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Permalink Reply by Hada Fee on March 24, 2011 at 6:06am

I usually see myself in dreams, or should I say watch myself.  Sometimes in the dream I am in my body looking out like normal and then it shifts and I get the full view.  I don't think that I have seen a reflection of myself but I will look for it.  Honestly, probably like 45% of my dreams are lucid.  I usually start changing things or choose to continue it near the end of my dream cycle.  I remember dreams from growing up too.  They were intense enough to leave a lasting impresssion.  I also have dreams that reoccur, or somewhat reoccur.  Like for instance, I dream of certain homes or apartments that I used to live in.  I know that it symbolizes certain emotions or letting things go.  This one apt always came up and I would always return to shift through or go through things that were left in the attic.  It got to the point where I would return and there was no longer anything to go through.  It was great.  Then there was a secret doorway that connected myself to a neighboring apt.  That too was symbolic of the fact that my neighbor led me to my husband and the path I am now on.  We are still friends and he definitaly effected my life in a positive way.  Sometimes I plant in the garden in front of the apt too..   I have not dreamed of the apt for some time but I am sure it will come up again.    I have never been religious but there is a really intense dream that I had when I was 4 or 5 that I could relay detail by detail. I have a lot of dream activity and have some pretty crazy dreams every night.  The other night I was kidnapped to London and can still taste the stinky cheese I was served.  I also always dream in color.  Do most others dream in color??  Do other people use their senses in dreams, taste, touch, smell, and if so, what were they?  I find dream activity very interesting!!  Have a great day!!  

 

Permalink Reply by Robyn Brehaut (HulaDoula) on March 24, 2011 at 7:29pm

Yes, I have this happen a lot.

In many dreams I tend to float above myself and watch as if watching a movie play out, where I can direct how things go, change the direction when I feel the desire to (in those lucid moments).

I will also spend time switching views between being in my body and being above or in front. I take the liberty to move about where I want to view the dream. 

I don't remember ever looking at my reflection though. That's an interesting experience!

Permalink Reply by Hada Fee on March 25, 2011 at 5:51am

So, I don't know if I dreamed this because I was thinking about it or because I would have anyway but I looked at my refection twice last night.  I was shopping with my sisters when I realized that I had never combed my hair after showering.  I looked in a refection going into an antique shop and my refeclion looked like me with my hair not combed.  I then went into a new dress shop and tried on a necklace and looked into the mirror.  The necklace was huge and made my head look small but it was still a normal reflection.  I had a lucid point in the dream when my sister and I started to fight and I new we better stop before the clerk would come over, she would not stop and he came over.  We acted like nothing had happened and he went away, but we were done fighting.  This dream actually occured in a somewhat reoccuring dream.  Whenever I go on long trips in my dreams or get lost I end up in the town of Farmington.  I always stop in diferent shops and go shopping.  The stores are set up on the street the same but certain ones change and some remain the same.

Permalink Reply by spin gypsy of Centric Hoops* on March 29, 2011 at 8:38pm

That is awesome, Hada Fee!!  That is the best reason to talk about dreaming because it can affect our sleep state.  I hope to rouse other's dreams, too!!

Permalink Reply by Carly Roseanne on April 17, 2012 at 11:13am

I've had dreams where the point of view is me watching myself, if that makes sense. I had one recently where I was watching myself then I went through a door and when I came out on the other side I was a man and I continued my dream that way.