I've noticed throughout my life that I almost always remember my dreams the next morning. This can be somewhat obnoxious because I always want to share what I've dreamt about but can never fully describe the vision. In a few freak occasions, I have actually woken up and immediately called people who I dreamt about to make sure they were okay. Recently I've found that if something terrible happens in my dreams, my brain compensates to make everything okay. For example, if a loved-one dies in my dreams, they immediately spring back to life. However, I experienced the opposite situation in a recent seemingly funny dream.
I was walking along the sidewalk and I turned to see a completely white rat/bear thing, that had white scales like Falcor the luck dragon, but it was freaking huge! This thing was massive! And it was driving a car/vespa/bicycle! I didn't seem to notice that it was jeering at me in a not friendly way. I was so excited that I might actually have a beautiful beast/friend to ride with to the ends of the earth who would beat up those asshole kids that threw me in the dumpster!!!
Deciding that this was my only chance, I exuberantly waved my hand and yelled "Hi!" The beast slammed on the brakes, jumped off of it's transportation, and charged towards me while growling/screaming. Apparently he was not my friend... and then I woke up.
So jealous. I never remember my dreams.
ReplyDeleteI remember my dreams all the time, too... But you're right if I don't verbalize it immediately my brain will automatically convert it into something rational and then I end up forgetting the way it really happened. Falcor is awesome!
ReplyDeleteOne thing I have especially noticed is how often my perspective changes in dreams, like one minute I am me and the next minute I am looking at me through someone else's eyes and then the person that is "me" turns into an animal or someone completely different, but it still manages to be the same me person in the "story"...
One dream I had recently involved me wanting to go to dental school to be a dentist. But I knew I had this cavity and so I knew I would never get in (made lots of sense in the dream). I was telling Michael about this in a restaurant and he said he could get it out for me, so I sat down on the ground and he drilled out the cavity. Then I looked in the mirror at my tooth and saw there was a big hole in it and I got really mad at him for not filling it in right! Man I'm such a bitch in my dreams!
I did have a dream in black and white with a narrator once. That was pretty fancy.
ReplyDeleteAt least it didn't eat you. That would've been quite tragic :(
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