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jnk wrote:You mean, there are threads in this forum that DON'T get hijacked?

Hey, it bumps it up, and the title is "Remembering Dreams," so it fits in better than most of my posts in their threads.

The weird thing is, I don't even really know the guy (other than that he scares me), and I have no direct dealings with him at all, since he is in a completely different department. I may have said hello to him twice in 20 years. So I have no idea why my brain would pick him to mean anything other than to represent an authority figure of some sort.

Maybe I just need to make my peace with authority.

Or not.

OK, off to find another boat--oops, I mean, thread--to hijack. Yeah!!!

jeff

OK, you're absolutely right about hijacked threads - he he he - we're a lively lot. Must because we can now think and breath : )

Oh, man! I just had my first nightmare in many years! Last night, I dreamed that I was attacked by a BIG dog while I was walking down the street. The dog ran full-speed at me, grabbed the back of my head in its jaws and clamped down tight. It hurt like the dickens!!! I started to scream in terror.

I woke up with a start, with a very strange sound coming from my mouth. I was actually trying to SCREAM with my nasal mask and chin strap on!!! What a bizarre sound that was! When I looked at my software report this morning, you should've seen the leak rate during that period of sleep! (I usually have a leak rate of zero these days.) Weird thing too is that I woke up from that dream at precisely 4:00 a.m.

I had several apneas last night too, which is unusual, as lately I've been having none. And more hypopneas than normal. Not a good night's sleep, that's for sure. Despite that, I don't feel too bad today. I hope I have happy dreams next time!

~ DreamOn

DreamOn wrote:Oh, man! I just had my first nightmare in many years! Last night, I dreamed that I was attacked by a BIG dog while I was walking down the street. The dog ran full-speed at me, grabbed the back of my head in its jaws and clamped down tight. It hurt like the dickens!!! I started to scream in terror.

I woke up with a start, with a very strange sound coming from my mouth. I was actually trying to SCREAM with my nasal mask and chin strap on!!! What a bizarre sound that was! When I looked at my software report this morning, you should've seen the leak rate during that period of sleep! (I usually have a leak rate of zero these days.) Weird thing too is that I woke up from that dream at precisely 4:00 a.m.

I had several apneas last night too, which is unusual, as lately I've been having none. And more hypopneas than normal. Not a good night's sleep, that's for sure. Despite that, I don't feel too bad today. I hope I have happy dreams next time!

~ DreamOn

Wow, that was a doozy! Hope you had better dreams for sure!

DreamOn wrote:Oh, man! I just had my first nightmare in many years! Last night, I dreamed that I was attacked by a BIG dog while I was walking down the street. The dog ran full-speed at me, grabbed the back of my head in its jaws and clamped down tight. It hurt like the dickens!!! I started to scream in terror.

I woke up with a start, with a very strange sound coming from my mouth. I was actually trying to SCREAM with my nasal mask and chin strap on!!! What a bizarre sound that was! When I looked at my software report this morning, you should've seen the leak rate during that period of sleep! (I usually have a leak rate of zero these days.) Weird thing too is that I woke up from that dream at precisely 4:00 a.m.

I had several apneas last night too, which is unusual, as lately I've been having none. And more hypopneas than normal. Not a good night's sleep, that's for sure. Despite that, I don't feel too bad today. I hope I have happy dreams next time!

~ DreamOn

The fear of getting hit with something terrifying and painful out of nowhere while walking down the street may, in many ways, be the ultimate fear in life. It isn't always easy to keep the waking brain focused on those few things that we CAN control, so we can make the best of them, while still keeping reasonably alert to catch glimpses of the undexpected out of the corners of our eyes, in case we can figure out what to do about them.

4:00 am may be near the start of your longest REM. It is my belief that if I have a lot of REM, which is good, I may also have more more of the changes in breathing that my home machine will score as events. That may be one reason why I, like some others, find I can wake up feeling more refreshed after a night of bad numbers and can wake up feeling less refreshed after a night of good numbers. I have to focus on the long trends over the weeks to get the most useful information as a home-data reader.

May your dreams be more pleasant, DreamOn. Because, in dream-space, no one can hear you scream--especially if you are wearing a nasal mask and a chin strap!

jeff

Thanks, Jeff. I am happy to report that I remember no bad dreams from last night (no dreams at all, in fact).

To me, one of the most useful things about dreams is that they can serve as triggers for us to have a conscious inner dialog about our deeper emotions. That process can help us to make connections involving what we feel and what we do about what we experience.

I also believe that a discussion between two people of a memory one of them has of an emotionally charged dream can be a way for important things to get discussed openly--especially if it leads to attempts to figure out what it is in real life that may be having an emotional impact similar to the one the dream had.

For me, the idea of "interpreting a dream," in and of itself, is not something to which I personally subscribe. (I believe that a cigar is always just a cigar.) I do, however, believe that much as a work of fiction can touch the emotions in a way that leads to a deeper truth than a documentary, dreams can give us an interesting starting point when discussing with others what is in our minds and hearts. And that is why I DO believe in the interpretation of the words people choose to describe a memory of a dream, including their emotional and intellectual reaction and what real events a dream reminds them of, since that kind of discussion can often lead to deeper human understanding and intimacy.

In other words, DreamOn, I hope your family hears about your dream.

jeff

[Steps off soapbox, looks around sheepishly, shrugs shoulders, moves on slightly embarrassed at himself]

jnk wrote:To me, one of the most useful things about dreams is that they can serve as triggers for us to have a conscious inner dialog about our deeper emotions. That process can help us to make connections involving what we feel and what we do about what we experience.

I also believe that a discussion between two people of a memory one of them has of an emotionally charged dream can be a way for important things to get discussed openly--especially if it leads to attempts to figure out what it is in real life that may be having an emotional impact similar to the one the dream had.

For me, the idea of "interpreting a dream," in and of itself, is not something to which I personally subscribe. (I believe that a cigar is always just a cigar.) I do, however, believe that much as a work of fiction can touch the emotions in a way that leads to a deeper truth than a documentary, dreams can give us an interesting starting point when discussing with others what is in our minds and hearts. And that is why I DO believe in the interpretation of the words people choose to describe a memory of a dream, including their emotional and intellectual reaction and what real events a dream reminds them of, since that kind of discussion can often lead to deeper human understanding and intimacy.

In other words, DreamOn, I hope your family hears about your dream.

jeff

[Steps off soapbox, looks around sheepishly, shrugs shoulders, moves on slightly embarrassed at himself]

[walking up to jeff, shakes his hand, thanks him for all his contributions : ]

jnk wrote:[Steps off soapbox, looks around sheepishly, shrugs shoulders, moves on slightly embarrassed at himself]

Been there, done that.

Thanks, Jeff.

My dreams have basically stayed the same

So it is probably not a good thing therapy wise that I dream every night and remember them? I might have to stalk my DME for my stats. And save up for a card reader

Interesting poll.

Before getting on CPAP and now if I don't use the CPAP (like when I have a cold or some other reason) I have very vivid dreams. Usually distubing ones with a theme of frustration. When I use the CPAP I occasionally recall having a dream but it is a vague remembrance.

I missed my dreams.

Before treatment, I mostly remembered my dreams, and they were really good ones. I could have written some books or movies about them.

After treatment, I had remember a few, but now I don't remember any. I really missed them, they were really good.