Dreams ARE real! Well, sort of...

You'd be surprised what I consider not crazy. lol That's actually an interesting theory, being able to peak into other dimensions through dreams. I also write loads from dreams that I've had. They give me little ideas, big ideas, even help me get over writer's block, and finish school assignments.

lol, that is the absolute best housecleaning motivation story I've ever heard. I haven't read too much about this theory of astral realms. I read a lot on dreams, but I haven't read everything. I've read about astral projection, but that's something different, isn't it?

Good to hear that it doesn't sound too crazy at least to you. It comes from the theory of astral realms or links connecting them, and a few other things have helped me reach my conclusion. Dreams motivate me more than anything else can, even to mundane things. Once when I was still a teenager, I had a dream that Professor Dumbledore from Harry Potter sent me a letter saying I needed to clean my closet, because the Order could not Port Key there like it was in it's current condition. Not that I believed any of that was real, but it hit my subconscious mind hard enough that the next day I did clean my closet to perfection.

Dreams are an incredible source of creative fuel. I was just telling the poster above you that I've had lots of ideas from dreams and dreams have even helped me get through writer's block or come up with ideas for school assignments. It is a great break from reality as well. I personally have been dreaming journaling since I was 12, and I love reading back over my good dreams of the past.

That's awesome. They said that if you have dreams or visions, it's best to write them down so you can have something to be held accountable for. I tried journaling back then but kind of stopped all of a sudden and I can't remember why. Hope you get on to your dreams and live it.

You too, and I hope you pick the dream journaling habit back up again. I thin it's a good one to have if you want to expand your creativity.

I'm not sure that's true, I've dreamed about loads of things I haven't seen at some point. Like dragons, tropical islands, huge apes in the shopping mall, and zombie apocalypses. All sorts of bizarre things happen in dreams that don't necessarily come from things you've experienced firsthand. Though I agree that dreaming is looking at things a different way and something you can really enjoy.

That would be a problem. I really recommend writing down what you do remember of your dreams. I think that it's helped me to recall larger portions of my dreams better. If you want to improve your dream recall that is.

I don't know about dreams having subconscious meaning, I tend to subscribe to the theory that dreams don't have some sort of symbolic meaning and they're the result of random nerve firings in the brain while we sleep. I love dreams, and I think they can help us make decisions by opening up the doors of creativity and memory.

That's an interesting way to deal with an anxiety inducing dream, maybe I can take a hint from that! I have a few anxiety-inducing dreams from time to time, even more lately.

Well, me too. I don't believe dreams have any symbolic, subconscious, or prophetic meaning. They definitely don't come true, though there are certainly a few of mine which I wish would! I just think that since we experience dreams, even if it's only in our minds, they do have some claim of being "real" on some level because they shape a part of who we are and what we go through.

I agree with you completely.

I see nice :)