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Am I the only one (freak) that has the uncanny ability to recall dreams in stark and vivid detail? I mean, right down to shoe size and color, or hair color, or road signs, or what people said, or what accent they said something in, or how many pieces of paper were drifting downstream when the wind blew the pages out of the notebook...things like that. I have written down some dreams and the description of what is going on and the people and the places and the conversations and the feelings it brought out took up 6 pages...just one dream. Anyone else have such detailed recollection of dreams?
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
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I'm trying to exercise daily. I was doing fairly well until I sprained my ankle 2 weeks ago but now I'm getting back on the horse. Today I walked over a mile with my arm weights that are about 22lbs total. I was out of shape and it was hard on my arms. I also did my 30 situps. I'm also going to drink a lot of water and try to eat healthy. I do tend to have a sweet tooth but I'm cutting...
You should save those notes - it might make for an interesting book sometime. I have 3 dream books at my desk...I can look some specifics up for you if you'd like ;)
My husband always wishes me water dreams instead of sweet dreams.
Are the dreams you remember like that have a certian topic or are they scary?
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I don't remeber all my dreams, but ALL the dreams I remember are varied in theme and usually (not always, but usually) have something to do with the certain type of stress I am under. Whether it's an excited stress or an anxious stress makes no difference.
I would write a "for instance" dream (one that I have had analysed already) but it would take up too much space here. The dream I would write about would be the one of the polluted river.
It was very disturbing. Come to find out, all the symbols and charachters and such centered around my concern for helping the alcoholics in my family. When I brought this dream to my counselor, it was 13 pages long. I was really shaken by the dream but it turns out it was a wonderful dream.
I never know if I truly have had a nightmare or a good dream because my "instincts" were so maligned for me as a child that I am never sure what I can trust and can't. Some dreams are great dreams but they scared me horribly until I discovered what they meant.
I was told once that if you don't remember your dreams it is because your mind has satisfactorily sorted and filed its meaning and has stored it away for you. You are, in effect, content now.
I was also told that if you tell yourself to remember your dreams, you will. It takes a while to train your brain, but it can be done because I have done it.
Each night I would repeat to myself 7 times..."I will remember my dreams"...and it took about a full month, but through that month, I would remember more and more of my dreams until I finally could recall the entire dream. I don't like to do thast anymore because if I don't remember the dream then my brain has worked through the "situation" satisfactorily and there really is no need to remember it.
But the dreams I do remember, WOW!, it's like being at a movie and watching in stereo/surround sound and technicolor.
I have been someone else in a dream...I have even had a southern accent in a couple of dreams. In one dream I was speaking fluent Canadian French and understood everything I was saying. When I woke up, I had to write what I had said in English cause I couldn't actually speak the French...it was weird.