I had a nightmare

[casimendocina]

Originally Posted by Glinda

Me too, although last night I had a whopper of a good dream (which I also never seem to have or remember). Seems I was in a developing romance with Matt Damon (who wasn't Matt Damon in the dream, he just looked like him).

Now, I have no deep longing for (or even a passing interest in) Matt Damon, and I didn't watch any TV last night with him in it, so I have no clue where he came from, but there he was, romancing me.

And I kinda liked it.

Be interesting to see if your dream influences the amount of time spent on Matt Damon watching from now on.

[casimendocina]

Does anyone else ever have the sensation when in that half sleep state that they're on a swing flying through the air?

[Lamplighter]

Who needs a swing ?

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by casimendocina

Does anyone else ever have the sensation when in that half sleep state that they're on a swing flying through the air?

Yeah, like a sensation when you're laying flat on your back that some combination of you and the room are moving around? Not quite vertigo, but a sensation of big sweeping movement.

[kerosene]

I call it too many rum n cokes

[Glinda]

Originally Posted by casimendocina

Be interesting to see if your dream influences the amount of time spent on Matt Damon watching from now on.

I promise to report back if anything happens!

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by casimendocina

Does anyone else ever have the sensation when in that half sleep state that they're on a swing flying through the air?

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Yeah, like a sensation when you're laying flat on your back that some combination of you and the room are moving around? Not quite vertigo, but a sensation of big sweeping movement.

Originally Posted by kerosene

I call it too many rum n cokes

Yep. Leave one foot on the floor, it keeps shit from moving around like that.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Glinda

...so I have no clue where he came from...

He came from the deep, deep nether-reaches of your mind, where you keep the dirty stuff.

[Pico and ME]

I feel something interesting too then, but its not swinging. Its more like a warm soft snugly hug that leaves me feeling safely spacey....sort of. Its tough to describe.

[HungLikeJesus]

Maybe that's Pico.

[Pico and ME]

[Clodfobble]

In all seriousness, it is your vestibular sense misfiring in your brain. Your body is trying to adjust to the sudden change in position, and not doing so very efficiently. It is somewhat like seeing spots when you suddenly enter a brightly-lit area, your brain is being overstimulated and trying to catch up to the input. (Or it can also be from understimulation, in the case of a dark room and a soft bed, your body doesn't have enough information to figure out where you are in relation to the ground.)

People with sensory integration issues can be unlucky enough to feel that swinging motion all the time, not just at the moment they lay down.

[Big Sarge]

Hmmm. I dread going to sleep because of the dreams

[Pico and ME]

Oh..well, I've been suffering a bit of vertigo these days, so I know that feeling. But its not the feeling I get when I'm in that between sleep and awake stage.

[Tulip]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I dream about work. I dream about buildings with secret passageways that never end. I dream I am trying to get somewhere but my legs won't move. I dream that I have 4 college classes I never even went to. I dream about spiders. I even dream about busterb.

Every once in a blue moon, I dream something really horrible and wake myself up, trying to scream in my sleep and finally waking up when my voice breaks into the real world. Horrible feeling.

Waking up from a bad dream "whew, it wasn't real." Waking up from a great dream "crap, it wasn't real."

Hey, that's me too, except I don't dream about work, spiders, and Busterb. Btw, what's the meaning of having tests or term papers due in classes you seemingly had forgotten to go all semester long? I get that alot.