Oddbean new post about login | logout I didn't dream for the last 21 months or so. I guess because of various life stressors. I started dreaming again about a week ago and all I have is nightmares. Not sure what to make of it, but my current stance is that I'd rather have nightmares than no dreams at all. Anyway, good morning.
21!
21 months ago was the bottom of the '22 bear market.
(I'm aware that I probably dream every night but I'm not able to remember it every night, please spare me the ackshuallies, this isn't reddit lol)
Ackshually, not only is it simply because you do you not remember, but the nightmares are your subconscious still making mountains out of mole hills. The increased stress in your life is causing these things to happen.
In psychoanalysis nightmares are punitive dreams, usually negative feelings dressed with daily memories.
Do you keep a dream journal? Writing them down immediately after waking up helps us remember that we had them.
Very similar scenario here. (Adding: I don't smoke weed lol).
“They have ve promised that dreams can come true - but forgot to mention that nightmares are dreams, too.” - Oscar Wilde Anyway, good morning, Gigi!
GM
GM ☀️ I think we always dream, the thing is we either remember or not. I having the same issue for a long time now. My dreams are usually out of this world lol and ai miss it...🤣🤣😜😜
Also had a nightmare tonight .. all my nightmares are about getting chased by sth and me trying to escape it .. what's the meaning? 😫
Probably something to do with your mother and/or sex. Yes, I'm a Freudian.
Yes Wilhelm Reicht (Austrian), studied under Freud, knew this. Also discovered Orgone Energy and studied the Aether. All connected. https://fountain.fm/episode/VGWmjNo7W4lon88DiBUK
GM
I started dreaming again, or at least remember that I dreamed after I quit smoking weed
Ser. Get some orgonite or Amethyst crystals next to your bed. The rabbit hole is deep, yet lucid dreaming will return!
What do they help with - night mares or dream recall? Trying to learn lucid dreaming is my new rabbit hole!! 😄 I’m still stuck at step 1 though - remembering my dreams. Maybe I should move that orgonite a little closer to my bed..
So startet die Traumreise oft. 💫 Es passiert im Moment sehr viel. Jeder, der mit dem Weltgeschehen verbunden ist, kann das spüren. Aber ich habe das Gefühl, wenn man die Negativität einmal gespürt hat, kommen die Visionen. Ich wünsche Dir eine gute Reise. 🛫
Gm. I don't remember my dreams and I'm perfectly fine with that. Dreams are psychological horror shows, ones that you're not aware of the fact that you're assigned as the main character.... Pass! I don't need no talking cats nor dancing guerillas to freak me out of my comfort sleep ❌. https://media.tenor.com/ad2gWqzbAC0AAAAM/star-wars-yoda.gif
Good morning ☀️ Here’s to more pleasant dreams for the next 21 months! 💫🙌🏻
3/4 of dreams are nightmares i had one this morning where some stupid bitch was complaining because i gave her something and for some reason it was something to do with a cannabis seed and a light she was like "i don't want that" (because it's from you) and i was like, "well, she can have her hot halogen light and her loose flowers lol, the bulb i gave her was cool and bright" weird dream tho i did mute a lot of people yesterday because their thinking was clouded by personalities
I haven't dreamt for the last 21 years. Although i would assume that I do but just don't remember it?
Not pleasant, but important. Just sit with it. It'll pass. Good morning!
GM☕️☕️💜🌅😱😀
No weed or coffee brings back the dreams
No dreams for years isn’t normal … that’s a lot of psychic debt built up that can spill out as nightmares
Nightmares > night terrors. Don’t let it get to that stage?
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Good morning ☕️☕️
add more volatility in caffeine intake and you will have your dreams
Try taking some nicotine, try the quit smoking lozenges or gum it has helped me sleep and reduce nightmares, also quit weed and caffeine and exercise and eat well
Have you started taking sleeping aids? I usually get vivid dreams and nightmares when supplementing with melatonin.
Nightmare are your brain processing memories and tensions. Perfectly normal, I had the same, first nightmares and than I noticed my dreaming became more about small superficial stuff... Touching grass and regular unplugging did it for me. Give my mind some peace instead of filling it during the day with noise.
Kind of same for me, at least that are the ones I remember
Perhaps the head processing everything it couldn’t before in volatile fashion? I am going through the exact same thing right now. Just woke up from a nightmare of my fiancee I just proposed to leaving me. Absolutely horrific story to play out in my head but it does clarify so much more vividly what I absolutely don’t want.
Take 1g glycine before bed and enjoy the dreams https://x.com/SolBrah/status/1268728392070778881
Last night, I had a dream, I met huck too girl's mother. She is a fantastic woman.
It may be a good opportunity to recommend 'Why We Sleep' by Matthew Walker. It’s a must-read and a lifesaver. https://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Sleep-Science-Dreams-ebook/dp/B06Y649387/
For many years I did not dream at all, as far as I can tell. Recently I gave up the cannabis and found that people were right, my dreams have returned.
You can train yourself to have lucid dreams if you're interested
Stay well Gigi
I accidentally learnt how to turn on lucid dreaming, went to sleep with headphones on listening to music and woke up in my own world, I’ve found it quite addictive and have some deep ethereal dreams. ✨🌙
I had spicy chicken wings for dinner last night, and slept early. Had multiple super lucid dreams, one of them was that I found a bag of Bitcoin, opened them to see what’s inside and it was chocolate. But when u look closely, the chocolate were little pixelated computer bits, so I couldn’t eat them. This made sense in the dream cuz obviously, bitcoin is digital 😂 my wife in the dream was not amused. She wanted to eat the chocolate.
