Thursday, August 03, 2006

Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This

I used to keep a dream log where I would write down whenever I had strange dreams. Or rather, really weird dreams, since all my dreams were strange. But I wrote down the ones that didn't make much sence at all. I've found that I usually dream about things that have happened on that day or rather the day before (since you can mostly only remember the last R.E.M. part of sleeping, just before waking up the next day). But it still seems to be unclear what the exact function of REM is.

I haven't remembered any dreams in a long while though, nowadays the alarm clock wakes me out of my dream, which I forget as soon as I get up. Or else, I just wake up, go back to sleep a little longer, causing me to forget my dreams as well.

I do recall some dreams where I'm falling down through the sky. But instead of feeling frightened or scared, I get this exhilirating feeling. Normally falling down is associated with a fear of failing something. I'm not sure whether I was afraid of something on that day or period of time, but in the dreams it's always been a great feeling. It was like being weightless, without any worries at all, speeding through everything, the feeling of air gushing by. I have no idea how 'accurate' this feeling is compared to the real thing, but one of the things on my List-of-things-to-in-my-life is to skydive, so maybe that is influencing my dreams on a subconsious level.

Well that's about it. Much as I'd like to discuss more about it, I really can't recall anything more to discuss.. Maybe I should start a dream diary again.. But then again, there's really no point in reliving your dreams... I should just stick to day-dreaming only.. -_-

3 comments:

Lin said...

Sigmund Freud had some interesting things to say about dreams....

Jackson said...

Then it's a good thing I don't have any dreams about huge phalluses or something like that...

Lin said...

Oh, it's not always that obvious. It's mostly about symbolism. Dream about the Eiffel tower...well there you are. Dream about huge mountains....hey! Trains going into tunnels....say no more. ;-)
The word 'huge' in your answer is very Freudian for example. You just could have said 'phalluses'. It clearly says that if you have to dream about them, they better be huge!....*grinnn*