Absurdly vivid dreams - GP? Supplements? Priest?

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I don’t quite know where, if anywhere, to go with this.

I’ve always had periods of having really vivid dreams (now late 30s). Sometimes scary ones, but often just incredibly detailed and intricate, and typically I remember a decent chunk the next day (though definitely not all of it).

Currently on about week 5 of another chunk of vivid dreams, to the point I feel like I’m waking up tireder than when I went to bed. I also think I’ve had lucid dreams a couple of times within this recent chunk - at least I think it is, it feels like I change the story in my dream when I gets too scary. Occasionally I get recurring themes, but rarely the exact same, so it’s like a different epic movie each night.

It doesn’t usually bother me a huge amount, but I feel very low energy at the moment. Has anyone else experienced this? Is it worth seeing a GP, or are they likely to write it off as anxiety? (I’d say I’m actually a lot less anxious now than I have been over the past 18 months or so). Any obvious supplements or anything else to try?

This is me, but every night since I can remember. I wonder if that's why I always feel tired? I never dont remember my dream the next day, I always dream from the second I drift off to the moment I wake. Didn't consider it as I thought it was normal...

That's really weird! Amateur psychobabble might say it's that we're neglecting a part of our self that our subconscious recognises needs attention. But if the brain is able to conjure up a neglected fish in a bedsit I lived in as a teenager (but somehow it's now on a different street and has more rooms but is magically the same place) then why not spell it out and get it sorted!

I dream about pet fish a lot but haven't had any since I was a child. Also dream about losing teeth a lot - according to one dream book I had as a kid, that means I'm worried about losing my teeth! Deep stuff.

@NaughtyBoyGeorgeMichaelJacksonBrown I have the teeth too!!! At least once a week and I’m frantically ringing round private dentists trying to get them to glue them back in asap!

and lifts…. They never stop at the floor I’ve pressed but keep going and eventually they go upside down - any experience with that one? They’re the two I mentioned to my friends psychiatrist - he seemed unphased, or maybe I’m just beyond help 😂

@Larabelle6

No, not had the lift thing...but I probably will now!

I often get dreams where I have a lot of school/uni course work or a presentation or an exam coming up and I know I won't be able to do it so I quit and the relief is immense. So it starts off a common anxiety dream but ends well - it's a triumphant quitting. Had these dreams all through different jobs/relationships/houses/stresses etc so not sure what they are STILL trying to tell me to give up.

@NaughtyBoyGeorgeMichaelJacksonBrown im definitely going to go private at some point for sleep study and a better understanding of what it all means.

I also dream about school; mine is that it’s a week or two away from end of term so I needn’t bother turning up and quitting essentially. Has to all be anxiety related.

It's usually stress in my case. I always have vivid dreams, but the current run of running away dreams, big, busy buildings and a cast of thousands is definitely because of stress. I'm hoping a break over Christmas will reset things.