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Fri 30 Apr, 2004 10:11 pm
We've all had nightmares, but how many people have ever had a dream which was so funny that it woke them up laughing?
I'm not especially prone to nightmares, though I've had some memorable ones. But I've only had one dream which I remember as being funny. And this particular one was so funny that it actually woke me up (laughing). The humor in the dream was purely a personal joke related to personalities (people) I know, so it wouldn't do any good to describe it, but I was just wondering how many other people have experienced humor while dreaming.
Dreams of fear and dread are so common in human psychology that they have a name, "nightmares". But there is no corresponding term for humor or joy in dreams, which makes me wonder why there seems to be a preponderance of, or intensity of, dread and fear in dreams.
Does anyone know?
Mine are usually nightmares, but I do wake up laughing.
cicerone imposter wrote:Mine are usually nightmares, but I do wake up laughing.
Laughing from the nightmares, or do you just wake up laughing no matter what?
I have awaken in laughter but don't remember the dream.
No, not laughter ... but have woken from dreams with warm, gooey lurve feelings toward extremely unlikely people!
Actually, I remember only a small percentage of my dreams after waking, and forget about it totally after a day or two. The only dreams I remember are the ones I fly in or find money in the parking lot. Those are repeated every few years. All the others are forgotten.
I hardly remember a case of waking up with a laugh, or scarcely a case with an anger.
(My ordinary life is filled up with laughs and angers.)
If a bad dream is a nightmare, what's a good dream?
PS msolga, don't you dare say wet! :wink:
I remember having a dream about a college buddy who used to do this impersonation of Bill Murray in Caddy Shack, saying that the dalai lama had told him that on his death bed he would "receive total consciousness. So I got that Going for me."
It used to crack me up the way he did it, and it actually woke me up laughing. This was the only time it ever happened to me. It was great.
Individual wrote:PS msolga, don't you dare say wet! :wink:
That wasn't me, Individual, it was doglover!
I wake up laughing quite frequently. Should I be worried about this I wonder?
Hebba!
What a nice surprise to see you!
But do you know WHY you are laughing when you wake? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm ....
Well,yes Olga, I´m dreaming something hilarious.
hebba, What is your waking days like? Are they also full of laughter?
I can't remember ever having a dream where I woke up laughing. I've had some where I woke up screaming or crying, once I even had a dream where for some reason I spit at something I woke up just in time for the goop to land right back in my own eye!! BLECH!!!
hebba wrote:Well,yes Olga, I´m dreaming something hilarious.
Well there are lots of worse ways to wake up, hebba. Lucky you!
I have very vivid dreams of all types. Many adventurous ones. I have waked up laughing from dreams before. Unfortunately at this time I cannot remember the specifics, but I do remember waking up laughing. I have woken up feeling about any and all types of feelings you can. I have had dreams that have made me angry at some one upon waking, and I have as doglover described very erotic dreams that make me feel amorous after waking. I have even hit my husband during a dream. I have talked and walked in my sleep. As a matter of fact it appears my sleeping/dreaming life is much more interesting than my waking life.
I admit to one such dream.
I don't know whether you have these in the States but in England there is a cracker called "a water biscuit". In the dream somebody said they were thirsty and I offered them "a water biscuit". "Oh you're trying to be funny", came the reply "next time you tell me YOU are thirsty you can run this tape of a waterfall down your throat and out of your backside !"
I woke both myself and my wife with my laughter !
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