Hugo Stiglitz wrote: » I was able to snap myself back in the waking world from a somewhat distressing dream last night.
Lorelli! wrote: » I think when this happens and I go into the second sleep, that's often when I have a nightmare.
Black Swan wrote: » I wake up sometimes at night, having dreamed during the first sleep followed by a dream during the second sleep. This happened last night.
Black Swan wrote: » I wake up sometimes at night, having dreamed during the first sleep followed by a dream during the second sleep. This happened last night. Both were nightmares, and methinks that they were triggered by a stressful decision I have to make at work in the next couple of days. Hans Selye differentiates between distress and eustress, the first being harmful and the second useful in that it gets you up in the morning and to accept challenges positively. Perhaps distress is associated with nightmares, and eustress associated with fun and enjoyable dreams?
Widdershins wrote: » Dam! Oh my God! I wrote Damn I just came in to write about my latest dream but it's been fading rapidly all morning.
Widdershins wrote: » Isn't that scandal around the damn or related structure that's fallen into disrepair, happening in California?
Black Swan wrote: » I've had a flooding dream too since all the rain that So Cal has had recently. Was crossing the nearby animal sanctuary and flood control and it overflowed, taking the car we were in with it. Oddly the next scene had us sunbathing on the beach after going for a swim. A disconnected dream.
Gremlinertia wrote: » Had some crazy ass dreams last night, definitely due to new drugs in system.. Very angry dreams and very restless night.
Hugo Stiglitz wrote: » We were driving very fast along a winding country road when we saw that the road ahead was slightly flooded. It didn't look too deep so he decided to plow through it. When we did, the water instantly got deeper and quickly we descended under water. HUGE panic set in and I was going to open the door in order to try swim to the surface but my uncle, who was still accelerating, said something along the lines of "We're nearly through it now", and straight away the water level quickly dropped and we were back driving along the road again like nothing happened.
Widdershins wrote: » Wow. Mine were watery flood dreams too. The countryside was epically flooded where I live here. I mean apocalyptically flooded. We had to swim everywhere.
Hugo Stiglitz wrote: » A few years back, on different meds, I don't really recall being able to remember my dreams at all.
Gremlinertia wrote: » Won't be on them too long i hope, it was ok just kinda tiring.. Sleep has been all over the place lately of course
Hugo Stiglitz wrote: » I would imagine that is the case here. Also, I take some medication too, which I'm sure amplifies it even more. So, last night! I had a dream that was a very unsettling initially but it turned out ok in the end. I was sitting in the passenger seat of a car (the front seat on the left here, not on the right over in the good ol' US of A :pac:) that was being driven by my uncle. We were driving very fast along a winding country road when we saw that the road ahead was slightly flooded. It didn't look too deep so he decided to plow through it. When we did, the water instantly got deeper and quickly we descended under water. HUGE panic set in and I was going to open the door in order to try swim to the surface but my uncle, who was still accelerating, said something along the lines of "We're nearly through it now", and straight away the water level quickly dropped and we were back driving along the road again like nothing happened.
Black Swan wrote: » Methinks dreams and their content can be related to diet, sleep patterns, stress, both positive and negative life occurrences, impressions from film, videos, reading, significant others, etc.
Widdershins wrote: » An impossible tangle of possibilities..
Fathom wrote: » Interesting combinations. To explore.
Widdershins wrote: » I've no idea what causes them. I know I used to drink a lot of coffee, and don't anymore, but at that time I didn't monitor whether the dreams happened on days when I'd drank coffee or a lot of coffee, so that might be completely unrelated. Hope they stop soon!
Fathom wrote: » Still do today. Wonder why?
Gremlinertia wrote: » Spending a lot of time the last few days feeling like I'm trying to fight to the surface, struggling to wake up.. There's been a lot of broken sleep and naps though which may explain some of that..
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