This really hits home for me. Growing up, I used to dream very vividly as well, even to the point of lucidly being able to control and end my dreams at will. That later skill was a product of necessity because my nightmares were extremely vivid as well, to the point that I would half-pray to whatever force watched over me to prevent such…
This really hits home for me. Growing up, I used to dream very vividly as well, even to the point of lucidly being able to control and end my dreams at will. That later skill was a product of necessity because my nightmares were extremely vivid as well, to the point that I would half-pray to whatever force watched over me to prevent such awful dreams from visiting me each night. Whether that worked, I can't say. But I know that as I got older, the lucidity dissipated. I stopped being able to manipulate my dreams first, and then, the dreams themselves started becoming rarer and rarer in general. Anymore, I'll wake up and know that I've dreamed, but the details will almost immediately be foggy. It's a trade-off, I suppose - I sleep far better now than I did as a child or a teen. But there really is something to be missed there and I sometimes wonder if I could have kept one without giving up the other.
This really hits home for me. Growing up, I used to dream very vividly as well, even to the point of lucidly being able to control and end my dreams at will. That later skill was a product of necessity because my nightmares were extremely vivid as well, to the point that I would half-pray to whatever force watched over me to prevent such awful dreams from visiting me each night. Whether that worked, I can't say. But I know that as I got older, the lucidity dissipated. I stopped being able to manipulate my dreams first, and then, the dreams themselves started becoming rarer and rarer in general. Anymore, I'll wake up and know that I've dreamed, but the details will almost immediately be foggy. It's a trade-off, I suppose - I sleep far better now than I did as a child or a teen. But there really is something to be missed there and I sometimes wonder if I could have kept one without giving up the other.