Russ
Jedi Master
Today I woke up feeling drained, bored, uninterested in everything. I don't really know how to explain it, but it continued for quite a while. After about an hour of being awake, I remembered part of a dream I had during the night, and I realised that it could be the source of these unexplained feelings.
It was the kind of dream where I go around doing all sorts of things, and I don't really know what I'm doing, and nothing makes much sense, and yet it doesn't seem to bother me. Edit: I mean, it doesn't bother me in the dream, but its as if its storing feelings somewhere for when I wake up... its hard to explain.
It made me think about how often I am affected by my dreams. It seems some dreams can really affect how I feel during the day, much more than I realised. I noticed that theres two different types - ones that affect me subconsciously, such as the one I mentioned above, where I don't really remember many details about the dream, or remember it at all, but the dream has put me in a certain mood which is hard to shake off. The others are ones are more conscious, where I remember it well, and I can spend the day thinking about the events in them, or they remind me about events in my life. I knew about the second type quite well, and I am consciously aware of how much they can affect me, but I hadn't even known of the possibility of the first type until now. I wonder how much these have been affecting me without me knowing?
Does anyone have any thoughts on this, something which I am missing perhaps? I know that my dream may be caused by events in my life, but I am interested in how dreams can affect us without us knowing, can change our moods etc. I suppose this could be where the phrase "got out of the wrong side of the bed" came from. Hmm. Well, its interesting. Another thing is, I have noticed that other people seem to be feeling a similar way today too, which is also interesting.
It was the kind of dream where I go around doing all sorts of things, and I don't really know what I'm doing, and nothing makes much sense, and yet it doesn't seem to bother me. Edit: I mean, it doesn't bother me in the dream, but its as if its storing feelings somewhere for when I wake up... its hard to explain.
It made me think about how often I am affected by my dreams. It seems some dreams can really affect how I feel during the day, much more than I realised. I noticed that theres two different types - ones that affect me subconsciously, such as the one I mentioned above, where I don't really remember many details about the dream, or remember it at all, but the dream has put me in a certain mood which is hard to shake off. The others are ones are more conscious, where I remember it well, and I can spend the day thinking about the events in them, or they remind me about events in my life. I knew about the second type quite well, and I am consciously aware of how much they can affect me, but I hadn't even known of the possibility of the first type until now. I wonder how much these have been affecting me without me knowing?
Does anyone have any thoughts on this, something which I am missing perhaps? I know that my dream may be caused by events in my life, but I am interested in how dreams can affect us without us knowing, can change our moods etc. I suppose this could be where the phrase "got out of the wrong side of the bed" came from. Hmm. Well, its interesting. Another thing is, I have noticed that other people seem to be feeling a similar way today too, which is also interesting.