Is anyone else having mad dreams??

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Is anyone else having mad dreams? I'm not feeling quite right at the moment, probably like loads of people. This week so far I've had vivid dreams that I'm the daughter of a controlling millionaire trying to escape him and be with my multiple boyfriends (hello Netflix teen drama), that I've been at a funereal where the dead person chose to die (that was particularly horrible), that I'm pregnant not with my current partner and that myself and my sister were making soup for my parents but we couldn't decide what to put in the soup (this was extremely vivid and actually quite dull).

They are always full on stories with a beginning, middle and end. Sometimes it's quite funny but some of them have been horrible it is a bit of a worry going to sleep, and why I'm having these dreams. Does anyone else have vivid dreams like this?

Are you pregnant

oh yes! I dreamt that a button popped off Prince Philips hat and I went to great lengths to return it. As a reward I got to go to a party where the Queen gave me the first macaroon.

No definitely not, that made me laugh. Told my mum and she said the same thing!

I'm glad you got the first macaroon!

I get epic vivid dreams like that when I'm very stressed, taking Venlafaxine, or pregnant.

Yes, and my immediate thought was, am I pregnant!?

Makes you feel like you've not rested, doesn't it?

It turns out I'm not pregnant, but deficient in vitamin D. Wonder if there's a connection?

DH and I have been having extremely weird dreams the last few nights. I know I'm not pregnant, and DH certainly isn't!

It does make you feel like you've only had half a nights sleep! Might be worth looking at the vitamin D deficiency.

I tend to have weird vivid dreams around the time of my period, hormones definitely

Are you taking antihistamines for hay fever? They can cause vivid dreams due to REM sleep being disrupted.

I am not taking any medication and am too old to be pregnant.
Last night I dreamed that the 6 houses in our block knocked down our garden walls and fences and had a big garden with BBQ area, bar and heated swimming pool.
It was so vivid that I went into our DDs bedroom at the back of the house to see if anyone was using the pool

I dreamed I was doing Bruce Springsteen's tax returns and the photocopier kept breaking or switching to colour mode which wasn't allowed.

Definitely not pregnant (unless someone saw a star in the east).

I have seen in several different places lately of people dreaming of huge tsunamis bit ominous. I always have vivid dreams, but no particularly memorable ones, one where people kept breaking in and trying to steal my silver chaise lounge haha.

I've had very vivid wierd dreams in the last 3 weeks.

I've been having really vivid dreams the last week or so, and woken up more tired then normal.

I have worked out that it's because lockdown has been (partially) lifted, and I've been going out and doing things every day for the first time in months! For the first time in ages, I've actually had activities to do during the day and have gone to bed tired. The dreams seem to be because the overstimulation of walking round a shopping centre or having a pizza in a pub garden have blown my little mind

Sounds stupid but could it be something similar?

@Gregorsgirl that tsunami thing must be covid related don't you think? The feeling of existential dread or impending doom. The eerie quiet before the gargantuan wave breaks. The fear that's lurking in the collective subconscious that this isn't the "real' end to lockdown, but just the calm before the storm.

Can't armchair diagnose your chaise longue though, you lunatic

After reading an article on Derek Chauvins 23 hour solitary confinement in a maximum security with 1 hour of daily exercise, I dreamt at I saw him wandering through woodland on his 1 hour and that he had committed some crimes but no one knew about them but me. Bloody ridiculous. Probably others but I forget. The brain is a funny thing!

I think mine means I watched too much about that and my brain is trying to process that while it's reality, it's not actually reality here (I'm in the UK).

Haha@JovialNickname maybe I require a stylish place with which to witness the crazyness. I do agree it's maybe a sensing people have of a calm before the storm, when the sea silently recedes. Bollocks I have freaked myself out

You're not on antidepressants or taking HRT are you? Both have caused me to have the most vivid of dreams, often involving passionate sex with work colleagues. Makes me cringe!

Have you been vaccinated? I had mine yesterday and had my first weird dream in forever when I had a nap this afternoon.

I'm vitamin D deficient and have bonkers dreams.

Yip, I've been having them. I've been forgetting to take my Vit D, I wonder if that is the reason.

Last night I was an AC 12 officer - had been binge watching LoD

Yes but for most of lockdown

My best recent one was that I had to get the train to Liverpool to rehome an aggressive cat with a driving instructor who'd agreed to take it 😂

I’m on intensive treatment for ‘critically low’ Vit D levels and also having craploads of very vivid, and exhausting dreams...