Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Nightmares are just your brain doing combat readiness drills (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by voodooattack@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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[–] cynar@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I use dream checks. In dreams, you generally act on day to day habits. I personally check my back pocket for a AK47 randomly (no I never find one, but that's not the point!). When I have a nightmare, that artificial "habit" kicks in and I check. Low and behold, I'm now armed. I'm also now aware that my "dream check" just triggered. This often raises me to a lucid dream. From there I can either overload the dream, and so wake up, or roll with it. Balancing lucidity with not waking is a minor art. It slowly comes with practice.