A Question about dreaming, but not about dream interpretation

[Terry Sampson]

I just woke up from a discomforting and frustrating silly dream consisting of some familiar people, vaguely familiar places, and my dog, that left my heart palpitating abnormally and left me wondering why I didn't end the darn dream by just waking up, ... quickly.

And my question, here, is: does anyone know of one or more written resources that discuss why, in the process of dreaming about goofy events and discomfort and frustration over being unable to get out of the unfolding events, it takes so long to realize that one is dreaming and that just waking up will end the unfolding "nightmare" of the situation?

 

[King Phenomenon]

I just woke up from a discomforting and frustrating silly dream consisting of some familiar people, vaguely familiar places, and my dog, that left my heart palpitating abnormally and left me wondering why I didn't end the darn dream by just waking up, ... quickly.

And my question, here, is: does anyone know of one or more written resources that discuss why, in the process of dreaming about goofy events and discomfort and frustration over being unable to get out of the unfolding events, it takes so long to realize that one is dreaming and that just waking up will end the unfolding "nightmare" of the situation?

Sleeping is winning over waking up

 

[Aupmanyav]

There are a whole lot of apps in Google play which give you the meaning of dreams.
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=swapna sapane dreams&c=apps&hl=hi

 

[syo]

I just woke up from a discomforting and frustrating silly dream consisting of some familiar people, vaguely familiar places, and my dog, that left my heart palpitating abnormally and left me wondering why I didn't end the darn dream by just waking up, ... quickly.

And my question, here, is: does anyone know of one or more written resources that discuss why, in the process of dreaming about goofy events and discomfort and frustration over being unable to get out of the unfolding events, it takes so long to realize that one is dreaming and that just waking up will end the unfolding "nightmare" of the situation?

Time lag.

 

[Terry Sampson]

There are a whole lot of apps

I'm not interested in the meaning: it was a silly dream. I'm just wondering how to plant in my brain an "alarm bell" of some kind, that goes off and wakes me up when a dream that I am having is silly, wildly unrealistic, and starts to become very discomforting and frustrating. The silliness and unrealistic part I can handle. The discomforting and frustrating part, without any redeeming value or meaning, I want to put an end to.

 

[Stevicus]

I'm not interested in the meaning: it was a silly dream. I'm just wondering how to plant in my brain an "alarm bell" of some kind, that goes off and wakes me up when a dream that I am having is silly, wildly unrealistic, and starts to become very discomforting and frustrating. The silliness and unrealistic part I can handle. The discomforting and frustrating part, without any redeeming value or meaning, I want to put an end to.

Someone told me that if you suspect you're dreaming, you can try reading something in the dream, and if it changes, you know you're dreaming. It seems kind of hit and miss. I've had dreams where I know I'm dreaming, yet other times, I don't realize it until I wake up.

 

[Aupmanyav]

I'm just wondering how to plant in my brain an "alarm bell" of some kind, that goes off and wakes me up when a dream that I am having is silly, wildly unrealistic, and starts to become very discomforting and frustrating.

Before you go to sleep, tell the pillow what you want. You see, I have cure for all problems.

Or if you want I can go through Atharva Veda and find a particular chant for you. A tried and effective mantra at least 4000 years old.

 

[Terry Sampson]

It seems kind of hit and miss. I've had dreams where I know I'm dreaming, yet other times, I don't realize it until I wake up

Yeah, that's almost what happens to me. I'm toodling along in Wonderland, not sure how I got there, getting into weird situations that become weirder and weirder, and sometimes downright annoying, frustrating, and/or uncomfortable. But as long as I don't realize that I'm dreaming, I dream. The moment I wake up, I realize it was a dream, and I'm annoyed that I didn't/couldn't put an end to it when it started getting annoying, frustrating, and/or uncomfortable.

 

[Terry Sampson]

Before you go to sleep, tell the pillow what you want. You see, I have cure for all problems.

Ha! Some cure!

Or if you want I can go through Atharva Veda and find a particular chant for you. A tried and effective mantra at least 4000 years old.

As interesting as that sounds, I think I'll pass. Hindu gods would probably start entering my dreams and making my dreams even weirder than they already are. Thanks anyway.

 

[Rival]

You need to start writing your dreams and consciously thinking of them during wake-time. The more you become aware of your dreams and mull over them during wake-time, the more you'll start to become lucid during dream-time. I do this often. Last night I had a dream that I knew it was a dream and it just kept going. I knew in my back of my mind that if I'd managed to lose my phone it didn't matter since it was a dream. Once you figure this, you're actually unlikely to want to awaken and instead just enjoy the journey. Mine ended up in a pub full of children and a talking dog.

 

[ChristineM]

I understand some people are able to wake themselves from a dream by recognising they are in a dream and manipulating yourself to wake. If you are unable to realise you are in a dream then waking yourself up is not going to happen

I wish i could wake myself up from repeated nightmares but they are so real that its the screaming that wakes me, and everyone else. Maybe the screaming is my way of manipulating myself awake??? So now i just need to do it earlier in the nightmare

 

[Terry Sampson]

@Frank Goad, Yo' Frank. Here's your ticket to lucid dreaming.

You need to start writing your dreams and consciously thinking of them during wake-time. The more you become aware of your dreams and mull over them during wake-time, the more you'll start to become lucid during dream-time.