Dream Memories

LearningToLetGo

LearningToLetGo

Recently I noticed my dreams include memories of events that never happened. These memories are like back-story explaining my dream's context. It's an odd feeling knowing there are memories in my head, even temporarily, of events that are not real.

Anyone ever experience this?
 
Hello LearningToLetGo;

Some of my dreams took me to a train station, a freeway, across the seas, etc...It seems I've been there before but never completed my destination.

I notice when my late Mom appears she looks young, healthy and very beautiful. Both my Grandfathers appeared and looked healthy.

But when I've woken I don't remember what happened as the memory of the dream fades.

Two other things.

Does anyone ever remember dreaming in color? The only time I dreamt in color was when Jesus was outside our bedroom window in a very bright, blue light.

In some dreams I'm praying and once dreamt I was quoting the Scripture John 14:6.
 
My dreams are usually very vivid, and always in colour. I usually remember them.
 
LearningToLetGo said:
Such an odd question. I have never not dreamed in color. Are you saying you don't?
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Good morning, LearningToLetGo;

Actually, last night I dreamt we were attending the last event of my high school reunion. I do remember the color of my school sweater. There may have been a time I dreamt of the ocean and it was very blue. Other than that I really don't remember colors in my dreams.

But getting back to the verb of your thread, my dreams are memories of events (unlike yours that didn't happen,) my events seem like I've been there more than once, the train station, freeway, across the seas, but with no resolution. Then I wake up.

Ten years ago I took Christian Counseling for two semesters and it touched on dreams, briefly. This does not make me a dream expert or interpreter which I'm not. But I will share what I remember from the class.

Since you and Cosia dream in color, it may say something of your sensory emotions, an openness and perspective in life from a subconscious state. In other words you tend to keep an open mind.

Dreaming in black and white is not bad and could be a direct outlook in life and situations. Many of my dreams are situations but never seem to provide resolve before I wake up.

On a personal and lighter note, back in the 60s everyone had color tv but we remained with black and white. My Dad felt color tv was not perfected so we didn't get a color tv (Curtis Mathis) until 1974.

In 1992 when I invested in my first pc, a 486 computer, I was using a box monochrome monitor while other users invested in color box and later flat screen color monitors. Point is, color or black and white may have something to do with the way we dream.





 
This dream subject is so very interesting and ironic, since I just posted an illustrated series of sketches on another website which basically followed the dream sequence. This is one of them and somewhat fitting to this website since it shows me helping other nurses:


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In congruence to my interests and occupation in behavioral health, I have read, researched and studied oneirology- the study of dreams. Like Bob said, I'm no expert on the subject and there are several schools of thought, and enjoy discussing the topic.

It's believed that more females than males dream in color, due to typically processing more rods & cones in their retina. Some men, such as myself, have a high number of rods & cones also. Case in point, in the late '70's I worked in a paint store and came up with the recipe for several colors to match samples customers brought in that the store did not have. Now computers do all that type of work.

A couple nights ago, I had a vivid dream of driving through a moonbeam with my wife. The shapes and colors were fantastic! I wanted to experience the sensation again, so we turned around and followed the moonbeam, repeating the situation. I've also had dreams of vividly-colored, neon-like geometric shapes falling out of the night sky. Wonderful dreams!

One school of thought says that when we dream of others, they symbolically represent portions of our own personalities. Our feelings toward others represent represent the feelings we have toward our own personality traits, symbolized by those in which we dream.

Oh, I could go on and on, but please allow me to express my pleasure in sharing with you all!​
 
I read that the line between experienced stimuli (e.g. what we sense) and memories gets blurred while dreaming. This is why, for example, you can dream of meeting a person and 'remembering' who they are even though they are completely fictional and only exist in your dream.
 
Davey D0 said:
It's believed that more females than males dream in color, due to typically processing more rods & cones in their retina. Some men, such as myself, have a high number of rods & cones also. Case in point, in the late '70's I worked in a paint store and came up with the recipe for several colors to match samples customers brought in that the store did not have. Now computers do all that type of work.​
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That's interesting that more females than males dream in color suggesting processed rods and cones in their retina.

On our way to Costco and Target earlier today and I brought up the thread on Dream Memories.

After trying to articulate dreams to my wife and what her experience was, she responded enthusiastically, "we need to pick up that spicy soup for our nephew." 🫤!!!

She wasn't the least bit interested in dreams. My dream was not having to go shopping. It was a zoo out there. lol!

😎👍
 
That is some interesting formation, LearningToLetGo ! I've often wondered how my brain could amalgamate a person to make an individual with different qualities of one person in my dreams. I am so impressed that my subconscious could come up with intricate details of objects also.

As a hard core introvert, bobinfaith, I commiserate with your shopping experience with your wife. I acquiesced to go to Sam's with my wife yesterday and it was quite an experience. However, there was magic and goodwill in the air in a few different shoppers as we chatted and showed good social skills to each other in our actions.

"Spicy soup"! Ha ha ha ha ha!

There are common threads in my dreams, like working as a nurse even though I've been retired over 4 1/2 years, and needing to attend a class though I took my last one for a second Associate's back in 1991.

My Dad who passed away in 2013 often visits me in my dreams. When I still had an antique pickup truck and was experiencing difficulty with keeping it going, Dad would tell me what to look for or to do to fix a problem, as he was a genius with metal and machines. However, the terminology Dad used in dreams didn't jive with reality.

Oh well, it was nice to be working with him again.

Interesting thread!
 
Davey D0 said:
That is some interesting formation, LearningToLetGo! I've often wondered how my brain could amalgamate a person to make an individual with different qualities of one person in my dreams. I am so impressed that my subconscious could come up with intricate details of objects also. As a hard core introvert, bobinfaith, I commiserate with your shopping experience with your wife. I acquiesced to go to Sam's with my wife yesterday and it was quite an experience. However, there was magic and goodwill in the air in a few different shoppers as we chatted and showed good social skills to each other in our actions. Interesting thread!
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Good morning;

I enjoy LearningToLetGo's threads for it's not always about quoting Scriptures (not taking that away) but just having a conversation (over a cup of coffee,) expressing ourselves whether we agree or not. That to me is a conversation, thus fellowship.

Mom passed away in 2003 and for all these years from time to time she pops up in my dreams. I do miss her.

Thinking more about dreams I'm learning there is new and endless definitions about dreams. I wouldn't know where to start as an oneirologist- the study of dreams. What would be the end goal in studying dreams is what I find interesting.

As far as an introvert, I believe I'm an ambivert. I'm a joiner because I love people but I also enjoy my alone time away from people. Could this affect the way we dream?

This is a good thread.



 
bobinfaith said:
[I enjoy LearningToLetGo's threads for it's not always about quoting Scriptures (not taking that away) but just having a conversation (over a cup of coffee,) expressing ourselves whether we agree or not. That to me is a conversation, thus fellowship.
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I pleased you made this known, Bob, for although I enjoy relating to scripture, sometimes it's just as enjoyable to converse in Christian concepts, and in a sense that's what we're doing in LearningToLetGo's threads. That's one reason why I posted the dream scene cartoon and mentioned the goodwill of the other shoppers. We follow Jesus' teachings because, among other things, they're good bottom line advice, but also because we have a desire to be decent people.
 
bobinfaith said:
Hello LearningToLetGo;

Does anyone ever remember dreaming in color? The only time I dreamt in color was when Jesus was outside our bedroom window in a very bright, blue light.
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Yes, all of my dreams are in color. Except 1 dream I had a very long time ago about Michale Jackson having a secret identity, and I was the only person who knew who he really was. Everything in the dream was B&W except MJs red hat.
 
I have always dreamed in color. I remember a vivid dream from when I was in 4th grade, I dreamt the entire events of the next day (including the pop quiz the teacher sprang on us). That next day felt like deja vu. I aced the pop quiz though! I have never had another dream like that one. I have had other vivid dreams, just not of next day events.
 
Wow, this really is a fantastic thread. I am sorry I just found it.

I have always had issues recalling my dreams. I know I went to bed last night and woke up this morning. If I had a dream, I do not recall it. I also do not recall noticing if my dreams are in color or in black & white. On more than one occasion, I dream that I am actually at work. I think I once had a dream with my mom, but do not recall ever dreaming about my dad.

Falling asleep has always been an issue for me, as I have a hard time "turning off" my brain from the daily drama that is like. If I end up waking up in the middle of the night (or the morning), it's like the stress of life is just waiting there and jumps back in. I normally wake up at 5am. If something wakes me up before then, I have a rule: If it is past 3:30 am, I just forget about trying to go back to sleep, get up, and start my day early. I do find that this ends up being the most productive time of my day.

I did have a period when I had the same dream on several occasions. I do remember that dream, but we are talking at least 20 - 30 years ago. The dream itself was just odd. I found myself in my old elementary school. There was a storm, and lightning was striking the round caps of a fence and turning them into diamonds. In an effort to escape, I got into an elevator. It took me down to a large room full of boxes where I met people who claimed they were forced to live in that room to wrap packages. To add to the oddity, I was not able to exit the elevator through the doors and had to slide into the room through the space in between the elevator and the door (you know, that space where you can see down to the other floors). I had that dream at least 3 - 4 times and have no idea what that was all about.

Inspired by this thread, I just ordered a book (When Brains Dream: Understanding the Science and Mystery of Our Dreaming Minds). We are on holiday break from school, so I am "off" until Jan 6. The book will be here in a couple of days and I am looking forward to reading it.

Rtm
 
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Dave F. said:
I have always dreamed in color. I remember a vivid dream from when I was in 4th grade, I dreamt the entire events of the next day (including the pop quiz the teacher sprang on us). That next day felt like deja vu. I aced the pop quiz though! I have never had another dream like that one. I have had other vivid dreams, just not of next day events.
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Good morning, Dave F.;

Hey man, that's not fair. No notes or dreams allowed during the quizz! lol!
 
LearningToLetGo said:
Recently I noticed my dreams include memories of events that never happened. These memories are like back-story explaining my dream's context. It's an odd feeling knowing there are memories in my head, even temporarily, of events that are not real.

Anyone ever experience this?
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This topic has come up a few times in the past.

IMHO, your dreams are your dreams and they useally come from too much medications, not enough medication, something you ate or something you watched on TV.

The facts are that are minds are wonderful things and they always bring up things we have repressed and dreams occur in our minds subconsciously and we have nothing to do with them, except that our thoughts and cognitive processes inspire or influence them, to a certain extent.

That is why we cannot remember them 2 minutes after we wake up.

But........That is just my opinion.
 
Major said:
This topic has come up a few times in the past.

IMHO, your dreams are your dreams and they useally come from too much medications, not enough medication, something you ate or something you watched on TV.

The facts are that are minds are wonderful things and they always bring up things we have repressed and dreams occur in our minds subconsciously and we have nothing to do with them, except that our thoughts and cognitive processes inspire or influence them, to a certain extent.

That is why we cannot remember them 2 minutes after we wake up.

But........That is just my opinion.
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I can see that. I can see how a dream is a combination of life events that are intermingled. I've also read that while a dream might appear to be a long event, it is actually a short event that just appears long.

Another "thing" I see is that actually do remember parks of some dreams; however, I cannot recall when that dream took place.

I have a clear recollection that I had a dream of me doing some work at the office. I know I had the dream, but I do not recall when or what it is that I was doing at work. I think I was writing a rebuttal to a final report I approved (which I do all the time), but I am unsure
 
Major said:
This topic has come up a few times in the past.

IMHO, your dreams are your dreams and they useally come from too much medications, not enough medication, something you ate or something you watched on TV.

The facts are that are minds are wonderful things and they always bring up things we have repressed and dreams occur in our minds subconsciously and we have nothing to do with them, except that our thoughts and cognitive processes inspire or influence them, to a certain extent.

That is why we cannot remember them 2 minutes after we wake up.

But........That is just my opinion.
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  • Memory consolidation:
    The most prominent theory is that dreams help us solidify memories by reviewing and organizing information from the day, potentially strengthening important details and discarding irrelevant ones.

  • Emotional processing:
    Dreams may provide a space to rehearse and work through complex emotions, allowing us to better manage them in waking life.

    Creativity and problem-solving:
    Some research suggests that dreams can stimulate creative thinking by allowing for free association and unexpected connections between ideas.

    Brain activity during REM sleep:
    Most dreaming occurs during REM sleep when the brain is highly active, with rapid eye movements, which could contribute to the vivid imagery experienced in dreams.
Important considerations:
  • No definitive answer:
    While the memory consolidation theory is widely accepted, the exact purpose of dreaming is still not fully understood and remains a subject of ongoing research.

    Individual variations:
    Dream content can be highly personal and influenced by individual experiences, thoughts, and emotions.

    Interpretation of dreams:
    While some people believe dreams have symbolic meaning, there is no universally agreed upon method for interpreting them
 
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