So if you read my blog you already know that I have rather lucid dreams and when I wake up I am one of those people that can remember a great deal of what happened in the dream. Last night was a dream who's theme doesn't often occur but it was an odd and frustrating one. I was lost somewhere and honestly, I don't really even remember what it was that I was meant to be looking for. I was just unaware of my surroundings. I don't recall if it was some sort of city or country that I have been to before or not, I just remember feeling lost.
This has happened in dreams before but normally it will be in a college environment and I am late for class and can't find the classroom. That theme happens in my dreams on a regular basis. This time there was no education involved, i was just.... lost.
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The dream wasn't terribly eventful I just remember that no matter where I went or who I spoke to I remained lost and I get frustrated in my dreams often to the point of waking up from them. This time though, something that has only happened to me a couple of times in my life happened. When I woke up I was in a different room in my apartment with no recollection of going there.
I kind of chuckled about this because the sofa that I now found myself on is nowhere near as comfortable as my bed is but I was also quite happy to look down at the floor and Nadi (my dog) was at the side of the sofa as well.
I wouldn't say that Nadi is particularly attached to me. I've seen other people's dogs that will start to freak out if they can't see them or will bark like crazy when they leave the house. Nadi doesn't do that but what she does do is get a bit confused if I am in the apartment, but not in the same room as her. So even though her bed on my bed in my bedroom is a lot more comfortable than this little space next to the sofa, it was kind of heart-warming to see her there watching over me making sure that I am safe.
The strangeness of waking up in a different place than I went to sleep didn't end there though. As I was walking through the apartment during my morning ritual of opening windows and curtains I noticed that the bathroom door was shut. This wouldn't be so unusual for some of you, but I live alone and I never close the bathroom door unless someone is staying with me. The first thing that went into my mind was "is someone here with me?" but I didn't get drunk last night so that wasn't an option of me just not remembering doing something like bringing a girl home with me. I opened the door and everything was as it always is in there.
So here is what I think happened: I was sleepwalking last night and out of old habits decided to close the door. Perhaps the lost sensation in my dream happened because of the fact that I was sleepwalking in a room that is completely dark because there are no windows to the outside world in there. As I fumbled around in the dark trying to get out that must be where the being lost sensation in my dream came from. Why I decided to turn left and go to the living room instead of right to the comfy bed that is in there is anyone's guess.
I looked up the psychology behind this common theme of being lost in a dream and of course they have an answer that fills you with dread and could apply to anyone:
finding yourself in a strange place and unable to get home or losing an item can indicate that you are searching for the answers to improve your life.
Sounds like hokum to me. I'm actually quite happy with my life!
I suppose you could say that I am just happy that I didn't sleepwalk out of my apartment and into other parts of the apartment or even worse, out in the street with nothing buy my pajama shorts on. That would have been embarrassing for sure!
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Just like we learned in the excellent comedy "Step Brothers"; never wake a sleepwalker
I don't think that I regularly sleepwalk but who knows, maybe I do! Since I live alone it could very well be something that happens every night for all i know.
I have frightening dreams and I have entertaining dreams but this new type of dream is actually the worst kind in my mind. I wake up frustrated even though I know that what I just went through was not real. It sticks in my mind and I frequently can't get back to sleep because I am angry. This all seems so foolish when I think about it but that's the way it is?
Have you ever had a dream that upset you so much that you couldn't get back to sleep? I hope this is just a one-off for me!
Sometimes being lost in dreams can be a wicked experience. Not being able to move, well those are terrifying! But the most fun ones would surely be those you can control.
How often do you get those? Alot?
well this particular being lost theme is a new thing. It has happened in the past but it was more about not being able to find my classroom in college or high school. This is the first time that I can recall being just lost in general and not having any idea where I was.
The dreams I can control are the best especially when I realize they are a dream and am somehow able to stay inside the dream anyway.
I dream almost every night and for the most part can remember at least pieces of it when I wake up. I find it exciting.
No definitely, dreams are wack stuff, almost as iff you're merging into a different realm. Pretty cool stuff if you ask me.
Sometimes the dreams have deeper meanings.
Hmmm... I'm the total opposite side of you. I don't usually remember my dream. There's a few that I can remember every single detail as if "I was there", so real I can taste it in my mind.
I did have similar situations, but usually I'm done with the step into a void and woke by the "fall" where I find myself sometimes on the floor, sometimes at the sofa, once my left foot in the toilet bowl where the other legs in a red pail. I did some googling and that actually is part of "sleepwalking".
Frustrating dream, that was one of my most memorable dreams. One of my long term relationships went sour, but the girl still live in my parents house. We stopped intimidating, I can't help it but to think of her cheating on me. One day, I got back from work and found my room door was locked. I usually don't lock my door, so I'm sure someone does it on purpose. I carefully opened the door, and found my girlfriend sitting on a guy, my college mate's boyfriend. I asked her why she lied to me, she said anal sex is not cheating.... And that woke me up 🙄 this is one of those crappy dream I can remember for the rest of my life. Now that many decades later, I don't even want to remember that, or I can't tell if it's real anymore.
that's a pretty horrible and graphic dream. I can't say that I've ever had a dream about infidelity before.
Wow, that is pretty crazy! I don't think I have ever had something like that happen to me before. I think maybe once when I had been drinking too much I might have walked around a bit in the basement, but that was a long long time ago. Our friends daughter tends to sleepwalk and it's kind of scary where she ends up sometimes.
One of my family members would sleepwalk on a regular basis. It is quite terrifying to see because they are walking and talking and moving around but their eyes are just dead and they don't respond to what you say. It's like they are possessed by demons or something.
That's what I have heard. I've actually never seen it, but the stories that her mom tells us are freaky enough!
You should be wired up to a screen because your dreams sound like they could be a decent watch lol. Definitely a shit one being lost and cannot recall having one of those. You probably wake up more tired than when you go to sleep which doesn't really help the next nights sleep.
I should make a note of how refreshed I feel after particular kinds of dreams . I spent most of the day after this one pretty tired but I can't say for sure if it was more, less, or the same as every other day. I would imagine that getting quality sleep on my sofa isn't really possible so my sleep quality probably wasn't that great.
Sofa sleeping doesn't count lol and if it does it shows you are just buggered.