Two languages in my dreams

**benni** · 07-19-2013 07:25 PM

Hey

My frist language is German, but since I have been on a School Exchange to New Zealand for one year I have started having some of my dreams in English. That's not exactly the problem (so I'm not quite sure whether this is the right place to post my question). I just put the dreams in my dream journal according to the language they are in, so basically my dream journal is bilingual

Now the question: The majority of my dreams still is in German, but the most things I read about lucid dreams and dreams in general are in English so sometimes I'm quite unsure whether I should write things in German or English (I usually write down some bulletpoints about plans and Induction techniques in my DJ and mostly I'm writing those kind of things in English although the majority of my dreams are in German).
Does anyone have any experiences with this? I was thinking that it might have negative effects to read tutorials on Induction Techniques and dreams in general in English and then trying to implement them in German...? I haven't noticed any effects yet, but sometimes it can be really confusing not knowing in which language you should think, write or dream...
Thanks

**splodeymissile** · 07-19-2013 07:55 PM

Write it however feels best. I doubt there will be much, if any, difference.

**JoannaB** · 07-21-2013 02:53 AM

I have lived in three countries in my life, and I know that at some point in my life I used to dream in Polish, then in German, and now all my dreams are in English. I do not remember when I switched from German to English. I don't think i actually noticed when it happened. It was not a noteworthy event. Of course, by the time I started seriously looking into my own dreams the final language switch had already taken place, so it happened before I started observing my dreams. I believe though that my subconscious does not care which language it expresses itself in, which ever is most convenient and on my mind, I guess. However, that's my subconscious, yours might care deeply since it is different from mine - only you can know the answer as it applies to you.

**Leichen** · 07-25-2013 03:27 AM

^That's it. I speak 4 languages (three of them quite badly, but my unconsciousness seems to feel more confident about them than my conscious self whatsoever), and it's quite usual to dream in any of them, mixing languages depending on the "scene" or fragment, or even dream character. I wouldn't look upon it as a problem, on the contrary. Your brain's interpretation is essentially the same.

**CNGB** · 07-26-2013 12:50 AM

If you're unsure, why not right in both--German first, then English? Can't hurt anything, right?

**essergio2** · 07-27-2013 10:18 AM

I speak Spanish, English and a bit of French, and I usually dream in Spanish/English, but sometimes I even dream in French (even though I'm not very good at it lol). With French for example, I seem to speak it better in my dreams than in real life, I guess it's probably because I'm more confident with myself and don't get as nervous as real life

**Brigid** · 07-28-2013 07:02 PM

I've occasionally dreamed in Spanish, or there have been moments in dreams where I just randomly switched from English to Spanish ... Anyway, in answer to your question, I think you should write down your dreams in whatever feels most natural to you. As sploddeymissle said, I don't think it will really make a difference; what's most important is the content, and not necessarily what language it's in.

I also like CNGB's suggestion of just writing it down in both, if you're unsure.