Dream thread

[sneaklyfox]

We all dream. It's just a matter of remembering. Sometimes we don't remember at all. Other times we know we've dreamed but don't remember the content. Then sometimes we remember a lot. Usually when we remember what we dream it's because we woke up from the dream or shortly after. Also, you have to try to consciously remember what you dreamed shortly after you wake up otherwise you forget very soon after.

As for me, I think I remember my dreams fairly often compared to other people. I don't have any special technique at all. I just happens. I usually get woken up from sleep and I haven't quite slept enough so probably I just tend to get woken up during my REM cycles or whatever. And sometimes I am just sleep deprived which means I will probably dream more when I do sleep and the chance of being woken up during a dream increases.

Regarding the ability to will yourself into dreaming, I think I have only done that once in my life a very long time ago. I mean that I had a very nice dream one night and I got woken up before the conclusion of the dream. I was really disappointed because I wanted to know how it would end so the next night as I lay in bed falling to sleep I thought really hard about the dream I had the night previous and managed to will myself to dream part two. When I was a kid I used to fall asleep thinking about what I would like to dream that night. Usually it didn't happen though so this was an exception.

I could go on and on about dreams because I remember a lot... hundreds, I'm sure though I don't remember them as clearly now of course, but I remember the interesting bits. Breakfast was a good time to tell whoever was interested enough to listen.

 

[gj matt]

I had a dream where I broke the 2x2 UWR... OH WAIT! THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED!!
Scramble: R U R' U' R U R' U' R U R' U' R U R' U' R U R' U' R U R' U'
Reconstruction: (ben1996123 method)
2 pieces: Skip
super CLL: Skip

 

[goodatthis]

Okay so I had this dream that was really freaky- yet really, really, really vague.

So do you ever have those dreams where you wake up and your perspective of someone is completely changed (or at least at the start of the day)? I had one of those a few mornings ago, and the weird thing is that I literally can't remember any of it, it's all just wisps. All I remember was the feeling it gave me, and it felt like betrayal and appallment. The fact that I can't put a finger on any of it is what's really strange to me.

on a related note, does anyone know if there's any scientific or neurological relationship between dreams and the (generally unseen) reality? Meaning I know that if I thought about dinosaurs a lot, I'm likely to have a dream about dinosaurs, but what if I have a dream about something that I can't decipher where it came from or what caused it? Basically what I'm asking is, will looking further into your dreams ever help you "figure yourself out?"

 

[sneaklyfox]

So do you ever have those dreams where you wake up and your perspective of someone is completely changed (or at least at the start of the day)? I had one of those a few mornings ago, and the weird thing is that I literally can't remember any of it, it's all just wisps. All I remember was the feeling it gave me, and it felt like betrayal and appallment. The fact that I can't put a finger on any of it is what's really strange to me.

No, I don't get those kinds of dreams. But when we dream, we often organize or evaluate things we experience during our conscious hours. If you dream about a particular person and suddenly your perspective of them has changed or the like, it could be your brain figuring out that they are actually betraying you but you may not realize it. Kind of like how some people feel things instinctively so maybe the back of your mind is telling you you should be careful of trusting that person. Or it could be that you are generally afraid of being betrayed and it just pops into your dream. Or maybe recently you felt betrayed by someone.

on a related note, does anyone know if there's any scientific or neurological relationship between dreams and the (generally unseen) reality? Meaning I know that if I thought about dinosaurs a lot, I'm likely to have a dream about dinosaurs, but what if I have a dream about something that I can't decipher where it came from or what caused it? Basically what I'm asking is, will looking further into your dreams ever help you "figure yourself out?"

Yes, I think dreams can sometimes help you figure yourself out. I also think it's best if you figure it out yourself instead of letting other people interpret for you because you probably know yourself best. For example, I have dreams with this recurrent theme. My husband has found another woman. There could be various outcomes like my husband decides in the end that I'm better than the other woman or he decides to leave me or we all decide to coexist peacefully (yeah, right). I know that this is not something he's doing in real life. It's just an insecurity I have because I don't know how I could bear it if it ever happened. It would probably ruin me. So it's my fear but not a real fear. Kind of like if you dream that someone you love a lot dies. It could be just a fear of how to live after they're gone, not because they're actually sick or anything.

 

[IRNjuggle28]

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This is fascinating... where did you learn all this from? Any recommendations for books that talk about this? I'd love to read up on it some more.

Often, I run into something in real life that I have a weird feeling I had a dream about despite not being able to remember the dream. Sometimes, my hands or feet feel oddly, unnaturally heavy, in a way that I can't describe, and that I know isn't a "real" feeling, and that I would never have noticed in real life if I hadn't had a dream where I felt it. But there are other things where it's completely random, and I can't trace it to anything in dreams or in real life, and I can't even put my finger on what feels familiar about what I'm feeling or seeing or thinking. I don't even have a legitimate reason to think it's a dream. Just a gut feeling.

And I also had the same recurring nightmare I've had probably close to 100 times over the past 8 years again a couple days ago. Woo. Fun. :/

 

[sneaklyfox]

I guess the topic of dreams has always been interesting and fascinating to me. I've had conversations about dreams with many different people. I don't have a particular source for my information. I guess I've just gleaned from many different places on various aspects of dreaming, from books to snippets in articles to hearing other people's experiences and interpretations and things. And then I have a lot of personal experience because I tend to remember my dreams fairly often. Like, although right now I can't quite recall specifics anymore, I did remember at least one dream every night for the past 5 nights. I could probably relate to a lot of other people's dream experiences just because I remember so many experiences.

Are you saying that you during sleep you dream that your hands and feet feel oddly heavy? If so, that's probably because when we sleep our muscles are sometimes in a type of paralyzed state. I don't remember the scientific terms, but I did read about this somewhere before. From experience, my limbs sometimes feel very heavy in the morning when they haven't quite woken up yet. Once, I dreamed that I was being suffocated when I sort of came to the realization that I was actually sleeping in bed with my face in the pillow and I didn't have control of my muscles very well. I couldn't turn over or move myself for quite some time. It took a lot of mental power or something before I could actually do anything.

I don't subscribe to everything that I read, but sometimes I modify my theories based on new information.

I wonder what your nightmare is. 100 times is many.

 

[AlGoreRhythm]

I have a recurring nightmare where I go to Nob Hill and buy some fried chicken, named Harold. Harold turns into Alvin the Chipmunk, and eventually turns into a massive zombie that throws lighthouses at me.

And once it was a lucid dream, and I turned into Harold/Alvin/Zombie and I threw the lighthouses for once.

 

[Torch]

I dreamed I was solving a 7x7, and centers were going really well; but then I realized I don't own a 7x7, and it was actually a 5x5.

 

[Johnny]

My dreams were weird last night.

So my parents (who in this dream were a completely different set of people) kidnapped me and my random, non-real siblings (I actually have no idea how parents can kidnap their own children unless CPS gets involved, but I'm 21 and the premise of the dream seemed to be that the police were after these random parents for no reason). The parents took us to Portland, OR where we just went around the town trying not to get recognized.

Then I dreamed that I flew to 'Stralya and my (this time real) dad was trying to get me to boogie board over a body of water to get to the baggage claim, we were trying to transport a jigsaw puzzle but the waves took it out and so I briefly pondered the fact that I had littered. Then the headphone jack of my iPad got a lot of water in it and I started freaking out. This is when I woke up.

 

[Dene]

My dreams were weird last night.

So my parents (who in this dream were a completely different set of people) kidnapped me and my random, non-real siblings (I actually have no idea how parents can kidnap their own children unless CPS gets involved, but I'm 21 and the premise of the dream seemed to be that the police were after these random parents for no reason). The parents took us to Portland, OR where we just went around the town trying not to get recognized.

Then I dreamed that I flew to 'Stralya and my (this time real) dad was trying to get me to boogie board over a body of water to get to the baggage claim, we were trying to transport a jigsaw puzzle but the waves took it out and so I briefly pondered the fact that I had littered. Then the headphone jack of my iPad got a lot of water in it and I started freaking out. This is when I woke up.

I think you mean straya.

 

[JustinTimeCuber]

A night or two ago I had this dream that I was at a competition. There were 2 rounds of 2x2, and in the first round I got a DNF average. Somehow, I advanced to the second round... Then, in the second round, they forgot my final solve (wtf!?) At the very end, the delegate was looking over times and he noticed my missing 5th time. I was given an extra attempt (lol) and this happened (with a 2x2 of course)

 

[Torch]

I actually had this dream a few months ago, but I remembered it now:

I dreamed that someone told me a Florida competition had been announced, so I went to the WCA site and tried searching "florida", but every time it autocorrected to "tortilla".