I am driving in the snow around a corner when I stop suddenly. There is a fish at the side of the road. The fish is alive and doesnt seem to need water to survive. I do not move the car as I don’t want to run it over. A car stops behind me. The driver gets out the car and I recognise him as Mr Brown. He asks me aggressively what I am doing. I tell him I have stopped the car because there is a fish on the road. This just infuriates him and he kicks a banana across to the other side of the road. The fish flaps toward the banana and starts eating it. Mr Brown gets in his car and drives off. Continue>>
Dream Journal Entry: 30th January 2010
I find myself in a lecture hall. I look up at the wall and I can see a religious symbol which seems to change shape each time I look at it. I realise I am waiting on a religious speaker appearing on stage however I have the feeling that I am not going to agree with what will be said. I notice that I am wearing a vicars collar which I try and hide with my hand. Continue>>
Dreams and Depression
According to Griffin (2004) dreaming and depression are connected. People who are depressed seem to dream more than “healthy” people and they also have more intense dreams. The reason for this is that a depressed person spends a lot of their time worrying and reflecting internally on the negative. According to Griffin’s expectation fulfilment theory only “unexpressed emotionally arousing concerns” from the previous day will appear in dreams (see http://www.insomnium.co.uk/dream-theory/how-to-interpret-dreams/) therefore all this negative introspection and worry that a depressed person engages in is never acted upon and will be emotionally arousing. This will therefore become the subject of their dreams and due to the amount of negative intropection they will dream excessively and their dreams will be more intense as the mind attempts to act out and deactivate the unexpressed emotions. Continue>>
Sexsomnia (Sleepsex)
Using 11 case studies as a basis for their research, Shapiro, Trajanovic & Fedoroff (2003) use the term sexsomnia to describe a sleep disorder where people have been found to inititate sexual acts (masturbation, intercourse with partners or even sexual assault) while asleep. This complex behaviour appears to originate for most in nonrapid eye movement sleep but can occur at any time during sleep and can last for more than 30 minutes. Sexsomnia is different from sleepwalking in the sense that arousal is automatic, the person’s motor activities are more specific and restricted and a form of “dream thinking” is also likely to be present. Continue>>
Geomagnetic Activity and Dream Bizarreness
Lipnicki (2009) reported an association between local geomagnetic activity (GMA) and the bizarreness of dreams. Lipnicki analysed the dreams of a young adult male which were recorded over a period of 6 1/2 years. Dreams were self-rated for bizarreness on a 1–5 scale. At the lower end of the scale (1), dreams would be normal and representative of what would happen in reality. Dreams that were rated 3 could possibly happen but were unlikely. Dreams rated 5 and considered bizarre would be dreams that had no connection with reality and could never happen.
Lipnicki found that on days of low geomagnetic activity dreams were found to be significantly more bizarre than the dreams that were recorded on days of high activity. Continue>>
Dream Journal Entry: 20th December 2009
I find myself walking down a hill in a housing estate. It is late at night. As I get near the bottom of the hill I notice that a hedge is on fire. I run over and can see that it is in fact not the hedge that is on fire but a sun lounger near the hedge. I quickly run down to the swimming pool which is in the middle of the garden and start gathering water with my hands. I throw some water on the lounger which has no effect and only ignites the lounger next to it. I can see that the hedge is now also on fire. Continue>>
Dream Journal Entry: 7th November 2009
I find myself stuck in a lift with a work colleague. I look down and I can see a lizard has attached itself to my leg. I remove the lizard to reveal a large green vein.
Dreaming Location: Stockbridge Edinburgh
Time Recorded: 7.00am
Dream Journal Entry: 31st October 2009
I find myself sitting on a pavement. I think to myself I would like to live in Manchester. I then realise that I am in fact in Manchester. I stop a man in the street and tell him that Manchester is a good place to live if you are a student. Continue>>
Dream Journal Entry: 30th October 2009
I watch myself skateboarding on TV or in a flash movie. I seem to be performing dangerous stunts and falling over however I never see myself injured. The image fades into another and I wake up.
Dreaming Location: Stockbridge, Edinburgh
Time Recorded: 7.00am
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