XPost: alt.dreams   
   From: KC@none.invalid   
      
   Stacey Whaley wrote:   
   > For my own curiosity, how many of you would actually consider yourselves   
   > addicted to dreaming?  I'm thinking there is a high possibility of this   
   > happening, especially when sometimes our dreams can be so much more exciting   
   > than the real world.   
   >   
   > Do any of you take naps not only to get caught up on missed sleep, but   
   > specifically to make yourself dream?   
      
   Sometimes, yes. I do admit being somewhat addicted to dreaming, but on   
   the other hand, I just seem to really require a lot of sleep (when   
   "free-running", I seem to settle for 12 hours).   
      
   >   
   > This might be found somewhere in someone's FAQs, but I'd like to ask to get   
   > more personal answers (as well as take the lazy route).  Do any of you eat   
   > or drink anything before going to sleep that you've noticed has helped in   
   > the culmination of dreams?  Any vitamins or pills?   
      
   I don't take any myself. But at least make sure you're not short on   
   B-type vitamins, they're essential for neuronal functions. Sometimes   
   caffeine can help, or at least produce weird effects.   
      
      
   >   
   > What emotional state do you feel is most productive to the creation of   
   > dreams?  To clarify, have you found that when you're depressed, happy,   
   > angry, or others, that you've had more vivid and easier-to-remember dreams?   
      
   I'm not sure, but at least stress and anxiety don't help at all.   
      
   >   
   > Two more questions.  Does anyone enjoy nightmares?  Do your nightmares cause   
   > you to sweat in the middle of the night, even when you're very cold?   
      
   I don't often have the wake up screaming -type of nightmares, my worst   
   kind of dreams are these really, really long and repetitive drags   
   through nondescript, gray scenery with somehow unpleasant characters   
   present. Often there is a task I need to perform in the dream many times   
   over, and somehow it never succeeds. I guess these dreams are just pure   
   anxiety.   
      
      
   Cheers, KC   
      
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