Leaving tv on during sleep

I hadn't had a dream in several months to a year until recently. I have found that leaving the tv on with the volume too low to understand what people are saying stimulates my brain enough for me to have a dream every night. Also, I've noticed that what channel I leave the tv on normally decides what kind of dream I'll be having. Has anyone else experienced this? If so, what are some good channels to get good dreams?

 

Playboy Channel

lol

And C-SPAN!

 

Actually it is pretty common for that to happen becouse your brain is still processing the sound. Even if you cant "hear" it the vibration of the air that transmits the sound is still enough for your brain to register the sound.

 

You have many dreams (6-8) every night.
Whenever you sleep you always have dreams, it's just a matter of whether you remember them or not.
Leaving the T.V. on does not make you have dreams, what happens is it causes you to stay a little bit more awake, and thus it becomes easier to be aware of the dream while it is happening, and remember it.

It's actually bad for you, because leaving the T.V. on means part of your brain pays attention to it while you sleep, and you don't get as much rest as you would with it off.

 

I feel that, I'm just so excited about being able to dream again :b My boyfriend has been complaining of being really tired lately so maybe I'll limit it to weekends. I definitely get better dreams if I have some after a period of not having them. Maybe it's possible to have dream tolerance, because every night that I dream in a row they get less interesting and lucid.

 

But....you dream every night.
Seriously.

 

Okay my bad, when I say I had a dream I mean I had one that I can remember.

 

There are more healthy ways to aid in remembering dreams that you could start practicing.
Certainly they require more effort, but the pay-off is ultimately more rewarding.
You could begin keeping a dream journal. By writing down your dreams, you'll start to notice some prevalent themes and common trends, and by consciously becoming aware of these things, you are more likely to realize you are in a dream the next time you encounter them in a dream. Realizing you are in a dream is a step beyond simply remembering them, but it seems like what you are going for anyways.
You could also experiment with WILD (Wake Induced Lucid Dreaming).
Also there are several natural over the counter substances that aid in lucid dreaming, although I have never used them and don't know how effective they are.

 

I had a cool Sci-Fi dream once when I fell asleep to Star Trek....

 

Diphenhydramine is pretty sexy OTC for lucid dreams. And like a 5mg of Melatonin.

 

I've just begun to try to do this, and just thinking "I'm going to write down this dream when I wake up" before bed, was helping me remember my dreams.
But I have so much trouble figuring out what to write, that I'm starting to think that I should read some advice on it...

 

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Important things -
Write for yr self and for what you see
Remember that you are a genius all the time
Let go of syntactical inhibition
Don't pause to think of words, rather, only pause to see the picture more clear

 

Ah, I see. My dreams are usually straight forward. Like this one time I was running away from a tornado and for some reason there was a Truck attached to my back with my friends inside of it. Still tryin to figure that one out

 

Easy
Anxiety/Nervousness in relation to your perception of yourself versus how your friends may be holding you back.
Dreams are often way more clear-cut than we would like to believe.

 

And what do you base your analysis's off of Mr Neo

 

Alcohol and weed inhibit REM sleep, so keep that in mind if you want to have more vivid and memorable dreams.
If you have been smoking or drinking regularly then stop after about two days you will experience "REM Rebound" which is characterized by a flood of very vivid, often nightmare type dreams. That can last for up to a week depending on how long you were "using" and how vivid and frequent your dreams are normally

Personally I love REM rebound

 

^^ I vouch for that. I got off of weed for the first time in about a year and a half or so and I've been having psychopathic nightmares every day since. Like me and my friends were swimming at this lake and there was this weird water ostridge bird tryin to get us at our feet so my friend grabbed it and sliced its neck off. Shit was wack

 

direct perception and nothing less

 

Where can I sign up for my degree in Direct perception (and nothing less)?

 

you can start by whole-heartily believing in the dignity and validity of your own experience.