Dreams Say What?

The Proper Way To Sleep...

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:20:05 -0400

As with everything else in life, there is a right way and wrong way to go about sleeping in a manner that is productive in dream recall. Relaxation is a must. And following good, steady sleeping habits is also a must. There is a thing called “sleep debt” that occurs when you regularly do not get enough sleep. When you build up your sleep debt, you sleep so deep it is almost impossible to remember your dreams, so follow regular habits. Before you leap into bed, hell bent on remembering your dreams, take a moment and review these preliminary steps:

Relax yourself completely. This can be done with nothing more then peace and quiet. If you choose, use your favorite relaxation tapes, or just some peaceful music. (pre-set to turn off)
Pay attention to the main issues on your mind. As you start to go to sleep, pay attention to the main theme, or train of thought running through your mind. This will give you a clue as to what your dream may end up being based on. Also, by keeping your mind on what you want to dream about is a good way to dream about one particular issue. Don’t over concentrate though, or it will keep you awake.
Give yourself a suggestion to remember your dream. You must want to remember your dreams in order to do so. Giving yourself a suggestion is simple. Just keep in mind, and randomly bring to surface a little thought like “I will remember my dream”. Don’t just think the words like a child reciting “I will not write on the wall”, but mean it, and feel the conviction.
Plan on waking up slowly and peacefully. Being rocketed out of bed by a big dog landing in the middle of your chest and licking your face is NOT the stuff that dreams are made of! (I speak from experience) :) Try to wake up naturally. Regardless what anyone may have told you, it is a fact that adult human beings NEED a minimum of eight hours sleep in order to be fully rested. Some, in fact most really need more. Not getting enough sleep is the number one reason for not remembering your dreams!Don’t overdo it either, or the reverse will be true. A good rule of thumb is you should wake up naturally without an alarm clock, and without someone (or something) waking you.
Your health is very important! Take your vitamins, and chelated minerals every day! Eat a well balanced diet. Poor nutrition is also an extremely common cause for failure to recall dreams.

Keeping those steps above in mind (and following them) will kick start you to remembering your dreams. These steps are the key to remembering your dreams, if you practice ALL the above, you WILL sooner or later start to remember them. (I am betting “sooner”)

REM

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:05:00 -0400

REM is probably the most important sleep stage for those who are interested in dreams, because this is when we experience dreams. While there have been recordings of dreams during the other sleep stages, generally REM is considered the stage in which we experience our dreams.

In the first few sleep cycles of the night, REM is extremely short—only a few minutes. But as the night goes on, you spend longer periods of time in REM, up to 30 minutes or more. Babies and children spend most of their it in this stage, but as we grow older we spend less time in REM. If you are an adult, REM comprises about 20-25% of your total sleep time.

During REM sleep, your body causes the atonia, or paralysis, of the skeletal muscles. This is a very good thing, because you would not want to be acting out your dreams in real life! It is still unknown exactly how the body triggers this and has been the subject of much study. Sometimes, you may become conscious while your muscles are still paralyzed. This is known as an episode of sleep paralysis.

Sleep paralysis is an episode in which a person is usually transitioning from wake to sleep or sleep to wake and they find that they cannot move. Sleep paralysis is commonly characterized by hallucinations, vibrations, loud ringing or roaring noises in the ears, pressure on the chest or choking sensations, and often fear of impending doom or terror if the person is has no prior knowledge or experience of sleep paralysis.

Physiologically speaking sleep paralysis is caused by atonia of the voluntary muscles due to the REM cycle. An episode of sleep paralysis occurs because you are either entering or exiting REM sleep and you have become conscious during this transition.

Lucid dreamers are most interested in REM sleep because it is known as the stage in which most dreams occur. Some lucid dreamers take advantage of sleep paralysis, or even induce it, in order to enter directly into a lucid dream. This is known as a WILD (Wake Initiated Lucid Dream).

Other lucid dreamers use their knowledge of sleep stages to set alarms for themselves in the later half of the night, so that they can induce a lucid dream more easily and at a time when REM is longest.

NREM Sleep

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:05:05 -0400

NREM Sleep

N1 is the first stage of sleep, normally lasting only a few minutes. You experience N1 as you are just drifting off to sleep. During this stage, you may experience strange noises, lights, or sensations, which are known as hypnogagic hallucinations. You may also experience random twitches in your skeletal muscles. These are called hypnic jerks. They can wake you as you fall asleep. Both hypogagic hallucination and hypnic jerks are completely harmless, although they can be startling sometimes.

N2 is the second stage of sleep, and is characterized by a total loss of consciousness. You cease to be aware of any of your surroundings as you fall into a deep, restorative sleep.

N3, also known as slow-wave sleep, was previously broken up into N3 and N4. Recently, it was discovered that there was no discernible difference between stages N3 and N4, so they were combined into N3. It is the deepest sleep out of all of the stages, so it is very difficult to wake someone in the N3 stage. Parasomnias like sleepwalking and night terrors typically occur in this stage. Typically you will experience another period of N2 before moving on to the REM sleep.

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Wed, 27 Jul 2011 04:00:06 -0400

Hello :)

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:51:40 -0400

http://tinychat.com/dreamssaywhat

Come chat with me :) I’ll be on for a little while and I would love to answer all your questions and help you interpret your dreams!

I’ll work on getting some things queued up for you.

Hi Lovelys :)

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:33:43 -0400

http://tinychat.com/dreamssaywhat

Come chat with me :) I’ll be on for a few hours at most and I would love to answer all your questions and help you interpret your dreams!

Let me first say, I am sorry for the lack of posts lately. :( Life has been taking up all my tumblr...

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 14:55:32 -0400

Let me first say, I am sorry for the lack of posts lately. :( Life has been taking up all my tumblr time lately. I’m even behind on my facebook games and we all know how addicting those can be.

BUT GOOD NEWS! I got a new lappy top. So, that means i’ll be able to post more for you all :)

*bows down* Please forgive me but I will do my best to post more often.

MUAH!

Hello again, I'd like to ask whats the meaning behind dreaming about teeth, especially when they're taken out/pulled out?

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:15:47 -0400

Well teeth to me represent attractiveness and how you view yourself. Its a major self-confidence thing. If you dream that your teeth are falling out, it could mean that someone, something, or some situation is lowering your self-esteem or embaressing you.

Teeth (in another perspective) mean power. We use them to attain our main source of energy (Chewing, biting, etc). If we don’t have these, then we don’t have power.

Hope that helped! :)

Hey! I was wondering if you could help me out. I can't find the interpretation anywhere. :( I've had a couple of dreams where I'm punching someone. When I'm punching them, it's just not working. It's literally like a tap. And in my dream I get really frustrated. No matter how much force I use, it doesn't work. I don't know if this means something since I've had this dream a few times.

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:12:34 -0400

If you dream you’re punching someone, it means that you are angry at someone or that something you are punching. But to dream that your punch is inadequate, it means that you are either unable to relieve that agression.

Thats my interp anyways :) Hope that helped <3

Hey first off I'd like to say, awesome blog! I love what you are doing :)

Okay, so for the past few years I've been having many dreams that sort of relate to a common theme. I find myself multiple times being late for something.
I've been late for auditions, interviews, and missing the school bus/transit bus in my dreams. In real life I am never or very rarely late in these sorts of situations.
What can you gather from this? Is there some sort of significance in being 'late' in a dream? Thank you so much!

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:10:25 -0400

Thank you so much lovely anon :)

Being late, in my interpretation would be you feel as if you aren’t ready for whatever you are late to. Like you are nervous for an interview, underprepared for an audition, not ready to go to the destination etc.

Hope that helped darlin :)

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Inappropriate joke is relevant. Sleep=dreaming=relevant. :D

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:57:43 -0400

Inappropriate joke is relevant.

Sleep=dreaming=relevant.

So I have been stalking through some of your tumblrs and i’ve decided that I love you all more...

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:27:37 -0400

So I have been stalking through some of your tumblrs and i’ve decided that I love you all more than I love the people I follow on my personal tumblr. (DON’T TELL THEM THAT)

Please reblog this if you would like me to follow you :) I only want to follow my active followers. And I will check if you are actually following my blog.

MUCH LOVE DREAMERS! MUAH!

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