long epic journeys?

**adrift** · 06-23-2008 04:05 PM

anyone ever had a normal dream that just never seemed to end, like it was a long journey filled with many twists and changes in mood?

i had one of those last night, i would wake up and return to sleep and the dream would continue. i didn't feel i could actually wake up easily until the dream concluded this morning.

so much to remember, i don't know if i can write it all down..

**tehuti88** · 06-23-2008 09:24 PM

I can't say that I've ever had such a dream (especially one that continues when I go back to sleep--envy!), though there are times when I'd like to have one, just to see what it's like. It's such a foreign concept to me when people tell their dreams and use phrases like "A few weeks later..." or "Many years after that..." because there never seem to be such huge passages of time in my dreams, at least that I can recall.

I HAVE, however, had dreams that just seemed to go ON and ON, especially in the retelling. This might be because I tend to get very detailed when writing down my dreams. I had one such dream that took me so long to write it all down, I called it something like "The Dream That Would Not Die!" *LOL*

Instead of writing the entire dream down, try to jot down notes of the most important parts first! Then fill in the details. But try not to wait too long, because letting even one day pass, you can forget a lot of what happened.

**JollyRoger** · 06-23-2008 09:35 PM

Oh hell yeah I've experienced that one before! It was weird cause the next night I finished the dream where I left off the previous night

**RunflaCruiser** · 06-23-2008 10:49 PM

...or like when you remember a dream from earlier in the night from within the next dream. I had one where I had to give a report in front of the class on the dream that I had earlier in the night. And yes, this was probably the stupidest way to miss lucidity for me.

**LucidFreedoM** · 06-23-2008 11:05 PM

One dream I remember was me being chased by a helicopter. I think it was the cops, looking to arrest me (for whatever reason, I didnt care). It was at night and it had a spotlight, looking for me. It was so intense and the dream lasted for so long. I was running away, dodging behind and around cars, running through houses and at one point ended up falling and rolling down a hill for what felt like ages, only to continue running when I hit the bottom. It was so amazing, and there was so much in the dream, so much happened, and it all felt so real. Ive had this dream only twice. Both times its different but the same general idea. Such a fun dream.

I woke up feeling like I'd just spent the day at an amusement park.

**drewmandan** · 06-24-2008 12:57 AM

I love those journey dreams. They give you that feeling of accomplishment we often lack in life.

**ray** · 06-24-2008 09:02 PM

i have lots of on going dreams like that,that last a couple of days because they keep coming back whenever i fall asleep. the longest one ever was a little less than two weeks.it was insane. i never wrote it down but i remember most of it.second longest was pry a week and a half,the weird thing was they were both about vampires. lol gotta stop reading those books

**bagheera101** · 06-26-2008 09:42 PM

I love those dreams too. I remember one I had about a giant battle between different animals -- I distinctly remember that I was first the storyteller, watching the battle unfolding and narrating, though shifted to become another character (which happens a lot in my dreams), one of the blue squirrels. The odd thing was that I had woken up from the pre-battle preparation segment and gone to sleep thinking of sandstorms (no clue why), and that was where the dream began, in a sandstorm, then zoomed in to find this cave in the side of a cliff, which was where the battle was held.

Very odd, but definitely epic. xD

**Denny22** · 06-26-2008 10:18 PM

I had an epic dream one.

I've never written it down and never have to. Every detail will be with me until I die. It was like a movie.

When I get an LD and one day master it I wanna go back to that location!

**punkstar** · 06-26-2008 11:31 PM

yea sometimes all my dreams run together when there is a common element, be it the DC's or what im wearing, or what im trying to do. i actually had one of those dreams last night... i got drunk with my buddy and if i seperated all the different "scenes" of the dream, i would say it was at LEAST 15 dreams. and im not exagerating. i think that orange juice (lots of B6 and other stuff in it) and alcohol is really good for my dream control. lollll

**Hazel** · 06-27-2008 12:10 AM

Yeah, that's pretty common for me. A lot of times I'll have such an epic dream, that the person I'm telling it to asks, "Is this a dream or a book!?"

**Delilah** · 06-30-2008 02:38 PM

I am really, really jealous of those of you who can wake up, go about their day, and have the same dream where they left off, when they go back to sleep.

There are so many people who I just missed out of saving, who's asses I just missed out on kicking... etc.