I find myself wondering about the mechanism that allows us to remember dreams. Some nights I remember them quite well and in great detail. Others, my dreams are like a soupy muck. I can barely remember anything! I was once told that one needed to wake up after a dream, even if it’s just for a moment, in order to remember it. If that’s true, remembering dreams is a sign of poor sleep. I’ll have to research this.
I’ve so far noted a few common features in my dreams. Many of them tend to take place at the Maryland house. This is where I grew up and lived the longest, so I suppose it makes sense. But I find myself wondering if there are other reasons for that. Also, I seem to often have dreams where people who are close to me are shitty to me. I wonder if that reflects a reality I’m incapable of seeing, or some kind of subconscious fear. And finally water–and I know this to be true both in this dream journal and and in my unrecorded dreams of the past. I often have dreams featuring rising water, large waves, and flooding of other varieties. Maybe I need one of those dream imagery books…
