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I had a dream I was on a plane. A totally normal flight. Going in for a landing when things went wrong at the last minute. I swear I could feel the heat of the flames as I saw them coming through the fuselage as the plane is breaking up around me. I woke up on my feet beside my bed sweating. I've never had a dream like that before or since. I've never done drugs or other vices. That was over a decade ago and I can still remember it like it was a real event in my life. Like it was landing in Denver, I was sitting a few rows from the front on the left isle on the emergency exit row.

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[โ€“] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Quite often in fact.

It's pretty nice as I do a lot of creative work so if I'm struggling for inspiration I'll usually take a nap or just go to bed a little early with a notepad nearby.

The crazy part is since I started taking meds for my ADHD it's basically every night.

Edit: Most of mine are surreal or hyperreal though if that makes sense. By hyperreal I mean that every detail, every sensation, everything is there. Every single tiny sensation, except they are all cranked up to like 11.

For example: There you are standing on the edge of a cliff looking to the vista below. The trees sway with wind and life, flowing like seaweed caught in the current. The winds reach your face as a soft caress, lightly brushing your cheeks and running it's fingers through your hair. The smells of earth and water fill your lungs with each breath with a slight chill. The sounds of the trees jostling and the wind swishing consume all sound but your breath.

You close your eyes to take it all in.

Your breathing deepening with each breath.

You feel your self slipping backwards away from the cliff but you know the ground will welcome you.

You gently stop on the moss covered ground. It's like velvet on your skin.

Running your fingers through it you feel every little branch.

You let yourself fall deeper in sleep as the darkness consumes you.

The smells leave your nose, the wind leaves your hair, the velvety moss loses its touch.

You wake in your bed, feeling more rejuvenated then you have in days.

[โ€“] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

My depression meds give me VIVID dreams, usually nightmares but they don't scare me anymore? Like they're clearly nightmares but I don't wake up with a fast pulse or a sweat just oh hey that happened, anyway! And I definitely remember them much longer than I used to

[โ€“] blackbrook@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I want that! What is the medication?

[โ€“] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

I take atomoxetine for my ADHD and my doctor told me to take melatonin to help me sleep due it causing insomnia.

So I guess it's the combination of both that does it for me.

Hell last night's dream was like watching a movie.

I need this in my life real bad.