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War  ·  3535 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: August 12, 2015

Still trying to get back into the fitness rhythm after vacation. Paging arguewithatree for that weekly check-in! Keep pushing forward!

This week marked my first time really trying to get work done on my novel, it feels good.

I also awoke today vividly remembering trying to escape capture during WWII to try to find a secret vault of advance technology in a nearby mountain range, but instead awoke some monster thing that literally wiped us all out. It was probably the most vivid dream I've had in a REALLY long time.





arguewithatree  ·  3535 days ago  ·  link  ·  

i'm gonna try and go today after work cuz I'm in early today! i'm also still trying to figure out the rhythm. Having a rotating work schedule makes it a little more difficult.

War  ·  3535 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sounds like a plan! That is definitely a tough situation though, but as long as you keep trying that is what counts. Keep up the hard work!

arguewithatree  ·  3535 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks! I also try and walk as much as possible to make up for my spotty gym attendance. We're getting standing desks soon too which is good news for my bad hips!

kleinbl00  ·  3535 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So... Valkyrie meets Edge of Tomorrow? I'd watch the shit out of that.

War  ·  3535 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That is without a doubt the best description of the dream. I'll get right on writing it.

user-inactivated  ·  3535 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What'd you think of Edge of Tomorrow? Because I was confused that I actually cared about the characters at the end. They got me! How?!

kleinbl00  ·  3534 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I enjoyed the hell out of it, but it doesn't bear much deep thinking. It's a Chris McQuarrie so it has every reason not to suck... and it's two characters constantly locked in life-and-death peril in an organic way so injecting even a little bit of humanity into the situation makes them incredibly relatable. It's the same thing that makes Starship Troopers work.

OftenBen  ·  3534 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Repetition. Familiarity breeding attachment.

user-inactivated  ·  3535 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I also awoke today vividly remembering trying to escape capture during WWII to try to find a secret vault of advance technology in a nearby mountain range, but instead awoke some monster thing that literally wiped us all out. It was probably the most vivid dream I've had in a REALLY long time.

What if it's not just a dream, but repressed memories of your life as a super secret, monster fighting spy? You know, like James Bond meets The Ghostbusters. After you retired, they had your mind wiped so you couldn't share your secrets with the tabloids. Of course, as can happen with these things, they missed a few bits.

War  ·  3535 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Honestly, all kidding aside the mind is incredibly tricky. I woke up breathing heavy, and literally tears in my eyes. That was too much emotion for 7:30 a.m.

user-inactivated  ·  3535 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Damn. That sucks. Maybe this afternoon you should have a nice, quiet sit down at the park. Watch the birds or something.

War  ·  3535 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've had dreams like that for a really long time, but not in the past few months. The hyper realistic ones are always pretty rattling haha.

jleopold  ·  3535 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well, if you get past the rush of emotions, you should maybe take a bit to outline the dream out, so it can be your next novel. That sounds like an epic novel, doomed to be forever compared to Gravitiy's Rainbow.

War  ·  3535 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh, I write down most of my dreams down no matter the scenario haha. I think everyone should write down the dreams they have. To recollect the experience is interesting.

lil  ·  3535 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I write down most of my dreams down no matter the scenario.

I'm impressed with that statement. Writing down dreams involves 1) remembering them; 2) having a writing tool at the ready next to the bed before the dream fades; 3) being committed to doing it.

I do believe you can train yourself to do it well. I went through a period in my 20s where I wrote down every dream. After a while, you can see patterns. As soon as you see the patterns, you can control them. Eventually you can solve your problems (anxiety, repressed emotion, etc.) in your sleep.

I don't know if my last statement is a true statement - but it would be nice to think so.

War  ·  3535 days ago  ·  link  ·  

When I was around 15 I used to write down every dream I had no matter what. After awhile lucid dreaming just came sort of naturally (I could control dreams for seconds before waking up), and after maybe 6 months of that I could stay conscious in a dream for a little while. What an experience it is, and I would recommend trying it to anyone that wants to do it.

Now the reason I write my dreams down is sometimes I dream some pretty cool stuff that helps with my writing, but honestly I may try to get back into lucid dreaming.

OftenBen  ·  3534 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm super glad that I'm not the only one who has intensely emotional dreams.

It doesn't happen a lot, most nights I am dead to the world for 7-8 hours, but every now and then there is a real doozy.