Is there any way we can dream exactly what we want to dream?

[Apm1229]

Say if I wanted to dream about a certain thing, is there any way that I could make myself dream about it?

[Mattimeo]

There is and this is how you do it:
just as you go to bed start thinking about what you want your dream to be don't think to hard or you won't get to sleep. but otther than that this methed tends to work fine (at least for me)+-

[Wolfjk]

Originally Posted by Apm1229

Say if I wanted to dream about a certain thing, is there any way that I could make myself dream about it?

Hi,
Absolutely no. Dreams are about what happens to you in the sleep. You can self-hypnotise yourself to dream about something, but you will find the your subconscious will treat you to some crap, but not what you want to dream.
Dreams have very important functions and interfering with their natural course can lead to problems.
You may hear about people incubating dreams, but when you look at what they incubated usually turns out to be thrash. Your own subconscious is far superior to your brain and it can decive you to believe whatever it wants you to.
Cheers Wolfjk

[char k]

yes mattimeo has the right idea it works for me too. but you have to be in the "right frame of mind" just before you're going to sleep set your scene. one can get answers and insight.

[Wolfjk]

Originally Posted by char k

yes mattimeo has the right idea it works for me too. but you have to be in the "right frame of mind" just before you're going to sleep set your scene. one can get answers and insight.

Hi,
You also need a "creative" interpretation!
Cheers Wolfjk

[calia386]

When I want to dream about a particular person or place, I usually turn on a movie with that person in it or listen to some music I know will make me feel a certain way and I fall asleep. In doing this, your mind sometimes takes what it hears and makes itself into a dream, for example, I left my tv on once on a channel and fell asleep, I had a dream that I was on stage rehearsing some movie with this guy with a loud voice that wouldn't play his part right-sure enough, I woke up, took my tivo and rewound it-and there it was-some sitcom about these people on stage trying to do a play and there was this guy with a loud voice giving them a hard time. So try that and see how it goes...calia386

[kalara]

i dream dreams naturally, the outcome i want is exacly whatever i wish it to be. is this because maybe a have a minor control over my subconcious? i find it easy just to dream whaterver i want. can anyone else do this? once i had a nightmare about being eaten by crocs (my worst fear) and i didnt want that to happen and so my dream changed from the path it was headed on and i got myself out of there. my mum gave me advice on it, she said my dreams were mine and that if i didnt have to dream them i didnt. being chased by firey demons of hell? no problems, dream up a specky water-based weapon and off i go! i find it strange, does anyone agree?

[Geeva]

I always tried, but dreams that I WANT TO BE DREAMED BY ME never happen. As someone said before I also tried to watch movies or listen to particular sounds. But as harder I tried it was getting worse.My dreams are becoming more weird and crass. What do you think about it?

[xxforestoxx]

It has happened to me but usually when it happens to me im on the edge of waking up and its usually morning so theres alot of noise but i have had control over what happened in my dream acleast twice.

[Seiko]

I can't control exactly what I dream of, but I haven't had nightmares since I was little... if there is something I really dislike about a dream, I can change it at will. but generally I don't want to affect my dreams in that way, since it disrupts the story...