Have you ever made a dream journal?

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I'm considering it considering the dreams I've had before. For example in the following post (which has had 0 replies) http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt117856.html

So what's your take on that dream and have you done a dream journal how did it help you it did it not help? Just curious.

I've kept a dream journal on the internet (dreamjournal.net) for many months. I have no real opinion on other people's dreams though.

I kept a dream journal, 15 years ago, about all the dreams that I had. I'm thinking about starting that up, again.

I have never kept a dream journal, per se, although I am seriously thinking about starting one. I used to have a journal that I kept on my bedstand for early morning insights in general, but that is the closest that I have come.

I have kept a dream journal for most of my life. I think there is a lot of information that can be taken from dreams.

I had a year in which almost every night I had a really interesting, multi-faceted dream, and remembered it when I woke up (because we dream every night whether we remember or not.) I kept a journal then.

But now I don't remember my dreams very often

However, I notice that when I do, they tend to contain two common themes.

One theme is that I suddenly realize that my Air Force enlistment is not complete, and I've been called back. I'm not sure what to do, and have trouble finding a uniform and my office. Similarly, I sometimes dream that I suddenly remember that I'm enrolled in a class, and I haven't been attending it, and have trouble getting to my classroom. Like one time I had to climb the outside of a bridge to reach the classroom, and when I got there, it was the wrong class. It's all basically the same thing: I'm experiencing some kind of anxiety because I'm not doing the thing I'm "supposed" to be doing.

Another theme is that I discover a new room in my house, and wonder why I never saw it before. There's always something strange about the room, like it's got a severely sloped floor, or it has a tiny door. Finding the room is always really wonderful, because I've really need another room (in real life, and probably in my inner life.)

I also get places that reappear in many dreams. There's a stretch of highway and a shopping mall that live in my dreams. The mall is dark and empty, as if it's closed, but it's not closed.

I almost never have other people in my dreams. And I've never flown in a dream. (I've had airplanes crash into me, though.)

I have wondered if this is common in autistics. I often have people in my dreams, but they rarely have any characteristics that I can remember. They often times don't have a gender, or change gender. Or change age. I even change gender and names in my dreams. Not often do I dream of people I know.

I actually figured out not too long ago that NT's main dream focus contains other people, of the ASD people I have talked to we tend to be alone or have really small moments that contain someone else.

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Likewise. I found it odd when I heard that most people are seldom, if ever alone in their dreams. This proposition runs entirely counter to my own experience. Sure, I have people in my dreams, but they usually make cameo appearances, and are gone. I would say that I am alone ~75% of the time. I suppose it relates to how I experience life and define myself. Most NT's seem to define themselves largely through interactions with other people, while I generally define myself through solitary time spent with my own thoughts.

I have odd dreams for example, I saw a train in my house then at a train station saw the same train and a friend got off it she was wearing a yellow dress (not womeny more child like flower type summer dress) and we were holding hands then we raced to a door she won then we raced again (not sure where this time) and then I woke up.
http://www.dreammoods.com/

I frequent the site above and look at each item. I have an awesome memory so I remember my dreams 90ish% of the time and for months/years if they had a really profound effect on me which most do. The College issue and that Psychology teacher has popped into my dreams and the friend I mention above I dreamed I shot her and killed her with a shot gun not just a couple months ago!! !! I was curious about starting one. (The friend above is the one now in College so it goes back to College AGAIN LOL!) (BTW I haven't seen this friend in months/years even.) (We Grew apart if you will.)

I have odd dreams for example, I saw a train in my house then at a train station saw the same train and a friend got off it she was wearing a yellow dress (not womeny more child like flower type summer dress) and we were holding hands then we raced to a door she won then we raced again (not sure where this time) and then I woke up.
http://www.dreammoods.com/

I frequent the site above and look at each item. I have an awesome memory so I remember my dreams 90ish% of the time and for months/years if they had a really profound effect on me which most do. The College issue and that Psychology teacher has popped into my dreams and the friend I mention above I dreamed I shot her and killed her with a shot gun not just a couple months ago!! !! I was curious about starting one. (The friend above is the one now in College so it goes back to College AGAIN LOL!) (BTW I haven't seen this friend in months/years even.) (We Grew apart if you will.)

I've recently started recording my dreams to try and make sense of them.The way I see it there are 2 basic types
a) dreams that reflect our deep seated feelings in an abstract way.
b) dreams that are merely a random representation of events that have happened during the day beforehand.

Of course,each period of dreaming could be a mixture of the 2 basic types. I had one the other night that I was travelling on a
rollercoaster which was suspended over the sea and being buffeted by waves.On the one hand this could reflect an emotional rollercoaster,while on the other hand I remember watching a TV programme that day called 'Ice Road Truckers' which featured a roillercoaster-type road in Alaska where the truck was being driven through a snow storm.That must have had an influence on the dream images.

I write my dreams on facebook. I suppose that's kind of a dream journal . I don't know how it helps though, but people do comment on them! lol,.

Yes!! ! I LOVE recording my dreams!! I've kept dream journals on and off ever since my mid-teens or thereabouts, but my latest one has been my most consistent yet! Idk if I'd wanna post my dreams on Facebook or something, though, 'cuz I never know who I'm going to offend and/or freak out (most likely the latter - my dreams aren't usually "offensive" in the sense of morally offensive - but sometimes they can get intimate, if you know what I mean...)