembering a sweet erotic dream about a guy i had cut loose that day.
yeah, i dont read the signs. i assume it was some bad gruel.

[IcyPeas]

23. I dreamt about a venetian blind cord recently.

I rarely remember dreams. When I do, it's usually just a snippet... like a "still" from a movie. No clue why I'd be dreaming about venetian blinds.

[Mr.Bill]

27. In the 70s when I had a waterbed

I either didn't dream at all or don't remember any dreams. I thought that was a good thing at the time, and it didn't really seem to affect me negatively in any way. I now dream almost every night and mostly only remember the dream for about a minute or two no matter how hard I try.

What I really hate is a very vivid dream that I remember very well and in that dream someone I know does something that makes me hate them. It takes awhile to shake that off.

[roamer65]

28. I'm extremely allergic to cipro now.

One of the side effects was nightmares that would make Wes Craven jealous.

Occasionally I get some weird ones, but not like the cipro hell.

[mitch96]

29. That sounds like some nasty stuff. nt

[roamer65]

31. It was.

Never want to go through that reaction again.

Later I found out cipro was a failed chemotherapy drug, now used as an antibiotic.

[mitch96]

32. "cipro was a failed chemotherapy drug, now an antibiotic." Well the drug companies have to

make their profits, eh?
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[roamer65]

34. Bingo.

[Elessar Zappa]

36. Cipro's the only drug that works for some bacteria.

I have cystic fibrosis and grow pseudomonas in my lungs. Only Cipro knocks out the infection.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

33. Yes, but I often don't recall them UNLESS...

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... I awake from REM sleep.

I used to wear a Fitbit to bed, which supposedly monitored my sleep based on my movements and perhaps other factors. If I remembered my dreams, Fitbit always indicated that I was in REM sleep immediately prior to me awakening. If I didn't recall any dreams, I always awoke from non-REM sleep.

My dreams are mostly a weird combination of my recent experiences OR my ideas/thoughts. I don't bother trying to interpret my dreams as much anymore, but that seemed to be the pattern for me when I did. It sometimes took me awhile to remember a brief experience or thought from the previous day that helped explain something that seemed bizarre in my dream, but I'd usually make the connection eventually.

I've also completely forgot dreams if I fell asleep again right away after experiencing them, despite how I felt certain at the time that I'd still remember them later.

Edit:
I had a hypnopompic hallucination (after awakening from a neighbor slamming their door) many months ago that was briefly terrifying. I had fallen asleep in my recliner, with the lights still on, and I awoke to see a ghostly-white and sad-looking family of Native Americans staring at me from a few feet away. Then they faded away.

Yet I didn't recall dreaming about Native Americans beforehand.

A plumber was scheduled to break through the concrete foundation in my restroom with a jackhammer, and then dig through the underlying dirt to fix a major leak of an underground pipe, a couple days later. The hallucination made such an impression on me, I became superstitious and half-wondered if the plumber would find old Native American bones or something. LOL! (Which never happened.)

[VGNonly]

35. I have a CPAP

not for sleep apnea (long story). I don't dream much, but when I do dream, my recorded sleep apnea levels go way up.

[mvd]

37. I do

It used to be more often. Maybe it is my older age. When I do dream, they are often all mixed up. Occasional nightmare and sometimes a nice dream I didn’t want to end, lol. Can be vivid but I always know it was a dream very shortly after.