I’ve been having really odd dreams lately. By odd I mean they’ve become very detailed.
As far back as I can remember, my dreams have always been a bit complex in their makeup. However, they tend to be blurry on the overall details. One or two items of focus can be detailed but the overall feel of the dream is always out of focus w/that surreal dreamy quality. Even in sleep I’ve always known I was dreaming.
Lately, some of my dreams have been so real, so detailed, I forget I’m dreaming. Even the erotic ones. (No, we won’t go there) Not all of them just one or two every so often. Knowing a bit about dreams and there purpose, I’m at a loss for the sudden change. I mean the brain uses our dreams as a sort of clearing house of all the random thoughts, worries, desires, etc floating about in our conscious and subconscious mind. I’m perplexed as to what could have happened in my own life to warrant such a change. While my schedule is a bit busy as of late, life is relatively calm compared to late last year during the breakup and moving fiasco.
Is it something that changes w/age? I can’t recall anyone ever mentioning more detailed dreams as they age.
In addition to the spiritual aspect of dreams, I’ve also been considering the possibility that they’re the brain’s way of defragging all that stored data when it’s not so busy processing it all during our waking lives. As more and more data space is used as we get older, more and more ‘bits’ need to be shuffled around and optimized. Just my 2 cents…
I dream all the time.. and I have the same re-occuring dreams over periods of time. I am even able to go back to sleep and pick up where I left off if I don’t wake up too much… I often dream of a City which is mainly parts of S.F. all jumbled up together with other various streets in my life(I worked on the same street for 20 years) and It is very detailed – I also dream an answer to a question in real life -It appears in a book and if I can read teh book without focusing – I will remember the answer.