i recently decided that i gave a crap about my subconscious, so i went out and got a dream journal, started reading about lucid dreaming, got some binaural tone software, etc.
i was in a motorcycle accident a few years ago that wrecked my back up, and the constant pain is a curse. i’m a terrible insomniac, and falling asleep has always been fairly difficult for me, relaxing near impossible, and up until recently, my dream recall was just horrible.
i finally figured out that a half hour of delta in sbagen helps me relax and fall asleep (though i’m coherant through all of it, and know when to take off my headphones.) the last two nights that i did that, i had stunning dream recall.
the first night, i had a dream where i took a ring that i always wear and repeatedly banged it on the table. i looked at it, and it was all broken and chipped and no good. i cast it aside and went off into another plot line. when i woke up, i couldn’t find this ring, and it’s always in the same spot, inside my hat with my wallet, keys, watch, etc. (i found it when i came back home from work, sitting on the table of all places.)
then after writing everything in my dj, i got up to use the restroom, and my bedroom door was locked. i haven’t locked the door to my bedroom in three years. strange.
the next night, i did the same thing, half hour of delta, took off the headphones, went to sleep. dream was even more vivid, longer, more detailed, and easy to log when i woke up. in part of the dream, i went out and looked inside a musclecar, and casually noticed that it had two door lock knobs (of course, it’s a dream, that doesn’t stand out as odd or anything.) and after some plot, tried to lock it, couldn’t figure out how, and a dc instructed me on how to lock it (use the power lock button, twice!) which worked. back to the plot!
when i finished writing everything down and went to use the restroom, again, my bedroom door was locked.
i’ve never been known to sleepwalk, but having dreams about related things that affect the waking world when i wake up is really kind of weird to me. i don’t think it’s a false awakening, the door is actually locked. i only wake up once.
last night (third night) i decided not to use delta, listened to an induction mp3, had problems falling asleep, and woke up with no recall at all. i locked the door before going to sleep, just out of curiosity, and it remained locked.
anyone have any clues as to what might be happening?
also, by ‘night of sleep’ i mean day. i’m a cab driver, i generally get to bed at around 9-10am and wake up at 6-7pm.