I am in a cinema which may also be a church. R is with me and we sit down. As soon as I sit down I notice a group of girls who seem to have a problem with us. I go over to them and sit down on the floor. I ask them why they have a problem with us. Two of the girls explain what is wrong. I shake one of their hands but the girls right hand feels strange. Continue >>
Archive for July, 2009
Dreams and Stages of Sleep
Initially when we close our eyes we lightly drift in and out of sleep and can be awakened easily by external noise. Muscle activity slows down. The eyes move slowly and occasionally we see flashes of images which may be visual thoughts. There is also the possibility that we may be awakened suddenly by a sensation that we are falling or something similar. This is called stage 1 sleep. Continue >>
Hobson: Activation Synthesis Theory
This theory of dreaming was first proposed in 1977 by Hobson and McCarley. At the onset of REM sleep, random signals (known as PGO spikes) arise from the Pons (a structure located on the brain stem) and travel up the mid brain to the cortex. This stimulates the cortex and the brain tries to make sense of these signals or “noise”. There is no external stimuli so the brain creates dream imagery from this noise (internal stimuli). Therefore the theory originally suggested that dreams were in fact meaningless. (Hobson later revised his theory to acknowledge the possibility that dreams may have meaning).
Dream Journal Entry: 18th July 2009
I am in a hotel. There are three of us and we seem to be on a tour of the hotel. I stop and wait outside one of the rooms and I can hear the hotel manager speak to two male guests. He advises them that businessmen can bring their own mattress. As he continues to speak I wander into another room which is occupied by two foreigners. Continue >>
Dream Journal Entry: 13th July 2009
I am in my parents back garden listening to J’s band playing next door. I listen to them play Digsy’s dinner by Oasis which J sings. I pick up a large pot which seems to be full of urine. I pour out the urine over the back fence. I think about putting paving slabs down on top of each other so that I can stand on them and look over the back fence. I am about to open the garage door when W turns up. I rummage through the pockets of a jacket looking for something. I find a piece of paper which states that I have been in prison. W asks me if I can explain this. I tell W that I am meeting D tomorrow as he is coming up from London. Continue >>
Dream Journal Entry: 7th July 2009
I am in a house which may be my house. I walk into the bathroom and look up and there is no ceiling. There seems to be Polish and Nigerian builders working away upstairs on the ceiling. Two of the workers are looking down at me. I say to someone in the bathroom: Should I go anyway? I proceed to sit on the toilet. I look up again and the foreman has asked all the workers to stop looking down at me. Continue >>
Dream Journal Entry: 6th July 2009
I am sitting in the shade at our hotel. I am watching our own personal buffet being set up in front of us. It seems to be food we had the previous night at the Mexican restaurant. Continue >>
Dream Journal Entry: 5th July 2009
I am on a bus sitting near the back. I notice that someone is giving out REM sleep tablets. A little later I am sitting in the living room in my parents house. My sister is speaking to my mother, however my sister seems to be a cat. I watch the cat whisper in my mother’s ear then my mother whispers into the cat’s ear. The cats eyes go comedy large like a cartoon. The whispers seem to be about a cat who used to be scared but now is terrorising our own cat. Continue >>
Dream Journal Entry: 4th July 2009
I am watching someone making burgers out of rat meat.
Dreaming Location: Dominican Republic
Dream Journal Entry: 3rd July 2009
I am in a hotel. I open a door and there is a baby or small child hiding there. It appears to be lost. The child is strange as it is acting more like a dog or toy than a human. I pick up the child by the back of its jumper and say to him: where is your mother? What are you doing here? I appear to be quite rough with the child and seem to be treating it as a soft toy. I put it down then pick it up again and the child has transformed into an envelope from the post office. I open up the envelope and there is a credit card inside. I press a button on the credit card and the child cries. It seems to be a homing beacon and it leads me to the child’s/card’s house. Continue >>
Dream Journal Entry: 2nd July 2009
I appear to be in Dunfermline holding a tennis racket as I walk in town. I met up with an unknown man who may be M but I am unsure. We walk down a steep hill to an underground car park. We both sit on a balcony watching the people below playing tennis. It seems to be a secret tennis club for members only. I shout down to see if we can play a match. A man looks back at us. It is C, someone from a previous job. He shouts up at us: You shouldn’t be here this is a private club and you are not welcome. I think to myself why does it have a balcony then. I shout some abuse at him and run off. Continue >>
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