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Posted by Deneb on March 11, 2012, at 17:21:13
I don't consider my excessive dreaming to be a problem personally, but it does interfere with my life somewhat.
I enjoy sleeping and dreaming so much that I would rather dream than live life in the real world.
My dreams are extremely vivid and very long lasting. I swear it's like I'm actually living a second life in my dreams. If I remembered every detail upon waking, I'm sure I could write a really good movie or book based on my dream.
The thing is, I sleep a LOT. I often go to bed at 4 am during the weekends and don't wake until close to 5 PM the next day. I'm dreaming for hours and hours. They're very vivid and sometimes I'm lucid in them.
I really enjoy my dreams, but I think I'm sleeping too much.
Is there anything I can do to not sleep so much?
Posted by Raisinb on March 11, 2012, at 20:53:07
In reply to Excessive Dreaming, posted by Deneb on March 11, 2012, at 17:21:13
I don't have advice for you to stop, but I am interested in the lucid dream thing: have you ever tried to direct your dream, solve life problems in the dream, etc? I have heard of people doing this.
Posted by Deneb on March 12, 2012, at 0:39:16
In reply to Re: Excessive Dreaming, posted by Raisinb on March 11, 2012, at 20:53:07
Yes, I often direct my dreams when I am lucid. Sometimes it's just exploring my surroundings. I open doors to explore rooms or go outside, go into stores, eat foods, drink stuff, touch things. It's neat because I feel and taste everything.
A lot of the time I end up having sex. LOL. That or flying.
Sometimes I summon things up. Once I summoned this flying creature. I rode on it and flew around.
Other times I have fun flying through walls, jumping out windows etc. It's really realistic so it is thrilling. Sometimes I hesitate because it's so real. But then I see signs that it's a dream so I just jump out the window.
I don't find myself thinking to solve my real life problems in my dreams. Often I'm just wanting immediate gratification. Hence the sex and the flying and eating and stuff. LOL
Posted by Zyprexa on March 12, 2012, at 2:54:09
In reply to Excessive Dreaming, posted by Deneb on March 11, 2012, at 17:21:13
I sleep a lot too. Think its because of my zyprexa. Before it I hardly ever slept. Nothing I can do about it, I need the zyprexa. I also like being able to sleep now. So not sure I'm upset about it. Just that it becomes a problem meeting up with people during daylight hours. I too go to sleep between 4am and 9am, and sleep to 4pm or 9pm.
Posted by Phillipa on March 12, 2012, at 10:23:49
In reply to Re: Excessive Dreaming, posted by Zyprexa on March 12, 2012, at 2:54:09
I dream a lot but have a lot of nightmares. Last night seriously got up for real got back in bed and really thought my husband was gone had left me. I even woke him and told him that. Must be anxiety or hidden fears? Phillipa
Posted by emmanuel98 on March 12, 2012, at 20:46:03
In reply to Re: Excessive Dreaming, posted by Phillipa on March 12, 2012, at 10:23:49
Sometimes I have such vivid but mundane dreams that I don't know when I wake up whether they happened or not. For instance, before I woke up this morning, I dreamed I was ironing and when I got up, I wasn't sure whether I dreamed this or it really happened. I went into the laundry room to make sure the iron wasn't turned on. It wasn't. Weird.
Posted by Raisinb on March 13, 2012, at 14:36:16
In reply to Re: Excessive Dreaming » Raisinb, posted by Deneb on March 12, 2012, at 0:39:16
Still, that is pretty cool!
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