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Unable to dream?
#1
Posted 17 October 2008 - 08:50 PM
I haven’t been interested in dreams after I stopped playing Nights (Never had a dreamcast, sadly, played with a friend until he went away), though now that I have the Wii game I am interested again in the world of dreams, as well as hoping I will still be lucid if I can dream again.
Does anyone know a way you can regain your dream capability x3? Ten years since my last dream, and I doubt that daydream with my imagination counts, since that is all I have.
#2
Posted 18 October 2008 - 02:38 AM
Some topics of interest:
http://www.nightsint...?showtopic=2836
http://www.nightsint...d...t=0&start=0
There are a few more out there, I'm sure.. although here's a start.
#3
Posted 18 October 2008 - 09:39 AM
#4
Posted 18 October 2008 - 06:15 PM
For more information about how to remember your dreams:
http://www.dreamviews.com/dreamrecall.php
http://www.dreams.ca/recall.htm
Hope that helps!
P.S.: the original NiGHTS is on the Saturn, not the Dreamcast.
#5
Posted 19 October 2008 - 06:10 PM
#6
Posted 21 October 2008 - 01:38 AM
-Don't watch exciting movies or read books that hook you too close to bedtime. I imagine it varies from person to person, but an hour without movies before bed is usually what I aim for.
-Your bedtime may need to be adjusted. The right sleep cycle is different for everyone. Some go to bed early and then get up early. Others can't sleep unless they go to bed later.
-Sometimes where you sleep is the problem. A room may not be quiet or dark enough. Maybe your bed is too stiff. If you have pets in your room, perhaps you can't hear them much but the little noise there is keeps you awake anyways. Experiment and see what the results are, because often you don't know until you make a change.
-Take some time to meditate before bed. Relax, clear your mind, get rid of all that busy buzzing and music that's constantly in your head (or at least try to). Push school/work problems out of your mind.
-Most importantly, try not to worry about not getting enough sleep or being unable to go to sleep. That in itself will keep you awake.
Often the most vital thing to help you remember your dreams is your mindset. Think to yourself that you dream every night, so it's only a matter of remembering them. Tell yourself you're capable of remembering, which is true because you did it as a child.
#7
Posted 21 January 2009 - 10:09 PM
#8
Posted 21 January 2009 - 10:49 PM
Also start going to bed earlier or something so you don't wake up and have to rush to get ready for school. It is tough though. When I wake up, there's nothing I could imagine being worse than getting out from under the covers, grabbing my dream journal that is ALL THE WAY next to the bed.
But if you keep yourself disiplined, it should become easier.
#9
Posted 21 January 2009 - 10:49 PM
#10
Posted 21 January 2009 - 11:50 PM
Keep NEW conversation here in this one, rather than reviving the old thread.
If there's a big rebirth of the subject altogether, then I'll merge the threads together.
Anyhow - getting to bed earlier isn't a bad idea. Your body has more time to get down deep into a sleep rhythm. I've noticed a serious change between how detailed my recollection is in the morning when I get at least 5 solid hours as opposed to broken up, waking every 2 hours and going back to sleep..
However, the exception is - wake-induced dreaming (no, not necessarily lucid). I wake up thinking I'm actually going to get something done around the house before I go to work (lol, half the time it doesn't happen) but I don't, and doze off again.. but I'll take advantage of it and try to maintain one thought or one scenario in my mind as I close my eyes..
It works, but usually it's really panicky bouts of false awakenings and sleep paralysis.
#11
Posted 22 January 2009 - 12:31 AM
Sometimes I find that there are patterns in my dream journaling. I'll have 1-2 weeks where nothing happens, then a stretch where I'd be able to write pages and pages on what I've dreamt. You might just be having a "dream block", as I like to call it.
Going to bed earlier also helps. Any amount of time you gain- whether it be 5 hours or 5 minutes- will aid you and you won't be so rushed. Writing down keywords or a quick synopsis before anything else happens in your morning is extremely important (at least, for me it is). I tend to forget what the dream was about otherwise.
Hope this helps!
#12
Posted 22 January 2009 - 01:05 AM
what's really annoying is when you write something 'cuz you woke up in the middle of the night, then in the morning you have no clue what you were writing while you were half-asleep.
Also, someone on another forum (or maybe this one) mentioned probably getting a voice recorder, and speaking about the dream. maybe you could try that when you're in a rush, and come back to it later.
#13
Posted 22 January 2009 - 03:36 AM
Oh, and about this...
There was a topic similar here.. that might have some other suggestions or ideas.
Sorry... ^^;
#14
Posted 22 January 2009 - 03:44 AM
I only pointed it out for the sake of finding something useful in it. The text is a link to the topic, in case no one knew.
#15
Posted 29 January 2009 - 05:25 PM
Also, AVOID LIGHT. Especially sunlight. For some reason I've yet to figure out it seems to whitewash your brain and make it a lot harder to remember dreams.
#16
Posted 30 January 2009 - 02:32 AM
#17
Posted 01 August 2009 - 03:20 AM
Sometimes if I wake up and my eyes are still shut, I keep them shut, take a few deep breaths (maybe some abdominal breathing) and while doing that try to recall details/images from my dreams. Jotting down details backwards help remind yourself of dreams earlier in the night. If your trying to hard to remember the first thing you dreamed of, you might get frustrated and lose all of it, so you mind as well get some details out of it and start with the fresher thoughts.
#18
Posted 24 September 2009 - 08:03 PM
#19
Posted 24 September 2009 - 10:07 PM
#20
Posted 25 September 2009 - 12:51 PM
#21
Posted 25 September 2009 - 02:01 PM
I always get my most vivid dreams when I've spent a lot of time outdoors in a visualy stimulating enviroment, especialy when its a new place I've never seen, it ends up in my dreams that night but as a condensed 'what my brain picked up most' version. THOUGH if you tire yourself out too much before bed it tends to make sleep more important than dreams. Your body does a 'woah im tired now*zonk*' and upon wakening its a lot harder to remember dreaming at all.
That may contribute to it, considering I average maybe MAYBE 5 hours of sleep a night. There's just too much to do in the day! Also, what is this "outside" you speak up? I sit in a desk on a floor with no windows within the nearest MILE 8 1/2 hours a day or longer, though it's good work. Winter is the worst though: come in when it's dark out and....leave when it's dark out.
Oh, and Noctourne: yes, there is hope, and that's definitely a good thing considering I do dream once in a blue moon. I guess I've sort-of removed the concept of "downtime" from my life and, along with the meds backlash which is a huge part, just don't "give dreams a chance" Ba-dum-ching!
#22
Posted 26 September 2009 - 11:32 PM
Persoanlly, I remember my dreams most often when I'm getting a decent amount of sleep regularly. In college when I was getting maybe 4 hours a night I didn't recall dreams hardly at all.
#23
Posted 27 September 2009 - 05:58 AM
Stress always gets in the way :\
In high school I always found Sunday nights to be so restless and I would toss and turn with anxiety. Rarley happens now but I loath it when it does. Buuuut... if I do get to sleep its only 50-90 mins, and my dreams are usually very clear, and I remember them too.
#24
Posted 27 September 2009 - 10:24 AM
I'm lucky and manage to get 8-9 hours of sleep, and I sometimes have your problem too. I'll have a week full of awesome lengthy dreams, then a week of some shorter ones or just scenes or clips, and then nothing for three or so weeks.I get about 7-8 hours 70% of the time, I remember the dreams, but I never take a moment to recollect my thoughts of the night prior.
I think the amount of sleep a person needs is totally individual.
Unlike DiENE, though, I've had lots of success with my dream diary. At least, WHEN I have something to write in it. >.>
#25
Posted 27 September 2009 - 01:07 PM
I'm lucky and manage to get 8-9 hours of sleep, and I sometimes have your problem too. I'll have a week full of awesome lengthy dreams, then a week of some shorter ones or just scenes or clips, and then nothing for three or so weeks.
I think the amount of sleep a person needs is totally individual.
Unlike DiENE, though, I've had lots of success with my dream diary. At least, WHEN I have something to write in it. >.>
Yeah I started
One of my dream journals was a Hello Kitty pocket journal that was a Happy Meal toy, I would bring it to work and write in it there (worked at like 5:30 in the morn) It was nice to see the dream descriptions getting a half page longer each time I wrote.
#26
Posted 28 September 2009 - 02:13 PM
That's only until you start writing 3+ pages per dream. Then you try to find ways to make it shorter, so that you can do other stuff during the day.It was nice to see the dream descriptions getting a half page longer each time I wrote.
#27
Posted 28 September 2009 - 02:16 PM
I'll have to look into the high-low brain activity thing. If there's a way for one to find out their own levels of high-low activity and estimate the intervals, then maybe I can set a timer that is relative to when I'm going to bed as opposed to static alarms.
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