Worst. Dreamworld. Ever.
Let’s start this off with something easy. Every night, I dream. A lot. I dream significantly more than most people I know. That or I just tend to remember them more. Or maybe it’s that I just wake up during them more. I wake up often during the night, if only for a split second; enough to kick me out of the dream.
My mind seems incapable of just chilling out and enjoying the ride. When I’m dreaming I’m constantly wondering “is this a dream?” And as soon as the answer can be yes, I wake up. I have quite the imagination, and I’ve seen the beginnings of a hell of a lot of neat dreams, but it’s very rare that they get very far before the “whoa, hey, dude, you’re dreaming!” kicks in.
Of course, that doesn’t mean I can’t have interesting dreams, they just tend to involve things that are physically possible, and could potentially happen to me.
Like the one where I got to swim with dolphins. Hey that’s cool, right? Who doesn’t think it’d be neat to get to swim with dolphins? I’m swimming next to one near a dock on the ocean, enjoying the opportunity. Then…. it grabs me by the right arm. I remember thinking “Huh… this is odd.” It starts pulling me somehow. OK so my mind never got the memo that dolphins can’t physically swim backwards. Now that I’ve thought that one through I’m reasonably assured that I won’t be having this dream again. And so I’m thinking “don’t remember a dolphin ever doing this to someone at Sea World.” That’s about when it starts pulling me under water. “uhhh.. umm… is it…” And deeper we went. ”Yup.. I think the bastard is trying to drown me.” This dream lasted until I had to gasp for air, and managed. ”wwwaaaaiiittt a minute. you can’t breath under water!” … and right back to reality.
I’ve considered reading a book that helps people have more lucid dreams. I like to think that it could help me kick this habit. It’s not a bother as far as sleep goes. I sleep fine. I just think I’m getting ripped off on the whole dream experience.
