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    In and out without a reason, dream by Lito -- Jan. 1, 2012

    I consider this a dream type that I have not yet heard described.

    Here goes a fictitious example:

    I am tossing and turning, the worries of my day still upon me, but rather than reach that point of no return, I keep tossing and turning everything in my mind.

    I am talking to myself about so-and-so and his poodle, and the lady asks me if I had eaten enough carrots before my mouse cursor decided that the book was written...

    WHAT???!!!

    I bounce out, and say to myself, "That makes absolutely no sense!!"

    And surely, the poodle decides it is, in fact time for the carrots, and snatches them from the keyboard, whereupon the lady asks, "and is this your 'with it'??

    Ummmm .....

    No!

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    End of example.

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    I keep bouncing, almost gliding in mid-dream state, all the while, hearing myself, and berating myself for delirium, yet unable to make the story go my way, as I do not have the wherewithal.






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    Comments

    by Lito Aug. 10, 2012, 2:55 p.m.

    Hey Mikele,

    Thanks for your comment. I still subscribe to "Hobsonian" theory that dreams are memory consolidation process.

    Of course, this does not mean that they have no meaning, but sometimes one difficult to disentangle.

    Rarely is a dream for me a full coherent story, but occasionally I can find its relevance to waking life's issues.

    This is just the tip of iceberg, but I am theorizing that the critical events are those that kind of "anchor" the dream, but free associations form the rest of the narrative.

    So, within Hobson's theory, synaptic firings of even remotely related memories get reinforced, but giving one an impression that they are quite meaningful.

    As an example for you, they say: "Don't mix apples and oranges", but this can happen in a dream as they are still both fruits. Or, meeting your sister yesterday might remind you of an old girlfriend.

    Also, when I am in that semi-asleep mode, I am analyzing my mental imagery, and sometimes remark that "that made no sense". In other words, I thought I was just thinking normally, and then, maybe my prefrontal lobe regains control, forces the critical analysis, and I understand that there was a total failure of logic.

    Just a few random thoughts :)

    cheers,

    Lito
    by mikele Jan. 16, 2012, 12:05 p.m.

    May be it should be marked at "Other" ? :)