Thread: Bemistaken's Workbook

Welp Lucy...Today I just found out that I have the chicken pox . To make matters worse, I have caught this as an adult which I hear the symptoms of the chicken pox are much worse. I'm going crazy with this itching and burning sensation AND I just signed up for the lucid competition! Boy, this is going to be a fun week .

Yikes! My condolences. I had the chicken pox as a teen (I think I was like 15 or so) and for me it was not so bad, but I know that it does have the reputation of being worse in adults, though I think the severity varies among individuals to some extent - I wish you that yours will be a milder case. Did you get the medication already that one administers which reduces the itching somewhat? Also how long did the doctor say it will last? Maybe it will be over before the competition? Also who knows what effect this will have on dreams - it might give you wild vivid dreams? Of course, if need be, I am sure you can ask your doctor to write you a note to the effect that you have the chicken box, and if you send that to Scionox, I am sure he will consider whether it is a valid excuse from the competition. Just kidding. I do remember even after all these years that I did find that a sense of humor helped me during the chicken pox.

Did you get the medication already that one administers which reduces the itching somewhat? Also how long did the doctor say it will last? Maybe it will be over before the competition? Also who knows what effect this will have on dreams - it might give you wild vivid dreams? Of course, if need be, I am sure you can ask your doctor to write you a note to the effect that you have the chicken box, and if you send that to Scionox, I am sure he will consider whether it is a valid excuse from the competition. Just kidding. I do remember even after all these years that I did find that a sense of humor helped me during the chicken pox.

Hi JoannaB,

Thanks for your concern! Yes, I am on medication...several. I'm still itching, but I believe it is all mental because every time I look at myself I start feeling like something is crawling on me and I start scratching. The doctor said that I'm in the early stage and get ready for the misery to start within the first few days. After that, I will start to heal and it will get better. I just got up from a short nap and I was having some intense HI...then the itching started. I think this could be to my benefit because I am on so many medications . Ha Ha on the part about the doctor's excuse to Scionox ! No, I'm here to stay in the competition...chicken pox and all!

Hi Lucy, I just woke up from one of my 'drug induced chicken-pox' naps and I did have some recall, but it was just a fragment of me trying to find a bathroom. In the dream, everywhere I looked I thought I saw a bathroom, but when I got ready to 'go' the bathroom disappeared. When I woke up, I had to go to the bathroom really bad. Thank GOD I didn't find that bathroom in my dream or I would have woke up in a wet bed!

Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear that you've got the chicken pox, bemistaken! As usual you have a great attitude and you're still getting that dreamwork in! Best of luck in the competition!

By the way, you might have actually been okay on that peeing dream! I even became lucid once because I was dreaming that I was just peeing and peeing forever with no end in sight. Wound up walking around peeing all over the place (even while lucid!) for a bit before I figured out how to get my dream bladder to calm down, ha ha...

Anyway, wishing you a speedy and not too itchy journey as you get through this chicken pox and back to normal life!

Anyway, wishing you a speedy and not too itchy journey as you get through this chicken pox and back to normal life!

Thanks CL, and you always know the right thing to say to me when I'm feeling down!

Date: December 13, 2013
Method: MILD & WBTB
Total Sleep Time: 81/2 hours

Fragments

1. I was filling out an application for something...
2. I saw the letters UAE...
3. I was putting grades into my grade-book for my students...

Let's see if I can improve on this tonight.

Date: December 14, 2013
Method: MILD & WBTB (WBTB failed WILD attempt)
Total Sleep Time: 81/2 hours

Woke up to my husband hammering the hell out of our front door...sigh

Fragment

1. Someone was shooting at me...

Dream

1. I was in my bathroom changing clothes and really upset because nothing would fit. I recall all of the clothes being short and tight...like summer clothes. I was so disgusted with myself that I took the clothes off and had chosen to not wear any clothes and just be naked from that point forward! (should have become lucid with the naked dream sign)

Date: December 15, 2013
Method: MILD & WBTB (WBTB failed WILD attempt)
Total Sleep Time: 9ish

Dream 1

J's daughter had lost her tooth and in place of the tooth was a maggot hanging from her top gum (gross). I called a doctor and asked if she was seeing new patients and the doctor said, 'no.'

Dream 2

Trying to find my way home and I was using a flower as a landmark. I found the flower, but I still could not find my way home.

Dream 3

I had to do a presentation in school in front of my professor and I was really nervous about it. I did a good job and the professor didn't even act like I did well...the professor remained silent.

Fragment

A dirty bathroom (you get the picture ).

Date: 12/16/2013
Method: MILD & WBTB (Successful WILD!)
Total Sleep Time: Almost 7 hours

I did a WBTB around 7:30am because I had an appointment with the exterminator coming at 8:00am. It only took the exterminator around 15minutes for him to do what he needed to do and I was back in my bed around 8:25am. I had been telling myself since yesterday that I was going to WILD AND be successful at it. Before my WBTB, I had actually gotten close to 7 hours of sleep. I realize the more I sleep, the more successful I am at WILDing. In my mind while I lay there I told myself to stay AWARE and not AWAKE. It may have taken me thirty minutes for my body to get relaxed, but soon after that I felt my body kind of ‘drop’ and the vibrations soon followed.

I felt myself holding on for dear life as the vibrations where stronger than ever and soon…I was ‘out.’ I did a quick RC of levitation and it worked. I recalled going through my bedroom wall (which is not too hard because my bed is right next to it) and I ended up ‘somewhere’ (very dark place and I don’t really know where I was). I then recalled I had a few task to do and for the life of me…I couldn’t remember the TOTM. I decided to concentrate by looking at my hands and things became clear. I was in some type of room that had a tree growing in the middle of it. The tree was strange…it was a tree that bore fruit AND vegetables (???). I distinctly recall me saying that the tree had watermelons, cantaloupes, and cucumbers growing from it. I looked up to the highest limbs on the tree and sure enough…there was all the fruit and veggies growing. I decided that since I can clearly see to fly at super speed and I raised my arm up like superman and took off! Everything was going past me a warped speed and I saw the brightest stars in the universe flash past me. I felt almost nauseated from the speed (in real life, I suffer from extreme motion sickness) and I guess that is what made me feel my real body and before I knew it…I was back in my body breathing heavy like I just ran a race.

To my higher power and Lucy…thanks.

Congrats on the ld, bemistaken! Fantastic dream with the vegetable and fruit bearing tree, that must have been a super cool sight. And flying at warp speed, yeah!!! Awesome stuff!

Date: 12/17/2013
Method: MILD & WBTB (Fail )
Total Sleep Time: 8 (ish) hours

Welp...I tried to duplicate my success from yesterday by planning all day with intent to WILD and doing my WBTB for at least 45 minutes. So would someone please tell me why the hell my job called telling me they needed something emailed to them within the hour (and the job would take me 2 hours to do) ???!!! By the time I got finish with the work there was no way in hell that I was able to go back to sleep. Oh well, there is always tomorrow...

Dream 1

I was surrounded by alligators and I decided that I would eat them so I started skinning their hide and removing their guts to make a soup. There were all sizes and shapes of alligators, but I wasn't afraid. I told myself the more the merrier for my alligator soup .

Dream 2

I saw a baby in a woman's uterus and I was able to see this with my naked eye. It was so vivid...his facial features were so clear to me. I saw that the baby was holding a miniature sword in his hand and smiling...like he was going to be a knight. Even though this was a very short dream I must admit, I believe this one was one of my favorites because the baby looked so confident and brave .

12/21/2013
Method: MILD & WBTB (fail )

Dream 1

I was talking to someone (like an interview) and they were arguing with me about where I was from. I kept telling them I was from Texas but they did not believe me. I so happen to be wearing a University of Texas Longhorn t-shirt, hat, AND my car keys were attached to a University of Texas Longhorn key chain. For some reason they still did not believe me and I was ready to fight .

Dream 2

Talking with my sister about if she was going to correct way to our mother’s house. We drove and drove but we never could make it to our mother’s home. We drove further and further away and continue to be confused about the directions.

Dream 3

I was with my nieces cooking in the kitchen. We were getting ready for some type of event (don’t know if it was Thanksgiving or Christmas) and there was food everywhere. We were having such a great time that I didn’t notice we were cooking outside…

12/25/2013
Method: MILD & WBTB (Failed)
Total Sleep Time: NONE!

Fragment
Something about me fixing my hair

Fragment 2
A woman needing a tracheotomy

Fragment 3
Writing a story

I am confused: how did you get three dream fragments when getting a total sleep time of none?

Originally Posted by JoannaB

I am confused: how did you get three dream fragments when getting a total sleep time of none?

Ha, Ha! Hi JoannaB!

Well, I was in and out of consciousness because I was staying up looking for Christmas presents...I had forgot where I had hide them all year. Then I would lay back down again and think of another hiding place and had to get up all over again to find the presents (they were little 'odds and ends' I would place in the kids stockings)! I got so little sleep it wasn't even worth counting the hours because it didn't feel like any!

Hi Lucy, my recall is a lot better since the holidays are ending. I had two dreams and a fragment...and that is a big improvement!

Dream 1
My baby was hungry and I was looking for something to cook in the refridgerator. All I could find was squash and flour. Every time I touched the squash it would turn into a different shape and type (butternut squash, acorn squash, yellow squash) but was I concerned about that (which I should have been because this probably would have made me lucid)? Noooo! I was just trying to figure out how would I cook that squash with only flour!

Dream 2
With one of my nieces and I was helping her do an pretend interview because she was trying to find a job. All she did was laugh instead of answer my questions. Every time I asked her a question, she would bust out laughing.



Fragment
Something about robots...

Hey bemistaken! Congratulations on the improved recall! Mine went to zero for a while (holiday craziness, got sick, etc.) but as we settle back into our old routines and take the time to rebuild our waking self-awareness, the dreams will come back.

And so shall your skepticism about squash.

Keep up the good work!

Well hello Beautiful! I missed you so much Lucy !

It has been awhile since I have last talked with you, but the 'human' part of me had to take an unexpected and much needed break. Even though I may have been gone, I thought about you every day and I never forgot all the time we had spent together. I worked hard to get back into shape to come back to you and now I am here and I am in better shape than ever before. I am so glad that you are still here waiting on me so let's not waste any time...back to work! I will try to play 'catch-up' with you tomorrow because I have indeed been keeping track of all my lucid experiences since January. So Lucy, get ready to be 'fingered' tomorrow (I have a lot of typing to do! LOL!)

Hey Lucy,

Just jotting down a quick dream fragment...the only thing that I can remember from my dream last night is my sister bothering the hell out of me for 'something .' Can't remember exactly what is was, but damn was I annoyed in that dream! Until tonight my love!

Yay, it's great to see you back! I'm glad to hear that your dream life's been coming along so well the past few months. From you I'd expect nothing less! Great work.

To your continued success!

Thanks CL!

Hello Lucy,

Thank you for blessing me with your presence on Mother's Day. I recall saying my mantras while I was getting ready to take a nap. Somewhere within the 'nodding off' I woke up to some intense vibes and before you know it, I was floating above my body . My first goal was to stabilize, but of course I forgot all about that! My thoughts went crazy as I was like a kid in a candy store trying to go 'everywhere' with my mind . I saw my nephew come into vision and he was just looking at me as to say, "Well, what are you going to do now?" I got really excited and of course the dream collapse all around me . Oh well...I tried my best to DEILD my way back out, but that didn't work at all. Welp, I'm still grateful and look forward to seeing you again Lucy...soon!

Nice, congratulations on the lucid! I hear you on feeling like a kid in a candy store. I've worked hard on self-control and still most of the time I'm all

Great job! You are back, no doubt about it!

Lucy,
At one point this year, I felt like I had lost everything...even my mind. Through pray, meditation, and absolute desire, I found myself again. Even when I felt like I had nothing and everyone had turned their back on me...it is always good to know that I still have a place to come home to. Thank you Dreamviews for still being here waiting for me. You are the breath of air I need when I am breathless, the voice I desire when I am voiceless, and the love I need when I have no love left for myself. You just don't know how important this website is to someone like me and it feels so good to come home, no matter how many times I get lost, I can always find my way back home to you .

Always,
Bemistaken