what do you dream about?

[Otage]

I usually see wierd dreams.. places witching, people changing or doing smth wierd etc. Someone could say they are scary dreams but I always find the freakiest things to be the most interesting

 

[whatthef__k]

For me it's the same, I hardly remember my dreams... :?


But has anyone ever heared of lucid dreaming?
A lucid dream is a dream in which the sleeper is aware that she or he is dreaming, so that she or he can actively change the dream. So basically, you can dream of whatever you want and can decide what happends next.
That would offer sooooooo many possibilities!

I actually tried to become a lucid dreamer (yeah, there are several techniques to train it ) a couple of years ago, but it didn't work... I guess wasn't patient enough as you have to train a couple of weeks/months...

 

[XMan101]

For me it's the same, I hardly remember my dreams... :?


But has anyone ever heared of lucid dreaming?
A lucid dream is a dream in which the sleeper is aware that she or he is dreaming, so that she or he can actively change the dream. So basically, you can dream of whatever you want and can decide what happends next.
That would offer sooooooo many possibilities!

I actually tried to become a lucid dreamer (yeah, there are several techniques to train it ) a couple of years ago, but it didn't work... I guess wasn't patient enough as you have to train a couple of weeks/months...

I'd love a lucid dream about you

Seriously, I think I know what you mean, I've tried an out-of-body experience once! OK , slightly different, but I won't write here what happened, or what I experienced. I've also seen something that cannot be explained by normal science. It was something that was physical that someone else did.

I won't say here, because, like me before I saw it, nobody believes! I know what I saw ( I was quite sober too!) and it convinced me there is so much more energy out there than you realise!

 

[Jamie]

I'd love a lucid dream about you

Seriously, I think I know what you mean, I've tried an out-of-body experience once!

Yes. And HELL, I`d like to try that out of body experience too! The way you told the "story" made me so curious!

I remember many of my dreams. A few years ago they used to be erotic and very erotic dreams. Now I dream about falling down in canyons or voids or whatever...or having accidents of any kind...and I don`t know why It`s not like I want to dream like that but I guess I`m tormented by thoughts...and I often have some weird dreams about my mom...but again maybe the tormenting thoughts...I remember a dream that woke me up in tears...it was like my mom came back from...the dead...and we knew she died but her coming back was something natural. Only that...after one day or two the doctors came to our house to take her cause she was sick again and she had to die again and I was so sad and I started screaming and yelling that it`s NOT possible. And she was so calm..she kept saying: No, it`s OK, I have to go...I`m sick and it`s my time. And I kept saying:no, it`s not fair! You just came back! I cannot lose you again...etc. and I woke up in tears.

 

[Askani]

I usually have dreams that mix everything, past, present, ppl that never met and every1's in my life at the same time, my house's always completely different than the real deal, but never changes in my dreams O_O. And there's always a "special someone" whose face I cant remember when I wake up xD

 

[XMan101]

I know this will sound weird but I had a dream about tea last night

 

[XMan101]

Dreams are instant! It might feel like hours but I think they're over in a flash. That's why an external source or sound, like something on the radio, will appear in the dream, yet how could you be dreaming about that an hour before it happens? You don't it just feels that way.

Memory of dreams fades very quickly after waking unless it's something extremely vivid. Most are only remembered because you're starting to wake at the same time.

It's many years ago I had that unpleasant feeling of being paralysed. You wake up but can't move and it's quite scary. It's because the body has shut down during sleep and in some cases you do wake up before the body does. It's quite a horrible experience. Only happened to me a couple of times and it was a long time ago.

 

[Askani]

I dont quite agree with that, I've watched an ex struggle and mumble for over an hour while asleep, first cuz he was moody when forced to wake up, and second cuz it was just plain funny. If dreams really happened in a flash... why would he be bitching for that long then? xD

 

[XMan101]

Well some do last a while I'll admit, but I'm quite sure that most only last an instant. Then again, was he in the same dream all that time, or was it several dreams?

 

[Askani]

Lol meh probably one dream... I mean if it was really a flash as u said and he had all those reactions for like a million flashes... O_O his brain would've fried or something xD jk

 

[XMan101]

 

[whatthef__k]

There is this condition that some people have called 'locked in' syndrome or something like that. Basically, most mornings they wake up mentally but there body stays asleep so they just have to lie there for an extra hour two waiting for the rest of them to be ready -it is meant to be quite disturbing, even terrifying after a nightmare... because all the emotions of the nightmare are still present while you are locked in.

I remember something like that happened to me once. I woke up but was unable to move for just a few minutes, but I was in a panic anyway because I perceived it as some external force holding me a place, like a forcefield, something outside that could not be controlled.

It's smart-ass time again... (I once had to do some research on that for one of my medical courses.)

I saw a patient with locked-in syndrome once... Horrible. For me, this is one of the worst things that could happen.
Locked-in patients are completely paralyzed except for their vertical eye movement and blinking of the eyelids. They are fully awake and aware with no loss of cognitive functions, but not able to move or to speak.
The patient I know was only able to answer yes/no questions by blinking once for yes and twice for no... And he was only 25. (I know that sounds kind of cruel because being locked-in is terrible not matter how old you are. But locked-in patients have a normal life expectancy... So statictically, there are still 50 years for him to stay in this condition. Horrible.)

Anyway...
Being unable to move after waking up is indeed caused by a normal phenomenon called sleep paralysis. While dreaming in REM phases of sleep, our body is paralyzed so that we cannot perform the movements that are included in our dreams. Rarely, our brain wakes up from a REM state, but the paralysis persists. Like with locked-in syndrome, the person is fully concious, but unable to move for several minutes.
And I have to say I'm lucky to not have experienced it. Sounds creepy... :worried:

 

[Askani]

*spanks the smart-ass* (Just for the fun of it xD) That was... awful, even though it's reality it's a dream thread not tragedy u.u that's the main thing on my "please dont let it happen to me" list :/

 

[Tom]

It's smart-ass time again... (I once had to do some research on that for one of my medical courses.)

I saw a patient with locked-in syndrome once... Horrible. For me, this is one of the worst things that could happen.
Locked-in patients are completely paralyzed except for their vertical eye movement and blinking of the eyelids. They are fully awake and aware with no loss of cognitive functions, but not able to move or to speak.
The patient I know was only able to answer yes/no questions by blinking once for yes and twice for no... And he was only 25. (I know that sounds kind of cruel because being locked-in is terrible not matter how old you are. But locked-in patients have a normal life expectancy... So statictically, there are still 50 years for him to stay in this condition. Horrible.)

Anyway...
Being unable to move after waking up is indeed caused by a normal phenomenon called sleep paralysis. While dreaming in REM phases of sleep, our body is paralyzed so that we cannot perform the movements that are included in our dreams. Rarely, our brain wakes up from a REM state, but the paralysis persists. Like with locked-in syndrome, the person is fully concious, but unable to move for several minutes.
And I have to say I'm lucky to not have experienced it. Sounds creepy... :worried:

Oh, my God!
I've never heard of such a thing! So are people normal and something just happens to them and they become "locked-in"?
And they might be able to move eventually and maybe not?
That's just incredible. Like some nerve severed in their sleep or something. This must be pretty rare. I can't imagine how horrible that must be. I would think I'd had a stroke if it was me.
Are their brain scans normal then?
I guess I could go look all this up.

 

[whatthef__k]

Oh, my God!
I've never heard of such a thing! So are people normal and something just happens to them and they become "locked-in"?
And they might be able to move eventually and maybe not?
That's just incredible. Like some nerve severed in their sleep or something. This must be pretty rare. I can't imagine how horrible that must be. I would think I'd had a stroke if it was me.
Are their brain scans normal then?
I guess I could go look all this up.

As far as I know, locked-in syndrome only occurs when there is a severe injury in particular parts of your brain. Namely, the ventral part of the pons – a specific area in the brainstem – is damaged. As most of the brain structures are existent in each of our brain hemispheres, there is a left and a right pons. Locked-in syndrome only appears when both left and right ventral pons are damaged.
The most common cause is a bilateral (!) stroke or brain hemorrhage of the arteries that supply the affected areas with blood. Consequently, it is very rare.

However, locked-in syndrome is a persistent condition as the underlying cause is an irreversible brain stem lesion.
Patients are not able to move voluntarily except from vertical eye movement and blinking. This paralysis is a result of the brain stem injury and therefore persistent.

Brain scans (CT, MRI) show that there is an injury in the ventral pons, but are completely normal except from that; moreover, recordings of the brain's activity (EEG) are not even slightly different compared to recordings of normal persons.

 

[XMan101]

I want it known that if that happens to me I want a lethal injection!!

One reason I want cremating rather than burying, just in case I'm not dead

 

[Tom]

What a horrible thing to happen to someone!!
I would not want to go on. Seriously.

 

[chouji]

I usually dream about the guy of my dream.:blushing:

 

[jw4833]

Well...recently...I was out at karaoke bar and was propositioned to sing privately in someon's home for a substantial amount of money..but I had to sing naked...lol...I've dreaming of doing that with different people in my recent dreams..lol