Are you afraid your dreams will come true?

No, no, no, no and no, although there might've been some yesses in there if you caught me at a (much) earlier age with above questions, Nyx !

I too have such a dreamcatcher overhead, originally purchased from a Native American maker. I think adding elements of white 'sleep-magic' contribute to healthy and positive sleep. Interior of our living space was created according to Feng Shui principles decades ago, another spirit tech gently directing minds, including our dream minds and relationships with the sleep dimension into a positive, benevolent direction. In my belief.

I think we should respect and appreciate our dreams, and try to remember and understand them, yet not be controlled by them, especially not toward being fearful of ominous portents. If a dream includes apparently bad stuff, one could take it as a welcome warning and for instance avoid future danger or break off with a concealed enemy. Also, lots of the potentially disconcerting dream content, like about dying and death and monsters chasing us imo can be interpreted in a highly positive way, stuff to learn from, with regard to oneself and our true connection to dream worlds.


purr

DON'T GO OVER TO THE DARK SIDE, HAL...

My personal answer (with how I dream in mind) would be: I'd worry what's wrong with me and self correct by self programming my dreams to be light and benevolent, and to the extent dark and sinister content yet may persist to be observant and wary of same during the dream. Much like I'd be observant and wary of bad actors crossing my path in daily (waking) life!

By the way, I suppose much "dark and sinister" stuff in dreams and life is relatively harmless, just an information format (to be used / discarded as needed). But then, if you'd enjoy it, why call it dark and sinister at all. Why not call it: enjoyable?

On the other hand, if you did recognize content as DARK/SINISTER, remarking on 'enjoying' it, haven't you already red-stamped that content as POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS and the positive emotional response as PROBABLY INCONGRUOUS. Outcome of which calculus comes to you formulating the correct answer to your own question.




purr

Ha, my fav blue is Costello Blue (does seem a bit on the heavy side for a late night snack!), HAL. To your question, I'm only well read up on sleep and dreaming, not on anesthesia, but the off the top of my head answer would be that unconsciousness is a deeper state than sleep: sleepers can be wakened (calling / shaking them), unconscious people cannot. I'm guessing that the mix of anesthetics putting you under does not allow for REM sleep, the dream phase.


purr

I wonder why the brain can give you a nightmare every so often to make one reluctant to sleep?

I seems your brain would only want friendly dreams only?

By Edison's Balls..!! Ya'all nailed it, positive dream control now within our reach!

First: (thank you HAL) lay off those delectable BLUE CHEESES (there really is something smelly coming out of Denmark) before entering sleep. If you wish to avoid dark dreams. Otherwise, enjoy!

Then enter your dreams handling Thomas Edison's steel balls (or if and when available MIT master's student Adam Horowitz hypnotically primed electrical glove) (somehow this didn't come out right, never mind) (both are experimental/invented devices for dream exploration), and when you wake up immediately report your dream experiences.

Answer to Nyx, why the brain sometimes produces nightmares. I think: to wake you up during an illnes / physical threat level where the body will benefit more from activity (like wandering through ones home at night looking for cheese left overs) than from remaining in prone position. Of course, not all our nightmares originate from the brain, some are more out of this world. Imo.

Sys, might I suggest here you're on a roll Sir...



purr

You are right purr, some nightmares are from out of this world.

If you want to go down the "rabbit hole", my wife and I had a similar dream which seemed a little strange.

On a very rare occasion, it seemed our dream foretold something that was going to happen.

Were we transmitting our thoughts to each other?

Is there a ESP between partners?