dreaming

RogerE wrote:There is an interesting theory currently being proposed that psychosis is effectively dreaming while you are awake - or more accurately, processin waking reality through the REM state. Fascinating stuff.

In light of Being "awake in your dreams" provides the opportunity for unique and compelling adventures rarely surpassed elsewhere in life. That alone ought to be more than enough to spark the interest of the adventurous in lucid dreaming, as this remarkable phenomenon of dreaming while being fully conscious that you are dreaming is called. backed by Ornstein and Goleman, do you think the difference between the two is that during the former(psychosis) you're awake but not conscious?

BTW, what is that "something odd" about platypuses?

I think that during psychosis you are both awake and conscious, but that the contents of your consciousness is processed through the dreaming brain, which converts it to metaphor instead of being literal.

Platypuses? Well the reason I said 'something odd about platypuses' is because I can't remember what the 'something odd' is. Anyone else?

Hi I was reading the posts on dreams and I was wondering something.
I think that I have mentioned this before on the site, so sorry if I am repeating myself.
But my question is - when I wake up the morning, I am always in the middle of a very vivid dream which I remember on awakening. They are usually anxious dreams etc... I have always dreamt very vividly and take a long time to get out of my dream state into my awake state. It takes me about half an hour to rid myself of the feelings I had in the dream.
Does anyone else experience this? Is this a symptom of depression?
Thank you
YOG

Hi Yog

Dreams change our emotional state - that's what they're for, so anyone who wakes up during a dream will tend to feel like they did in the dream.

The longer you sleep, the longer your REM (dreaming) periods become, so the more likely you are to wake up during a REM cycle.

And as you know, dreams are caused by unresolved emotional arousal, so if you are ruminating a lot, you dream more.

Hope this helps

Roger

mazcon wrote:several people said they never or rarely dream.

In which case they could maybe take a shot at this.