Dream catcher

I have kept a dream catcher above my bed for 8+ years
really have have very few nightmares
do anyone have any insight to this
i think its just reasurrig your mind so it quells the nightmares

Man.vs.Mind, I too have a couple of dreamcatchers and I rarely have nightmares as well (and while it may simply be coincidence or "all in your head".. isn't that where your dreams are)?! :D

Per Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamca...ve_American%29):

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Dreamcatchers originated in the Ojibwa Nation. Traditionally, the Ojibwa construct dreamcatchers by tying sinew strands in a web around a small round or tear-shaped frame (in a way roughly similar to their method for making snowshoe webbing). The resulting "dream-catcher", hung above the bed, is then used as a charm to protect sleeping children from nightmares.

The Ojibwa believe that a dreamcatcher filters a person's dreams. "Only good dreams would be allowed to filter through . . . Bad dreams would stay in the net, disappearing with the light of day."

Another legend (Lakota), according to St. Joseph's Indian School in Chamberlain, South Dakota, "Good dreams pass through the center hole to the sleeping person. The bad dreams are trapped in the web, where they perish in the light of dawn."
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thanks for that :)
i have noticed that over time my strings on the inside
of my dream catcher have gotten darker from which they
had started out mabey its the build up of nightmares
cool to think about

I recently (within the last year) made my own dreamcatcher, with crow feathers I collected myself and pieces of turquoise weaved into the web. I had never had much luck with dreamcatchers before, but this one seems to work pretty well. I believe they have some merit as being legitimate, Native American medicine holds a lot of truth for me.

My exgirlfriend gave me one...I remember feeling totally excited about it.
I hung it up over my bed...

And when we broke up I threw it out the window =P.
So whenver I think about Dream catchers I think of my ex...
So I never bought a new one.

I just think it reassures the mind that you wont have bad dreams. I just dont believe that something could catch a dream outside of your brain,since that's where dreams start and end.

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Originally Posted by SpanishFlea

I just think it reassures the mind that you wont have bad dreams. I just dont believe that something could catch a dream outside of your brain,since that's where dreams start and end.

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I agree with that. It's probably just a placebo.

I actually want to have nightmares I like my dreams spicy. As for dream catchers my dad says that the direction your head is facing while you sleep affects your dreams (north, east, west, south) you can try and change that and see if it affects your dreams.

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Originally Posted by Nefarious

I actually want to have nightmares I like my dreams spicy. As for dream catchers my dad says that the direction your head is facing while you sleep affects your dreams (north, east, west, south) you can try and change that and see if it affects your dreams.

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Now thats interesting, it could have a scientific basis as the earth magnetic field and the moon gravitation pulls you differently depending on which direction you face when you sleep. Anyone knows more about that?

Actually, you know the hole at the top of your skull...

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Originally Posted by Jdeadevil

Actually, you know the hole at the top of your skull...

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What about it?

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Originally Posted by dodobird

What about it?

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I think he was joking, dodobird. :rolleyes:

I have one and I have very rarely nightmares. :)

Here's another dream catcher thread :) I have a pic of mine in there.