• Sleep and Dreams Megathread V3
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My life seems unusually good at the moment, I'm afraid to do a reality check just in case.
[QUOTE=geogzm;28931694]My life seems unusually good at the moment, I'm afraid to do a reality check just in case.[/QUOTE] Do it. If you ARE dreaming, then you can do whatever you want. [editline]1st April 2011[/editline] There needs to be a "Dream Movies" section, for stuff like Waking Life.
sleepwalking is actually belived to have something to so with the brain circuitry during sleep. connections between neurons (synapses) switch over, when the brain transitions from REM sleep to non-REM. For most people this transition happens 4 to 6 times a night without any problems but on people who suffer from sleepwalking there is an error in the switching meaning an overlap between the two states of sleep, their muscles arn't paralysed, like they would be during sleep paralysis but they arn't fully in the non-REM stage either meaning that dreaming can still occur. Different areas of the brain are active but others are inactive. The frontal cortex is left asleep, an area which deals with morals this is why sleepwalkers can often become violent and rage everywhere.The primal areas of the brain are active though which explains why people who sleepwalk will often go on the hunt for food as it is a natural instinct to feed ones self.
[QUOTE=lordsmitty;28935162]sleepwalking is actually belived to have something to so with the brain circuitry during sleep. connections between neurons (synapses) switch over, when the brain transitions from REM sleep to non-REM. For most people this transition happens 4 to 6 times a night without any problems but on people who suffer from sleepwalking there is an error in the switching meaning an overlap between the two states of sleep, their muscles arn't paralysed, like they would be during sleep paralysis but they arn't fully in the non-REM stage either meaning that dreaming can still occur. Different areas of the brain are active but others are inactive. The frontal cortex is left asleep, an area which deals with morals this is why sleepwalkers can often become violent and rage everywhere.The primal areas of the brain are active though which explains why people who sleepwalk will often go on the hunt for food as it is a natural instinct to feed ones self.[/QUOTE] So pretty much zombies. TO THE LAB!
[QUOTE=DJ999;28933224]Do it. If you ARE dreaming, then you can do whatever you want. [editline]1st April 2011[/editline] There needs to be a "Dream Movies" section, for stuff like Waking Life.[/QUOTE] thank fuck it's real
[QUOTE=geogzm;28937704]thank fuck it's real[/QUOTE] IT ISNT and im that guy in your OTHER dream last night ooooOooOOOOo
[QUOTE=PivotDJ;28937845]IT ISNT and im that guy in your OTHER dream last night ooooOooOOOOo[/QUOTE] god fucking damnit make me reality check next time you useless cunt :v:
last night in my dream I almost got some dream sex goin on........ then i woke up and yelled "GODFUCKINGDAMIT!" so yeah [editline]1st April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Eonart;28938141]zero sleep last night feel like shit[/QUOTE] i go through nights with out sleep and I feel like I took adrenalin shots or something like that.
[QUOTE=geogzm;28931694]My life seems unusually good at the moment, I'm afraid to do a reality check just in case.[/QUOTE] Oh god. I can't even remember to reality check because of good moments in life, like almost all the time. [editline]2nd April 2011[/editline] Oh, I also had a dream based off Day of defeat on the scenario where you have to be blow up key strategic points. Every time a bomb exploded, they gave out great flashes. Good thing I never die. :downs:
I haven't had a single nightmare in like a year or so. I play somewhat scary games and so on. Any idea why? Not that i want to have nightmares but... It's just odd.
[QUOTE=lordsmitty;28935162]sleepwalking is actually belived to have something to so with the brain circuitry during sleep. connections between neurons (synapses) switch over, when the brain transitions from REM sleep to non-REM. For most people this transition happens 4 to 6 times a night without any problems but on people who suffer from sleepwalking there is an error in the switching meaning an overlap between the two states of sleep, their muscles arn't paralysed, like they would be during sleep paralysis but they arn't fully in the non-REM stage either meaning that dreaming can still occur. Different areas of the brain are active but others are inactive. The frontal cortex is left asleep, an area which deals with morals this is why sleepwalkers can often become violent and rage everywhere.The primal areas of the brain are active though which explains why people who sleepwalk will often go on the hunt for food as it is a natural instinct to feed ones self.[/QUOTE] That's more or less right, yeah. Basically your brain releases a certain chemical (GABA, I think. Probably wrong, it's been a while) and that triggers the sleep paralysis. When you sleepwalk, it either doesn't kick in or kicks in way later. But you do generally go to sleep, which is why you dream and don't remember that happens. I disagree with the morals thing. People become violent and rage because they're dreaming about something that makes them want to do that. I've never gone on a hunt for food, but that would make sense because when you're sleeping all that's really "on", if you will, is the basics.
[QUOTE=Chekko;28939084]I haven't had a single nightmare in like a year or so. I play somewhat scary games and so on. Any idea why? Not that i want to have nightmares but... It's just odd.[/QUOTE] Nightmares are caused by emotions. It doesn't matter how much you play or watch scary stuff. Only if it effects you emotionally, then will you get nightmares
I've only gone lucid twice, that I can remember. One of the times, I must've did a reality check on accident, and then I wondered how I got there in the first place, from there I realized it was a dream and was capable of doing various tasks, although I was still limited by normal physics. I was also moving a bed with my mind from side to side, but I couldn't get it in the right place. It was either moving too far to the left, or too far to the right. It was very annoying.
Hey Zin? How can I go back to a previous dream?
I have a dream from the 31st of march. Justin bieber(JB) is in a flying car with the Hobo with the Golden Voice(GV)at the wheel right next to JB.( GV is JB's father, but you just know, no one says it. ) JB asks "why are there no lights in the house?". GV proceeds to choke and throw JB out the window of the car, and JB plummets to his demise. I didn't even eat cinnamon before going to bed... WTF?
I would love to try lucid dreaming, seems awesome. I mean, you can do anything. I've only had like one time in my life when I was actually lucid whilst having a nightmare, and in it I was like, "Please be a dream, please be a dream!" Then I did a bunch of reality checks and I screamed, "IT ISN'T A DREAM!!!" Then I woke up.
Whenever I have a dream, I can't control what I do. It's like watching a movie, but in first person. What do?
[QUOTE=Birdman101;28942322]Hey Zin? How can I go back to a previous dream?[/QUOTE] Uh...remember it? I don't know. Ask your sub about it, maybe. Dreams tend to be remembered subconsciously for about two weeks.
[QUOTE=ClarkWasHere;28942416] I didn't even eat cinnamon before going to bed... WTF?[/QUOTE] sorry what?
Question! Is it progress with trying to achieve lucid dreaming when I am able to recall my dreams better and more accurate than before? :smile:
I'm always interested in travelling towards Orion's belt when I'm astral projecting, because the pyramids of Giza are perfectly aligned to guide you there in that state of being. But why should I follow a path set by someone else? Could be a trap, unless it was their own path to get back to some place. And who knows how close I can get and still be able to come back?
[QUOTE=Otsegolation;28976339]I'm always interested in travelling towards Orion's belt when I'm astral projecting, because the pyramids of Giza are perfectly aligned to guide you there in that state of being. But why should I follow a path set by someone else? Could be a trap, unless it was their own path to get back to some place. And who knows how close I can get and still be able to come back?[/QUOTE] This was never amusing. I don't see why you need to come in here and disturb one of the most quality thread series on the forum.
[QUOTE=Grasp;28977554]This was never amusing. I don't see why you need to come in here and disturb one of the most quality thread series on the forum.[/QUOTE] Sorry, but my opinion isn't that sleep is just "a bunch of random synapses going off in your brain". Feel free to disrespect it, but some like to share it. And after-all, it hasn't been proven that there isn't more to sleep than your brain keeping active because what, it will fuck up?
I destroyed my dream diary, I think I fucked my mind up over the past few months due to it.
[QUOTE=Otsegolation;28977598]Sorry, but my opinion isn't that sleep is just "a bunch of random synapses going off in your brain". Feel free to disrespect it, but some like to share it. And after-all, it hasn't been proven that there isn't more to sleep than your brain keeping active because what, it will fuck up?[/QUOTE] I should apologize actually, my reaction (and therefor response) was impulsive and ill timed. I shouldn't of brought outside emotion in here. Though, I feel that snipping my initial comment would be cowardly and ignoble of me, so I will not.
[QUOTE=Grasp;28978135]I should apologize actually, my reaction (and therefor response) was impulsive and ill timed. I shouldn't of brought outside emotion in here. Though, I feel that snipping my initial comment would be cowardly and ignoble of me, so I will not.[/QUOTE] No it's cool man, I totally understand.
I'm curious as to something. If I communicate with my subconscious, can he help me re-learn something I've forgotten? For example, if there was a piano piece I used to play a long time ago but have since forgotten, could he help me relearn it? Or am I thinking too much into this?
Most of my dreams are about car accidents or living in the vacuum of space. I remember one time, I crashed into Niagara Falls. Another time it was a random brick wall in the middle of the road. And my space dreams usually involve having campouts on the moon. Strange shit.
Ah, damn, I've been so close to achieving a LD recently, but then classes started up again, and now I'm finding it hard to remember dreams... Could it be that I just have too much on my mind?
My dream recollection dropped off again, probably due to stress from a robotics competition. It's over, so hopefully I'll get back on track.
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