AARGH, I had a nightmare last night.....

[drumwolf]

...that it was Election Day and * was winning! I woke up and it took me a few moments to realize it was only a bad dream.

It was 1 am and the music I'd put on before going to bed -- some electronic dub -- was still playing. Maybe the music contributed to my bad dreams? I always put on music when I go to sleep, and I've had times where I'll be hearing the music in my dreams and wondering where that sound is coming from and why it won't go away.

[The Night Owl]

1. You should experiment with lucid dreaming.

Lucid dreams are a lot of fun.

[Droopy]

2. Not if they're nightmares

I've suffered from mental illness in the past and I've had lucid dreams that I'm mentally ill again. Or worse I had a lucid dream one time that all the paranoid fantasies that I had while mentally ill were true. It shook me so badly that it took several minutes after I woke up to realize that it was just a dream.

[drumwolf]

3. what is "lucid dreaming"?

n/t

[theivoryqueen]

5. where you are concious that you are dreaming - alert in the subconcious

there's lots of ways to wake up in your dream.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. I had the same nightmare in 2000!

Dan Rather called Florida for Gore, then recanted. If you listen to music at bedtime, I'd try a more soothing variety. I have had nightmares when I fell asleep in front of the TV. I believe that the sounds that we hear while we're sleeping can inspire dreams.