Dreams · 5:55pm Jan 28th, 2017
Do any of you get that dream when you take a nap while browsing Fimfiction, where a chapter appears in our Tracking, and you get excited, but then you wake up and nothing's there?
Or when you know you've been napping and go to check the time, but you only remember to check it when you're in the dream world? (Which usually seems like a reasonable time, if not correct.)
Or that one very convincingly real dream where you're actually a pony that never seems to last more than five seconds, so you can't actually enjoy it lucidly?
I never get nightmares - I just get those kinds of dreams that are just incredibly frustrating just for the simple fact that they were dreams and nothing more. And all of them are incredibly short, too. Never enough to enjoy the situation properly.
So, for those of you who actually read these: What sort of strange or interesting dreams have you experienced? Have any of you had any pony-related dreams? If so, what sort of dreams were they? Did you find yourself "suddenly a pony," or was your dream self just completely unaware that being a pony was not normal? (Mine were usually the latter, hence why I always woke up when I realized I was dreaming.)
I've had a dream about being in the horseshoes of one of my main characters, in one of the more intense scenes. It didn't quite pan out like the story funny enough, and though I knew it was a dream, I didn't control what happened. In the end, it actually twisted in quite a different direction from what I had written, and before a big moment towards the end, I abruptly woke up.
Dreams can be forms of inspiration or a way of knowing what's been plaguing your subconscious mind.
4400699 That is awesome. I can never remember many of my longer dreams, as usually knowing the dream is a dream makes me wake up.
But yes, dreams are an excellent source of inspiration (the ones that you can remember, at least). Also, right before bed, your brain starts to process the information from the day. Often, that is when the best ideas are formed.
That's also why a lot of artists (composers, authors, etc.) stay up late.
But a lack of sleep can prevent your brain from properly processing things, and can stunt both creativity and your ability to retain information you learned during the day.
The main dreams I can remember vividly happened a long time ago - mostly nightmares (the only real nightmares I ever had).
The most interesting one was when I had a lucid nightmare. That was really strange. A lot was out of my control, but I pretty much had the power of Discord in my dream, it just took a lot of mental effort. And I had absolutely no practice with how to use my power. Although I couldn't really fly or teleport. But I don't think I really tried before I intentionally woke myself up. (My goal was to turn it into a normal dream - something that I had managed before.)
Another memorable but strange nightmare started out as a normal dream, but it warped in Discord-like ways. The ground folded and twisted, etc. I think I might have actually "died" in that dream.
I think the scariest dream I had was actually one of the least "scary" during the actual dream. I was walking along a sidewalk, which for some reason turned into the top of a cliff that led into a city park that was really far into the ground for some reason. Predictably, I fell, but I was lucid enough to imagine a pile of leaves to break my fall. I woke up as I was hitting the leaves, and as I woke up, I felt like I was suddenly shoved downwards into the bed - just like I fell that distance into my bed.
I was very confused, until I learned what that actually was (which is what made it scary). The sensation was a result of my brain being interrupted during its "startup" process that happens when you wake up. There is actually a low chance of the brain failing to start completely, resulting in death.
So I had a falling dream that almost resulted in my actual death. Which I find both incredibly cool and completely terrifying at the same time.