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Cartoonist

(7,316 posts)
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 11:55 AM Oct 2014

Dreams are wonderful

It's a nice day and I'm playing soccer with some friends. After scoring a couple of goals myself, I'm standing by the near post while William Shatner puts one in. Afterwords, we're sitting around just hanging out when my good buddy Carl Sagan comes by. We share a few laughs at some dumb things we heard some theists say. Like I said, dreams are fun.

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Dreams are wonderful (Original Post) Cartoonist Oct 2014 OP
My mom has MS LostOne4Ever Oct 2014 #1
I was a lucid dreamer when I was young. AtheistCrusader Oct 2014 #2
assuming I have any at all. AlbertCat Oct 2014 #5
I'm lucid only for short periods Cartoonist Oct 2014 #3
Or weird, yet awesome sakabatou Oct 2014 #4

LostOne4Ever

(9,288 posts)
1. My mom has MS
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 01:14 PM
Oct 2014

She tells me that she is always able to walk in her dreams. Combined with the fact that she is able to avoid her constant neck and nerve pain, I try to do whatever I can not to wake her up.

Sometimes dreams are better than reality.

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)
2. I was a lucid dreamer when I was young.
Fri Oct 24, 2014, 01:48 AM
Oct 2014

Lost it in my 20's. I can't even remember dreams now, assuming I have any at all.

Fucking sucks, but it was fun while it lasted.

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
5. assuming I have any at all.
Fri Oct 24, 2014, 09:59 AM
Oct 2014

You do. Everyone dreams every night....

Remembering them is another thing.

I don't remember dreams unless I wake in the middle of them.

And how about that strange feeling of when you are dreaming, you know you are dreaming and can even consciously affect the course of the dream.... even doing different "takes" of the same scene.

I can't be the only one who does that. I wonder if my having worked in film and TV for decades has anything to do with how I perceive this phenomenon. ( I never dream an end stick tho'..... cut! and print!)

Cartoonist

(7,316 posts)
3. I'm lucid only for short periods
Fri Oct 24, 2014, 02:23 AM
Oct 2014

Just before waking. My favorite activity then is flying. Actually makes me wonder if it might be possible while I'm awake.

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