• Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views




    View Poll Results: Does stress make the dreams more vivid?

    Voters
    5. You may not vote on this poll
    • Yes

      0 0%
    • It depends on several factors

      2 40.00%
    • No

      3 60.00%
    Results 1 to 6 of 6
    1. #1
      Member
      Join Date
      Feb 2004
      Location
      In a hologram, I think..
      Posts
      332
      Likes
      3

      Stress and dreams?

      I don't know much about this subject, so I decided to start a thread with a poll.

      Does stress make the dreams more vivid?

      I wish to hear your opinions about this.

      -If you voted Yes, do you have any idea why stress may make the dreams more vivid?
      Are you dreaming?

    2. #2
      Member Placebo's Avatar
      Join Date
      May 2004
      Gender
      Location
      Around the bend
      Posts
      4,193
      Likes
      11
      Depends on what you mean by 'stress'
      Work stress? Highly emotional dreams? What?

      If work stress - no, definitely not.
      If dream stress - yes. nightmares for example.
      Tips For Newbies | What to do in an LD

      Unless otherwise stated, views expressed in this post are not necessarily representative of the official Dream Views stance. Hell, it's probably not even representative of me.

    3. #3
      Member
      Join Date
      Feb 2004
      Location
      In a hologram, I think..
      Posts
      332
      Likes
      3
      Originally posted by Placebo
      Depends on what you mean by 'stress'
      Work stress? Highly emotional dreams? What?

      If work stress - no, definitely not.
      If dream stress - yes. nightmares for example.
      I mean stress in general in the real life.
      I am wondering wich opinions people have about that.

      I think that vivid dreams are one way the brain "get rid of stress". But I am not sure about this, it is only a hypothesis.
      Are you dreaming?

    4. #4
      Member
      Join Date
      Feb 2004
      Posts
      5,165
      Likes
      709
      I think it depends. Normally people say stress will keep you from having dreams at all but I think thats mostly people who get so worked up they can't fall asleep at night.

      If you can relax and get a peaceful night sleep then I am sure stress can give you different results and maybe dreams would be more vivid.

    5. #5
      Member Lowercase Society's Avatar
      Join Date
      Nov 2003
      Gender
      Location
      the ocean...
      Posts
      3,739
      Likes
      5
      No.

      When people are stressed, they usually cannot remember dreams that much, meaning that the dreams were not vivid enough to remember in the first place.

      For example, alot has been happening in my life (personal stuff), i have just taking finals, and i am moving across the world in 12 days.

      I am stressed and busy.

      I haven't had an LD in over 2 months. So i'm pissed.
      "i am the crumpled sheets of paper behind an artists' attempt at perfection"


      www.myspace.com/mattnocas (more recent pics and info)
      Pictures of me here-----> (4 years old now)
      http://www.dreamviews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5073

    6. #6
      Member evangel's Avatar
      Join Date
      Sep 2003
      Location
      San Diego
      Posts
      792
      Likes
      1
      Every time I've been stressed, I've had intensely vivid dreams, but very little control and sometimes bad or intermitent recall. They also tend to be more scattered and abstract.

      Being stressed DURING dreams is different, though. Stress during dreams increases the adrenaline release and creates some very interesting effects like increased control/lucidity, vividness, and sensory information (taste, smell, pain, pleasure, etc.). This may not be good, if you're having a nightmare, but usually one who is lucid can pull themselves awake if it gets too intense.
      "By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me; a prayer to the God of my life."
      Psalm 42:8

    Bookmarks

    Posting Permissions

    • You may not post new threads
    • You may not post replies
    • You may not post attachments
    • You may not edit your posts
    •