So today I had the day off from work and I was flipping through the channels (AKA scrolling the guide, for those of you that weren’t around when to see what was on every channel you had no choice but to flip through every channel or waste away watching TV Guide trying not to blink…) and saw the Steve Harvey show was on. Now, I don’t want this post to be about him but let me go ahead and get this out of the way….yea he screwed up at Miss Universe, maybe it was a conspiracy for ratings, blah blah blah, I like the guy. I don’t always watch his show but I do occasionally and today he had a dream expert on as a guest.
I have always been so fascinated by dreams. I’ve always loved stories so the idea of your brain making up it’s very own story while you sleep is just as mind blowing to me as an infinite universe. I’ve also been extremely good at remembering my dreams. I used to think it was no big deal, that everyone was like this maybe? But the more I’ve talked to people, the more I’ve come to learn that a lot of people hardly remember their dreams or “don’t dream” at all.
Right after you wake up is always the best time to recall your dreams but I find myself being able to remember even the smallest of details for the remainder of the day, days, weeks, months….I even remember dreams from childhood and my teenage years. I’ve had dreams of things and then seen them in real life. I’ve had reoccurring dreams of tidal waves (the worst!). I once had a dream in a hallway full of doors, I went through one door- realized it wasn’t the room I was supposed to be in (in the dream of course) then proceeded to the next door (the correct room) then the next night, I had a dream that took place in the first room from the night before. I enjoyed that little Easter egg ;)
Andre has lucid dreams where he can make decisions as his dream self like to fly or something crazy like that. I feel like you have to have a strong mind or be really good at dreaming to do that. I haven’t done much looking into dream decoding and today I just happened to catch maybe the last minute of the segment on the Steve Harvey show but it definitely got me wanting to do further research into this interesting topic!
Do you ever remember your dreams? Done any research on the decoding dreams? Know any good research resources? Know anything about reoccurring tidal wave dreams? Every have any of your own reoccurring dreams?! Tell me everything about your life! ;P
Hope you guys have had a happy Monday! I’ll see you tonight on Twitter for the Bachelor! ♥
Dreams are so fascinating! I don’t have too many reoccurring dreams like you do, but mine are crazy realistic. I will often talk/laugh/cry in my sleep to the point where it wakes my husband up! And if it’s a particularly emotionally draining dream, it sometimes affects my mood for the rest of the day.
Haha! That’s crazy, my husband is a sleep talker and it scares the heck out of me sometimes because it’s never actual sentences or words even sometimes. It can be super creepy. I get that about emotionally draining dreams though, I can feel that way too sometimes. Crazy how dreams can cause us to feel so intensely even though it’s not even our main reality!
Ah, I’m the same way. Dreams have always puzzled/fascinated me. I just KNOW there’s a bigger meaning to them- they’re way more complicated than just being our subconscious mind. Sometimes I feel like what we dream is actually happening in another world or dimension at the time we’re dreaming it. Like, if I dream I’m in an unfamiliar place with unfamiliar people, it’s probably another life I’m living- I don’t know, it’s crazy but so interesting to speculate. In high school, for a while, I kept a dream journal for about a few weeks or whenever I’d remember. I’d, too, remember many of the details. Sometimes, I’d dream that I’d buy something in my dream and wake up wondering where the item I bought was- that’s how real it seemed. I, more often than not, dream of people that I’ve known in my past and we’re all together in the same house or building- even super random people. Often, I’ll dream the same people over and over again even if I didn’t know them too well.
I could talk for hours about dreams. ;)
P.S. I love the quote in the photo you posted- I’d never thought of that before…
That’s hilarious! Looking for things your bought in your dreams, haha! I agree with you though, it’s so insane to think about all the things we may not know yet about all dreams are beyond stories from the subconscious. I don’t think it’s crazy at all to speculate alternate realities or universes or any of that. Take a look at our planet and where it sits in the massive expansion that is the entire universe…..anything is possible is the most truth in any phrase I know in my opinion. I’m with you on talking forever about dreams…I just might have to bring this up again sometime ;) Isn’t that quote the cutest? I’ve had it saved to a pinterest board forever. I saw it and was like…not sure if there is really a legend that says that but I can totally dig it. Hope all is well with you friend! xx