bp2go
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Post by bp2go on Mar 22, 2017 4:33:51 GMT -8
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Post by autumnmist on Mar 22, 2017 7:07:04 GMT -8
walkswithblackflies , have you lost someone in your family or circle of friends? After my mother and sister died, I began having vivid dreams, some so real that I thought they actually happened. That especially applied to hearing the phone ring, answering it, and hearing either my mother's or my sister's voice. I still occasionally have those, sometimes with other added noises. I think our subconscious minds are like vast internal wilderness as unknown as other parts of our universe. And emotions and close relationships might be at the center of that.
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Post by tigger on Mar 22, 2017 7:15:57 GMT -8
I was pre-abducted by my children. I haven't had a decent sex life ever since. Funny how that works...
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crawford
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Post by crawford on Mar 22, 2017 10:45:50 GMT -8
tigger I find that hard to believe. As stylish as your profile picture is, I can't believe women (and polar bears) can keep their hands (paws) off you. You Sir, are rapidly becoming my hero.
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whistlepunk
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Post by whistlepunk on Mar 22, 2017 11:07:13 GMT -8
da da da DUH DUHHHHHHHHHHH All of a sudden I have a yearning for a heaping plate of mashed potatoes...
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walkswithblackflies
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Mar 22, 2017 11:48:25 GMT -8
My "episodes" tend to occur in clusters. I've never been able to determine a single cause/factor. A deceased friend did appear in one, but it was years after his death. Two interesting notes: My first episode was a classic "demon sitting on the chest". Scared the bejezzus outta me, but I awoke immediately. The cause of this one is a no-brainer: It was Halloween, and I fell asleep on the couch. On the TV was some show about the haunted Leap Castle in Ireland. The show was telling the story of some woman in the early 1900's who was dabbling in the black arts, when she accidentally summoned an Elemental. From her journal: " I was standing in the Gallery looking down at the main floor, when I felt somebody put a hand on my shoulder. The thing was about the size of a sheep. Thin guanting shadowy... it's face was human, to be more accurate inhuman. Its lust in its eyes which seemed half decomposed in black cavities stared into mine. The horrible smell one hundred times intensified came up into my face, giving me a deadly nausea. It was the smell of a decomposing corpse." That's what I awoke to sitting on my chest. Good times, good times. My most intense episode started as extremely vivid dream. In it, a friend who died a year or two previous, came to me and said "You have to follow me, but you're not going to like this". The vivid dream continued for about 15 minutes (dream-time). Then I woke up. But I couldn't move. Or speak. Or breathe*. I thought I was having a stroke. I was finally able to wiggle my pinky finger. The exact moment my finger moved, I shot straight up in bed, gasping for air. I was so distraught I missed a half day of work. Since then, I (most often) realize when I'm having an episode, and they haven't been scary. * From what I've researched, "victims" are actually breathing fine... it's just a perception of not being able to breathe.
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Post by autumnmist on Mar 22, 2017 12:02:37 GMT -8
walkswithblackflies, I have a feeling you're not alone in experiencing these unsettling dreams/nightmares. No question but that they're very, very upsetting. Just out of curiosity, you don't take Ambien do you? It's noted for producing vivid and unsettling dreams. I've also found that most of the dreams occurred the week before or the week of my sister's and my mother's deaths. Or maybe TV is the cause or the dreams? Some programs are very, very unsettling.
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walkswithblackflies
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Mar 22, 2017 12:26:01 GMT -8
No Ambien or other drugs. I'm actually a fantastic sleeper.
Some of my vivid dreams, lucid dreams, and sleep-state hallucinations have ranged from annoying to terrifying. But on the flip side, many range from absolutely fantastic to somewhat life-altering. Now that I'm able to recognize when I'm in that state, the scary ones are less frequent... probably because fear and stress don't enter into them. I could say I even look forward to having more vivid dreams.
Were you aware that your mother and sister were dying, and the stress could have caused your dreams? Or was it more of a premonition?
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Post by autumnmist on Mar 22, 2017 13:55:53 GMT -8
walkswithblackflies , my mother died suddenly, but she was in her 80's. We just weren't expecting it at that time. so it was a total shock. My sister was dying a lot longer before I realized it b/c she kept the metastasis of her cancer secret and was telling us that she was stable or getting better. Dumb me - I should have contacted her doctor b/c it was a shock when her oncologist called with the dire prediction. The next 6 months were ones of slowly deteriorating. It was very stressful for my father and me as we felt soooo helpless; there literally was nothing anyone could do at that point, although we really didn't give up hope until about the last week. I didn't really have any premonitions for either death; I was actually in total denial of my sister's condition, and I think in retrospect that my failure to recognize that, as well as to learn more about caregiving for both my mother and sister, are the primary factors in the guilt dreams I've had. I used to have gut wrenching nightmares that my sister was still alive and told me she was leaving her home to find another caregiver because I wasn't taking good enough care of her. Those nightmares were really, really upsetting. It's significant that I used to get sick about the time of their birthdays as well. But I do think those last 6 months of my sister's life were the basis for the dreams and nightmares for years afterward. Nerves and anxiety can drive a person to distraction. bp2go , I think your expertise as a forum creator and administrator has reached outer space. Perhaps you'll be the first person to create an intergalactic forum? Be sure to ask the aliens if they have wilderness areas for backpacking on their planet!
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Post by franco on Mar 22, 2017 16:25:54 GMT -8
If anyone here has played Deus Ex (a video game...) I just finished playing (again) The Nameless Mod which is a spoof of Deus Ex involving forums/moderators and aliens. ( the moderators are a kind of God in the game...) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nameless_ModIt's a free game but you need to have Deus Ex installed.
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Post by autumnmist on Mar 23, 2017 8:32:39 GMT -8
franco, I'm just at a basic solitaire level of game playing!
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Post by ChefG on Mar 25, 2017 12:48:39 GMT -8
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Post by reuben on Mar 25, 2017 13:49:24 GMT -8
Hmmm... maybe more like the Death Star.
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Post by Crockett on Mar 29, 2017 6:12:21 GMT -8
I'm willing to be abducted. I love adventures! Don't forget to bring a towel Douglas Adams “A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (such a mind-boggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.” ― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Post by Crockett on Mar 29, 2017 6:19:48 GMT -8
franco, I'm just at a basic solitaire level of game playing! A deck of cards should always be part of your wilderness survival kit. If you ever get lost, autumnmist, just pull out your cards and start to play Solitaire - before long someone will come along and tell you to put that red seven on the black eight and you will be rescued!
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