Does anyone else suffer from really vivid dreams or am I the only one. These dreams are becomming really tangible, I can feel, smell, hear everything. I dream in colour too, and they are gradually getting stronger. Is it because I am getting older - well I am 50 next year [sm=jump2.gif], and I have always 'suffered' from these types of dreams. They are both nice and awful, it doesn't matter which both are equally vivid.
In some of them I am at places where I have never been but know completely as if I have actually been there. I did think that maybe I had seen them on the tele but if I have I have no conscious memory of them.
Now some of the dreams are encroaching into my waking life, I have flash backs to the dreams (complete with sensations etc) and now its getting unnerving. I am beginning to get concerned as I have suffered from epilepsy since I was 20 and although on medication do still get dizzy spells, but my doctor doesn't seem to be at all concerned.
Part of me is worried that these may be a sign of something nasty taking up residence in my brain, but the other half is curious to know whether or not these experiences are real and that my psychic abilities are getting more "in tune".
What do other members of hp think, I would be very grateful for your input before I go insane.[sm=nuts.gif][sm=nuts.gif][sm=jump2.gif][sm=bouncy.gif]
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Im the same as you Marnie, I'm 24 and since I can remember Ive had extremely vivid dreams.
I also dream in colour, remember smells/tastes etc, I am able to change the dream if I dont like the way its going, most of my dreams are repetative etc.
The disturbing ones for me are concerned with relationships, for example last night i dreamt of my ex-fiance (again). I split with him 2yr ago after 8yr together and I guess I still find it hard not being with him.
Most of my dreams about him involve getting back with him, when I wake I worry incase this means I 'need' him or I done the wrong thing splitting up with him. I could accept this if I wasnt dreaming about him nearly every night and in the same way. Im at a loss, I dont know what to do for the best!
Someone once told me that dreams are the memory's way of 'filing information', filtering out the unnecessary memories/feelings to make way for new experiences. I do believe this is true but something deep down tells me its more than this. Maybe one day we'll find out?
Id love to get together to talk to someone about my dreams but someone would need a lot of free time to analyse mine! lol
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Hi Marnie,
I wonder if you keep a dream diary? If not then it might be helpful to jot down a word or feeling on a notepad next to your bed, not enough to wake you up totally, just a reminder for when you are awake.
Sleep time is usually when spirit try to contat us and with the changes in energy as mentioned by Sacredstar on another thread it could be your psychic gfts are being enhanced? By keeping the diary it might help you to make sense of what you are dreaming.
I hope this has been of some help but I know there are wiser ones than me who will probably respond to your quetion!!
Love and light
reikiangel
xxx
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Morning Marie
I have suffered from vivid dreams, night terrors, hallucinations of people in my bedroom since I was a very young girl.
It started off around 1 years old. I would thrash in the night and my mum took me to the doctor thinking I was fitting. There are many types of epilepsy, so I read the other day.
This might be an answer as to why you are getting the visions in the day time. During a dream/epilepsy the brain waves are going very quickly. Whatever imagies are in your mind/memory, can appear very real. They are called Hypnagogic and Hypnopompic Experiences. Here is a link http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~acheyne/S_P.html
They are not just hallucinatations that happen through the night. they also happen through the day. Dr. Persingers did some studies on people and discovered what they call the GOD SPOT. Here is some information I found
Synopsis: Findings seem to point to a region of the brain commonly referred to as the 'God Spot' or 'God Module', that when stimulated creates hallucinations that are interpreted as mystical or spiritual experiences. This 'spot' is stimulated during meditation and prayer and is affected by electromagnetic fields and epilepsy. The resulting hallucinations may be the cause of mystical, spiritual and paranormal experiences as they can give feelings such as a presence in the room or an out of body experience. In the case of epileptics, this may be the reason for many of them becoming obsessed with religion. For those who experience the stimulation it is explained related to their own personal beliefs; a visit from an angel or lost loved one, an extraterrestrial encounter, a higher plane of consciousness or a visit from God.
Don't take me word for anything. Do your own research. Type In God Spot yourself and see what you find.
This subject just intrests me very much as I had years of seeing The Yorkshire Ripper/Kray Twins in my bedroom. I will say however I did once or twice get Snow White in cartoon form which was very nice, but, still a bit scary too. It seems what you think beileve in you see. Those who don't believe in God tend to get Aliens appear.
There's also a thread I started on General Called Sleep disorders too with info and links.
Hope this helps, If not bin it.
Must go, I have a HUGE pile of ironing to do[sm=mecry.gif]
Much Love
Sharon
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Thanks everyone for your prompt reply. My bad dreams are like yours Keely those relationship types though in my case its what I call the "not wanted" dreams whereby my parents are extremely nasty to me and I am literally not wanted. This could stem from the fact that until the past couple of years my parents have always favoured my younger brother, he was always cleverer, more talented and usually go what he wanted. So in that case I can understand them. Though when I was a child they tended to be about death, unusual in such a small child, the doctor told my parents that I had an "over active" imagination.
Reikiangle I have thought about keeping a dream diary but have found that I really don't need to as I always remember my dreams. Sometimes I wish I didn't for example two nights ago I dreampt that my mam tried to give away a rocking chair Ive had since a child, of course I was extremely angry over this and got it back but when I took it to be valued ???? the whole chair started to fall to pieces. The dream was so vivid that I had to check the chair when I woke the next day, I think this particular dream was linked to the above.
And Sharon yes I've heard of the God Spot but hadn't realised that it was linked to epilepsy, though I've got to say that I don't have any particular 'religious' episodes. Except for two vivid occasions I can remember one was where I died and was on my way through a tunnel guided by a particularly handsome young man in white, and the time I met Jesus. Now as someone who doesn't believe in Jesus this kind of unnerved me at the time.
I think I'll make another appointment with the doctor and try and get some sence out of him (a mamouth task I may tell you as he tends to shrug his shoulders and pull faces [sm=nuts.gif] so far I've been fortunate enough not to meet any nasties, the krays and the ripper AND snow white I'm not sure which one of those would disturb me the most. Now if I could conjour up Brad Pitt now that might be okay. Sorry I'm not demeening your experiences, quite frankly I don't know how I'd cope if mine got that bad, although I do have to admit that the odd one or two do leave me feeling unnerved.
Sometimes with them I think to myself that if I just push hard enough I could actually be there, can you understand that? it's most weired.[sm=nuts.gif][sm=jump2.gif]