Just got here and I'm not sure where to post this!!!

[day-dreamer]

O.K Hello everyone.

So, I would like to apologise before I start posting in the wrong area's.

I'd like to give a quick intro of myself. - I'm a Harry Potter Fan, but not too obsessed, even if I do have my own site!!

I'm a mother of 3 and have lovely huband that wnas me to keep our house in pristine clean condition, so as you can imagine I'm one of those people that spends a great deal of time twidling thumbs looking at a pile of washing hoping that it'll do itself.

I'm a bit wierd in the way that I am interested in dream interpretation, but have never studied the subject, so know little about it.
I have had a few wierd and wonderful dreams, some nice and happy, some a bit scary.

I have joined as a member of this site after a few strange things have happened to me with regards to dreams, or visions, depending on how people wish to put it. But as I have little knowledge on the subject and no other way of describing it I'm going to call it 'Vivid Day dreaming' (hence the user name) due to the fact that what I see is like the average 'night dream' but happens when I am completely wide awake when I'm doing normal everyday things. I haven't documented every time this has happened or what the dream/vision is of, but of the few (sorry-negative) ones I do remember I think it might be a good idea for me to be able to say yes they are dreams and be able to analyse them in the same way as 'one' would analyse a night-dream.

I suppose I'd just be happy to know that I'm not alone or that this is a rare but completely normal occurance. I think if I am able to understand this a little better then I may be able to cope with it.

If anyone can help me by giving this a true name and explaining why it may happen, or might in the least be able to point me in the right direction I would be extemely greatful.

One more thing that I'd like to pick your brains with - It is my belief that if you are snoring then you can't be dreaming at this stage of sleep, and if you are in the REM stage of sleep(dream state) then you are basically dream paralised. Please correct me if I'm wrong. What stage of sleep would you be in if you act out your dreams, even if you don't recall them next day?? ..... .... would I be right in thinking that I've got a sleep disorder of some sort if I do this regularly along side the above? - noteing that I do feel tired and physically weak for about 80% of my awake hours.

Thankyou.

[Jennings]

Let me see if I can provide you with a little more understanding of your situation. Firstly, I can only relate to what you have said from my own experience and knowledge but hopefully we might be connecting at some common point.

Your tiredness may be an attributable factor in evoking visions but only you could know this from your own awareness of how you feel in relation to those occurrences. Tiredness is often connected to the wrong diet; try reading Sally Fallon's book (I think it is called) Nurishing Traditions, it is a large edition but easily read. It is listed as a cookery book but is actually a treatise on nutrition. The nutritent CO-Q10 at 100mgs daily (or more) is deemed to improve energy and might be worthy of a try.

Like others on this forum, I too am interested in dreams but I doubt if many of us would regard ourselves as being weird. Dreaming is a fact of life and an interesting and fascinating one.

When you describe your dreams as having a visionary quality then I am a little puzzled about this description. It almost sounds as if you are describing lucid dreaming but lucid dreaming would hardly occur in the wakeful state. It is generally accepted that dreams arise only in sleep but this is inaccurate.

To provide an example which most will have experienced; while driving a car (when alone) on a highway one's thoughts can be elsewhere than on driving. It is almost as if one goes into remote or automatic control. The same thing occurs whenever one is doing a repetitive or boring task. Where then is one's thoughts and what is actually taking place other than day-dreaming. One of the differences between day-dreaming and nocturnal dreaming is that in day-dreaming one is usually in control of the imagination while in nocturnal dreaming this self-control is mostly (but not always) abandoned so the imagination has free reign. In this latter liberated state one's worries or concerns tend to monopolise the thought processes and scenes occur which are beyond our conscious control. In this state our inner-self speaks to us figuratively; almost in a parabolic fashion.

Our mind tends mainly to be focused either in the future or in the past but seldom in the present which is because it needs constant stimulation but mostly connected to that which interests or concerns us. If, what I am describing, resembles your experience then you are normal.

In your last paragraph you should try to avoid becoming confused between the physical and the mental aspects of physiology; those two features, while they both seem to be inter-connected are also separate and independent entities that possess their own autonomy so require independent consideration.

From what you say I can understand your fascination of the Harry Potter tales. I guess what you have is the gift of a vivid imagination which you bring into play to escape from the harsh realities of life or living. Day-dreaming is mostly escapism to help us cope with our humdrum lives; enjoy them when you can. In day-dreaming we create our own world and are master (or mistress) of our own universe.

Does this help you to understand your situation or am I 'wide of the mark'?