Dream Frequency and Intensity

I used to keep a dream diary, which apart from being a great reference for artwork and poetry etc was also a way of increasing my capability to recall dreams.

The dreams that stick out the most in my memory would be those revolving around trying to attack someone but they seem unaffected, having some sort of secret super power (such as flying) that I can't prove to anyone, and dreams which seem to have a precognitive aspect. The latter may be the same as astrology's bullshit; it could mean anything, but I personally believe it may be a mild form of premonition.

I have the most vivid dreams when I nap during the day, or if I'm ill. The last two times this happened I had Groundhog Day-esque dreams where I thought I was awake, found something which disproved this (such as aliens or the London Eye being right outside my front door) and then thought I was awake again ad infinitum. The only good thing about these dreams is that I can lucid dream, since I realise I am dreaming.

More recently, I have had trouble distinguishing dreams from reality, despite their nonsensical nature. For instance, about a week ago I dreamt that it started raining really badly, and they had to take the roads in because of it. For some reason this also included anywhere outside of a room in the house, and on waking was so fixated in this belief that I lay in my bed for half an hour before realising it was okay to get up.

Mostly my dreams leave me with a sense of foreboding and uneasiness; I very rarely have dreams where I wake up smiling and only once to memory woke up crying (I think due to the nature of that nightmare I was fully justified in doing so).

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I used to try all sorts to lucid dream, but since the only techniques I knew of were about my hands and at random intervals in the day proving to myself I was awake (which I often forgot to do), it never really worked. I'm going to have to try some of these.

Thinking about it, I'm not sure I've ever had a lucid dream. From what I've heard, my experience would be controlled dreaming; where I can choose what I can do but I can't control my surroundings (although once I did summon up Ifrit to obliterate my would-be murderer, not sure if something that monumental could cound as a change in surroundings heh). Apparently lucid dreaming is a diluted form of astral projection, but that's a whole different kettle of fish.

There's nowhere I can't reach.