#Vivid dreams how to
We caught up with psychologist and dream expert Ian Wallace to decipher some of the most common dreams, what they really mean and how to use them to reflect and make positive changes in your life… DREAM: Teeth Falling Out I would recommend a good night-time routine and commitment to regular restorative practices throughout the day – this is something you can control.” – Suzy Reading, chartered psychologist For those who feel tortured by their dreams, and who are worried they are some kind of prophecy, I'd be reinforcing the line that it is just a dream. We put pressure on ourselves to sleep well and this could be extended to trying to have peaceful dreams – we can’t make ourselves sleep and we can't make ourselves dream nice dreams, but we can take soothing action that promotes the chance of quality sleep and calm dreams. I would recommend calming and restorative practices during the day to soothe the nervous system and some mind mapping before bed to work through thoughts and feelings. “In times of uncertainty, change and stress it is very normal for our dreams to reflect this and quite often that's when our worries can come to the surface as our brains process our experiences. The aim of these strategies is to stop the dreams taking hold of you and spilling into your day.” – Nerina A Bedtime Routine Can Help Taking a shower can help physically wash the dream away, as can jogging, dancing or shaking chi kung.
The purpose of writing them down is to allow your subconscious (and often irrational) dreams to surface. Journaling, even just for ten minutes, can help release the dreams – write down any impressions or memories of the dreams, remembering it doesn’t have to be grammatically correct or accurate.
Try to spend some time – even just for a few minutes – connecting with your breathing and coming back into your body. “The morning after an anxiety-laden dream, avoid the tendency to go straight to the phone to self-soothe or numb out the feelings left by your dreams. (Lately, I've heard a lot of people dreaming about being trapped in a situation where people aren't social distancing.) But these stressful dreams may serve a purpose: if we confront and work through worst-case scenarios in our dreams, we may be better-equipped to handle similar situations in real life.” – Alice You’re In Control Of Your Emotions It's common to dream about stressful situations like turning up to an exam without having taken the class or going to a party without wearing clothes. “Dreams are surprisingly negative in tone – the most common dream-emotions include anxiety, fear and guilt. That's why "dream dictionaries," which purport to give universal interpretations of dreams, don't work.” – Alice Robb, author of Why We Dream Negativity Is Common You'll notice certain images and motifs that recur, maybe things like packing a bag or running late for the airport or taking a test, and you can start to connect these images to whatever is going on in your real life. We each have our own symbolic repertoire what a cat represents to me (I hate cats) may be different from what a cat means to you. If you want to understand the symbolism in your dreams, I would recommend starting a journal to keep track of your dreams. When we dream, we are thinking in a special, looser, more creative way than we are in daytime life we are making connections we might otherwise censor, and coming up with unexpected ideas and solutions to real-life problems. “Dreams often force us to pay attention to emotional and psychological issues we are neglecting it’s always worth paying attention to them.
Others can be more meaningful and symbolic.” – Dr Nerina Ramlakhan, physiologist and sleep therapist Working With Them Is Key Some dreams are mere processing of what has happened in your day and don't mean much at all – these dreams are the brain's process of packing away the information of the day and consolidating memory and filing systems. While we dream, we experience fleeting images, thoughts, ideas, sensations, stories, feelings and emotion and all of this creates an illusion of actually being in the world represented in the dream. “Dreams are altered states of consciousness that we go into around six times throughout the night usually during REM (rapid eye movement) sleep.
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