XPost: rec.drugs.cannabis, alt.dreams
From: invalid@i.like.spam
In article <63jc3112slh6c6rmmaflr3aln5bvc6sh8c@4ax.com>,
Ninth Commandment wrote:
> On 14 Mar 2005 06:39:52 -0800, dohduhdah@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >
> >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.
>
I too have had very vivid dreams recently since abstaining from the
'evil' herb for various reasons. Supposedly a side effect of cannabis
usage is repression of r.e.m. sleep, where dreams happen.
--
Cyrus
*coughcasaucedoprodigynetcough*
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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