Why Is Everyone Having Vivid Dreams Right Now?

I am actually really surprised that this appears to be a general problem. I was having a lot of weird nightmares lately.

A couple of days ago I had a dream where Bruce Lee was given a star of fame on the floor of the frozen food section of an old Fred Meyer that closed 20 years ago, and he was standing on it as part of the ceremony. He was very friendly, but then it turned out he was actually Michael Jackson, who was actually a velociraptor skeleton disguised as Michael Jackson, except he was actually a cardboard model of a velociraptor skeleton. The velociraptor slipped and fell and broke into pieces because he had waxed the floor around his square, in case someone challenged his Bruce Lee disguise to a fight. I have no idea what that says about the stress of the day.

Honestly I'm kinda living for these weird dreams because last night I had a completely normal dream where I was just grocery shopping and everything was fine except this one display of cereal boxes that just showed Scooby Doo on a blue background and the name of the cereal was "DUMBASS" in big yellow block letters

I love this dude. I mean, the way he speaks and explains things. Very good for people like me who don't speak English as first language.

Fun fact: that REM rebound he described is also why a lot of people experience more intense dreams after getting drunk. Alcohol supresses REM sleep, so you get very little REM at the start of the night. After a few hours, your liver has removed enough alcohol from the blood for REM sleep to be possible, so your brain tries to make up for lost time with very intense REM sleep. Therefore very intense dreams. Plus, because this occurs in the later stages of your night's sleep, it's likely that you'll wake up soon after (or during) the intense dreams. This means you're much more likely to remember them, due to the surge of noradrenaline mentioned in the video.

Yes if I'm not having insomnia I'm having very vivid dreams as of late.

I wasn't aware something like this was happening, but this is actually really interesting.

Wait - that wasn't just me? Wow.

I was struggling with math and science classes a year or so ago, and the things I was struggling with presented themselves in one dream. I solved the problem in the dream easily, and then I knew the way to go about it when I woke up. It's so weird what your sub conscience hides from you.

2:49 Newton’s Pendulum doesn’t look right on the table or in the dream. That is the stuff of nightmares

Is there like... a 'norepinephrine' pill I can take just before sleep? I'm a writer, and my dreams are often more interesting, complex and creative than I am, so... if I could tap into that... I'd like to try. I've had dreams where I feel like I am gone for weeks at a time, or more; nor am I aware of the waking world anymore - or even that I was ever awake in the first place. The dream effectively 'becomes' my reality until I awake again... I literally become someone else, and seem to live through a piece of their lives in whatever fantastical setting they're from. They're always especially intricate and believable compared to dreams I hear others talk about. They always feature things and people and places and ideas I've never seen or ever even thought of before. It's all extremely fascinating and my only regret is I can't always write everything down before I forget. :(

"Intense sleep" sounds like an oxymoron.

Yes....it’s called me drinking too much and too often. Also sleep apnea. My nightmare begins when I wake up.

When I was young, to help me fall asleep I made up stories in my imagination and it still helps me. It sometimes influences my dreams. For me, I've always remembered my dreams pretty vividly. I've gotten into dream journaling too.

I started a dream journal when we started staying at home, and immediately started having really weird dreams...

i’ve been dreaming about people i knew a long time ago and i wake up heartbroken :( that’s a cute mouse by the way

"Replay the dream in your head" Cries in aphantasia

This was one of best videos yet. This applies to me so much. I want to try the changing the ending thing.

I have narcolepsy and cataplexy, literally since the age of 14 every dream of mine has been vivid and (at times) nightmarish. Little did I know my body must have been preparing me for 2020! Arise my sleepy brethren! It falls upon us to teach the rest of society how to cope with abnormal sleeping patterns!

I'm definitely having more vivid dreams, and more dreams in general.