Types of Dreams

[magonia]

Daydreaming is classified as a level of consciousness between sleep and wakefulness. Studies show that you have the tendency to daydream an average of 70-120 minutes a day. It occurs during waking hours when you let your imagination carry you away. As your mind begins to wander and your level of awareness decreases, you lose yourself in your imagined scenario and fantasy.

False Awakening Dreams

Have you ever thought you have waken up and gone about your daily morning routine: getting up, brushing your teeth, eating breakfast and going to work, only to wake up "again" and realize that what just happened is just a dream. That sensation is referred to as a false awakening.


Lucid Dreams

Lucid dreams occur when you realize you are dreaming. "Wait a second. This is only a dream!" Most dreamers wake themselves up once they realize that they are dreaming. Other dreamers have cultivated the skill to remain in the lucid state of dreaming. They become an active participant in their own dreams, making decisions in their dreams and influencing the dream's outcome without awakening. Click here for a more in depth look at lucid dreams.

Nightmares

A nightmare is a disturbing dream that causes you to wake up feeling anxious and frightened. Nightmares may be a response to real life trauma and situations. These type of nightmares fall under a special category called Post-traumatic Stress Nightmare (PSN). Nightmares may also occur because you have ignored or refused to accept a particular life situation. Research shows that most people who have regular nightmares have a family history of psychiatric problems, are involved in a rocky relationship or have had bad drug experiences. These people may have also contemplated suicide. Nightmares are an indication of a fear that needs to be acknowledged and confronted. It is a way for the subconscious to wake up and take notice. "Pay attention!"

Recurring Dreams

Recurring dreams repeat themselves with little variation in story or theme. These dreams may be positive, but most often they are nightmarish in content. Dreams may recur because a conflict depicted in the dream remains unresolved or ignored. Once you find a resolution to the problem, your recurring dreams will cease.

Healing Dreams

Healing dreams serve as messages for the dreamer in regards to their health. The Ancient Greeks called these dreams "prodromic". Many dream experts believe that dreams can help in avoiding potential health problems and healing when you are ill or when you are grieving. Research shows that asthma and migraine sufferers have certain types of dreams before an attack. Your bodies are able to communicate to your mind through dreams. The dreams can "tell" you that something is not quite right with your bodies even before any physical symptoms show up. Dreams of this nature may be telling the dreamer that he or she needs to go to the dentist or doctor. If you can understand the language of dreams, your dreams will serve as an invaluable early warning system. They can help inform, advise and heal.

Prophetic Dreams

Prophetic dreams, also referred to as precognitive or psychic dreams, are dreams that seemingly foretell the future. One rational theory to explain this phenomenon is that your dreaming mind is able to piece together bits of information and observation that you may normally overlook or that you do not seriously consider. In other words, your unconscious mind knows what is coming before you consciously piece together the same information.

Signal Dreams

Signal dreams help you how to solve problems or make decisions in your waking life.

Epic Dreams

Epic dreams (also referred to as Great Dreams, Cosmic Dreams or Numinous Dreams) are so huge, so compelling, and so vivid that you cannot ignore them. The details of such dreams remain with you for years, as if you just dreamt it last night. These dreams possess much beauty and contain many archetypal symbology. When you wake up from such a dream, you feel that you have discovered something profound or amazing about yourself or about the world. It feels like a life-changing experience.

Progressive Dreams

Progressive dreams occur when you have a sequence of dreams that continue over a period of nights. The dream continues where you left off the previous night. Such dreams are problem-solving dreams and help to explore different options and various approaches to a problem, situation or relationship.

Mutual Dreams

Mutual dreams are described as such when two people have the same dream. Mutual dreams may be planned, meaning that two people actively work toward achieving one dream scenario or goal. It is a way to improve communication and build trust. Mutual dreams can also be spontaneous. You find out that a friend, a significant other, faraway relative, or someone has had the same dream on the same night as you. Not much study has gone into the phenomenon of mutual dreams, but there is a very strong bond that exist between these two people.

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[LucidDreams]

I've had them all except: Mutual Dreams - seriously, how would you really know? Signal Dreams - not sure I understand what they are. And Healing Dreams - don't recall ever really healing in a dream. False awakening dreams, I sometimes have 3-4 of in the same morning. Progressive dreams I usually have when I wake up to go to the bathroom, then go back to sleep. But I have only a few times in my life continued from one night to the next. Precognitive, I've had my fair share of. Recurring, there's one dream I'm guaranteed to have once or twice a year. When I was young I used to have another too, but not since elementary school. Epic, at least a half dozen a year. The "Pandora super-storm" one I just had qualifies, and one about a giant "World Tree" a few months back (that one was insanely vivid). Nightmares, very rare, only a few my entire life. Lucid- half of them, at some juncture. Thanks for posting...

[sentienne]

I've never had the same dream twice, but I have recurring theme dreams quite often.. whales, orca, sharks, dolphins, and LARGE bodies of water.. breathing under water.. floods.. and also houses... I dream of houses OFTEN..

I do not lucid, mutual, false awaken, or progressive dream. I often know that I'm dreaming and ride out the dream to see where it goes. I tend to "travel" a lot in my dreams.. to other times/realities/dimensions/lives. I love the meaning and wonder of dreams.

This is a lovely reference, thank you. <3

[overflow88]

I experienced a strange thing recently related to dreaming. Basically I became lucid during a dream, I opened my eyes (in real life) and the dream scenery faded and I just saw the room I was sleeping in. But then I shut my eyes and the dream continued. So it was like I was awake but still dreaming, knowing that I could end the dream at any time simply by opening my eyes. This is something I had never been able to do before. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?

[Lucypur]

You should learn about the different levels consciousness.

• Beta: rapid brain waves, mind over matter; the continuum between consciousness and matter.
• Alpha: relaxed, relaxing brain waves; empathic sensitivity, psychometry, blind sensing, intuition.
• Theta: REM brainwaves, telepathy, empathic dreams, empathic hearing.
• Delta: profoundly slow, deep brain waves, empathic source, empathic seeing (clairvoyance).
• Gamma: pure consciousness as unified field effect, precognition, retrocognition.

if you want to learn about the different levels. mysilentecho.com is a wonderful website.

[LucidDreams]

Has anyone else experienced anything like this?

Yes, like that, but it's impossible to tell if it's exactly the same thing. If/when it ever happens to you again, instead of closing your eyes, get up and walk around your house. Examine the small details underneath the surface, like names/numbers in your address books, the digits on any analog clock you may have, etc... Then go for a walk. One of two things will happen to me. Either I really will be awake, and pull some elements from the dream realm into mine for a brief moment. This can result in "hallucinations", some of which may be frightening. Or once you start looking more closely at things/get further away from your bed, things warp, and you realize you're not really awake. Er... at least not in this realm. And if you have the presence of mind, when you get out of bed turn around to look and see if you're still there.

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I'm massive on dreams been interpreting my own for years. used to get night terrors know why now, I've had all of those types of dreams, but even a medium told me dreams are the key to my gifts, it's where I learn, thanks so much for sharing this info, it's helped me alot.

lv chel
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[cerise333]

wow this thread is freakin awesome ^-^!!! thank you so much for the information I think so far I've had all of those types of dreams, but the ones I have more commonly or have had recently (over a year or so...) would be: signal dreams, healing dreams, lucid dreams, prophetic (or what I think they are not sure if they are just signaling although they might be a convo of both), a LOT of epic dreams =) and mutual dreams (with very few people and very rare though) and a few progressive here and there mixed with some other repetitive as well.

[cerise333]

I've had them all except: Mutual Dreams - seriously, how would you really know?

I had one mutual dream with a friend a while ago, he told me the next day, "hey I dreamt about you you were in this place...doing this... I had to talk to you because there were kids around...balblabla" all of it was exactly the same I dreamt of the night before and I was taken aback, then second mutual dream I had with the same person, he said: "I dreamt you told me you were dead" ... I had dreamt I told him I was dead the night before and the conversation was exactly what I had dreamt of just the same of what he dreamt of ... so I don't know but we definitely had at least two mutual dreams.

[Lucypur]

I had a dream where I saw a spider come out of an arm.
Does anyone know what that could mean?

[overflow88]

If you really want to improve dream recall, try taking B-complex vitamins before going to sleep. I do this, and I wake up remembering like 4-5 different dreams in vivid detail.


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