Does anyone's dreams "haunt" them?& seem real.

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I have such vivid, insane dreams...often I feel I can't escape them...if they are bad, I feel them hanging over me all day (even weeks once in a blue moon)...and I have a hard time w/ them in the sense that even though I know they were dreams, I feel they are real....so I have to keep reminding myself of that, but it messes w/ my head!! Does this make sense to anyone? And on a real messer of the head, if I dream about an ex (not often), I have to remind myself I'm married...And I ALWAYS dream about my childhood home--have for years. Dreams can be a great escape, especially when they are happy ones, but at the same time, lately I feel they are more trapping than anything, ESPECIALLY if I eat garlic!! Anyone relate??

Yeah - mine are very vivid too and are a big part of my perception. Sometimes I've mistaken them for reality.

If you want to sort of put a little space between you and your dreams you could use an old Hawaiian technique that is used to diminish the potential of nightmares. Never talk about them before you have breakfast. By eating you fully bring yourself here and are less likely to bring things with you into your waking experience. I suppose you could do it for good dreams, too, if they are just too all encompassing.

I also noticed you were Christian from another thread. Maybe you could do morning and evening prayers to sort of bookend your night - sort of keep it contained. I do something similar. It works very well for me.

Sometimes my dream life seems to bleed into my reality, it makes everything seem unstable and exciting, but a bit frightening too.

Malaysian shamans are dream interpretation specialists, villagers are encouraged to talk about their dreams with these herbalists.

Prolly consuming something before bed may reduce the dreams, and maybe they have a purpose and meaning

Normally I don't remember my dreams more than a few moments after waking, but I had one recently that stuck with me and affects me still. I dreamt my youngest son (almost 2y/o) got out to follow me while I was leaving to run an errand. I didn't see him and backed over him with the car. It was a horrifying dream and I now go to great lengths to assure this can NEVER happen.

The other night, I had one of my recurring dreams about getting back together with my ex-best friend. What made this dream different was how vivid and realistic it was. Most dreams are hazy and people's faces are obscured, but in this dream, everything was crisp and the faces were detailed.

When I first woke up, I was genuinely surprised to find myself in my house instead of hers. It caused me to pine after her for most of the day.

A lot of it had to do with the fact that I had missed a round of medication the previous day, which always causes my dreams to feel more intense. The thing that probably triggered the dream was that I had looked her up on Facebook the previous day.

Sometimes I get quite confused as to what's real or not. Sometimes I just can't remember.
For example, I had a dream my friend told me she was pregnant, and then went to school the next day and I wanted to ask her about it. Thankfully, I realized this would be a bad idea. But still, I was confused for a while.
And sometimes I can't remember if it's a dream or a memory.

OMG YES! Dreams haunt me all day if they are of something that upsets me. I frequent a dream website and search what X means etc. It helps and it's IMO very informative.

I know what you are talking about. I have vivid dreams as well. The good ones are fun, but when they are bad ones. . . it can be scary.

When I was a child, my dreams were so vivid, I had trouble seperating them from reality. I had the same dream every night and as an adult there are certian themes, animals and places that are always there. I have this weird one where I am in this weird city spying on this veternary hospital that is ALWAYS under construction. It's made of bamboo and there are bouncers who only let certian people in.

BTW that Psychology teacher I upset has shown up into my dreams since the suspension in Feb. 2005!! ! IT DRIVES ME CRAZY!! !! !

I had a dream two nights ago that seemed very realistic. Usually when I awaken, the feelings from a dream quickly fade, but this one stuck with me. I dreamed that my family and I lived in a different house---and what a house it was. It was palatial with beautiful landscaping all around. In the background was a tall mountain (like the one I saw on Jerry Yarnell's painting show on PBS earlier that day). A pathway led up a gentle slope in the yard past contemporary abstract sculptures. Attached to the house was a 12 bed dormitory.

Mine seem to be taking place in the same universe these days. Some crumbling-down factory town where people do sketchy things, and I never know where I stand there. It's more than just fitting in- it's about survival. I'm usually pretty relieved to wake up, but I wish I could remember specifics so I can understand what it is exactly that rattles me.