Thread: 10 Simple Questions

General Stuff:

1. Gender:
2. Age

Dream Stuff: (FOR NON-LUCID DREAMS ONLY)

1. About what percentage of your dreams contain familiar people OR places?
2. About what percentage of your dreams contain familiar people AND places?
3. What percentage of dreams are you not in a familiar place?
4. About what percentage of your dream contains violence, sex, or death?
5. How often in your non-lucid dreams do you still have superman like powers?
6. Do periods of time where dream recall decreases or increases do your dreams get less or more familiar in content?
7. Have you ever confused happenings in dream life with happenings in real life or vice versa?
8. Do you think you have a pretty good long-term memory?
9. Do you think you have a pretty good short-term memory?
10. Do sometimes dreams seem as vivid as real life or real life as vivid as dream?

Feel free to expand on any of them or give additional information. Oh and I added a question 11 simple questions now...lol. And just thought of antoher one, 12 simple questions.

General Stuff:

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Gender: Male...the name is Michael

Age: 18 and some[/LIST]Dream Stuff: (FOR NON-LUCID DREAMS ONLY)

(I'm sleepy, can't possibly add my percents )

About what percentage of your dreams contain familiar people OR places?[/LIST]I would say approx. 75% of my dreams contain familiar things...or people, even if in a strange location.

About what percentage of your dreams contain familiar people AND places?
Hrm...probably 10% or so involve both, most of my dreams have things in the wrong places, things not being where they should but of course seemingly sensible at the time.

What percentage of dreams are you not in a familiar place?I am not in a familar place about 5% of the time...those dreams are usually very erratic, most of mine occur in relatively familiar places. Maybe area I haven't been in ages, but not completely far off from the norm.


About what percentage of your dream contains violence, sex, or death?

Hrm...death...about 1-2%, sex, 15-20%, violence? maybe 20-30% of the time (this changed from before..hormone levels must have...evened out :p)

How often in your non-lucid dreams do you still have superman like powers?


Good question, about 40-50% of the time I find myself doing superhuman things.


Do periods of time where dream recall decreases or increases do your dreams get less or more familiar in content?

Yes, my recall varies immensly, during times of stress/school/work, I have times of about 5 days I can't recall a single dream, and then times like now where it is almost effortless for me to recall. I think it has to do with getting desperate vs. just wanting it. If you have kind of, "looking forward to it" emotions, but not "I can't take it anymore if this doesn't work" emotions you stand a much better chance at recall AND LD's...though I'm sleeping in a different room than my own since I risk breaking my leg to peices should I try to climb to my room. It helps me feel much more focused and aware.

Have you ever confused happenings in dream life with happenings in real life or vice versa?


VERY rarely...usually during FA's, or not remembering if someone really said something to me yesterday, or I just dreamed it. As a matter of fact, that happaned today, but luckily I guessed correctly and did not look like a crazy. Sometimes I dream that I go talk to my parents and then I wake and wonder If I did already...that's the extent of it really.

Do you think you have a pretty good long-term memory?

Long term memory..yes certainly.

Do you think you have a pretty good short-term memory?

Erm..for many things yes, usually obscurely I can yank stuff out of my head, but if I'm put on the spot I can't always. For example: I was once in my class and a girl approached me..she was giving me hints she wanted to talk and I said hey, and she said ""Hey", don't you know my name?"", she walked off in a huff :/.

Do sometimes dreams seem as vivid as real life or real life as vivid as dream?


YES...ocassionally I feel (I've only had 2 dreams like this, both lucids) that my senses are actually enhanced in the dream...everything is more clear, and I am at peace with everything...those are the best..really seeing what your mind is capable of, and I long for more of those. (probably like everyone here). From time to time I have real life moments where I say..." wow, now that is a dreamy thing to happen". Ocassionally I walk my dog in the late evening/night, and sometimes I just stop on the sidewalk, in the cool, crisp air, stars showing and no wind. And recall how much like a dream scene this is...sometimes something like that truly is recreated in my own head...

Hope that gives you an idea

I should probaly anwser my own questions...

General Stuff:

1. Gender: Female
2. Age: 17

Dream Stuff: (FOR NON-LUCID DREAMS ONLY)

1. About what percentage of your dreams contain familiar people OR places? About 95%
2. About what percentage of your dreams contain familiar people AND places? About 40%
3. What percentage of dreams are you not in a familiar place? About 95%
4. About what percentage of your dream contains violence, sex, or death? About 40% for violence, 5% for sex, and probaly 40% agian for death
5. How often in your non-lucid dreams do you still have superman like powers? About 5%
6. Do periods of time where dream recall decreases or increases do your dreams get less or more familiar in content? Yes when my dream recall is crappy dreams get more familar, when I have good dream recall the dreams are more violent and unfamilar.
7. Have you ever confused happenings in dream life with happenings in real life or vice versa? Yes quite a bit
8. Do you think you have a pretty good long-term memory? Not at all
9. Do you think you have a pretty good short-term memory? Decent or a bit below average
10. Do sometimes dreams seem as vivid as real life or real life as vivid as dream? Yes most of my dream memories few more real then real life memories.

Will anyway seems like no one else is going to answers question thingy so I might as well tell you my theory. I think the subject of the dream is dependant of the dreamer’s memory. I have a very crappy memory and most dreams that are sort of normal as in places I am and people I am presently around I usually get mixed up with real life. Sometimes I get life mixed up with dreams. Anyway I think that if you have a crappy memory your dreams become more outrageous, such as you might break a leg in a dream you wake up your leg is not broken so therefore it was a dream, or you remember a place you never been so therefore you assume it’s a dream. Little kids seem to have a problem telling a dream from real life and so the kids mind has to make nightmares so they know it’s a dream and not real life (that’s way little kids tend to have nightmares?) So if an adult is having weird sometimes violent dreams and wants to get rid of them, it might help if he improves his memory. Just a thought…

1. Gender:
2. Age

Dream Stuff: (FOR NON-LUCID DREAMS ONLY)

1. About what percentage of your dreams contain familiar people OR places?
2. About what percentage of your dreams contain familiar people AND places?
3. What percentage of dreams are you not in a familiar place?
4. About what percentage of your dream contains violence, sex, or death?
5. How often in your non-lucid dreams do you still have superman like powers?
6. Do periods of time where dream recall decreases or increases do your dreams get less or more familiar in content?
7. Have you ever confused happenings in dream life with happenings in real life or vice versa?
8. Do you think you have a pretty good long-term memory?
9. Do you think you have a pretty good short-term memory?
10. Do sometimes dreams seem as vivid as real life or real life as vivid as dream?

1. male
2. 19


1. about 90%
2. about 55%
3 hmm, im usually with familar people, but places are random about half the time, so 45%
4. almost all of them 95%
5. well i dont have the real "super" powers, like shooting fire or laser beams or flying, so if those are the ones you are talking about then about 5-10%
6 yes.
7. yes, but i dont often confuse dream life for real life.
8. a little more than average
9. a little more than average.
10.yep

General Stuff:

1. Gender: Female
2. Age: 19

Dream Stuff: (FOR NON-LUCID DREAMS ONLY)

1. About what percentage of your dreams contain familiar people OR places? 15%
2. About what percentage of your dreams contain familiar people AND places? 5%
3. What percentage of dreams are you not in a familiar place? 80%
4. About what percentage of your dream contains violence, sex, or death? violence - 0% death - 0% sex - 50%
5. How often in your non-lucid dreams do you still have superman like powers? 50%
6. Do periods of time where dream recall decreases or increases do your dreams get less or more familiar in content? Not really
7. Have you ever confused happenings in dream life with happenings in real life or vice versa? No
8. Do you think you have a pretty good long-term memory? Yes
9. Do you think you have a pretty good short-term memory? Somewhat
10. Do sometimes dreams seem as vivid as real life or real life as vivid as dream? Yes, my dreams can seem as vivid or more vivid than real life at times.