Heyah

[Maranda]

Heyah. I'm new here obviously I'm a really big vivid dreamy, also lucid dream quite often. Most of my dreams tend to be pretty in depth and detailed, long and rather complex, and as a result can be difficult to work meanings out of. So thought I would come share some of them and get second opinions. Generally no one wants to touch my dreams though! Guess they get as stumped as me sometimes Maybe people here will have better luck Also tried out another forum earlier, but no real responses there yet. I like to dwell on my dreams and ponder over their meanings, some I have to track for months even years, before their actual meaning floats up. Sometimes I actually dream continually and have memories of past dreams in my dreams, it's rather.. confusing I'll also have reoccurring dreams that aren't the same, but have the same theme, just with new 'material' so takes a while for me to realize they're the same dream, just with a different cover. It's hard to really discuss these dreams with others for meanings without writing an entire novel of related dreams! But anyways, heyah to all you fellow dreamers Also a question on REM sleep and sleep habits. I have other questions also, but I'll post my actual dream questions around to the various appropriate sections of the forums. Question: Well I have a strange dreaming habit. My sleep patterns tend to go as follows, I usually sleep through the whole night, sometimes I wake up after dreaming, but not fully, and doze back off (usually I remember earlier dreams if I do that). That's all pretty normal. But then morning comes, and a lot of times I'll wake up, fully remembering my dream, but then I will doze for several more hours, and I'll actually slip back into the same dream each time I doze off, sometimes for only 5-15 minute stretches. This can go on for a few hours, however long till I decide to actually get up. And these dreams are as vivid as ever, and each time I wake up and fall back asleep I'll return to whatever I was dreaming. It's actually a rather enjoyable talent because it means if I get woken up from an enjoyable dream I can go right back to dreaming it. Unfortunately it's not a conscious choice, it just happens, because on the rare occasions that I actually have bad dreams I get so scared of falling asleep that I end up getting up, because I know I'll start the same dream back up if I go back to sleep. But anyways, all that rambling my questions is just this, is this normal? do other people experience this? and is it possible to start slipping immediately back into REM sleep? This only seems to occur after a full night of sleep. Even if I'm not tired and just don't feel like getting up yet, I can continue to do this. Everything I've read about REM sleep suggests it takes a while to reach that stage of sleep, but these dreams are so vivid they're almost real, and I don't know any other stage of sleep that is possible to have that vivid of dreams in.