I'm not sure about the first half of the night, but the second half of the night, our periods of NREM sleep tend to be shorter, resulting in less of a wait for REM sleep. |
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I thought you only dream hours later in your sleep when you go to REM sleep? |
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DILD [1] WILD [0] DEILD [0] WBTB [1]
[] stabilize [] fly [] talk to a DC [] drive [] materialize something
[] talk to subconscious [] go to a house party or throw one
[] meet DG
I'm not sure about the first half of the night, but the second half of the night, our periods of NREM sleep tend to be shorter, resulting in less of a wait for REM sleep. |
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Some nights I'm in REM before I even hit the pillow - I've learned to recognize the feel of it. My head seems to be already swimming with dreamlike images and a dreamlike feeling, and as soon as I close my eyes I start getting dreamlets pretty quick - within a few minutes or sometimes almost immediately. |
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Last edited by Darkmatters; 02-08-2019 at 03:19 PM.
DILD [1] WILD [0] DEILD [0] WBTB [1]
[] stabilize [] fly [] talk to a DC [] drive [] materialize something
[] talk to subconscious [] go to a house party or throw one
[] meet DG
... Or like a person who needs some more sleep? |
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Last edited by Darkmatters; 02-08-2019 at 03:41 PM.
Hey sighingplant, just thought I'd add something that seemed relevant I read in a book called The Brain and the Inner World by Mark Solms and Oliver Turnbull. In studying dreams, they found that 5-10% of dreams were reported as fully fledged dreams in NREM sleep and that they were "no different from the dreams of REM sleep." It then says, "He observed that you are most likely to have dreams in NREM sleep just after you have fallen asleep, during what is known as the sleep-onset phase of NREM sleep...These dreams occur before you have entered your first REM period (in fact, roughly 90 minutes before)." |
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Dreams are real while they last. Can we say more of life? - Havelock Ellis
I've heard that before, that NREM can include dreams just like REM dreams, and I believe it's true, but not always. I've definitely experienced NREM dreams of a very different character - more like a stream of thought with just a single image, usually an overall pattern like a Turkish rug or something. And that's how NREM dreams are often described. Though sometimes it's more like a still image of a person or a place. And the thoughts in these dreams seem to be weird - a lot of anxiety associated, and a non-stop stream of bubbling thought, like you're desperate to think your way through something. Like if you've ever heard certain kinds of neurotic people babbling incessantly with a feeling of desperation. |
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I think I've heard of a sleep disorder where one tends to fall directly into REM when they go to sleep at the beginning of the night instead of NREM, but I don't recall the name. But unless it's always been happening to you chronically that's probably not what's happening. |
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