Dream poll

[averygoodun42]

The responses from my last (non-meme) post reminded me of a poll I wanted to put out there. I'm assuming all of you can remember your dreams, whether of snippets or the whole convoluted mess. Well, I'm wondering...

[Poll #859355]

Comments

[zalena.livejournal.com]

I rarely have good dreams, but a lot of the dreams I once deemed bad are now more experiential. They're interesting, if at times traumatic, but they mean a lot to me. I would miss them if they were gone. And a lot of my dreams have good aspects, even if they have some traumatic premise.

Of course, last nights' was a doozy. The only reason I'm on the computer now is because I'm avoiding going to bed.

What are you doing up? It's even later for you!

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Oh, for all the intensity and... draining aspect of my dreams, I wouldn't give them up! They're my second life. Sometimes they seem to make more sense intheir surreal way than 'real' life does.

I'm procrastinating. As much as I love sleep, and depend on my dreams, I don't want to give up this little bit of alone time. Nap time and late night are the only chances I get anymore. Staying up late (and depriviing myself of much needed sleep) actually keeps me in a beter mood than going to bed when I should.

[keladry_lupin]

music: R. Stewart-Do you think I'm Sexy (stuckinmyheadgetitoutNOW)

Here, if you think it's better than Rod Stewart: http://keladry-lupin.livejournal.com/96848.html

That's my LJ entry with the YouTube of Peter's Friends siinging "The Way You Look Tonight." At least it's a change!

[mundungus42.livejournal.com]

Oops, ticked the wrong box. I meant "the realness. That's almost always what gets me. If my brain is fooled by the dream into thinking it's awake, the sleep is almost as tiring as being awake. One of the worst perpetrators in recent memory I whinged about here. That was really annoying.

Also, if I have a really scary or horribly sad dream, it takes me forever to fall asleep again, and that's always a factor in how tired I am the next day. I find reciting a long poem or story helps immensely in such cases (it's usually Kipling's "The Elephant's Child" for me).

[alienor77310.livejournal.com]

Most of the time, I only remember the very good, sexy dreams. The rest mostly vanishes from my memory within a few minutes after I wake up.

The most wearing aspect is the disappointment that those hot, sexy dreams were just that - dreams.

[muggle-prof.livejournal.com]

I'm skipping the poll, as I very rarely (perhaps once a year) remember dreaming anything, and even then, about all I remember is that I had a dream, but little or no specifics about it.

[maebynot.livejournal.com]

I really wanted "the weird" to be an option in the third question, because I always remember the weird dreams. My dreams aren't bad, or good, they're ... weird. Usually someone I know in "real life" shows up, and depending on the person the weirdness can go off the charts or it can be the normal weird.

My dreams don't wear me out by themselves; the wearing out usually happens after I wake up and think about them and try to find meaning in them, and once the meaning becomes clear, I get creeped out or even more confused. And a couple of times my dreams have turned slightly prophetic (i.e., last month I know I dreamt that my godmother was telling my mother that she and her husband were getting a divorce because my godfather was cheating; this month, it's true), and that factor wears me out even more. But not the actual dreaming part.

Unfortunately, I rarely have "good" or "hot" dreams. And when I do, it's usually with someone I'd never consider attractive, which then turns the "hot" dream into a "scary" dream. I can't win. :P