Thread: Lights on for better dreams?

So last night I woke up to go to school. But I didn't feel quite awake enough to start my day. So I figured I lay for a bit before I started. I pointed my desk lamp in my face to make sure I wouldn't fall asleep during that time. So naturally within a minute I was sound asleep. What I got was some extremely vivid dreams! So incredibly vivid that I can now still see it as if it happened just now. They were pretty epic as well! So here's my question for you: Do you think sleeping with a lot of light can make you more aware of your dreams, since you are more awake?

I had been trying out a little with my blinds open or closed, but it never occered to me to just point a lamp right in my face

Either way, I'll be experimenting more with this!

Spoiler for The dream for those who are curious:

(this is only the interesting part) I was sailing with about 5 friends and/or people I used to know. The boat was sqaure and only just big enough for all of us. The game was who could be in the front. At some point the boat turned suddenly putting me in the front. I looked at the sea to find some floating balloons for the game when a friend behind me suddenly screamed: WHALE!! I turned around as an enourmous tail fin rose out from under the sea. It was a pretty close. The base of the fin alone was atleast 10 times our boat and the rest was several times that. The fin, despite being just it's tail, was almost big enough to completely block out the sun in the sky. When suddenly it came crashing down again, only this time our way! Only inches from us it landed in the water. Just the force of the impact knocked everyone off the boat. The tidal wave following threw everyone off with a blast toward land (which was actually quite far away) After a lot of confusion I remember feeling land just before I woke up. I sat up in my bed with my mouth wide open. Still a little impressed by the mighty enormous fin that came crashing at me. It was so real!