I suffer from incredibly vivid dreams, they are so real that when I wake up, I have to wait for my brain to sort out it's virtual filing cabinet as it slowly goes through and reconciles that these were dreams and not fact.
Many times I know that I am dreaming whilst in the dream but it makes things no less real, the dreams are generally violent and fearful and deal with people who I would rather not have there in situations that are beyond my control.
It's said that dreams are your subconscious mind trying to work through things but these themes seem to roll on and on, I am also the wrong gender in these situations but I think it's more to do with the historical context of the other people and situations that are involved or embodied.
I am sure I am not alone in such things so anyone else suffer like this (I hate to use such a dramatic word but it really is head ....) and how if you have, have you got through to make things better?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I'll have a lucid dream every so often, but not as often as I would like. I had one the other day that is kind of hard to remember, but did seem pretty real. I was on a baseball team with Aaron Judge lol. The problem with mine are that they seem really short. Lucid dreams can be pretty nice when they are positive. I wish I could have control over the content too.
Piece2YourPuzzle
Level 8
Nov 18, 2018
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You really have to stop taking those pills.
Jolanta
Level 9
Nov 18, 2018
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Yeah I would if they were giving me any.
In my younger years I experienced what seemed like, ‘real life dreams!’ I have been in dream situation where I wanted to scream and I would wake myself up, sometimes with a scream or with a scream frozen in my throat! But, I was not afraid of my dreams as it always seemed to me they were trying to teach me something! I can sometimes now have that ‘real life,’ dream, but they are infrequent! I just studied the emotion that I felt after such dreams and incorporated that into my daily living! I did spent some time on studying what certain things might mean to us about our dreams! But, in the end, it had to mean what was happening in my real life, and what the cymbals meant to me! Sometimes the meaning of my dreams became ‘clear as day,’ at others times, they were a mystery, but I was always grateful for all of them!
Freedompath
Level 9
Nov 18, 2018
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thanks for the comment, part of the trouble is I do understand what some of it is about which is very negative emotions but to be able to work through them is something I am not sure I am in a position to do, it sounds a bit over dramatic but in some ways I think it is a form of PTSD and the people who I would need to confront about it just wouldn't communicate or admit they have done anything wrong (I knoe because when I was in the middle of my breakdown I layed it flat on the line and that was the last time I communicated with my mother, it's been a couple of years now) so I get the putting it in to your life bit but the "how" of that is something that, much as I hate to ever admit not having an answer, I don't have an answer to!
@heatherUNS a therapist could help for sure. You do not necessarily need to confront the people who have harmed you. But, you do need to get clear in your own mind, how you were violated and HOW it HURT. This is very hard work, I have to admit! And, it can feel like you will be overtaken in the process, but you want! It is just plain hard emotional work...the hardest thing that I have ever had to do! Just a few people who care about you, can be good support, and they do not need to understand your whole process! They just need to accept you for who you are. Your process just needs to be faced slowly and deliberately and in due time, you will come out on the other side of the hurt! And, it is always ok, to scream for it to end! But, the life that awaits you at the other end it so much more than you can ever imagine now! May be like the falcon rising out of the ashes! There is no need to fear...your fear! Fear needs to be channeled to support and serve us! See it as building a better foundation...one brick at a time, assembled properly! A foundation that will support that structure for as long as you live and beyond... my heart goes out to you! And, even in the middle of the (very hard) work,’ find some things that bring joy to your heart!
@heatherUNS I forgot one thing that I incorporated into my life that helped me hang on...I kept a journal (it needs to be 3 pages @time), many times I had to write until my wayward mind found peace! When we get thoughts out of our head and they can be seen...we get more ideas on what we may be experiencing! Like another angle, that we had not thought of. And, it may have something to do with using our hands to get words...outside our body. But, I found that it helped with my healing, process.
I had problems with dreaming so much I didn't get any restful sleep. I discovered if I sleep with music on all night, I just have regular, don't remember dreams.
I have a rechargeable Mp3 player that will play for at least 3 nights. I have mellow rock on it. I have it just loud enough to barely hear it with my back turned to the speaker. I think the important part is, it's all music I know the majority of the words to, so it gives that part of my brain something that occupies it (sing along), while the rest of me sleeps.
sewchick57
Level 7
Nov 18, 2018
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I do listen to what I call "boreyoumentaries" or to explain, documentaries that are just interesting enough to occupy me but not so interesting that I real attention, music I can't really use, I used to be a musician so my brain goes in to analytical mode or just gets agitated because I wouldn't do it that way, but the dreams come anyway and on some occasions will actually incorporate parts of what I have fallen asleep to, glad it works for you and thanks for the comment.
I need white noise to sleep but your use of barely audible music sounds intriguing & I might try it.
I don't suffer from this, I get enjoyment out of this. Been happening ever since I quit smoking pot I've been having very lucid and realistic dreams. In one instance I had committed several crimes and had been running and hiding from law enforcement then when I woke up it took me several minutes to determine whether or not I needed to leave where I was at so that I wouldn't get caught. I enjoy these moments as its like a from a hallucinogenic drug that gives me an escape from reality and teleports me into an alternate reality or an alternate universe
DDexter
Level 3
Nov 18, 2018
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*note to self maybe start smoking pot" I guess you are luckier than me then, maybe you have a much more positive outlook on life, what mainly springs to mind right now is in my dreams there was one wonderful night probably about 6 months ago where I was in a bombed out area post blast pulling shards of glass out of my arms and trying to find my kids, it's still real and of course I know it's not true, it's almost impossible to talk about to anyone, it's like waving the freak flag or you don't get the reaction you need which isn't "oh that's terrible" mean who needs to hear that, so thanks for the input it's nice to know that other people experience it (a while ago one of my less nasty dreams involved me waking up convinced I hadn't paid the road tax on a vehicle I haven't owned for 20 years)
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