I'm not a lucid dreamer, but I do believe I have some amount of control over what I dream about... To a certain extent. I wonder if this is down to my distaste for living in reality; I am a fantasy writer after all, so perhaps my subconscious takes note of this and chooses my dreams more carefully. For instance, I haven't had a nightmare for several years (not since I went to Madame Tussaud's and walked through the live museum. Never again.)
I think this comes down to positivity. I look forward to dreaming, and I don't allow myself to worry myself to sleep. This seems to culminate in the strangest dreams, and sometimes, I manage to pluck the thread of a story out from the complex dream weave of my sleeping mind. Sometimes I dream about stories already written, sometimes about real people who I've known and loved coming back in to my life.
I don't claim to be a expert on dreams, but one thing I have learnt is that my dreams are a sign, and not always in the way you would think. I've learned to take each dream and interpret it individually. If I'm dwelling on something that has been worrying me, I may dream about that - maybe a failed Exam or a missed train. But when I wake up, I am relieved, and in many cases, I know to expect the opposite of my dream.
When my dreams take a turn for the strange... Well there's not a lot I can do about that, except the above. Turn it into a story, which is what I plan to do with last night's dream. Perhaps I will post a sample of what I write in my next blog.
Anyway, the summary of this blog I suppose is to consider taking control of your dreams, and if not, then learn from them, and don't be afraid of what a dream is trying to tell you. Remember that dreams are a part of our minds, so why shouldn't we have say in what we do when we go to sleep?
Stay tuned,
Em
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