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Oct 11, 2023Liked by Allegra Chapman

I seem to have really dull dreams where I’m doing everyday things, housework, texting, or something work related. Husband seems to have epic fantastical sci-fi dreams where he’s travelling through space fighting to save the world, or he says he has Inception style dreams within a dream. I’m curious as to why his are so dramatic and mine so mundane.

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That's really interesting. Pete has a lot of dreams where he's fighting the zombie apocalypse or saving the world. Mine are usually less dramatic, more just weird.

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Such a beautiful read Allegra, and very timely, two weeks ago I attended a talk on the neuroscience of dreams, and it was fascinating! It covered a lot on why / how / and ways we dream, and the professor spoke a lot about the different types and stages of dreaming too. I always find the topic of lucid dreaming fascinating and loved the opportunity of learning more about it all ☁️💫

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That sounds amazing!!

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You would have loved it!

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My dreams are visual and in color. I don't dream often, but my recollection is vague when I do. The times when recollection is vivid are rare, but the dreams seem to be trying to tell me something. Sometimes, if I don't tell myself what happened in the dream right away, the contents of it just slip away with no memory of it at all left behind, no matter how hard I grasp at it.

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I find it so frustrating when there's a dream you're trying to remember, and it seems so close, but you just can't reach it!

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Yes! Incredibly frustrating.

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