non-lucid

Last night I had one really long and extremely vivid dream that I can remember. I would consider this a successful night just because this dream was so long.

My dream started off with me watching a varsity hockey game at my school. As the game got into the tenth minute of the second period the goalie got hurt. The coaches then called me down to the teams box. I tried to explain to the coaches that the last time I had ever played a game of hockey was in 4th grade, but they didn't care. I was in as the goalie. I did surprisingly well for playing varsity. So we won our first playoff game. I went home then and ate some dinner and hung out around the house watching myself on our school's T.V. station. The next day I went to the arena for round 2, but they said they didn't need me, because it was J.V. I watched their game, and my friend Steve was their goallie. The nets however were the size of soccer nets in J.V. So my friend was doing backflips and kicking above his head to make the saves, but from what I saw no one ever scored on him!

Well, I'm really happy with my progress in recollection, and I'm going to keep doing what I have been. Here's to more successful recollections!

I actually had some dreams last night since I put my mind to it. I also have discovered a dream sign. A lot of times when I dream someone will talk to me and expect a response, but I become completely speechless and don't say anything at all. For example;

Last night I had a dream where my best friends mom called my house. I answer and say, "Hello?" My friend's mom replies with, "Hi Ryan! Is your mom there?" at this point I become speechless and don't reply.

In my second dream last night I was flying a helicopter, but that is really irrelevant.

Anyway, I think this could be a possible dream sign. I experience this in different settings and different dreams quite often. I just need to recognize it, and I think this could be an excellent way to become lucid. Another successful night!

Well, I'm back from a cycling trip I was on and I'm ready to update this journal. I didn't experience any memorable dreams however while sleeping in the tent. Last night I did get lucky and I was able to recall that my dad had signed me up for the Minnesota Vikings in the NFL. I've never played football, but that wasn't an issue. I went to practice and then woke up. I know it's not much, but hey I'm back!

Last night was much more successful than the log proceeding this one. I was really happy, because I had an extremely long dream and to top it off I remembered it. I believe that I'm making a lot of progress when it comes to recall.

Dream #1
My friend, my sister, and I are all in a small deck boat my grandparents used to own coming down Spirit Mountain and suddenly I appeared onboard the disney magic at the golden mickeys. Then I was at a Radison hotel, and I wanted to go swimming.

Yesterday, I wasn't available to post my dream, but it really didn't matter, because I didn't remember any. I do recall something vague about my friends from California, but that's it. I think it's because I got to bed later than I usually do (I was on a date with a girl I really like!!! ), and I wasn't exactly concentrating. Well, at least I have one more bad recall night out of the way!

To Frostwyrm,
Although I don't think I'm really the person to ask, I don't think your age has anything to do with your recall. First off, before I drift off to sleep I try to concentrate and tell myself that I will remember my dreams. I find that I have the most success when I do that. Secondly, I would start a dream journal (if you haven't already) of everything you do remember, as soon as you wake up. This helps a lot, because usually I forget the dream in a few minutes. This should help strengthen the part of your brain that let's you recall your dreams.

Happy Dreaming,
Ryan

Last night was not as successful as the last few. But hey what can you do? I could only remember one dream, and in that one dream only little details, but it was the most vivid dream I think I may have ever had.

Dream #1
I basically was with my parents down at the water front and my friend who is a magician comes along and wants to do some street magic. He is however smoking pot openly in public with a group of friends. I declined, and woke up.

Still working on my recall, but I really think my dream journal is helping!

Last night wasn't quite as successful in numbers as the last entry, but the two dreams I did have were a lot more vivid, and I was able to retain more detail.

Dream #1
The dream began with me being at my house, and my dad asking me to go buy some water. I agreed, but I had no idea where I would go, because it was Thanksgiving Eve and everything was closed. To top it all off I was wearing a suit because it was prom night I drove for the longest time until I found that a holiday gas station that was open. I bought some water and there was my grandpa. I spoke with him for a short while and headed back to my car. On the way to my car it began to rain a lot. By the time I got to the car I was soaked. It took me awhile to find my house as the city I was in was a combination of Duluth and Superior. I woke up as I was driving down the freeway.

Dream #2
This dream was extremely short, but I recorded it anyway. It was just me floating above a stage in a bar listening to my dad's friend play blues guitar.

I've begun to notice some possible dream signs. My grandparents have occurred two nights in a row also they are there on the eves of holidays. Another thing I've begun to notice is that both nights I ended my dreams floating above a stage watching a performance.

I think this dream journal is turning out to be very successful. I didn't think I'd be able to recall anything at all, but it seems to work.

For last night being my first time ever attempting to record my dreams I had surprising success. Although some areas were extremely vague and cloudy, I was really happy with the following results.

Dream #1
*My two best friends and I are downtown at about 10:00 a.m. ( I think we spent the night in a log cabin in the middle of the city but I'm not sure.)
*Steve (my friend) and I eat breakfast without Ethan (my other friend).
*This makes Ethan kind of mad, but we continue on with the morning.
*We end up walking into a fast food joint and there is a ton of high school kids in there.
*Ethan ends up ordering food there.
* I think we may have been there for McDonald's training, although I'm not quite sure.

Dream #2
*In this dream my grandparents come over to my family's house to play cards.
*A fire breaks out up in the attic.
*I became really worried about our Halloween Decorations.
*Then I had a flashback to this happening before where we had saved all of the Halloween Decorations.
*My dad said it was too late to save anything, so we shut the door and continued to play cards.
*Then the paint above us began to boil.

Dream #3
*The priest from my church comes down to my basement (What were we doing in the basement analytical side of my brain?) one night asking for money for the church.
*My sister, dad, and I all put like two dollars in this tin can he's carrying.
*Then all three of us realize we gave too much. So we ask for change.
* The priest covertly shakes all of our hands giving us each a quarter back.

Dream #4
*I'm floating above a stage watching a small crowd of people dance.
*On the right side of the stage there is male gladiator armor strewn about.
*In the middle of the stage were the group of synchronized dancers
* On the left side of the stage there was female gladiator armor strewn about.

Pretty good for my first night!!!

Hey, tonight I had a dream. It started out with that I laid down in my bed and I was playing with my iPod touch. Suddenly I hear a knock on our door. I wonder who it can be since it is 1 am. I listen and hear that my parents open the door and welcome in a person. From the voice of the stranger I can hear that it is my second cousin Akar. I stay in the bed for 15 minutes, then I walked down the stairs to the kitchen, where my parents where sitting with Akar. I joined in their little chat while I grap something to eat. Then the dream was over. I have short dreams kind of often lately, want to have longer dreams, and of course lucid dreams.

New restaurant:

I was hired at a new restaurant in Sammamish. All the old people I worked with were there. The restaurant was completely different than normal and it looked really upscale. The manager kept getting on everyone's case to do better. I remember there was a lot of new food being served as well as the old stuff. It was not completely a new restaurant but a weird merge between the old and the new. Ashlee was working there and she was wearing a short skirt. We were alone in the back room and I slowly lifted her skirt and started grinding on her. She started smiling and I stopped because I knew what was going to happen later. I forgot about some customers that wanted a strawberry lime dessert and they started to complain.

Later Ashlee and I were in the back room having sex. She stopped and asked if I was liking the sex. I asked her why and she that she wasn't enjoying and we should try a different position. I started to get offended and the dream ended.

Time for a nap, and as I fall asleep with the cats nestled around me, I feel like I am sleeping soundly. I hear someone call from the other room to come look at something, and when I try to stand, I become tangled in the sheets and start to stumble. I am turned around, backward, and falling slowly. I know that my head is going to hit the ground, but I can't bring my hands out from the blankets to catch myself. The world seems to me moving in slow motion, and i am heavy. Very, very heavy. I can see, and my eyes are open, but I keep trying to pull them open more, as it feels as though my eyelids are being pulled down from exhaustion.

A man (my boyfriend, I realized when I woke up) comes in, because I am calling for help, and I know him, but I don't know him. He watches me fall and when I am resting on my back on the ground, he says he doesn't know who I am. I think, and I realize that I don't know who I am, either. In an instant, my father is there, though I don't recognize him either. The confusion is overwhelming, and I wake myself up. I never quite wake up all the way, but fall back into the same dream. This time when I stand, I'm not tangled in the sheets, I just don't have control of my limbs, and that heavy sensation is there again, as though every point on my body is being pulled to the ground. I try to tell myself that I am dreaming, and when I do wake up, it takes several minutes to gain enough confidence to try to stand up next to the bed.

22.06.2010

The Visit (Non-lucid)

NON-DREAM DREAM LUCID

I lay in bed, my brother on a palet on my floor. I just lay there, I can't sleep, I let my mind wander.

"Guess who's here!!!" Lori said in a quiet but excited voice as she walked into the room. (Lori is my great aunt Connie's daughter, my cousin.)

She was holding her daughter Tessa half asleep in her arms and Louis (her son) walked in behind her. It was late and I knew they had been on the road for 12 hours at least, so we didn't talk much. I hugged Lori after she laid Tessa in the bed next to me.

"Tessa & Tessa" Lori saiding smirking and sighing happily.

I chuckled. "I'm so happy you could come," I said after a moment, in a bit more serious tone. I and Lori exchanged understanding glances.

"I'm gonna go talk to your parents, I'll see you guys in the morning. Love you," she said after a moment and left quietly.

My brother and Louis played a board game in the other corner of my room quietly. I heard them debating softly over some aspect of the rules.

"Tessa & Tessa," I mumbled to my self looking at Tessa sleeping next to me. I let out laughing sigh and sunk back into my bed.

"Tessa, sweety, what time is it?" I heard Connie's voice.

"Connie?" I mumbled dazed. "...CONNIE!" I yeled in surprise, everything flooding back into my mind.

I woke up surprised that I had slept so deep that I didn't wake up when she first got out of bed. Though we did stay up all night talking, so I guess that explains it's self. XD

This dream is very random and some of it is just remembered in fragments.

It started off Blair, a mutual friend (Bret, Jade's boyfriend), and I were in a parking lot. We were getting ready for prom and I for some reason, I was putting my tux on in the parking lot. So once it was on, I got in the car to go to prom. But when we got in, Bret informed us that we had to drive around to a different entrance to get to the prom but before we did that, we had to swing by his house. So we all crammed in his car and headed for his house. I remember on the way, Blair (my date) was trying to put on a black wig! It was extremely ugly but I did not want to tell her or hurt her feelings. We pulled into the garage and got out while he went inside. For some reason, my suit jacket had gone missing and I was looking for it. I was looking for it everywhere in the car, but could not find it.

Finally, under the seat, I found a balled up suit jacket. I was mad because now it had wrinkles in it . But as I unfolded it, I realize that it wasn't my jacket. After closer examination however, I realized it WAS my jacket...but from about 8 years ago. It was a small suit jack with the logo of my old schools uniform printed on the front left side. This is exactly how the uniforms looked. I didn't find it odd, but was rather curious to what was inside of it. So I searched around and found my mom's wallet inside of it. I opened it up and found about $200 bucks cash in it! So I put in in my pocket.

I can't remember what happens next, but the next thing i remember is walking into the front of the building where the prom was. Before the prom, we were eating some big, fancy dinner. So Blair (my date), Reid, and I are walking in the front door. I dont remember much about the actual place, just that it was very open. So we walk into this large room and there is a bunch of five year olds running around. So we assume were in the wrong room. We walk out and go across the hall into another large room. They have huge, round tables set up to fit 20 or so people around. In the middle of the table is a large fixture of flowers. And set up around the table, are name tags where everyones supposed to sit. The party I was with are spread out all throughout the table and none of us ar sitting next to each other.

But I notice right next to me is a name tag for my date, but she also has a name tag at another seat. I'm trying to tell her she has a name tag, but for some reason she didn't believe me. And also, everyone else's name tags were lower case, but my date's was in all caps. I notice a few seats down from me (the only people at the table was the 3 people I was with and 2 other people) was an old lady. I remember she was really ugly and by the way she was acting, she had something mentally wrong with her. She started playing with the table and somehow, the whole table started rotating. I got out of my chair and just stood there while everyone else was rotating around the table. Blair (my date) made it to my side and saw that her name tag WAS right next to me so got up and stood next to me. After this, my dream fades out.

Work:
At work again, just serving customers. There was something about a car, but, couldn't recall what it was.

Thoughts: Didn't have time to try and recall the rest of the dream and lost some of it as well

War:
All I could recall was something about war.

Thoughts: .....