Subj : Re: Nightmares / Dreams
To   : Blue White
From : boraxman
Date : Mon Mar 28 2022 22:40:16

-=> Blue White wrote to The Millionaire <=-

 -=> The Millionaire wrote to All <=-

 TM> Are they real or not? What causes them as well?

 BW> They are real in the sense that you dreamed them.  When I was younger,
 BW> in my teens and early 20's, it seems like I remembered them a lot more
 BW> than I do now.  Sometimes now, it is only bits and pieces.

 BW> Some of them I do remember seem to be related to something I saw on the
 BW> news, like the recent New Orleans tornado, or related to something
 BW> going on at work or in real life.  Some of them are completely
 BW> unrealistic, while in others I would almost swear my body is actually
 BW> feeling the sensations from the dream.

 BW> I have had a few in my lifetime where, when I wake up, I realize I wish
 BW> I could remember them because they seemed to solve a problem.  Others I
 BW> seem to wake up just as I am about to solve a problem.  Sometimes I am
 BW> very aware that it is a dream and sometimes not.

 BW> Many of my dreams are about food, include tornados, or are that I am
 BW> back in school and I have either forgot to do my homework or something
 BW> else that I need that day.  Sometimes it is that I have forgotten to go
 BW> to class for weeks/months.

 BW> I used to have dreams where I go to work and work a whole day, only to
 BW> wake up and realize I have not and that I have to go in.  I used to
 BW> call those nightmares.  :)  Those seemed to stop when COVID hit and we
 BW> got put on work-from-home 4 days a week.

 BW> If you are really interested, you might want to check out the
 BW> Braincraft youtube channel.  The young lady that runs it has done a few
 BW> episodes about dreaming, sleep in general, and also anxiety (which is
 BW> another topic you have brought up recently).  Her presentations are
 BW> very informative.


I find I don't remember then quite as much, but then again, I don't remember
many from my youth, though there are some dreams I had when I was 4 or 5 I
still very vividly remember.  There are some from me 20's, 30's and 40's I can
still recall, but with dreams, our memory isn't fully engages which is why we
forget.

One thing I have noticed, is that in my dreams, red rarely appears as a colour.
 I see blue, green, maybe brown, black, but not really red. The only red I
remember is a ruddy dark red for blood, and a ruddy dark red brick wall, and
one with a blue skinned person with red eyes.  Apparently, colour fades from
our dreams as we age, but looking back, I don't think red was ever prominent,
not even in my teen or childhood years.

Do people dream in black and white, a partial or full colour spectrum?
 
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