Dreams, ... Options

[remini]

I looked around and I couldn't find this topic in the lounge, so if there already is a topic like this, sorry. You can close it. (I couldn't really decide where to stick this topic either... )

Anyway...

I haven't had any dreams lately, none that I can remember anyway. And I just wanted to know what you guys thought of them. Are they black and white, or in color? How long do they last, or seem to last? How often do you remember them? Do you ignore them, or try to interpret what they mean? What do you dream about?

I wanted to limit this to one or two questions, but I couldn't. Too curious, I guess. Or maybe just me being nosy.

[x3chrissyx3]

I looked around and I couldn't find this topic in the lounge, so if there already is a topic like this, sorry. You can close it. (I couldn't really decide where to stick this topic either...  )

Anyway...

I haven't had any dreams lately, none that I can remember anyway. And I just wanted to know what you guys thought of them. Are they black and white, or in color? How long do they last, or seem to last? How often do you remember them? Do you ignore them, or try to interpret what they mean? What do you dream about?

I wanted to limit this to one or two questions, but I couldn't.  Too curious, I guess. Or maybe just me being nosy. 

Okay, I'm a Psychology Major and a Junior at my University, so basically, the only reason you do not remember your dreams is simply because you don't wake up during REM sleep, the deepest part of your sleep. Your dreams last for 30 minutes to an hour, and occur four times during the night, all different dreams. The only way you'll ever remember is if you have the power to *know* when you're dreaming. In some studies, when a patient goes into the REM sleep phase, they flash a red light and their dream ends abruptly and they wake up and can repeat the dream.

Anyway, I wouldn't try to interpret it. Freudians believe that they *could* mean something, so if you have the power to alter the outcome of the dreams you shouldn't, but factually, all dreams are is a stress reliever, usually irrelevant to anything in your life, I mean, you may dream about a person, but that's just the way it is. If you didn't dream, you would constantly wake up stressed. Don't take them too seriously, they really don't mean anything except that you're a hell of a lot happier in the morning.

Understand?

[Euphoria Rose]

I read about it last year. It said you only remember your dream when it didn't finish yet. Each night you have a cycle of about six dreams. If you suddenly wake up and remember it, it means that you didn't finish it yet. If you don't remember anything about your dreams, that means that the cycle of dreams ended.