Anyway, we've been discussing dreams and the subconscious and the id and ego and superego and a whole bunch of various mind-blowing stuff. I was very interested in dreams and what they reflect about your subconscious, so I decided to look into it further. Specifically, I was interested in the types of dreams and what differentiates one brand of dream from another. There are false awakening dreams, or dreams within dreams, where you wake up and sometimes go through your whole morning routine before realizing that you are still inside a dream. I've experienced this myself. I also frequently get up in the middle of the night, shower and get ready for school without realizing that it is two in the morning, but as that happens in reality and is not part of a dream, I think I'm just dumb. Another brand of dream is the common daydream, which the average person does about 70 to 120 minutes per day. The state of mind of a person in a daydream is partially conscious. I don't daydream much anymore, possibly because of my improved mental discipline to work and school now that I am older and more mature. I do however remember doing quite a bit of daydreaming in elementary school. Other types of dreams include nightmares (which I frequently have) as well as recurring dreams (which I haven't had in years). I used to remember my dreams all the time, but I never do anymore which makes me sad.
This post was a good overview of the stuff we've done on dreams so far in class. You did a good job of connecting almost every topic we've covered in class so far to your own life and how you feel it affects you on a daily basis. I'm sad to see that you've stopped daydreaming during the day, I daydream pretty often myself and I would say I actually like the experience of disconnect it causes between myself and the events of that day. I never new that the average person actually daydreamed for around 2 hours a day, that was an interesting fact. Also your use of Shia Labeuf is very appropriate, well meme'd my friend.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, Shia LaBeouf speaks the truth, yesterday you indeed did say tomorrow. It was extremely interesting that you connected what we did in class to your real life. I more often daydream than dream during the night (that I can remember). Daydreaming is useful because I always have a world to fall back on when English gets boring. Just Kidding.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate the Shia Labeouf picture, and wonder if your obsession was sparked by our current English unit or is just coincidental. I find it really surprising how the average person daydreams for two hours per day. It doesn't really make sense to me, because I don't daydream whatsoever. For every one of me, there has to be someone who daydreams for four hours a day to balance that out, and that just ain't right.
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