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user-inactivated  ·  3395 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: August 12, 2015

Damn. That sucks. Maybe this afternoon you should have a nice, quiet sit down at the park. Watch the birds or something.





War  ·  3395 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've had dreams like that for a really long time, but not in the past few months. The hyper realistic ones are always pretty rattling haha.

jleopold  ·  3395 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well, if you get past the rush of emotions, you should maybe take a bit to outline the dream out, so it can be your next novel. That sounds like an epic novel, doomed to be forever compared to Gravitiy's Rainbow.

War  ·  3395 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh, I write down most of my dreams down no matter the scenario haha. I think everyone should write down the dreams they have. To recollect the experience is interesting.

lil  ·  3395 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I write down most of my dreams down no matter the scenario.

I'm impressed with that statement. Writing down dreams involves 1) remembering them; 2) having a writing tool at the ready next to the bed before the dream fades; 3) being committed to doing it.

I do believe you can train yourself to do it well. I went through a period in my 20s where I wrote down every dream. After a while, you can see patterns. As soon as you see the patterns, you can control them. Eventually you can solve your problems (anxiety, repressed emotion, etc.) in your sleep.

I don't know if my last statement is a true statement - but it would be nice to think so.

War  ·  3395 days ago  ·  link  ·  

When I was around 15 I used to write down every dream I had no matter what. After awhile lucid dreaming just came sort of naturally (I could control dreams for seconds before waking up), and after maybe 6 months of that I could stay conscious in a dream for a little while. What an experience it is, and I would recommend trying it to anyone that wants to do it.

Now the reason I write my dreams down is sometimes I dream some pretty cool stuff that helps with my writing, but honestly I may try to get back into lucid dreaming.