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Re: The DreamBank, a collection of over 20k dream reports

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Post by splittingTimes »

rebuilder wrote: post #46
splittingTimes wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a kid, age 6-8 probably I had many dreams about owls. I never figured out why or what would have triggered it. Between my 20s and 30s I did a lot of selfdefense training. I would dream a lot about conflict situations where I would have to fight (or run). In real life I might have had 3 conflics in those 10 years. Anyhow, fighting in a dream was like being submerged in molasse: every movement had resistence and was…

That slowness is very common, AFAIK. I have it, too, specifically if I try to punch things. Good thing, too - a couple of times that has failed to work and I've woken up just in time to see my first punch a wall or my elbow smash into the radiator next to my bed. Hurts. I don't know if it's related, but sometimes in my dreams I fly by taking advantage of this oddly sluggish momentum. All it takes is to launch myself…

yes punches especially. But it is really good it is slow. I punched my little daughter that slept in our bed one night. But no harm was done... phew

Re: The DreamBank, a collection of over 20k dream reports

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Post by benmller313 »

nprz wrote: post #45
as1mov wrote: post #19

Just curious, does anyone here have dreams with some recurring themes? I've tried googling for this but sadly most of the content seems to be related to spiritual/mystical "explanations" of it. And I don't bring it up with anyone in real life so as to not appear like a kook. I don't usually remember my dreams, but when I do there's a great probability that it falls into these 2 categories - 1. I suddenly find myself…

Only recurring dream I have is I'm back in college and it's the end of a semester, suddenly I realize there's some math class I haven't been attending and I have just a few days to cram everything I've missed in time for the final.

I have this dream constantly. Always that I forgot to ever go to the class, never that I'm struggling in a class or that I'm going to fail I class I've been attending. I wonder, did you skip a lot of classes in College?

Re: The DreamBank, a collection of over 20k dream reports

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Post by NovaJehovah »

as1mov wrote: post #19

Just curious, does anyone here have dreams with some recurring themes? I've tried googling for this but sadly most of the content seems to be related to spiritual/mystical "explanations" of it. And I don't bring it up with anyone in real life so as to not appear like a kook. I don't usually remember my dreams, but when I do there's a great probability that it falls into these 2 categories - 1. I suddenly find myself…

I wonder how these kinds of dreams are affected by dealing with the underlying anxieties.

I remember having the "naked in public" dream in the past. I've also had a fair amount of body shame for most of my life.

But after getting in better shape and spending time on nude beaches and in the occasional (mixed gender) nude sauna in the last few years, my body shame pretty much disappeared. I now feel almost no self-consciousness from being naked.

I can't recall having a single "naked in public" dream since getting more comfortable with my body.

Re: The DreamBank, a collection of over 20k dream reports

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Post by Solid_Applaud »

lqet wrote: post #12

I would like to know what small children (1-2 years) dream, but we can of course never really know for sure. My daughter (2 years) definitely seems to have nightmares. She also seems to have conversations in her dreams, as she often speaks answers to questions while sleeping. Personally I very strongly remember some wild dreams when I was very young, probably around the age I started remembering things at all, so aro…

Synesthesia is incredible. You haven't lived to the fullest until you felt colors as emotions and emotions as geometric shapes.

Re: The DreamBank, a collection of over 20k dream reports

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Post by DethNinja »

benmller313 wrote: post #52
nprz wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Only recurring dream I have is I'm back in college and it's the end of a semester, suddenly I realize there's some math class I haven't been attending and I have just a few days to cram everything I've missed in time for the final.

I have this dream constantly. Always that I forgot to ever go to the class, never that I'm struggling in a class or that I'm going to fail I class I've been attending. I wonder, did you skip a lot of classes in College?

I’m not the person you are asking but I got the same type of dreams, and yes I practically didn’t attend to at least a quarter of the classes in college. I didn’t like some lecturers, so I would study through textbooks and ask my friends about important exam dates and would generally have fears about missing these exams but somehow I still have these type of dreams.

Re: The DreamBank, a collection of over 20k dream reports

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Post by lrossi »

Do you ever dream about programming?

I sometimes dream about code or debugging, especially when my team is working on a deadline. A few times I dreamt of solutions to problems we had. It felt good on the spot, calming and relaxing. Unfortunately, after waking up, they don’t make any sense.

Re: The DreamBank, a collection of over 20k dream reports

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Post by as1mov »

benmller313 wrote: post #52
nprz wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Only recurring dream I have is I'm back in college and it's the end of a semester, suddenly I realize there's some math class I haven't been attending and I have just a few days to cram everything I've missed in time for the final.

I have this dream constantly. Always that I forgot to ever go to the class, never that I'm struggling in a class or that I'm going to fail I class I've been attending. I wonder, did you skip a lot of classes in College?

Hah, I don't think it depends on that really. I've never really missed classes in college (mandatory attendance yay!) but I still get those dreams occasionally.

Re: The DreamBank, a collection of over 20k dream reports

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Post by gavinmckenzie »

splittingTimes wrote: post #48

How else has this? I sometimes remember dreams from easily 15y - 20y ago absolutly vividly, although I have had forgotten them in the mean time. Suddenly, during the day, like in a split second (maybe triggered from a scene or scent) I feel that "feeling" (or more like a superposition of all impression of that dream i had) of a dream long lost and the dream is fully present in that moment and I kind of "remember" it…

I can relate. I have a handful of recurring dream worlds that I visit. Sometimes I'll have a series of dreams over a few days that all take place in the same dream world. Months or years can go by and then I'll find myself dropped back into a dream world that I had forgotten about. Sometimes the world has progressed since my last visit, and sometimes I'm put back nearly where I left off last time.

The weirdest thing for me is that I swear I have a separate set of memories in these different dream worlds; a personal history exclusive to that dream world, where once I'm in that dream world, I suddenly remember previous visits to that world, places I've visited, events that took place. It's an incredibly strange feeling that can momentarily make me question my sense of self.

I should note that I nearly always dream lucidly. Not sure if that plays a role in this phenomena.

Re: The DreamBank, a collection of over 20k dream reports

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Post by as1mov »

NovaJehovah wrote: post #53
as1mov wrote: post #19

Just curious, does anyone here have dreams with some recurring themes? I've tried googling for this but sadly most of the content seems to be related to spiritual/mystical "explanations" of it. And I don't bring it up with anyone in real life so as to not appear like a kook. I don't usually remember my dreams, but when I do there's a great probability that it falls into these 2 categories - 1. I suddenly find myself…

I wonder how these kinds of dreams are affected by dealing with the underlying anxieties. I remember having the "naked in public" dream in the past. I've also had a fair amount of body shame for most of my life. But after getting in better shape and spending time on nude beaches and in the occasional (mixed gender) nude sauna in the last few years, my body shame pretty much disappeared. I now feel almost no self-cons…

I guess this does make some sense in my case. Unfortunately my issues can't really be fixed by getting in better shape.

Re: The DreamBank, a collection of over 20k dream reports

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Post by pbadg3r »

Has anyone seen research linking dream content to the causes of the dream? What I'm imagining is dream journals like the ones on the website, accompanied by things that are happening in the patient's life that might explain the dream.

E.g. Dream: I saw my mom and gave her a hug.

Posited cause: I've been thinking about my mom a lot recently because her birthday was last week and I really miss her.

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