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Originally posted by amycat412
I ALWAYS dream in color and have sequence dreams too. My dreams are so freakishly vivid people freak out when I start recounting them in minute detail days later.
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actually, that's interesting - most people will claim to dream in color, but most will NOT claim to dream in 'sequences' per se, when realistically (according to the limited insight gained) people probably don't have many of the story-line "dreams" as we remember them.
The 'sequences' concept is pretty accurate, apparently - there's a theory that dreams are really just random images the brain emits as it recouperates at night, and it's the waking mind as it exits sleep that ties together the random images into a somewhat cohesive story (again, for the majority). The images aren't necessarily in color - this is also added later. This helps explain why you can remember a dream right after you wake up, but not later that day. Also, it explains how dreaming is decidedly different under stresses and disturbances.
The absolutely random nature of the brain during sleep is almost surreal, and that also helps explain why your dreams will include a sudden scene shift from Wrigley Field to the Greyhound Bus from Planes, Trains, and Automobiles - it's cool stuff to read about, even if people are just now scratching the surface.
Very little of this is on-topic; my bad.