http://blog.gwax.com/2009/05/22/dreams-have-flowed-like-sand-down-a-beach-dune/ the philosophical banter of a madman Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:08:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://blog.gwax.com/2009/05/22/dreams-have-flowed-like-sand-down-a-beach-dune/comment-page-1/#comment-9548 gwax Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:38:49 +0000 http://blog.gwax.com/?p=714#comment-9548 This post was made while I was in Cancun; I suspect the context had an awful lot to do with things. This post was made while I was in Cancun; I suspect the context had an awful lot to do with things.

]]> http://blog.gwax.com/2009/05/22/dreams-have-flowed-like-sand-down-a-beach-dune/comment-page-1/#comment-9540 L!Z Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:02:04 +0000 http://blog.gwax.com/?p=714#comment-9540 My understanding, from having taken a psych class with a professor known for his sleep research, is that during "power naps" your brain more quickly reaches the wavelength state required for REM and dreaming. Also, we almost always remember our dreams only when we're woken up during them. So I suspect that more recently you've been consistently waking up during dreaming. I find that my dreams become more nightmarish if my physical environment is becoming hostile during my sleep - like I have too many blankets on and I'm overheating. It's as though my body needs to deal with its physical state, so it influences my dreams to be overly realistic or frightening to the degree that I wake up, and readjust my blankets or fix other environmental factors affecting my sleep quality. Perhaps the heat in your bedroom (the natural heat of summer, if you live without air conditioning) is responsible for your waking up more and remembering your dreams more vividly? My understanding, from having taken a psych class with a professor known for his sleep research, is that during “power naps” your brain more quickly reaches the wavelength state required for REM and dreaming. Also, we almost always remember our dreams only when we’re woken up during them. So I suspect that more recently you’ve been consistently waking up during dreaming. I find that my dreams become more nightmarish if my physical environment is becoming hostile during my sleep — like I have too many blankets on and I’m overheating. It’s as though my body needs to deal with its physical state, so it influences my dreams to be overly realistic or frightening to the degree that I wake up, and readjust my blankets or fix other environmental factors affecting my sleep quality. Perhaps the heat in your bedroom (the natural heat of summer, if you live without air conditioning) is responsible for your waking up more and remembering your dreams more vividly?

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