What does it mean that I am suddenly having very vivid dreams?
Have your sleeping habits changed? You have a complete sleep cycle every 90 minutes or so, including REM (which is the dream state), so if you are waking up at the beginning or end of a sleep cycle you’re going to remember your dreams better because they’re closer to your conscious mind.A brief explanation:When a sleep cycle begins the brain drifts first through the lighter sleep patterns where REM is possible, then into the deeper delta brain wave patterns where you are in a deep sleep, and then back up through REM and ultimately a state of almost-awake (many people, like myself, do wake up briefly at that point and then fall back asleep).Deep sleep can last longer than REM so your chances of waking up at that point in the sleep cycle are greater. If you don’t remember your dreams chances are you’re waking up outside of REM.So if your sleep habits have changed, or your diet/lifestyle changed (which affects your sleep habits), then perhaps you’re simply in a better sleep rhythm and waking up on the tail end of REM as your body naturally wants to do.
What does it mean if I suddenly start having vivid dreams? More often than not, I don't remember having dreamed at all, so this is a bit unusual for me.
Most people dream every night, regardless of whether or not they remember their dreams. However, there are a variety of explanations to why you are suddenly dreaming so vividly: Waking up during certain periods of REM sleep causes you to remember your dreams more than sleeping through the end of your sleep cycle. Perhaps you've changed your sleeping patterns- staying up later, waking up earlier, etc.Making a conscious effort to remember your dreams actually helps you to remember your dreams. Have you been thinking about your dreams or even writing them down? (Keeping a "dream journal" is really effective.) It's possible that you've recently been exposed to stimuli involving dreams- an article about lucid dreaming, a PBS documentary about dreams, an excerpt from Freud's Interpretation of Dreams, etc. Maybe you watched Inception recently, so dreams now have more significance for you. Thus, you remember them more vividly. Try analyzing the content of your dreams. The more your conscious or subconscious mind thinks about something, the more likely you are to dream about it; the more significant the content of your dream, the less likely you are to forget it. Occasionally people are only able to recall forgotten dreams when things in real life jog their memories. You may not remember dreaming about your aunt Sally until you get a surprise visit from her at school. Sleeping under bright lights also causes dreams to be more vivid.Hope this helps.
Why do I have such vivid dreams?
If this has been normal for you and not the result of a sudden change (such as taking a new medicine, or sudden stress in your life), then I would say it’s because you are flexible in mind and identity. It’s funny, because I’ve talked to many people who say they can go months on end without remembering a single dream. One trait many of them have in common is that they are very practical, “realistic” people who identify solely with the part of consciousness that deals with waking life. They treat dreams as flights of fantasy or as a side-effect of over-worked neurons. But some people (perhaps, you) don’t pin themselves down that way, they might appear to in their outer habits, but not on the “inside”. This trait of having a flexible mind and a fluid sense of identity can result in vivid dreams, lucid dreams and OOB experiences.
Why am I experiencing extremely odd and vivid dreams?
Go see your dentist! Ha ha! Dreams are sometimes your subconscious way of trying to communicate with you unfortunately your subconscious does not understand how to use words it only understands how to use images so this is why you have bizarre dreams once you understand the message or take action on the supposed message the dreams will stop because your subconscious will go ok he gets it.
Why do I constantly have very vivid and strange dreams?
Thanks for your question. As I do not know what your exact situation looks like, I will give you two different perspectives.Scientifically speaking, vivid dreams can have various reasons. Some reasons for vivid dreams could be certain types of medications, stress, anxiety, depression, different types of sleep disorders such as narcolepsy or insomnia and the like. If something like this is present in your particular situation you can probably recognize it.Spiritually speaking, an increased number of vivid dreams might be a sign of spiritual awakening. As our consciousness is changing to higher frequencies and we become more in tune with our true self, our soul and other spirits might want to share information with us through dreams.Much love, Jessica
Any pregnant women having vivid and weird dreams, what causes this?
I can't help with the reason why... Except perhaps that we don't sleep as well or quite as deeply, so our subconscious may be working overtime... I have also had really odd and vivid dreams with this pregnancy, and oddly, I always remember them when I wake up. I dreamt that a decapitated Superman was flying round my spare room a few days ago!! Last night I had the most disturbing dream I have had yet, where I discovered a woman's mutilated body... It was awful, I woke up crying and sweating! The only thing that helps me is having a relaxing cup of tea and a bath before bed, but it isn't foolproof! *Mum to Alex, 5, and Enacrni, due tomorrow*
Why do I have weird dreams when I am sick?
Do you take any medication when you are sick? Is your sleep rhythm off? Do you eat right and taken in enough liquids? All these things can affect our body and our minds, and that can affect our dreams.
What causes very vivid dreams?
I am in the same boat as you:)I haven’t read a lot about it, but from whatever I gathered, there is one thing we can know for sure- Nobody as yet,has been able to confidently decipher Dreams. So don’t believe those who claim that they can.Also we can say , the study of dreams and why we dream and why we dream the way we dream, falls under psychology. And Psychology -how our mind works- is still not as progressed as other conventional sciences. That is to say that, much research has been conducted and is being done but there are very few ‘ concrete truths’ or ‘axioms’ established regarding the functioning of Human psyche. as compared to other physical sciences, like Astronomy or Medicine.So that being established,I must share that I have always been curious about Dreams. And always had very vivid dreams. Sometimes so clear and intense that I remembered them for months! -heck I still remember a couple of my childhood dreams. Also as a child, I’d often get confused about whether I dreamt of some incidence or did it actually happen-they were that evocative and realistic:)So I started my own research:) I asked people about their dreams and how long did they remember them and how did they affect them, etc. And I correlated the findings with person’s personality, their thinking patterns -of course all this is very crude and nowhere near standard analytical practices- and based on my much insufficient knowledge about those people and their lives!But I did find a pattern. I found that people who ‘live more inside, rather than outside’-were more likely to have more intense and vivid dreams.. it could be for a short period when they were going through something that made them emotional and think a lot-or ‘live inside’ as I said, or a lifetime for a person with a consistently introverted nature-or a generally over-thinker.I found that whenever our thoughts and cognitions…are more emotionally charged, be it either happy or sorrowful or ambitious or fearful-or ANY other kind-just emotions,preferably sincere and intense ones - we kinda release the excess emotional energy sans the control of morality and rationality in our dreams!And then if we continue to be in that emotionally charged thinking-space and/or reminisce these vivid dreams again and again, we end up remembering them for a long time too.I know my theory is built on fragile grounds and its probably way too biased, but I think it has a good chance to be someday proven by Psychologists!Until then,Happy dreamin:)
Weird dreams on medicine?
Yes, it is. I have been prescribed Lexapro a month or so ago, and been having very odd, vivid dreams ever since. The dreams are quite realistic too, and I always end up awakening with the weirdest feeling ever. Can't say I don't enjoy them however.