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Home › Entertainment

Poll | 09/15/2009 3:00 am

Do you remember your dreams when you awake?

Read more about: Dreams, Entertainment, Health, Imagination, Lifestyle, Sleep, Wellness

34 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

C Hardy
I wish I could remember more of my dreams - I am always telling myself "self now your dreaming a good one, lets remember it when we wake" and myself doesnt listen.  LOL  ;)
By C Hardy on 09/15/2009 6:37 am
Green Tears

Interesting that this question would come up now. For the past week I have been waking up remembering vivid, nonsense-filled dreams and yes, they are in living color! I have no idea why it’s happening but it is entertaining.

Hope I can ‘stay tuned’…

By Green Tears on 09/15/2009 7:20 am
Eldebbo C
I feel like I remember most of my dreams, but not all of them. I have really crazy dreams. They sometimes combine the future with the past. I have always wondered if they mean anything.
By Eldebbo C on 09/15/2009 8:10 am
Chris Glass`

Keep a dream journal and write down your dreams as soon as you wake. You can suggest aloud before going to sleep that you will remember your dreams clearly. The ARE Bookstore carries books on dreams. That url is: http://arebookstore.com

Click on the dream section. You may have to cut and paste the url to your browser. 

By Chris Glass` on 09/15/2009 2:41 pm
kermie b
Chris Glass—I went to that site out of curiosity.  Are you the person who suggested books on Edgar Cayce to me a long time ago?  I recall talking about how my mother had been obsessed with the man, and how I saw the foundation in VA Beach, VA, when I was in my 20s—I don’t know if it still exists. 
By kermie b on 09/15/2009 5:04 pm
Chris Glass`
I wasn’t that person but I have been to the ARE headquarters in VA Beach while at a convention for something else. It is still active and they have some wonderful conferences. They also offer classes online that I have not taken. I have bought books from the bookstore as well as the catalogue. If I had more time and fewer responsibilities I might get more involved. Two close friends just came back from an ARE sponsored trip to Peru and plan to go on future trips because the one they were on was so well organized.
By Chris Glass` on 09/15/2009 5:32 pm
B Clark
Keeping a dream journal was a requirement of a class I took in collage.  My profesor said everyone dreams a lot more than they think they do, but most are forgotten very quickly as we wake up and start our morning routines.  Keep a notebook and pencil next to your bed.  As soon as you wake up, write down what you remember before you do anything else.  For me this tended to work best on weekends when I could just wake up when I was ready to and not have to use an alarm clock.  Doing anything, like getting out of bed or turning off the alarm is enough to make you start thinking about the coming day and dreams are easliy forgotten.  I found a lot of my dreams were about issues that my mind was turning over in ways my waking mind would never think of.
By B Clark on 09/16/2009 6:58 am
Jeannot Kensinger

Lately my dreams are full of joy and people loving one another. I wake up feeling great and then ……the day start…but I try very hard to remember how it felt during the night.

I do not want to be without my dreams.

By Jeannot Kensinger on 09/15/2009 8:29 am
Linda Myers
In dreams where something comes out of "left" field, completely unrelated to the dream I always remember. Some dreams I wake up, and then go back into, those I remember and the dreams that come again another night, and pick up where the last left off previously are remembered. If I ask to remember the dreams with clarity before going to sleep, they are usually remembered.
By Linda Myers on 09/15/2009 8:48 am
Suzanne Frazier
I paint my dreams.  As an artist, dreams are an exciting realm where reality is distorted and is visually exciting.  I have a friend who is a Dream Artist.  She paints other peoples dreams and her own dreams.  It is exciting artwork to see.  When I wake up from the dream, I always ask for what the gift of the dream is.  
By Suzanne Frazier on 09/15/2009 8:55 am
Belinda Joy

I do remember my dreams occasionally and in those rare instances, I love it! Especially if it’s one of those dreams right before I wake up in the morning and it is still vivid in my mind. If it was a goofy one with twists and turns that make no sense, it confuses me and can be like a riddle for me to untangle.

But if it is a dream about a family member or friend who died that I miss, I try to hang onto it as much as I can and enjoy the memory of it. Those are my favorite dreams.

By Belinda Joy on 09/15/2009 9:26 am
kermie b
I have a journal near my bed so I can scribble down what I remember as soon as I wake up, and look at it again once I am caffeinated, to try and make sense of the images, and the mood I was in when I awoke.  Recurring dreams, especially, are my subconscious screaming out that something is wrong, pay attention!; those dreams do not go away until I fix the offending situation in my waking life.  This has happened to me so often and so vividly that I totally believe in dreams and the messages they send, whether I want to block them or not.
By kermie b on 09/15/2009 9:55 am
SURA B

When an adolescent I began reading Freud’s work,  the impact was profound, because much was familiar, and much informative. And, of course, I grew up in NYC where there were/are more analysts than in Vienna and other places. NYC was a "Freudian  town" in the 40s & 50s. Though I now differ on some subjects, such as women’s roles and therapies, my dreams are significant as metaphors, neural changes, clues, and often surprises which engage my interest. 

Also, noting patterns of events, people, and emotions in dreams alerts me to what I might have missed when awake; dreams are a crucial source of who I am, but I don’t dwell on them as though they will forecast the future or teach me a specific lesson. For me, remembering my dreams is like living in a multi level landscape with mountains, valleys, rivers, and sky. 

By SURA B on 09/15/2009 10:08 am
Mark Rowe
I even remember dreams I have had from 5 years old.
By Mark Rowe on 09/15/2009 1:45 pm
kermie b
Mark Rowe—Funny you should say that.  I remember the dream I had before waking for my first day of kindergarten.  And every time I saw a monster movie on television, or something that nowadays seems as innocuous as The Wizard of Oz, I had a scary dream tied into it.  I cannot remember what I ate yesterday, but I can recall vivid details of my King Kong nightmares (a therapist had a field day with the symbolism there).   I had a lot of nightmares as a kid, but I always got away from the monster du jour with my astonishing flying power. 
By kermie b on 09/15/2009 10:47 pm
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