Thread: Dream Recall Fatigue

Originally Posted by EagleEye

1) does a person's tolerance for active, vivid dreams build up after a while? If so, how long does it take?[/b]

I don't understand, what do you mean by "tolerance." You mean you begin to like them more and not appreciate them as much? Please elaborate.

2) should I not bother to "interpret" the dreams? Maybe I'm overthinking my dreams and looking for meaning when there isn't any?
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That's really up to you. Personally, if an emotionally charged or just any significant situation happens to me in a dream, I think about it and wonder how it applies in my life. But if you are transporting dirt in an air balloon in your dream (or any other crazy dream like that), I personally wouldn't bother trying to understand how the color of the balloon and consistency of the dirt relates to my innermost thoughts.

I know that feeling that your dreams get more complex and vivid as you dream journal more, and that is a good thing. Maybe you should try working out for real... then you will probably see waking up as a much easier thing. Sometimes I feel like I had a "long night," but I always feel rested personally, despite my long, active night.

What I mean by tolerance is growing accustomed to the vividness, complexity, and activity of dreams so that you wake rested and not disturbed by the night's work...where you don't wake up unsettled emotionally by what you dreamed. It was like my mind was started vomitting up imagery...as if my brain was entertaining me with chalices, corpses, wolves, and all that kind of stuff.

When I was last keeping a dream journal, I was regularly lifting weights, swimming, taking five mile runs, and I walked everywhere because I didn't have a car. So, I don't think that a lack of exercise was a problem lol.

Originally Posted by EagleEye

What I mean by tolerance is growing accustomed to the vividness, complexity, and activity of dreams so that you wake rested and not disturbed by the night's work...where you don't wake up unsettled emotionally by what you dreamed. It was like my mind was started vomitting up imagery...as if my brain was entertaining me with chalices, corpses, wolves, and all that kind of stuff.
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You are having nightmares? Your restlessness is probably just due to stress-dreams. That is why you feel bad in the morning. Personally I believe that you just remember more detail of your complex dreams... because I've woken up and felt like I had an incredibly long night. Though I don't know exactly what I believe, because I think DJs increase the complexity/vividity of your dreams anyways.

When I was last keeping a dream journal, I was regularly lifting weights, swimming, taking five mile runs, and I walked everywhere because I didn't have a car. So, I don't think that a lack of exercise was a problem lol.
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I see...

Thanks for the input, ataraxis. I'd say about half of them were either nightmares or really stressful dreams. Others were sort of "action adventure" or neutral dreams.

If I try journalling again I hope that this time the dreams will be happier or at least neutral.