Ok here it goes....

Ever since I can remember, I have always been able to dream. My dreams have ALWAYS been extremely vivid whether they are regular dreams or nightmares. For the most part I have always been a very active dreamer and have had the ability to manipulate my dreams any way that I wanted to. Some of them have reminded me of those "Choose Your Own Adventure" books. At anytime of the day that I choose, I can simply fall asleep and decide whether I want to go back to a dream I wanted to finish, or I can simply tell myself what I want to dream about. I always thought all this was normal and something everyone could do considering that I have always been able to do it for as long as I can remember, I am now 29 and I am still able to do this.

I have never been one to look at the meaning of any of my dreams and have only made attempts to keep dream journals. Dream journals never worked for me because I would always forget to write in them...but thats ADHD at its best for you. I do wish that I was successful at keeping dream journals because a lot of my dreams are quite interesting.

Recently I have been going on Google to try and find meanings to a few of my dreams and I have read that a lot of my dreams are what are called Lucid Dreams. So I have been reading more about Lucid Dreams....but I still can't seem to find a reason why mine are so consistent. The only thing I find are tools and advice on how to have Lucid Dreams. I don't think I need any of that because I am and have always been a very very very active dreamer. So I decided to come to a forum and see if anyone else can share a thing or two with me, or if anyone can relate.

A lot of times I will make sure that I don't tell myself what I want to dream about because I want to see what my mind has in store for me. Its kind of like deciding to watch a new movie, or read a new book. I tend to get bored with some of my dreams because I either know that outcome or I simply have played the dream out in so many different ways and I need a new adventure to start. I can also do this while I'm sleeping...if I get bored with one dream, I can simply "turn it off" and start a new one. Like I said, I have never put a whole lot of thought into why I dream the way that I do, I thought everyone could do this naturally.

My dreams are always very vivid and real. Its almost like all my senses play a very active role in my dreams, because I can hear, smell, taste, and feel everything. I can also feel inside emotions....it can be very weird and confusing. I once had a dream where I got shot and I could feel the warmth of the blood and feel not only my physical pain, but emotional pain from me and my loved ones.

I can go on and on about all the dreams that I have had, but that would take a very long time. I just felt like I should try coming to a forum to see if anyone else could relate to me because I know for a fact that I am not the only one that experiences dreams like this. I just didn't really know what else I could do. It's not like it bothers me, but since there are so many tools out there to help induce Lucid Dreaming, I just thought that maybe I should start looking more in depth into this "gift" that I have and see if I could share it amongst other people. I hope I never stop dreaming the way that I do, because it's very exciting! I'm always looking forward to taking short naps or going to sleep at night. I also day dream pretty heavy, but not as much as I used to since I've been taking ADHD medicine for awhile now, but if I choose to....I can!

Thank you to everyone who took the time to read this! I look forward to all of your comments and messages. I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend! Take care!