I am wondering if there is any potential link between dreams and CT/functions.
Personally, my dreams are rooted in reality. Every dream I can recall is somewhere I am familiar with; typically my house or school, the two places where I spend most of my time. Additionally, the people that appear in my dreams are(as I can recall) only people I've seen before. Only relatively realistic things happen. The laws of physics are not broken, people do not have superhuman powers, etc. They may be a bit strange in comparison to reality but they're just things that could potentially happen in real life, an alternate reality essentially. I do remember having less realistic dreams as a child though. Anyway, I think this may have something to do with being Si-lead, since I talked with a Pe-lead (probably Ne) and her dreams are quite out of reality/personal experience.
What are other people's experiences? Can anyone relate to me? How do you think (if at all) your functions relate to your dreams?
Post by peppergirl on Jan 29, 2014 19:03:31 GMT -5
L It's something I wondered about it too... There are periods where I dream intensely, or others I don't. Usually, they involve something from my reality like you (places or people I know) but with a strange twist lol More often, I'm also transported in unfamiliar places with fantastical themes (I often dream of haunted places, vampires, werewolves lol) but I think it's because I watched too many movies and videogames ;P Yeah, there are crazy things that happen to me (like falling and ending up flying but that's probably the only super power I've had. Ah yes, turning into a werewolf too hehe). I realize I make a lit of creepy dreams, if they're not, they are very intense in actions and atmosphere (crowded places, taking the train/plane etc,) or stirr strong emotions (most often negative ones unfortunately), must be a combo of Ne and high Fi? Maybe those dreams are supposed to compensate my relatively boring life...
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I would love to add several interesting twists to this discussion
My whole life i've had the fantastical sort of dreams described above and only one nightmare.
Concerning the nightmare: the dream took place at my grandmas house and there was some semi-formless being that called me Saul... He would say "saaaaaul... SAULLLL!!!!" but that was it. Its the only dream Ive ever had more than once, and it scared the crap out of me because I was like 5.
Finally I decided to (I say this because I don't know how else to describe it) make myself become larger, faster, and louder than this being during a dream. It seemed like i overwhelmed it. Ive never had another nightmare.... Ever
Strange as this sounds, this had even stranger implications in real life. I've just learned my mom used wake up in the middle of the night thinking something was shaking her legs, which strangely stopped around the same time I stopped having that nightmare.
More profoundly, Ive somehow brought the same feeling of "larger faster louder" into real life... I dont know how to explain it other than that: on demand i just start to feel truth and confidence and that it overpowers and overwhelms whatever emotion i may be experiencing. Also (and this is the part that i reaaaallllyyyyy am skeptical about) it appears to effect those around me.
I usually do this when i feel threatened somehow, but additionally ive found that conceptualizing happiness in the same manner has a profound effect on my own perspective and, to my ever consistent disbelief, those around me as well.
I realize a good amount of this is undoubtedly a result of complex neurochemical interaction related to both perception and judgment functions. Whether my observations occur in real life or are a result of my own perceptions is certainley debatable. However, the practical applications of it are immense.
To further muddy the water (if that is possible) i would like to report that on 3 separate occasions while dreaming i have REALIZED that i was dreaming. In all 3 cases this revelation was followed by astonishment at the flood of sensation making the dream LITERALLY indistinguishable from reality (I kid you not). Literally having consious control over everything, I decided to fly every time. It is an undescribable feeling.
Disclaimer (this only seems to occur after realization that i am dreaming).
How's that for intersting?!?
I just reread the above... Goodness gracious... Lol.. people are going to try to lock me up one of these days, either that or make me a governor i swear it!
sitbone Lol the last paragraph. Maybe your dreams were trying to tell you're a closet masochist? XP
I have dreamt of being physically hurt too (usually shot with a gun though but I think I've been stabbed with a knife too lol). It kinda hurt but it was never soothing, usually I would wake up after. Orherwise, I never dreamt of the space or aliens now that I think of it o,O
Post by peppergirl on Feb 26, 2014 18:13:04 GMT -5
sitbone Very strange... It must feel impressive. I don't know how I would interpret it but since you talked about drawing, the allusion to your guts with light coming out of them makes me think it has something to do with inspiration... Given the context, it sounds plausible. Then, I don't know if you're very into drawing but the dream shows it bothers you.
Last Edit: Feb 26, 2014 18:13:32 GMT -5 by peppergirl