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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 31 2013, 8:14pm
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I've been keeping a dream diary for 45 years.
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Most of my dreams are interesting to me, but maybe not to anyone else, though I did have a spate of LotR dreams in the years 2001-2004. It might be a measure of something that I had a dream about "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries" the other night. But occasionally I have a lucid dream, and it's amazing. Usually they take place in a very natural everyday setting. For example, once I dreamed I was attending an outdoor concert in town. I ran across an old friend I knew was really dead. My brain fought for a while with the realization that I must be dreaming. "But this all looks so real!" I argued with myself. Another time I started dreaming before I really fell asleep and knew I was dreaming from the moment it began. I dreamed I got out of bed and went for a drive. I was looking up at the mountains and thinking "I'm really doing a good job with the visuals in this dream. I've got all the details of those peaks right." It was like being in a virtual-reality game and being amazed at the realism of it. Another time I dreamed I stood in the corner of my room and suspected I might be dreaming. I tested it by trying to float up to the ceiling. When I succeeded, I knew I was indeed dreaming. That happens pretty frequently. And I often have what I call flash dreams, where I'm not quite asleep and suddenly have a vivid dream that lasts less than a second but is filled with detail. Once I saw a square in eastern Europe with a statue and a cannon and a palace and lots of people, and every detail was clear and sharp. Another time it was a painting of Noah's Ark, and I could see hundreds of animals in exquisite detail, but only for a flash. Another time it was a stained-glass window in a cathedral, with intricate stonework and colors. I always love those. What an amazing thing the brain is!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Return of the Getting to Know You thread
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Kelvarhin
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Jan 31 2013, 8:11am
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Lucid Dreams
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Rolfina
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Jan 31 2013, 8:59am
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there are a lot of resources out there on lucid dreaming
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Annael
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Jan 31 2013, 3:41pm
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flying in dreams
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Rolfina
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Feb 1 2013, 7:49am
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Oh! That reminds me...
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Roheryn
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Feb 2 2013, 9:14am
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In my dreams... I would tread air
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Magpie
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Feb 2 2013, 4:25pm
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I taught myself to fly in dreams :)
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Aragalen the Green
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Feb 2 2013, 5:06pm
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I used to fly in my dreams when
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sherlock
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Feb 3 2013, 12:12pm
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Although I love flying, I never fly in my dreams.
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Kassandros
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Feb 4 2013, 4:50pm
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Has anyone ever dreamed they died in the dream? //
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imin
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Feb 4 2013, 5:42pm
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I usually wake up just before I would be killed.
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Kassandros
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Feb 4 2013, 6:53pm
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Yeah that is what happens to me
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imin
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Feb 5 2013, 12:28am
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I had a dream like that once...
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arithmancer
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Feb 5 2013, 1:37am
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Luckily no,
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Aragalen the Green
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Feb 4 2013, 11:07pm
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I really hate
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Ataahua
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Jan 31 2013, 7:23pm
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I used to have dreams...
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Magpie
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Jan 31 2013, 8:11pm
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Thank goodness that has stopped.
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Ataahua
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Jan 31 2013, 8:20pm
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same experience
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Rolfina
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Feb 1 2013, 7:52am
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Funny you should say
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Kelvarhin
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Feb 4 2013, 7:58am
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Uhm, you were dreaming of
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Rosie-with-the-ribbons
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Jan 31 2013, 10:56am
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*twack*
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Kelvarhin
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Feb 4 2013, 8:01am
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I don't have to be sick
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sherlock
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Jan 31 2013, 11:14am
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I worked through the deaths of my dog and my father in dreams
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Magpie
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Jan 31 2013, 1:20pm
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I had a similar experience
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Aragalen the Green
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Jan 31 2013, 4:12pm
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Yes,
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sherlock
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Feb 3 2013, 12:00pm
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I got violently ill while cabining
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Magpie
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Jan 31 2013, 12:54pm
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Comic-book induced dreams
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BoromirOfWinterfell
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Jan 31 2013, 1:47pm
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measles
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Annael
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Jan 31 2013, 3:30pm
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Only under the influence of meds
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Kassandros
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Jan 31 2013, 4:02pm
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One time I had a reaction to codeine
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Ataahua
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Jan 31 2013, 7:29pm
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Television dreams
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Aragalen the Green
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Jan 31 2013, 4:19pm
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I haven't seen that video in *years*.
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Ataahua
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Jan 31 2013, 7:20pm
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I've had hypnagogia twice too.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Feb 1 2013, 4:32am
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Yeah me too
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Kelvarhin
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Feb 4 2013, 7:48am
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I've been keeping a dream diary for 45 years.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 31 2013, 8:14pm
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I have those half awake half asleep dreams in the morning
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sherlock
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Feb 3 2013, 12:10pm
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No fever dreams Kel:)\\
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silneldor
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Jan 31 2013, 10:54pm
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How about regular dreams sil? //
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Kelvarhin
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Feb 4 2013, 7:48am
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Ok kel just for you....no one else look.....
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silneldor
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Feb 4 2013, 3:11pm
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Thanks sil!! :D
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Kelvarhin
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Feb 5 2013, 2:07am
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Snert;)
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silneldor
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Feb 5 2013, 2:28am
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No, not peeking, not peeking at all!
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dernwyn
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Feb 5 2013, 3:44am
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Yes, a guy chasing me with an axe!
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Nienna
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Feb 1 2013, 2:55am
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Usually have very vivid dreams, but can't remember any fever induced dream
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zarabia
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Feb 1 2013, 7:22am
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Hobbit dream
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Rolfina
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Feb 1 2013, 8:01am
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I've only had one really high fever in my life.
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Alassëa Eruvande
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Feb 1 2013, 2:54pm
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My one and only really high fever was cause for hilarity.
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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Feb 1 2013, 7:13pm
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Got any normal
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Kelvarhin
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Feb 4 2013, 7:53am
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Very intense!
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grammaboodawg
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Feb 1 2013, 5:25pm
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You know
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Kelvarhin
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Feb 4 2013, 7:52am
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