Dreams

[tree_and_leaf]

weymss has got me thinking about dreams: specifically, he noted that he dreams in colour, which is allegedly unusual.

Which made me think about my dreams, and I came to the conclusion that my dreams aren't generally visual. Often they seem to consist solely of dialogue, and sometimes just of an emotion. For instance, I remember waking crying over the summer, and remembering nothing of the dream other than a strong conviction that a particular unpleasant event had taken place. It hadn't, although it did about a month later, which is either rather freaky, or a complete coincidence, or evidence that the subconscious mind spots patterns which allude the conscious mind (and in this case still do).

So... am I really weird? How do you dream?

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[sammee42.livejournal.com]

I have those kinds of very emotional, visceral dreams sometimes, too. I won't remember anything that happened, but I'll have a strong sense of panic or fear or what have you. What was the particular unpleasant event? Is it the event we've corresponded about over e-mail??

[tree_and_leaf]

Yeah...

[sammee42.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. That is very bizarre that you dreamed about it first. Maybe your subconscious was receiving hints that weren't being passed on by your conscious mind or that your subconscious wasn't allowing your conscious mind to pick up or your conscious mind chose to ignore. Are you with me? Ha.

[tree_and_leaf]

I'm with you - but the whole thing is still pretty confusing.

Maybe your subconscious was receiving hints that weren't being passed on by your conscious mind or that your subconscious wasn't allowing your conscious mind to pick up or your conscious mind chose to ignore

That sounds superficially plausible, except then one would have thought that subsequent events would have led me to look back and think 'So that's what that was about' rather than continuing to mutter 'Where did that come from, in a confused manner... But then, the subconscious mind is an odd place.

[sammee42.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm definitely no sub-conscious expert!!!!