Vigil on 3/6/2006 at 16:08
Your bedroom is haunted by a mosquito net.
Shug on 4/6/2006 at 09:15
Quote Posted by LesserFollies
For months now if I wake in the dark I see some sort of webby, fibrous curtain or veil hanging over my bed... Then I blink and clear my mind and it gradually resolves and disappears. What is that
What IS that
I used to see a net-type thing in darkness as a child, it would actually sweep away and then disappear. Looking back I think it was just an effect different depths of greys would have on my vision
Shevers on 4/6/2006 at 11:31
Quote Posted by Cookie Dough
Also, for the "falling sensation", does that include the "tripping" dream? Where you are at first not really dreaming at all, then suddenly out of nowhere are walking and you trip, which then makes you jerk, or "trip" in reality and then usually wake up.
I've had that maybe once or twice a year, I like it for some reason. For me anyway, it's not so much of a dream as just deep in thought, right before dreaming starts. I remember one where I was riding a bike and fell off it and got that sensation - and I want it again :p
Cookie Dough on 5/6/2006 at 06:28
It's always quite an interesting "event". I don't mind them at all, I just always think they're interesting. I would say around 99% of my dreams seem like 100% reality, they almost always seem to be completely real, unless in the dream I know I'm dreaming, so.. like I said, always interesting. :)
Speaking of which, from reading about a lot of different people's dreams, I've come to think that some people don't dream "reality-based" dreams. As in, the dream seems like it is something that is actually taking place in reality, in the waking world. Am I right to think this? Are some people's dreams the way they are always interpreted on TV or in movies? All blurry-like or "misty" or warped, perhaps. Not just(usually) crystal-clear and "real"?
~s:a:n:i:t:y~ on 6/6/2006 at 09:20
Morrgan, you are lucky:)
I wish I had that kind of dreams more often.
I like scary dreams. Especially real ones :)
I remember seeing them often after reading a couple of chapters of "Salem's Lot", "Dark Half" and "Night Shift" by Stephen King daily - it was awsome!!!:ebil:
Jenesis on 6/6/2006 at 10:26
Cookie - I'm not sure what qualifies as 'reality-based'. Certainly my dreams all seem plausible at the time. I might go through a door from Room A to Room B, and then go back through the same door to Room C, and not think anything of it. It always seems weird when I wake up and remember, though.
A lot of the time, though, I'm dreaming of real-world locations with which I am familiar, where that sort of thing doesn't happen. The people in my dream might do odd things I think are normal at the time, though.
I've only ever realised I was dreaming once, that I can remember, and I woke up a few seconds later, but one thing I have noticed is that if I don't like how something has transpired in a dream, I can force the dream back to the point where things started to go wrong and make things happen differently. So clearly on some level I realise I'm not awake.
Cookie Dough on 7/6/2006 at 07:07
I find that to actually be quite incredible. And for some reason, for the first time, have just now thought of the idea that I should start trying to control my dreams. Or atleast see if I'm capable of controlling them to some point.
As for "reality based", I basically meant: If you didn't know you were dreaming, you wouldn't know you were dreaming. Realistic. Not any misty, obscured, foggy/blurry, "dream-like" dream.
Anything crazy or uncommon could happen in the dream, but it would seem and feel real.
For instance: You know how dreams are always portrayed on TV or in movies, or especially on some of those "psychic investigaters" shows? That is what I'm referring to.
I myself do not dream like that, but I seem to have read and heard that some people actually do. If not anything else, why in the world are dreams portrayed that way on TV and movies etc. ?
DinkyDogg on 7/6/2006 at 07:46
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From Wikipedia article on hypnagogic hallucination:Common symptoms:
* Sensing a "presence" (often malevolent)
* Pressure/weight on body (especially the chest).
* A sensation of not being able to breathe
* Impending sense of doom/death
My dad told me he had this problem once. He solved it by removing the cat that had gone to sleep on his chest.
Morrgan on 13/6/2006 at 13:08
Well, last night I had one of these again. No suddenly appearing dead people this time, I could just sense their presence. However, the fact that they wouldn’t show themselves just made me angry and I decided to ignore the bastards (if you’re going to ruin my dreams, at least have the decency to show yourself, ffs) and go about my usual business.
Who would have thought this would be what solved the whole situation. Apparently the ghosts got so upset about the lack of attention that they came out and told me what was on their minds. They finally told me what was so monumentally important that they had to haunt my dreams. They froze time, gathered around and gave me fashion tips.
Yes, that's right, fashion tips. Apparently I should wear more white and brown leather. Oh, and sunglasses.
I swear, one of these days I’m going to kill my brain.
Oh well, maybe now it'll be back to normal. Like that one dream with the garden full of deadly man-eating giant blueberries.
Quote Posted by ilweran
When my boyfriend moved in it all stopped. No more sleep paralysis and no real insomnia.
Huh, that's interesting. These dreams only seem to happen when I'm home alone.
Quote Posted by Cookie Dough
Speaking of which, from reading about a lot of different people's dreams, I've come to think that some people don't dream "reality-based" dreams. As in, the dream seems like it is something that is actually taking place in reality, in the waking world. Am I right to think this? Are some people's dreams the way they are always interpreted on TV or in movies? All blurry-like or "misty" or warped, perhaps. Not just(usually) crystal-clear and "real"?
I seem to have two kinds of dreams: overly real ones and ones that seem more... detached, like watching a movie. The ones I've described in this thread have all been the ultra real ones, where my senses seem to work better than in real life; I can taste and smell things unusually well, everything looks clear and crisp etc. The others are pretty much the opposite, I guess it feels like having numbed senses. For example I can find myself eating a chocolate cake and wonder why it doesn't taste like much when it looks so delicious. They're not quite as "dreamlike" as dream sequences on TV, but there's a distinct difference between them and the real ones. This is another reason why I suspect (at least some) of the real-feeling ones are hypnagogic hallucinations.
Schattentänzer on 13/6/2006 at 14:29
Quote Posted by Morrgan
Apparently the ghosts got so upset about the lack of attention that they came out and told me what was on their minds. They finally told me what was so monumentally important that they had to haunt my dreams. They froze time, gathered around and gave me fashion tips.
Paz, you can stop the hoodoo now, it worked!
