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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2013 21:12:21 GMT
I dream so much that the night is never long enough for all of the things that happen.
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Post by spindrift1 on Jun 1, 2013 21:32:35 GMT
Lucky you. I think it's better to dream than not to dream. You seem to have deep normal sleep uninfluenced by the taking of medications of any kind.
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Post by htmb on Jun 2, 2013 0:05:44 GMT
Many of my dreams are barometers of my mental health at the moment. My naked water dream was very reaffirming in ony a way I would understand. It was the calmness experienced while being totally exposed that caught my attention. For me personally, that means a sense of confidence, even though there is (work) chaos all around me. It was a good dream.
Of course, a couple of weeks ago I dreamed I was riding a bus in London with my mother (who has been dead for over 20 years) and she looked at me and said "This was a big mistake." That was during my "why am I going to London" week.
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Post by spindrift1 on Jun 2, 2013 8:27:25 GMT
Oh, that's an alarming dream. I hope you won't cancel London!
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Post by rikita on Jun 2, 2013 9:22:33 GMT
i often have strange dreams... right now i cant remember any recent ones well enough though - ah but the other day i dreamt that we have a lot of guests, and then more guests arrive, which turn out to be mr. r's relatives, including his mom (who has passed away over a year ago)... that wasn't that strange though i guess...
generally, i feel very exhausted in the mornings lately - strangely more so than during the first few months with baby... i guess in part that has to do with that we bring her to bed earlier than we go to sleep now - but of course we can't get up later than her...
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Post by htmb on Jun 2, 2013 12:15:57 GMT
Years ago, just out of college, I worked as a sheriffs deputy in the communications department while waiting to attend the police academy. I used to have the strangest dreams and often felt like I had worked my job shifts twice: once while awake and a second time while asleep. As a dispatcher I had to know where every officer was located within a huge county area, direct each to a location as calls came in, and send backup as needed. All voice transmissions were recorded, while I also had to type all transmissions onto a log sheet using an electric typewriter. It was a high energy, highly active job where anything could happen at any moment. The fact that I was only the second female hired in the history of the department didn't make my job any easier. So, in my dreams I'm sure I talked out loud, telling officers where to go. I shifted papers, typed, questioned, evaluated, located, changed out log-sheets, got teased, got yelled at, and then woke up and went to work. (I also dreamed of some of the crime scene photos I saw; photos I can still picture in my mind. That was the bad part of the job) While I would not want to do that job now, Thinking about it, my job and dreams now are pretty similar.
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Post by spindrift1 on Jun 3, 2013 22:05:25 GMT
Phew - you expend so much energy.....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2013 18:44:45 GMT
Many of my dreams are barometers of my mental health at the moment. My naked water dream was very reaffirming in ony a way I would understand. It was the calmness experienced while being totally exposed that caught my attention. For me personally, that means a sense of confidence, even though there is (work) chaos all around me. It was a good dream. Of course, a couple of weeks ago I dreamed I was riding a bus in London with my mother (who has been dead for over 20 years) and she looked at me and said "This was a big mistake." That was during my "why am I going to London" week. Ditto here HTMB. I used to have wonderful dreams, hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, things that were part of my natural subconscious. That changed over a period of time of fear and anxiety, anger and angst that descended on me and the lack of control one has over one's dreams and subconscious. I was amazed at the startling change in how I slept, dreamed, and felt upon awakening. All that has slowly subsided over time with a much more peaceful calm. Occasionally I do take Melatonin when I'm particularly sleepless and it does help.
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Post by htmb on Aug 13, 2013 21:48:51 GMT
I had forgotten I'd written about that dream and am glad going to London turned out okay. It's good your dreams are becoming more peaceful again, Casimira.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2013 22:11:27 GMT
ME TOO. GRAZIE
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Post by Kimby on Sept 10, 2013 17:33:31 GMT
I don't dream as much as I'd like, and I have trouble remembering my dreams for more than a split second when I awake.
Last night I had my first dream that featured Mom without Dad. But I rarely dream of my parents. I've only had one dream about Dad since he died, the night before what would have been his 91st birthday....
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Post by rikita on Sept 11, 2013 8:17:20 GMT
what i find interesting is how sleeping habits adapt. agnes wakes up a lot more than when she was little, but i am getting better and better at dealing with this. she sleeps in my bed most of the night - sometimes i plan to put her back to her bed, but often i am asleep again before she is done drinking. actually, sometimes i just realize later on she is in my bed without even remembering picking her up. mr. r. on the other hand, wakes up when she complains and can't go back to sleep - and he also told me that he hears me speak to her one second and snore the next second ...
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Post by tod2 on Sept 11, 2013 17:15:00 GMT
Oh yes Rikita, they do wake up more as they grow older. You must be ahead of this situation if possible. Make sure she goes to bed at the exact same time every night. Routine is the key. Please, please I beg you - stop putting her in your bed. You are making an iron rod for your back as she gets older. Rather give her a cuddly toy to snuggle with her bottle. Even sit with her reading a story softly until she's asleep. Her tummy must be full so she will sleep through the night ....that means food that takes ages to digest such as protein. Children adore routine and to know whats coming next. It makes them feel safe. I wish you lots and lots of luck Rikita as you and Mr.R progress through these stages of up bringing
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2013 5:38:30 GMT
I slept 8 hours last night for the first time in months. Usually I sleep about 5 or 6 hours.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2013 4:36:09 GMT
My dreams have been intense and bizarre for the last week or so. One recurring dream is that I have been called back to work to "help out" for a month. I never actually seem to work, though, just wandering from office to office to chat with the other employees, most of whom have also left the company in real life but not in the dream world.
However, in a totally different theme, I had another dream in which I bought slippers for the devil, who was living next door in disguise. The gift was just an excuse to make contact.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2013 14:07:05 GMT
Slippers for the Devil. A great title for your autobiography?
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Post by lagatta on Sept 21, 2013 9:26:04 GMT
I had another really wild dream the night before last; I was returning on a boat from Europe (I have never taken an ocean longer or been on any significant cruise) and found myself in the water near shore. Not clear whether there had been a shipwreck or if I had simply fallen in the water or been pushed. I was able to reach shore but had lost all my personal effects including my passport and personal effects, so I had to sneak into my own country.
Dreams often collapse distances between countries and continents, so I also found myself back in France, having to climb up a tall ladder to the window above a great door to access where I had stayed just before my departure to fetch something I needed for identification. I was very high but don't remember having to jump or climb down, though the room did feature bookcases from floor to ceiling that could have been used in such a way.
Once again today, I have early morning insomnia (which I hate), but I'm getting sleepy again and fortunately can have another couple hours of sleep.
Yes, computers and books are not supposed to be good for insomnia, but sometimes when I have disturbing dreams I need to really wake up and experience reality, then usually I can drift back to sleep, if I don't have to be up very early in the morning (I'm an early riser in any event).
I confess I'm also feeling a bit lonely and mostly very concerned as a friend will be moving at least part of the year to another country to be with a lover, and I'm terribly worried that it is a big mistake and that she is being taken advantage of. And no, i'm not jealous or possessive about her being away - it is far more because of an unfortunate relationship in my own past (20 years ago) and because I am not alone in worrying about this friend and the beau...
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Post by htmb on Sept 22, 2013 1:08:47 GMT
I hope tonight's sleep is less stressful, Lagatta.
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Post by mossie on Sept 22, 2013 18:29:22 GMT
What I need is a good night's sleep. Because of my new hip I am obliged to sleep on my back while I have always slept on my side. Despite having all the pillows and a small bolster under my knees, I wake several times with very stiff legs and a burning sensation in my heel. Any ideas for a cure anyone ?? And I don't mean a revolver
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Post by htmb on Sept 22, 2013 18:53:23 GMT
Oh, that's the pits, Mossie. Will you always need to sleep on your back, or will that change once your hip has sufficiently healed?
There have been times when I've had to sleep on my back for various reasons and I've found the need for more than a "small bolster" behind my knees. Something more like two thick pillows worked better for me.
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Post by mossie on Sept 23, 2013 8:44:55 GMT
Thanks, I sometimes find I have drawn my knees up higher. The whole thing is a PITA as I cannot drive for 6 weeks, nor bend at the waist more than 90 degrees, nor cross my legs. The fear is that the tin socket will dislocate . The time question is a bridge I will cross when I see the insultant at about 6 weeks.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2013 8:53:19 GMT
You should have a tap dance routine ready by then.
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Post by rikita on Sept 26, 2013 21:45:42 GMT
Oh yes Rikita, they do wake up more as they grow older. You must be ahead of this situation if possible. Make sure she goes to bed at the exact same time every night. Routine is the key. Please, please I beg you - stop putting her in your bed. You are making an iron rod for your back as she gets older. Rather give her a cuddly toy to snuggle with her bottle. Even sit with her reading a story softly until she's asleep. Her tummy must be full so she will sleep through the night ....that means food that takes ages to digest such as protein. Children adore routine and to know whats coming next. It makes them feel safe. I wish you lots and lots of luck Rikita as you and Mr.R progress through these stages of up bringing well, i am a bit into the co-sleeping philosophy, though i will see how it goes. according to a lot of texts most children want to go into their own bed at some point ... if not, i will work on it when the time is there ... she doesn't get a bottle btw, i just breast feed still pretty much full time (she gets some solids too, but isn't impressed by them yet), so in bed is really most convenient ... from the things i read, there are basically various approaches, and the long term breast feeding, baby-wearing, co-sleeping way appeals to me more so far... even though before she was there i didn't even think that would be my way that much ...
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Post by fgrsk8r1970 on Dec 11, 2013 14:25:34 GMT
I didn't know where to post this and it was just too funny not to post it anywhere and I have to hurry before I forget. So I don't know if this dream was brought on by our upcoming trip to Paris AND the stress with my hubby's health but here it goes… So I dreamed that a GF of mine found a french posting about a newspaper clip collection of ABBA… just a short one … 2 pages and she says, the person who wrote it calls himself Kerouac - so I am all "WHAT?? that's the guy from the forum I mentioned that gave me so may ideas for things to do in Paris (I guess something in the style of the posting confirmed this as it was never in question which Kerouac it was)". So it's like a Blog/website you did Kerouac (come on… you can tell the truth now ha ha ha) and I am thinking DANG, I have binders and binders of old German BRAVO clippings and more of ABBA in my dads house in Germany. I was so bummed because I wanted to add on to your report but obviously didn't have anything to scan in. So all of a sudden I was sitting in a pub and Kerouac was there BUT - I never saw your face ha ha ha…. I just knew you were there and I lit two candles and said in french "Happy second Advent" … the candles were just red… you know traditional advent candles but when I put the second one down it was a horse shape and the wick was right under the horses neck and I said… that's a weird design - the horses head will be melted off here in a second and then there is no use for the rest of this candle….. AND… then I woke up !!! OK… psycho analysis??? LOLOL…. I have NO IDEA where this came from !!!! Happy Wednesday
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Post by tod2 on Dec 11, 2013 17:16:21 GMT
fgrsk... Our brains are such incredible pieces of human tissue that it will take a very long time for the experts to analyze our brain waves and brain electricity. Many years ago my mom told me a dream only took seconds in actual time. My dreams seem to repeat themselves over and over....
A few weeks ago I started speaking while asleep. Try asking a husband what I said! "Grrrfff! aorrrryoncey....nodskindat foreeshkin snork sheeshstod" Dont' bother.... let me start again.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2013 18:53:19 GMT
On top of that, I know practically nothing about Abba. ;D
The annual Paris horse convention ended last weekend...
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Post by fgrsk8r1970 on Dec 11, 2013 19:01:17 GMT
Ha ha ha… maybe that's the message - I NEED to educate you about ABBA LOL Tod - that is hilarious …. just don't spill any deep dark secrets !
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2014 21:02:13 GMT
With all the excitement around this new forum, I'm finding it difficult to go to sleep. I TOSS AND TURN WITH THOUGHTS OF NEW THREADS AND POSTS and I don't want to fall asleep at the computer. HELP! What an amazing time that was!
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Post by lagatta on Apr 29, 2014 0:44:41 GMT
Mossie, I assume you can sleep in your preferred position now.
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Post by mossie on Apr 30, 2014 14:02:21 GMT
Thanks Lagatta, the restrictions on position only lasted a few weeks after the operation.
Now I need someone to assume the preferred position with.
I'll rush off for my coat.
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