Sleeping Environment Affects

Does anyone notice a difference in their dreams based on what's going on in the environment around you?

I slept with the TV still on Friday night, and I had an LD. My dreams were really vivid, and I woke up satisfied.

On Saturday night, I turned the TV off and slept with the laundry room light on (it's attached to my bedroom). My dreams were odd, blurry, and I woke up feeling unsettled.

Last night I decided to do an experiement and left my TV on. I had vivid dreams again, and woke up decently.

Anyone else notice a pattern like that?

I was actually wondering that myself...but I have less dream memory with my television on. Maybe it depends on the person. I would be interested to know what others thought.

The experiment is tainted because it was noticed and conducted by you. Im gonna go with placebo on this one. Especially with my feelings toward tv's and them being on while sleeping....I doubt that would help anyone. But ultimately, who cares what I think. Do whatever works for you....except its really bad for development to sleep around lights and constant tv noise. :shock: Especially for a baby!(which your avatar clearly indicates!)

I have to have the light to navigate, and the TV volume is on mute while I'm sleeping. AND her crib is shielded from the light.

I'll be sure to clear my parenting decisions with you from now on.

When I leave my tv on, it is very common for me to have real-time dream sequences that match what is going on, on television. Many times I'll be hearing the dialogue for a good hour, having very vivid dreams, and wake up right into the middle of the dialogue on tv.
On top of that, I intentionally leave movies on my pc to loop all night just to incubate the themes into my dreams. They are usually much more vivid that not.
Gotta rule out placebo on this one.

With sound, it definately has an effect. I have had many dreams in the morning where I get my audio from the tv and my dream fills in the visual.

But with the sound off? Thats got to be a placebo effect.

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Originally posted by poeticDreamer
I have to have the light to navigate, and the TV volume is on mute while I'm sleeping. AND her crib is shielded from the light.

I'll be sure to clear my parenting decisions with you from now on.

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I was implying that you were a baby, since a baby is your visual representation(avatar). It was a joke. For all I knew, you were 15. I didnt know you had a child. Im sure youre a wonderfull parent.

Without the sound thats another thing. Ive read that its bad to sleep in light, especially for women, but it was a bathroom book in a bookstore. not the most reliable source. And besides, everythings bad for you nowadays.

Things that are bad for you that I still do: Drink coffee, tea, and soda. Eat bread. Spend 2 or 3 consecutive hours on the computer. Watch TV. man, I wonder how long this list would be if I actually continued it.

I'm sorry I snapped. I recently had a nasty little tiff with my ex, and he does everything he can to make me feel like a bad mom to assuage his own guilt. It tends to put me on edge for a while.

I think I'm going to agree with everyone and say that this is placebo--but it's a placebo that's working, so I'm gonna stick with it! lol. Thanks everyone!

Nice conclusion. It's like rituals and prayers. They have very positive mental effects, while thiers no physical evidence that explains how they help. As a matter of fact, I cant have a lucid dream unless I give an offering to my neighboors cat. But that's little different because he's Jesus incarnate....He told me so.

question...bread is bad for you? And tea? And coffee? I understand too much caffeine is bad for you, but too much of anything is bad.

Carbs are bad for you according to Atkins.

Tea alone isn't bad for you, but where I live, it's sweet tea, and to hear the hype, it's going to kill us.

Caffeine is a drug, so it will cause us to be dependent.

So there ya go. lol.

I've always wondered whats the variables to vivid dreams. I guess leaving the TV on makes you sleep deeper and be in a deeper state of REM.

Falling asleep may take longer for some people since your brain might concentrate on the sounds and different levels of light passing through your eye lids. I haven't slept with my tv on in a while.
It wouldn't be surprising that the dialogue/music being played by the tv would affect your dreams.Almost relys on the same basis as brain vibration(using something like brainwave generator to generate a sound file and sleeping with it on.) Even weather conditions outside can affect your dreams.