I often wake up in the middle of really pleasant dreams, and want to go back to sleep and continue them. Is this possible?
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Yes, get really really tired first.  Then get out a pen, and visualize what you want to dream about.  Draw it out on the page, maybe even narrate it, write a story about it.  Just pretend you are there.  Do not watch TV, or Listen to radio or anything.  Just go right to sleep.  This is what works for me.
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yes ive had dreams that have come true just because your body is asleep doesnt mean your soul and spirit are. Dreams are a spiritual way of telling us things when our bodies and thoughts are to busy to concentrate on things that may endanger us or make us happy.
81372
I know exactly what you are talking about... I seem to be conscious, yet I cannot move... I see everything that's around me in the dark room, my eyes seem to be open, but are they ?   .. how long this lasts, I dont know, but I'm conscious enough to say to myself, "this is just a dream, its going to go away"\nIt has happened several times to me to be dreaming especially about flying and saying to myself, "When I wake up, this is what I'll do to be able to leave the ground, its so easy" \nOr to dream about places I've never been to in real life, but to which I go back often in my dreams.  Dreams are weird things but without them we would not be able to live.  I'm only surmising this, but I wonder if its not the brain winding down after so much activity during the day.
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There is no way of controlling dreams.  Dreams only occur in deep REM when you are very relxed, and they could originate from what you ate, are worried about, etc.
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I always find dreams really interesting.  In my dreams are events and scenarios that I could never think of on my own.  I kind of like the lack of logic in dreams. So, dreams interest me a lot, too.  I always pick up any article or whatever that I see about dreams.  From what I've read, dreams are your subconscious trying to work out your problems, and in extreme cases they help people move on from tragedies, because it helps them deal.  That's cool that you're conscious in your dreams.  That never happens to me but I do know people that could relate to you that way.  You can probably learn a lot from yourself by controlling your dreams
65753
I would wish for me to wake up and it all just be a bad dream.\n:)
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I also used to dream a lot, its all because i think too much. So i will no sleep if i dont feel like to, trying to make myself tired(watch tv, play games etc) then go to bed. So that i got no time to think about other stuff.
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you cannot really control dreams, if you are dreaming then your brain is working, you are not resting properly. if you dont remember your dreams chances are you didnt have one and you rested well.  dreams are said to mean things, i am not sure about this, but they come from your subconsious
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OK, first things first. You might very well, especially if you're having colorful dreams, be a somnambulist. If you're taking anything like Lunestra or Ambien, get off of it. The latest in sleep medications have been increasing sleepwalking and generally higher levels of activity while asleep. \n\nAs for increasing dream control, I find it is useful to begin your dream early. Practice your visualisation skills. Since you seem to dream about walking in the woods a lot, you may begin your night's rest by picturing yourself in these woods. You'll fall asleep eventually, but when you do, the dream you began will likely continue once you hit REM sleep. Over time, even on the nights you don't realise you're dreaming (although you usually will, especially if you plant a signal like someone else suggested), your control of yourself in your dreams will increase thanks to the visualisation practice.
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I have a ton of recurring dreams. none of them are particularly frighting or happy. I have dreams that really happen. I've had dreams about buildings, haveing never even been in the same state as that building, and later i have moved there and been in that building and known exactly how to get around in it, because its all so familiar.\n\nOr i might dream about a town or neighborhood, and years later be driving some where and see it for the first time, and even reconize the people. \n\nmy favorite dreams are the ones that mean nothing in real life. The ones that dont actually happen later, (trust me, even after two decades it starts to get creepy) like where iam flying, or being chased by people and iam so fast and strong that i get away with little effort. \n\nDreams can be very important things. More than just keeping us busy while we're asleep. :)
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if u meant the dreams that u had while u were sleeping,no,it wont come true..sometimes we had this thing called deja-vu,but are the deja-vus happen to all of our dreams?no..what we will dream tonite,even if it happens to be true,it will not be the entire dream..\n\nif u mean hope n wish,then u must work hard to achieve it..even if it does not come true,than at least u have something to learn from ur hardwork..
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I tend to dream about whatever I'm thinking about as I fall asleep.  Try focusing on anything else -- the future, a happy memory, even a math problem.  Hope that helps!
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It depends. Sometimes my dreams have a steady theme, sometiems they start out as one thing and turn to something else.
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yes you will have dreams.  And being able to function is something that I think you will be able to do.  Asking the question is a step in the right direction.  The next thing will be to find out what you can do.
536593
Damn, wake myself up.\nGuess it all depends on whether you know it's a dream or not.
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Yes you can. Try to figure out what it is that might be wearing heavy on your mind. Dreams and sleep-talking are a subconsious vent. You could see if you can tape what your saying and make sense out of it. I myself talk in my sleep, and let me tell you, i'm an honest sleep-talker. (trouble) But, hopefully, you will talk to a "shrink" or even a therapist to determine why your talking in your sleep. I know the feeling of going to bed and wondering if i'm going to tell a story to my girl in the middle of the night. And just for the sake of saying this, don't go to the club with your buddies and tell your girl that you had to work. she was waiting for me to get up and diascuss my "conversation" that i had with her. (we're good now though)
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I don't think dream control is possible. I dream A LOT and have very vivid dreams. But they are totally random and sometimes, don't make any sense. If it is possible to have control, I think by now I would have it! A good example is a nightmare. Sometimes I wake up so scared and hope that the dream doesn't start over....but it does!