I've always been told to think about what you want to dream about, and this has pretty much never, ever gone well. On top of it, I have a weird history of dreams. Beginning in 2006, I was plagued by dreams involving Jeff Goldblum. He didn't even have to be the central character in the dream; sometimes he'd just walk by. And I usually irritated him half to death. (Yes, folks, you may use this as blackmail.)
I had about 13 of these dreams altogether, 8 of them in a row.
Needless to say, I didn't watch many of his movies for a while. (That didn't help, considering I was thinking about him all the time, now that he was invading my brain at night.)
But trying to control what I dreamt was not working out. So my own personal experience is: don't bother. Either your dreams will just get weirder, or you'll stop dreaming and experience a real-life version of this Star Trek episode.
However, there are websites that supposedly teach you 'the art' of lucid dreaming, meaning controlling your dreams, using them for problem-solving (Yay! Thinking in my sleep will take off two whole work days!), and being able to stop nightmares. On my part, I think it would be great fun just so I can stretch out those dreams where I'm hanging out with Joe Strummer or piloting a spaceship.
My verdict: you may as well try to control your dreams. But don't get your hopes up. (Also, if you run into Jeff Goldblum in there, tell him hello.)
Have any of you ever managed to control your dreams?
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The reaccurance of a charactor in a dream can tell you something about yourself. Everything in your dream is you. you can ask your self questions like "jeff why are you in my dream" and he will answer you. Anything in your dream will answer the question, and can help you determine what is going on.
Dreams are your brain working out things that you are concerned about but might not realize yet. Your brain will figure it out before it lets you "figure it out".
I asked my mom if she dreamed in color or black and white she said black and white. The next day she told me that she dreamed a normal dream but there was a little pink paper. In her dream she said "see i do dream in color" her brain was concerend that she didnt dream in color, it proved it to her and then it let her know it was a concern.
make sence?
Whoa. Cool! (It's unusual to find someone that dreams in black and white, isn't it?)
I'm going to practice some lucid dreaming stuff, watch 'Independence Day,' and talk to Jeff myself. :D
One time, when I spent the night at Rebecca's, we had a conversation with each other in our dreams.
Oh yeah, I had a dream that I saw Natalia's bedroom and it had the coolest wall mural. In my dream, I wanted to paint the same thing in my room, but was bummed b/c it wasn't my own idea. When I woke up, I realized it was a dream, so it was my idea! So I can paint it.
I'm a lucid dreamer, always have been & it's kinda' weird, kinda' cool. I'll be having a dream & if it's not going the way it should, I just say, "Nah, do this instead!" And the dream changes. Sometimes I'll stop a dream if I don't like it & start a new one! Oddville!
I agree w/ Jae, dreams are a way our brains work things out.
Oh, I forgot to mention, I like Jeff Goldblum & since I do, he should be welcome in everyone's dreams : )
I had a weird dream last night that my favorite jeans had become worn out and full of holes.
That means nothing, as far as I can tell. Maybe all my dreams are just bound to be ridiculous...?
Okay, Amber, we'll share Jeff for a while. Maybe trade off every month. (He's cute, so I don't mind THAT much. :D)
I think your jean's dream sounds significant. Like a repetitive thought pattern that no longer serves it's purpose. Or an emotional tool that no longer gives you comfort.
That's actually possible. I was thinking about my favorite jeans yesterday, and how one day they'd be worn out.
So are my jeans the emotional tool? Or my worrying about the jeans?
you have to ask your jeans, why did you get worn out or how did it happen, see what they tell you.
If I have enough time. Last time I was just watching as little holes appeared in my jeans, instantly. It was weird.
"Hello, jeans? What's going on?"
What did they say?
Nothing. Denim, sadly, is not a talkative fabric.
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