Dreaming

[Phyll]

Just wondered if any of you enjoy dreaming as much as me. In my dreams, I'm not breathless, I can walk, I'm normal again. It's lovely. In real life, I've got rheumatoid induced pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension, not to mention diabetes. However, reading all your posts, I realise there are lots of you worse off than me!

[Hidden]

I think this is one of the main values of this site. To realise how much worse some have it and the admire their spirit and courage in facing up to it and their determination to live their lives as fully as possible.

However as my dreams are usually awful I am always glad to wake up. Glad yours bring you comfort.

[moogle]

Have you ever looked into Lucid Dreaming? In these you are aware you are dreaming and can change the dreams or use powers.

[Hidden in reply to moogle]

Will have a look thanks. I think mine are caused by my meds.

[gillyjohno]

dreaming is my other life for me.

[Breatheeasy]

Until the coughing wakes you up all seems delightful

[Phyll]

Yes, I suppose so. But it's nice while it lasts...

[Minsha]

Gosh..I thought I was going loopy with the "dreaming about being normal again!! "

Am also familiar with dreams being great till you wake up with awful COUGHING! !

Sorry to moan ..but hAve had my first hospital admission with a chest infection...I'm still on antibiotics now and docs are still trying to get me off steroids because of so many side affects !!

Feeling really down at the moment ... will I ever be normal again ... I can't accept this continually fatigued, coughing, 13st person as me ...

[Hidden]

I'm a lucid dreamer, and always have been. In my dreams I don't have asthma, or cirrhosis; I can run (which I've never been able to do in real life on account of weak ankles), and I can swim to a semi-pro standard again. Sometimes I dream about my grandmother, who I was incredibly close to, and I'll spend those dreams putting the world to rights with her, just as we did when she was still alive. They're an escape for me; I don't have to worry about how much longer I have to live, or what's going to kill me.

[Phyll in reply to Hidden]

I so agree! Most people who have commented on my post don't have fibrosis, so their dreams are interrupted by coughing, consequently they think I'm barmy for enjoying mine. You understand how I feel. Thank you for that

[Hidden in reply to Phyll]

I'm often woken by asthmatic coughing in hot weather. Dreams, and my writing, are my escape from my health issues

[tiredofmoaning]

Mine are the opposite in my dreams I am always desperate to get somewhere but can't make it, iv am always frustrated cabout can't do normal thins before fibro

[Phyll]

I feel like that most of my waking hours! It is v. frustrating, and saddening. I'm sorry for us both. Never mind, Spurs finished second in the premier league and I've just been watching two pigeons nuzzling each other for ages.

[undine]

I have my own planet in my imagination which has low gravity (so movement etc. needs less energy and has a higher oxygen atmosphere than earth so we can not only run around but leap and bound and jump up and pick the fruit from the trees we grow (these are thinner and more slender than on earth as with lower gravity they do not great thick trunks) anyway I have great fun there - all are welcome xx

[casper99]

Yes, I dream I'm well although, I have had the odd, being chased and can't run because of breathing dreams too.

I really enjoy my dreams, if I can remembering them when I wake up. xx

[Phyll in reply to casper99]

Yes, the remembering seems to take a few seconds, whereas the dream itself lasts for ages. My recurring nightmare is being lost in a strange place. But I've had that in reality too. Thanks for replying to my post.

[Billiejean_2]

Hi Phyll, just saw your post now and it fascinates me. Do you mean dreaming as in sleep dreaming or just daydreaming ? If it's sleep dreams, it's amazing that you have those dreams regularly. I wonder is it because it's something you desire so much ? I can absolutely understand why you would enjoy the experience of being 'normal ' again, able to walk freely without breathlessness or pain. For me dreams are just usually a jumble that I can't make much sense of. I can't really remember them either - they're just a flicker off to one side that I can't pin down. I do have pain dreams where I dream I'm in pain and wake up in pain. I sometimes have nightmares and occasionally they are to do with being significantly worse and being frightened.

I would love to have the kind of dreams you have although waking up from them and accepting reality, must be hard. But you're absolutely right to enjoy them and the sensation of being well again. I hope your sweet dreams continue.

[Phyll]

It is interesting, isn't it, that my dreams don't seem to have caught up with reality. And, yes, they are sleep dreams. Like you they're often a mad meaningless jumble. But sometimes, like last night, I was walking through a beautiful city in France, and I really was sad to wake up.

Take care of yourself.