You know, it's weird. I know I must dream - everyone does - but I never remember dreaming, let alone what I dreamed about. I go to bed, fall asleep, waken... and it's as if I die during those hours. I do know I walk in my sleep - I've moved things during the night, found things in the morning where I know I didn't leave them... but dream? No.
As I say to bluewolf458 above, I have three or four dreams that I remember either because they were so frightening they have stayed with me or that I've had so often that I remember them for that reason.
(this is me, the other Ruth. Have been trying to remember when your birthday was to click through to the Cats' Protection donation on Facebook. Have also been struggling with mental/physical health, and how to sort out pseuds/fanfic/email/passwords so I can remember them and they're in the right place. My fanfic has always been some/most of my best writing, but when I meet or think of someone it's hard to work out whether they'd be offended by a) hand-knitted queer porn, b) intellectual property violations or c) neither. So I'm very focused on the stress of being asked for two-factor authentication every five minutes at the moment).
Re: dreams. My worst ones have been sleep paralysis. However, if one gets it right, a disturbing nightmare can be conquered by lucid dreaming, which can turn a plot with people shooting people into something more like watching a film or reading a book.
Concomitantly, the trouble with lucid dreaming tends to be disappointment: one settles down to read a book one has wanted to read for years (that doesn't exist), to watch a film that won't get on the TV for a long time, or one gets ready to visit a new library or city, only to find out it isn't a (realistic) future prospect, and you can't really remember how to get about on your own.
I've been struggling a bit, too. I had cancer last year (breast) which I'm still being treated for with hormone tablets, and Smokey was ill which in turn made my mental health wobble. The psychiatrist (who in the way of psychiatrists is madder than I am) increased my anti-depressant, which I think is making me a bit manic.
I'm never offended by hand-knitted porn.
My worst dreams have usually been sleep paralysis, too. Or happened when I was extremely stressed and/or tired. The one I had where my ex-husband wouldn't bury me even though I'd died stands out as a particular horror. Then there was the sleep paralysis where I met the archangel Uriel (who looked suspiciously like Klaus von dem Eberbach from the anime "From Eroica with Love". That was just weird.
Then there's the repeat dream I have where the mezzo-soprano of the Welsh National Opera is eaten by a glass dragon. That's a doozy - I don't know the lady and have nothing against her, and it's so specific.
I mastered lucid dreaming as a teen, but anxiety dreams and nightmares don't always respond to the technique.
For passwords, I recommend the password manager Nordpass. If you send me your email I'll send you an invitation - we would both get a free three month of Premium. I've found it by far and away the best password manager I've ever used.
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I have three or four dreams that were either (a) too horrible to forget or (b) come so frequently that I remember them out of sheer repetition.
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As I say to
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(this is me, the other Ruth. Have been trying to remember when your birthday was to click through to the Cats' Protection donation on Facebook. Have also been struggling with mental/physical health, and how to sort out pseuds/fanfic/email/passwords so I can remember them and they're in the right place. My fanfic has always been some/most of my best writing, but when I meet or think of someone it's hard to work out whether they'd be offended by a) hand-knitted queer porn, b) intellectual property violations or c) neither. So I'm very focused on the stress of being asked for two-factor authentication every five minutes at the moment).
Re: dreams. My worst ones have been sleep paralysis. However, if one gets it right, a disturbing nightmare can be conquered by lucid dreaming, which can turn a plot with people shooting people into something more like watching a film or reading a book.
Concomitantly, the trouble with lucid dreaming tends to be disappointment: one settles down to read a book one has wanted to read for years (that doesn't exist), to watch a film that won't get on the TV for a long time, or one gets ready to visit a new library or city, only to find out it isn't a (realistic) future prospect, and you can't really remember how to get about on your own.
Re: Dreams
I've been struggling a bit, too. I had cancer last year (breast) which I'm still being treated for with hormone tablets, and Smokey was ill which in turn made my mental health wobble. The psychiatrist (who in the way of psychiatrists is madder than I am) increased my anti-depressant, which I think is making me a bit manic.
I'm never offended by hand-knitted porn.
My worst dreams have usually been sleep paralysis, too. Or happened when I was extremely stressed and/or tired. The one I had where my ex-husband wouldn't bury me even though I'd died stands out as a particular horror. Then there was the sleep paralysis where I met the archangel Uriel (who looked suspiciously like Klaus von dem Eberbach from the anime "From Eroica with Love". That was just weird.
Then there's the repeat dream I have where the mezzo-soprano of the Welsh National Opera is eaten by a glass dragon. That's a doozy - I don't know the lady and have nothing against her, and it's so specific.
I mastered lucid dreaming as a teen, but anxiety dreams and nightmares don't always respond to the technique.
For passwords, I recommend the password manager Nordpass. If you send me your email I'll send you an invitation - we would both get a free three month of Premium. I've found it by far and away the best password manager I've ever used.