Is it in color ( if so what colors - more pastel or like how it is when awake )
Yes (I'm curious now -- do other people not dream in color?) The colors are usually pretty normal, but there can be abnormally colored things, like purple flying bears.
Are your dreams more verbal or visual ? Do you lucid dream?
Both. Very visual, and often verbal. I still remember song lyrics and poems that wrote themselves in my dreams. Usually they start as ethereal and I can't really comprehend the lyrics, but as I begin to focus more, I start to understand them.
And we shall be appointed view
Of Earth's eternal sleep
...A monster sang that to me as it waded through the ocean, destroying an entire coastal city, in one of my recent dreams.
I also remember another nightmare, of a demented choir, singing in what looked like a crude, terrifying imitation of my childhood church. They were shrieking, hundreds of voices all at once.
And yes, I lucid dream, though not as much as I'd like to. But I love it. I also sometimes enjoy becoming lucid during my hypnagogic imagery as that is a little bit easier to attain. If interested, my username on DreamViews is Eveningsky, and I sporadically update my dream journal there.
Do you narrate your dream or is it more movie like or both ?
Depends on the dream. I've had both. I even had a fully cartoon dream of being on the Magic School Bus, though I can't remember if I myself was a cartoon or not.
Do you believe that dreams can forecast the future or give you insight about a personal conflict that you're dealing with
The former, maybe. The second, absolutely.
Have you ever been trapped in a dream ( like you try to wake up but cant)
No but I occasionally wake up and fall back asleep into the same nightmare, which isn't particularly pleasant. I can usually mitigate this by shaking my head, drinking some water, trying to think about something else, etc. but it's not foolproof.
What senses do you use when dreaming - which one do you not use ( for example I usually know I'm dreaming when I can't tastes something or feel water )
I always have access to sight. Often sound. Sometimes taste, sometimes smell, sometimes touch. It depends on the individual dream. I've had very real sensations of physical contact with dream characters.
Do you remembered feeling water or seeing what shoes youre wearing
I don't think I've ever remembered my shoes in a dream, though I have remembered my watch. I remember a dream back from elementary school in which I was riding on the back of a friendly Plesiosaurus, who had a very scratchy voice, in a lake through the desert. But I can't remember if I touched the water or not. I know for a fact that I can feel water in daydreams and waking fantasies; I can replicate the sensation in my imagination. But I can't remember it specifically in an actual sleeping dream.
Yes (I'm curious now -- do other people not dream in color?) The colors are usually pretty normal, but there can be abnormally colored things, like purple flying bears.
Are your dreams more verbal or visual ? Do you lucid dream?
Both. Very visual, and often verbal. I still remember song lyrics and poems that wrote themselves in my dreams. Usually they start as ethereal and I can't really comprehend the lyrics, but as I begin to focus more, I start to understand them.
And we shall be appointed view
Of Earth's eternal sleep
...A monster sang that to me as it waded through the ocean, destroying an entire coastal city, in one of my recent dreams.
I also remember another nightmare, of a demented choir, singing in what looked like a crude, terrifying imitation of my childhood church. They were shrieking, hundreds of voices all at once.
And yes, I lucid dream, though not as much as I'd like to. But I love it. I also sometimes enjoy becoming lucid during my hypnagogic imagery as that is a little bit easier to attain. If interested, my username on DreamViews is Eveningsky, and I sporadically update my dream journal there.
Do you narrate your dream or is it more movie like or both ?
Depends on the dream. I've had both. I even had a fully cartoon dream of being on the Magic School Bus, though I can't remember if I myself was a cartoon or not.
Do you believe that dreams can forecast the future or give you insight about a personal conflict that you're dealing with
The former, maybe. The second, absolutely.
Have you ever been trapped in a dream ( like you try to wake up but cant)
No but I occasionally wake up and fall back asleep into the same nightmare, which isn't particularly pleasant. I can usually mitigate this by shaking my head, drinking some water, trying to think about something else, etc. but it's not foolproof.
What senses do you use when dreaming - which one do you not use ( for example I usually know I'm dreaming when I can't tastes something or feel water )
I always have access to sight. Often sound. Sometimes taste, sometimes smell, sometimes touch. It depends on the individual dream. I've had very real sensations of physical contact with dream characters.
Do you remembered feeling water or seeing what shoes youre wearing
I don't think I've ever remembered my shoes in a dream, though I have remembered my watch. I remember a dream back from elementary school in which I was riding on the back of a friendly Plesiosaurus, who had a very scratchy voice, in a lake through the desert. But I can't remember if I touched the water or not. I know for a fact that I can feel water in daydreams and waking fantasies; I can replicate the sensation in my imagination. But I can't remember it specifically in an actual sleeping dream.