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

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Post by Viliam1234 »

abruzzi wrote: post #105
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'm completely the opposite. 50 years old and I have never once in my life remembered a dream. Never. I see things about dreams, such as this like, as interesting, but can relate to them at all, because they are things that happen to other people. I assume I have dreams, but when I wake up, I never have any recall of them.

To me it is important to start recalling my dream as literally the first thing after I wake up. Anything else... and the dream is probably lost.

It helps to have enough sleep, not wake up with an alarm, not have anything important to do after waking up. Have a pen and paper next to the bed, to remind you. Think about how you want to remember your dream, as you are falling asleep.

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

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Post by SnowflakeOnIce »

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 always wondered if anyone else had this! People I have asked all seemed surprised by the question.

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

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Post by splittingTimes »

gavinmckenzie wrote: post #58
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…

That is fascinating. Sadly No, i never continued dreams. They are a stand-alone experience, so to speak.

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

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Post by splittingTimes »

jobigoud wrote: post #106
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 have this. I always imagine these are bubbling up one last time to the surface and I never experience these thoughts ever again.

If you write them down and actively try to remember, they enter a more permanent state in memory. I can more easily recall them that way and even continue the memory explosion.

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

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Post by Viliam1234 »

gavinmckenzie wrote: post #58
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…

I have a series of dreams that happen in my town, whose geography in the dreams is as I naively imagined it as a child. The map of the dream town is an exact circle. The bus route from my home (my parents' home) to my school is a straight line (in reality it is more like a spiral). As a consequence, some places exist in my dream map that do not correspond to anything in reality. Sometimes I wake up with a feeling that it is important to go to those places in real life, because something important that I forgot is there.

Across a large street from my parents' home, there are some trees that kinda look like a beginning of a forest. In reality those are just a few densely growing trees, followed by more streets and houses. As a small child I didn't know, because we rarely walked in that direction, so in my dreams, there was a forest. Now I know what is actually there, and have walked there many times. But in the dream world, there still is a forest.

The dream map refuses to update and keeps the misconceptions of my childhood. Of course, during the dreams, it is a real map containing places that I merely "forgot" and "should visit again".

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

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Post by austinjp »

abruzzi wrote: post #105
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'm completely the opposite. 50 years old and I have never once in my life remembered a dream. Never. I see things about dreams, such as this like, as interesting, but can relate to them at all, because they are things that happen to other people. I assume I have dreams, but when I wake up, I never have any recall of them.

It's entirely probable that this experience is shared by plenty of others, we just don't hear much from you guys.

If you're curious to discover whether you dream or not, have someone wake you when you're in REM sleep. Your favourite search engine will help you to determine when this is happening. Usual caveats apply about taking advice from a random person on the internet.

If you're not entering REM sleep but you feel fine, hey, nice. Contact a sleep scientist and ask if they want to study you.

If you enter REM but have no dreams, hey, nice. You're apparently in the minority. Contact a sleep scientist and all if you want to study you.

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

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Post by Viliam1234 »

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.

Me too. This is creepy. I mean, being naked, chased by monsters, flying, or talking to people who are dead... okay, those are some ancient archetypes or whatever. But the missed math class in college is just too modern and too specific.

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

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Post by Viliam1234 »

godmode2019 wrote: post #110
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…

My daughter (2) sleep talks "more milkies"

Food, scary animals, saying "I don't want", asking where something/someone is. (My daughter, 3.)

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

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Post by morganf »

abruzzi wrote: post #105
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'm completely the opposite. 50 years old and I have never once in my life remembered a dream. Never. I see things about dreams, such as this like, as interesting, but can relate to them at all, because they are things that happen to other people. I assume I have dreams, but when I wake up, I never have any recall of them.

Abruzzi -- I'm 45 and only started dreaming in the last 5 years. I don't know why or how but I do now. It's incredible. Maybe you will, too!

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

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Post by Viliam1234 »

bgroat wrote: post #22
warent wrote: post #2

I'm curious to know if frequency of dreaming correlates to anything. Most people I talk to "rarely have dreams" (probably meaning they just dont remember them). For some reason in my case I have a vivid dream every night, sometimes multiple per night, and can't remember the last time my sleep was dreamless. I've heard keeping a dream journal can help you remember/have more vivid dreams, but I only write my dreams dow…

I think it's that most people don't take time to reflect. I recently became very anxious that I was "dreaming less". Then I remembered that this couldn't be true because my cognition wasn't impaired. This indicates I'm still hitting REM So what gives? The answer, I'm not showering in the morning to go to an office. No shower, no dedicated dream remembering time. Hence the perception of "fewer dreams"

Also, dreams are quickly forgotten, even if you make an effort to recall them.

Once I was writing a dream diary. I had a dream, and I was like "this reminds me of another dream I had a few weeks ago". I opened the diary, and saw that the "few weeks ago" was actually yesterday.

So, if the dream from yesterday feels like a few weeks ago, and the dreams before yesterday are either forgotten or feel like an ancient past, it is quite easy to believe that you usually don't dream, even if you actually dream every night.

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