What Is A Good Way To Dream?

Sir C.A.T · Post by **Sir C.A.T** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 2:33 am

Yeah... I was looking at this lucid dreaming stuff and wondered how do I dream? I haven't dreamed for so long. I don't know if that is because I stay up so late or what. Anyways, any help on how to get a good dream going is appreciated.

Tall Israeli · Post by **Tall Israeli** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 2:44 am

Have you tried falling asleep?

Sir C.A.T · Post by **Sir C.A.T** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:01 am

I have but usually I don't dream.

SadisticSaviorX · Post by **SadisticSaviorX** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:06 am

i havent had a dream since..... march...

Post by **Specially Cork** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:00 am

You dream every night. Whenever your body enters the REM phase of sleep. It is common procedure. So even if you dont think youre dreaming...you are.

The problem is during the later parts of REM the dream stops and it is erased from your mind, this occurs more regularly as you get older, or if you are suffering from stress etc. etc.

Generally, if you can remember a dream vividly it is because you were awoken while having that dream. However even then if you fall back to sleep again chances are you will forget most, if not all of it while you carry on sleeping. Unless it was a particularly amazing dream (you know, the type that can effect your mood for the entire day)

Some important tips for getting good dreams are:
1) Stimulate your brain during the day. If you sit around doing nothing your breain has nothing much to think about night either, so nothing very interesting will happen
2) Get plenty of sleep, obviously this increases the time you can dream for.
3) Instead of just setting an alarm to wake you up in the morning, set a few more to awake you in the middle of the night, if you get lucky youll awake during a dream and remember it.
4) If you do wake up at 3AM and remember a cool dream, make some quick notes about it before you go back to sleep, or youll probably forget it, no matter how clear it seems at the time.
5) Certain foods may help you dream, such as dairy foods. Thes foods take a long time to digest in the stomach and prevent you from falling into a constant deep sleep, increasing the possibility that you will be disturbed during a dream.

abydos1000 · Post by **abydos1000** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:43 am

I've heard that Steven King got most of his ideas from writing his dreams down immediately after he woke up from them.

Caboose · Post by **Caboose** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:17 am

Eating chips before I sleep gives me a stomach ache later at night.

Sir Savant · Post by **Sir Savant** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:17 pm

Take medications. Ive had dreams I can remember all day most of the summer, since taking zyrtec, zithromax, flonase, and singulair.

Lord_Ball · Post by **Lord_Ball** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:33 pm

The only dreams I remember are totally messed up... such as the one I had several years ago that featured pumpkin head monsters that ate money... yeah that's all I'm gonna say.

FETUS · Post by **FETUS** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:29 pm

Keep a pad of paper and a pen next to your bed with the intention of writing down your dreams, you won't actually write them down but you'll remember them.

Orange_Ribbon · Post by **Orange_Ribbon** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:31 pm

I get nightmares of being hurt by boxs if I go straight to sleep without reading or watching TV after work. (I work midnight shift at UPS)

Sir Savant · Post by **Sir Savant** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 2:49 pm

Whenever I am sick, like a very bad fever or at the peak of my flu, I have a dream that I am playing I think either dodgeball, volleyball, or tennis with God. I am supposed to bring the ball but forget so he strikes me with a lightning bolt and I die.

Smurph · Post by **Smurph** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:42 pm

I want to learn how to dreamscape.

Veggita2099 · Post by **Veggita2099** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:48 pm

Dark Savant0 wrote:Take medications. Ive had dreams I can remember all day most of the summer, since taking zyrtec, zithromax, flonase, and singulair.

Yea I recently had my wisdom teeth pulled and the doctor had me on percoset (not sure of spelling). Anyways I had some amazing dreams and I remember pretty much all of them. They mostly involved me being some sort of action hero though, so I woke up tired :/

Gmc · Post by **Gmc** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:36 pm

The only time I usually dream is if I have a lot on my mind.