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re: Are dreams the most unexplained human activity?
Posted on 11/23/22 at 5:37 pm to cheobode
Posted on 11/23/22 at 5:37 pm to cheobode
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I fell down a lucid dreaming rabbit hole the other night. There are some techniques to follow so you can do it almost on demand.
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I instantly knew I was in a dream and could do whatever I wanted. Fly, steal a car, fight someone, hook up with that girl, etc. The only downside was that I slept horribly.
I don’t have any proven techniques, but for me there is some trigger or alert to me that I’m actually in a dream (some bizarre moment, a physical impossibility, seeing a dead friend or relative, etc). It could be a variety of things that confirm I’m in a dream. When I realize it, I go to the nearest wall in my dream. When I’m at the wall, I try to climb it and from there I know I’m truly in a dream and can do whatever I want. I fly around but it’s more like floating (like that old Christopher Walken fat boy slim music video type of “flying”). It’s fun and I can do anything I want. There’s a lot of sex. I know I’m in a dream, but it feels just like reality.
I was doing it almost every night several months ago. As you said, the downside was that I would wake up exhausted. It’s horrible sleep. And I can’t control “not to do it”. Haven’t done it in few months and it’s actually a relief. Getting much better rest. I’m overdue for another round of lucid dreams. It’s great, but not every night.
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Posted on 11/23/22 at 7:36 pm to BabyTac
From the age 8 till about 14 I had a little elf that lived in my shirt pocket during my dreams. We went on all types of adventures. He would get so excited when I dreamed. "You're back!" Fun times.
Posted on 11/23/22 at 7:39 pm to jeffsdad
Use to lucid dream quite a bit. But I got stuck in a dream once and couldn't wake myself up. Knew how long I had been asleep, which direction I was facing, about what time it was , and was pinching and screaming at myself to wake up, but did not. Finally woke up in sweat drenched clothes. No more lucid dreaming since.
Posted on 11/23/22 at 7:41 pm to jeffsdad
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Use to lucid dream quite a bit. But I got stuck in a dream once and couldn't wake myself up. Knew how long I had been asleep, which direction I was facing, about what time it was , and was pinching and screaming at myself to wake up, but did not. Finally woke up in sweat drenched clothes. No more lucid dreaming since.
How do you turn it off, so to speak?
Posted on 11/23/22 at 7:42 pm to BabyTac
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Why
The "what" and "how" of dreams are pretty well explained
As for the "why", although very interesting to explore purpose of dreams, there are many other parts of life that could use purpose explanations...
For instance, "why":
...are we here?
...are we here right now?
...do living things require other living things to be killed to sustain their own life? (humans food/sustenance)
...does foreskin caught in a zipper make you want to die?
So many questions...
Posted on 11/23/22 at 7:48 pm to BabyTac
Posted on 11/23/22 at 7:52 pm to jeffsdad
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Use to lucid dream quite a bit. But I got stuck in a dream once and couldn't wake myself up. Knew how long I had been asleep, which direction I was facing, about what time it was , and was pinching and screaming at myself to wake up, but did not. Finally woke up in sweat drenched clothes. No more lucid dreaming since
I’ve done that, or I’ve had it where I “wake up”, but I’m only dreaming that I woke up so I’m right back in another (non-lucid this time) dream. The new dream tends to be a bit more grounded in reality.
It’s like my brain still wants me to sleep so it tries again, fixing the little things that caused me to realize that first round of nonsense was just a dream to begin with.
Posted on 11/23/22 at 8:16 pm to Bruco
Well, when I wanted to lucid dream I usually thought about it before I went to sleep. It worked about half the time . I simply stopped doing that.
Posted on 11/23/22 at 8:29 pm to BabyTac
Im fascinated by the fact that part of my brain creates a story or event while the other part of my brain is completely surprised or confused by it all while I'm sleeping
Posted on 11/23/22 at 8:31 pm to BabyTac
The brain has its own lymphatic system, called the glymphatic system.
This system works when we are sleeping and is probably one of the reasons we sleep. If we don’t sleep and the glymphatic system can’t do its job, we will die.
I personally think that dreaming is a way in which the brain gets all of its parts to open up and release waste from the day’s metabolism that took place. Dreams can be peaceful or chaotic and the brain paralyzes the body so that no harm is done during sleep.
I think the brain is resting and running a “cleaning program” that entails spontaneous thoughts, or dreams, that are not meant to go into long term memory, explaining why it’s normal to not remember dreams.
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In 2012 a team of researchers demonstrated for the first time that the brain is equipped with a unique waste-carrying drainage system called the glymphatic system. The glymphatic system removes waste proteins from the brain in a similar way that fluids and waste are removed by the rest of the body's lymphatic system
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For the first time, a new study has observed that cerebrospinal fluid washes in and out of the brain in waves during sleep, helping clear out waste.
This system works when we are sleeping and is probably one of the reasons we sleep. If we don’t sleep and the glymphatic system can’t do its job, we will die.
I personally think that dreaming is a way in which the brain gets all of its parts to open up and release waste from the day’s metabolism that took place. Dreams can be peaceful or chaotic and the brain paralyzes the body so that no harm is done during sleep.
I think the brain is resting and running a “cleaning program” that entails spontaneous thoughts, or dreams, that are not meant to go into long term memory, explaining why it’s normal to not remember dreams.
This post was edited on 11/23/22 at 8:54 pm
Posted on 11/23/22 at 8:31 pm to BRIllini07
Yeah, I’ve had arguments with people in my dreams that I was dreaming them. They would laugh at me and then watch me disappear and they are going “o crap”. But waking up and going back to sleep and have the dream be more realistic….yeah.
Posted on 11/23/22 at 8:32 pm to BabyTac
quote:now do jacking off
Why we dream, what we dream, how the most far fetched things make sense or seem realistic in dreams? This has to be one of the most unexplained phenomenon. How some dreams stick with us for sometimes days like a relative event? How the smallest things, people, or memories from decades ago tend to pop up when in reality there’s hardly any memory at all that ever crosses your mind.
Posted on 11/23/22 at 8:43 pm to Scruffy
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Want to get even more confused about dreams? Prior to color tv, most people would dream in grayscale. This has been reproduced in studies where kids are shown only black and white tv shows.
This doesn’t make any sense. People have been dreaming long before TV and I don’t see why they would dream in grayscale
Posted on 11/23/22 at 9:13 pm to BabyTac
I had one of the most bizarre dreams of my life last night. Not gonna lie, it was a good dream…though totally ridiculous. It was also one of those that seemed to last all night, even when I woke and went back to sleep, just picked up where it left off.
Despite the fact that I’m 10 years older than Joe Burrow, we were in college together and dating. It wasn’t as if he was a star QB and me his lucky girlfriend. He happened to play football, I happened to be in the band and we were best friends— infatuated with one another. In the dream he was a kind, funny & sweet guy. He had no prospects of making it big. Seems like he didn’t even play, really. He was just my best friend.
It was a weird arse dream but I woke up in love with him and felt super strange about it.
Someone dissect this dream please.
Despite the fact that I’m 10 years older than Joe Burrow, we were in college together and dating. It wasn’t as if he was a star QB and me his lucky girlfriend. He happened to play football, I happened to be in the band and we were best friends— infatuated with one another. In the dream he was a kind, funny & sweet guy. He had no prospects of making it big. Seems like he didn’t even play, really. He was just my best friend.
It was a weird arse dream but I woke up in love with him and felt super strange about it.
Someone dissect this dream please.
Posted on 11/23/22 at 9:15 pm to tigerbandpiccolo
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Someone dissect this dream please
You are horny for #9.
Posted on 11/23/22 at 9:32 pm to Rebel
Fair enough.
Posted on 11/23/22 at 9:33 pm to BabyTac
My theory is that dreams are nature's way of teaching and reinforcing instinctual behavior. Most animals don't have any type of social learning or hands-on parenting. They simply get weened or tossed out of a nest and are expected to survive based on instinct. Like, how the hell does a rabbit know to run for cover when it sees a fox?
Of course humans don't need dreams - we have plenty of adults constantly hovering around us explaining things using complex language, which is probably why our dreams have evolved towards the weird. Even still we have common dreams like having sex, falling off a cliff, getting but by a snake, or showing up to take a test unprepared that reinforce beneficial behavior and survivor skills.
Posted on 11/23/22 at 9:33 pm to Bruco
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I do keep having these “heavy leg” dreams
These are awful. Can’t hardly walk much less run. It’s slow and heavy and painful and feels very real. I can’t escape those dreams until I wake up.
Posted on 11/23/22 at 9:47 pm to BabyTac
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This post was edited on 11/24/22 at 9:27 pm
Posted on 11/23/22 at 9:51 pm to BabyTac
As much as we freely admit dreams are wild distortions and in many cases simply impossible, I also think our memory storage of real life events gets distorted.
A simple example is getting multiple witnesses to describe a perpetrator in a crime. Often times you'll get wildly different recounts..
Also, I'll admit that I was certain of a specific event at a specific time in my childhood, but my siblings and mother corrected me and I realized I had essentially fused 2 separate events into another.
A simple example is getting multiple witnesses to describe a perpetrator in a crime. Often times you'll get wildly different recounts..
Also, I'll admit that I was certain of a specific event at a specific time in my childhood, but my siblings and mother corrected me and I realized I had essentially fused 2 separate events into another.
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