Dreams

Perhaps I am a little odd ........... perhaps I don't realise that maybe everyone dreams in the same way ... or maybe not everyone, possibly just a few ? None of us ever really know how another person views their dreams.


I consider myself quite lucky. I dream in "Movie picture motion". I can actually DIRECT most of my dreams ! On some nights I feel as though I have not slept as I have been "busy" directing my dreams .... yes I know it sounds silly but seriously it happens. I can't choose the start of a dream, but once in full flow I can manipulate the dream to prevent it becoming a nightmare or sometimes, just to make it flow. 


I don't really know how long I have been able to do this for - but it seems like it has been all my life. More importantly, when the children were younger and had the occasional nightmare I think I may have helped teach them how to do this ..... so they could get themselves out of their nightmare. I advised them to choose an animal that could jump into their dream and rescue them - I always had 2 animals - a white stallion (no surprises there) and my tiger - Esso ! This always worked for me when younger - I have no need for them now but I know this worked for the kids too - Jess tells me to this day that she still "has" her animal!


I have only ever had a handful of nightmares in my life, 3 of which I still remember even though they were all many years ago (one I thought would make a great horror/action/mediaeval adventure movie - once I stopped it from being a nightmare it panned out that well in my imagination!). But for the majority of the time I make my dreams good ones. What I am finding as I get older is that I am tending to "dream" less - when my head hits the pillow I am out and just asleep, if I am dreaming then I no longer recall those dreams.


 I actually find that sad ... as I am, by nature a dreamer ... and always looked forward to my dreams.


So what about you .......... do you dream in black and white? In colour? Like a film or just bits and bobs randomly put together? And - - can you too, direct your dreams ?????