dxz99

5y

Ok dis FOXDIE

frenchpress

5y

i read all yo s*** on the 2nd page too, but i wanna chime in w a few things, no stock image tho i'll leave that classic to dr lujo.

part of remembering dreams is the sheer habit of such -- you likely do dream when you sleep, but if you start off your day fixating on, presumably, the contents of what you're gonna do after waking up, you're very likely to lose your memory of any dream -- these memories are super fickle, and that's something i think anyone would agree on. even when we do remember them, they can lose clarity very quickly.

so one suggestion for that, which doesn't sound very helpful on the surface, is to simply spend some minutes immediately when you wake up to ruminate on what u were dreaming, if you can. this can be frustrating cus perhaps if you have the habit of not remembering dreams, you may end up spending some days trying this to no avail, but the idea is the essence of what ppl refer to as "dream journals", so basically that's all i'm suggesting

as for peeing in the nite, try to finish the majority of ur water intake like 2-3 hours before you sleep, while still drinking enough water per day. hopefully by then you'll have peed out the majority of what ur bladder's got rite before u sleep and it won't get provoked overnight as much. sadly, age exacerbates bladder dysfunction relative to how we could hold our pee for mf hours when we were kids, so a habit like this could really pay off if you master it young.

lastly, i ain't got the perfect roadmap to meditating but i try to begin such with 2 principles that kinda reflect what lujo talks about: 1) commit urself to thinking of nothing in particular during the session, and 2) think about whatever passes through your mind at ur discretion. it's less contradictory than it sounds

tbh i think u should look up some david lynch vids on meditation, not necessarily to get into his style (transcendental meditation, which i dunno a whole lot about), but instead to hear his thoughts on what he thinks thoughts/idea even are (he kinda perceives them to be things that float around in a sea of unconsciousness, popping up to consciousness every now n then for us to take hold of or nah -- he explains it much, much better) i think u may be receptive to his words if u like his shows

but ya, by "committing to nothing", i mean that i don't go into meditation w/ any preconceived idea of what i'll be thinking about during it. i know myself enough to know that there's a likelihood i will think about certain topics, espc if they've been on my mind during the day anyway, but i still try to at least begin w/ no commitment. i usually accomplish this by rly fixating on how i'm breathing n trying to control/slow it to be calm, n to try to feel every part of the body that's moving as the breath is going in/out -- it's possible to fixate on such so much that u rly do, at least for the moment, elude other thoughts.

once i do that for a while, i let thoughts roam, which is where 2) comes in. sometimes, after feeling the calm of breathing technique, my thoughts don't go towards the volatile things i sometimes predict they will. sometimes, they still do. in either case, i find they're easier to confront and think about because i'm usually calmer by then.

but like i said, these thots can be thot of at ur discretion, by which i mean, if you find that u wanna stop thinking about whatever it is that's passing thru, return to the strong fixation on ur breathing. i find it can act as a great return-to-baseline action.

now, that too will take a lot of practice. i think it's worth it tho. others will say meditation is def not worth it, so just wanted to throw additional info out to you

frenchpress

5y

@LuJo u made this thread a very jovial and useful classic, a rare combination both in general and for ktt2

dr3am_weaver_479

5y

The exposure in this photo got me screaming as much as anything

Office looks like the reception at heavens gate lol

Emery Atreides

5y

I know this is a thread about dreams but does @LuJo have any healthy advice for someone who is trying to rid themselves of a “too competitive” mindset

LuJo

5y

Perhaps these dreams represent your desire for a closer relationship with your mother. You understand the usual beautiful connection expected to be between a pregnant mother and her child, and it gives you comfort having such dreams. The fact that you are the mother in them however could mean that you are putting yourself in your own mothers shoes, by expressing the extent of closeness with this hypothetical child that you wish you had in reality with her

Nozuka

5y

OP got some unprotected d*** and now he nervous he pregnant 😳