XPost: rec.drugs.cannabis, alt.dreams   
   From: ninthcommandment@revelations.org   
      
   On 14 Mar 2005 06:39:52 -0800, dohduhdah@gmail.com wrote:   
      
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   >Hey.   
   >   
   >Last night I had a very long and detailed dream.   
   >It started out in my new house (I don't have a new house, but in this   
   >dream I did) and everything was dark. I asked my dad about this and he   
   >said he was going to fix the light. The front room of the house was   
   >close to the street and I was pulling the curtains to prevent people   
   >from looking in. Someone was at the door trying to sell something and   
   >he startled me when I looked at him through a very small window in the   
   >corridor. I growled at him to scare him away. Then I noticed other   
   >people sleeping in the room I was in and they were just waking up. I   
   >started introducing myself and went into another room where more people   
   >were (it looked like my new house was a kind of shared apartment). I   
   >also introduced myself to them and two women asked if I knew a place to   
   >sleep. I said I didn't, but recommended they could sleep on anything   
   >soft, like a carpet folded up. I noticed more people coming in and most   
   >of them were all dressed up, while I seemed to be in my underwear. I   
   >realised it would be futile to introduce myself to everybody since   
   >there were so many people. I tried to make my way out since I was   
   >slightly embarrassed about walking around in my underwear while all the   
   >other people were all dressed up (including many elderly people). As I   
   >made my way through various rooms, there was a wedding in progress in a   
   >big room and in another room people were having dinner. I realized it   
   >was absurd that this could possibly could be my new house and then I   
   >came to the conclusion I was dreaming and the dream started to fade.   
   >The last thing I remember was coming to a kind of mirror and I had the   
   >faint impression I was trying to hide from myself to prevent me from   
   >seeing myself in the mirror.   
   >   
   >I was disappointed from interrupting the dream, but at least I was able   
   >to recall most of it, which I did before getting back to sleep again.   
   >   
   >It's about 2 weeks after abstaining from toking on a daily basis and I   
   >often get a few very elaborate and detailed dreams for a while a few   
   >weeks after abstaining.   
   >Could this potentially be a method of inducing vivid and unusually   
   >detailed dreaming (toking for a long time and subsequently abstaining,   
   >so the dreams seem to return with a vengeance)?   
   >   
   >Does anyone know of any other methods that can potentially induce more   
   >intense/vivid/detailed dreaming?   
   >I know taking melatonin can affect dreaming as well. Repeatedly   
   >recalling dreams when you wake up is also said to enhance ones ability   
   >to recall them.   
   >   
   >comments and suggestions are appreciated... kind regards, Niek   
      
   The drug Doxepin used to treat insomnia among other things has as a   
   side effectf extremely vivid dreams. Drinking soda pop before going to   
   sleep and when you awake during the night always added to my dreams.   
      
   I used to smoke pot before going to sleep to enhance dreams never   
   heard of abstaining enhancing dreams before. I have been herb free for   
   over two years now and my dreams and nightmares are the most vivid   
   they have ever been.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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