Hello my lovelies. I can’t remember the last post I’ve made talking about dreams and nightmares; however, I know I speak on them a lot. So I have another for you. It’s not an interpretation, just an experience that I’ll share with you all. I don’t have nightmares often, but I do experience strange dreams.
It is said that your dream state is heavily affected by your current mental and emotional state. You’ll find people saying that eating certain things before bed can also affect what occurs in your dream state that is unless you’re a lucid dreamer. Lucid dreamers have the ability to control what happens in their dreams, and are overall aware of dreaming. Any fears and anxieties holding in your mind can greatly affect some of your dreams.
I am able to lucid dream to some extent. If I’m truly exhausted then I’ll be in a deep sleep and can only remember bits and pieces of a dream. I’m able to recall most of my dreams which gives me most of my inspiration for the stories I write. Although I find it interesting, I’ve never found food to cause any “out of the norm” dreams for me. Maybe I should experiment…
Last night I had a dream that I could classify as a nightmare. I didn’t wake up in a cold sweat or screaming, but none the less I did wake up. I went to bed late and was particularly tired. It was a long day and after exercising, working out, and eating I was then able to relax fully. I watch make up tutorials on YouTube before heading to bed. It was a normal night to say the least.
Lately I have been having a hard to fully sleeping because my head would itch at night. I’m thinking it’s because of a certain shampoo I used the week before or the hair dye that I used that’s causing an allergic reaction. It could also be the coconut oil or argan oil that I use to oil my scalp but to say the least it has to be a reaction or dry skin. I’ve been scratching with the pads of my fingers relentlessly.
Before bed I was thinking of how bad I’ve been scratching and if it would create any bald spots or cause my hair to fall out. So I did a Google search on it all and say red scalps and dandruff and the likes. Content with my search and the next steps I should take I went to sleep. I woke up around a little after three in the morning and ran to the bathroom to check my scalp and hair.
The dream started off pleasant to say the least. I decided to not manipulate the dreams and let them run their course. It was then when the focus became on me. I was in a bathroom looking in a mirror horrified at what I saw. My hair was short and thinning tremendously, there were bald spots around my head, but I could discern that from the badly inflamed red scalp that was bulging from my head. Little white specs of dandruff were all throughout and the look on my face woke me up.
Needless to say my heavy concern about my scalp issues played a major role in the outcome of the dream. My subconscious drew up a scenario of my concern and used it against me. The image that is now ingrained heavily in my memory will not be forgotten.
I just wanted to share that with you all. Have any of you had a similar experience? Are you able to lucid dream?
Thanks for stopping by Grim’s Crypt.
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April 28, 2017 at 10:53 am
I guess there are many theories, but to it seems that dreams are usually reflections of fears and desires, so there probably is a connection.
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April 28, 2017 at 10:56 am
Indeed there are many. So far I’ve only been able to prove just the fears and desires and whatever is causing anxiety.
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April 28, 2017 at 11:03 am
I guess that’s connected as well. Lack of sleep does cause anxiety.
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April 28, 2017 at 2:51 pm
I occasionally have lucid dreams but it’s nothing I orchestrate. Also, even when I’m aware I’m dreaming, I don’t have total control of the events in the dream. Most of the time, I find my dreams entertaining, especially, if I’m able to read in them (you’re not supposed to read in your dreams because that part of the brain isn’t engaged in your dream state).
I did have my first dream about my Dad several nights ago, but I can’t recall any of the details. I dream about friends and family very rarely.
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April 28, 2017 at 3:06 pm
You’re not supposed to be able to read in them? That’s new to me. Interesting. Will look into that more. Have you tried to orchestrate your dreams? I do sometimes but I like letting the dreams go wherever they take me. Gives me material for my stories. When I dream of family it’s nothing good. Always something bad happening to them and I wake up immediately with tears on my face. Sometimes friends appear, but ppl that I knew or barely spoke to show up and it confuses me. Especially if it’s romance involved. The only time I can’t recall dreams is if I go to sleep drunk or I’m high off pain meds. I had a surgery a while back and the anesthesia kept me in and out of sleep, no dreams.
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April 28, 2017 at 3:21 pm
Author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. wrote himself into his novel “Breakfast of Champions.” When describing the “experience” he said he had only limited control over his characters, as if he was working a bunch of marionettes, but with rubber bands for strings. That’s my relationship with lucid dreams.
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May 8, 2017 at 1:24 pm
I’ll never understand dreams, they’re so cool yet inexplicable. I actually have a series called SleepTalk which is quite similar to your dream posts. I’ll link it below if you’re interested. What’s been your favourite dream so far?
https://mattydwo0d.wordpress.com/category/sleeptalk/
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May 8, 2017 at 1:28 pm
I don’t think they’re meant to be understood, but who would really know. They are definitely interesting enough. I’ll check out your link. My favorite dream so far? It’s hard to say. I didn’t write about the one I had when myself and a few people I didn’t know had to travel to Hell and kill a demon in order to save the world. Lol.
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May 8, 2017 at 1:29 pm
Definitely sounds interesting enough!
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May 8, 2017 at 1:36 pm
It was. When we got to Hell it was like this big desert filled with towns like you are watching a Western.
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