On dreaming itself

The archive holds what a symbol tends to mean. These are the questions underneath it — why a dream returns, what a nightmare is doing, and what it means that someone you know keeps appearing.

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    Sleep paralysis

    Awake, in your own room, and unable to move. The mechanism, and the figure at the door.

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    Why some dreams feel real

    Setting, specificity, timing, emotional load. None of the four is about importance.

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    Dreaming about someone

    It is about your attention, not about them. Why that is the useful reading.

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    Lucid dreaming

    Knowing you are dreaming while still inside it. The plain version.

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    Nightmares

    Ordinary dreaming with the alarm left on. What sets them off, and what settles them.

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    Recurring dreams

    The same dream for years. What repeats is rarely the story.