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> This, in my eyes, is the function of dreaming. To highlight our neuroses/unconscious redundant anxieties. For this reason, controlling the content of your dre
by com2kid 4y ago
> This, in my eyes, is the function of dreaming. To highlight our neuroses/unconscious redundant anxieties. For this reason, controlling the content of your dreams would remove their primary function.
A large percent of people are lucid dreamers up until their 20s, so there likely isn't any hugely detrimental impact over some level of control over one's dreams.
> I posit that during dreaming, the brain creates situations in which it would be wise to be unavoidant.
For the longest time, my dreams were on the exciting / dangerous side. Lots of getting shot at, lots of fighting, lots of fun, but high stress situations. I had one dream that always stood out where I was actively terraforming worlds over the course of thousands of years in an attempt to create sentient life that could fight off a slowly progressing alien wave that was sweeping through the galaxy. Lots of fun, at least for my definition of fun.
Also had a dream that took place over hundreds+ of years where I was stuck on a spaceship that thanks to relativity, had long since outlived the rest of humanity. That was a rather lonely dream.
I've also watched plenty of movies in my dreams, and listened to some amazing concerts. I always wished I knew enough about music so I could transcribe the songs after I wake up. :(
One thing that I miss now that I'm older is some of the plot lines from my dreams that had been going on for decades. It sucks to lose contact with some of the characters and places I used to visit.
- jnsie 4y ago> I had one dream that always stood out where I was actively terraforming worlds over the course of thousands of years in an attempt to create sentient life that could fight off a slowly progressing alien wave that was sweeping through the galaxy. Lots of fun, at least for my definition of fun. That is amazing
- com2kid 4y agoCheck out Recursion my Tony Ballantyne[1]! I'm 90% sure that is where my subconscious pulled the plot from. :D He does an amazing job describing tactics used to fight off grey goo gone wild. [1] https://tonyballantyne.com/recursion/ https://tonyballantyne.com/recursion/
- veqq 4y agoIn 40k, the old ones made the eldar, orks and such for just this purpose.
- LoganDark 4y agoI am super jealous. I don't think I've ever had a lucid dream, or even really any fun ones. Definitely not any I'd call useful. In fact it's a huge pain point for me that it's so hard to use my imagination...
- shrimp_emoji 4y agoDawg do you know you can orgasm from dream sex That's being able to orgasm just from your mind The brain is the most powerful sexual organ "Maybe for you"
- LoganDark 4y agoI wish... the furthest I've ever gotten is just dreams that include visible "parts", but never gotten to do anything with them. They really are just random casual everyday happenings, just with dream logic.
- IG_Semmelweiss 4y agoi do intermittent fasting at one point i dreamed about eating a sandwich . it was not lucid, but extremely vivid. its the only time ive ever dreamed of food. if you practice abstinence, you will have dreams too. prettt fun and strong ones. id recommend starting with one of those to make dreams more "realistic"
- LoganDark 4y agoI have no problems with vivid/realistic dreams, but rather controllable dreams, or even vivid/realistic imagination while awake.
- com2kid 4y ago> at one point i dreamed about eating a sandwich . it was not lucid, but extremely vivid. its the only time ive ever dreamed of food. My dreams have all 5 senses, so lots of good food. I get a bit annoyed when I'm woken up in the middle of a good meal. :-D