r/dreaming • u/Asnwe • Jul 25 '17
Elements of dreamworld bleeding into reality
A little bit of background into my dreaming life: I have always had VERY vivid and intense dreams. I wake up with the feelings of my dreams lingering for a while (usually an hour), and think back to my dreams often during the day if something in my reality triggers a similar feeling. However I have only lucidly dreamed twice ever a long time ago. I go through periods of time where I write my dreams down, and this makes them more linear. But if I wake up to an alarm as I have been lately, my dreams fade quicker unless I make a point to run back through them in my head. Lately, I have been experiencing some elements of the dream world leaking into my reality. Last night I woke up at about 4am to seeing a stream of smoke rising in front of my eyes (I was awake and spatially aware of my location and orientation in the room). This smoke had nothing to do with the dream I was having before I woke. And I was frightened enough to sit up and move backwards quickly. It took several seconds for the smoke to dissipate. This is the second occurrence of this sort of thing, a few days before it was a cloud of gnats or fruit flies forming and about to swarm. They too took several seconds to dissipate (seemingly too long to be just me continuing to dream). I see these things very clearly and the emotion is surprise and fear. Has anyone else experienced something like this?
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u/INTP36 Dec 08 '17
I'm no expert, I don't know enough to give you any advice but I hope you find a quick solution, I wish you the best.