Research

This is what I’ve learned by dreaming:

  1. The more I write about my dreams, the more dreams I have.

  2. Dreams are shaped by things around us.

  3. Characters can reappear in dreams, and dreams can continue like a story, even after a year or instantly when I close my eyes again.

  4. Time in dreams can feel faster or slower than real life, but to the dreamer, it feels like real time.

  5. Dreams can feel like déjà vu.

  6. Most dreams stay in the brain for a few seconds to a minute after waking, but those involving personal, shocking, or sexual content—or things important for survival—last much longer.

  7. Eyeballs can move while dreaming.

  8. Real-life events, like phlegm dripping from the mouth, can shape an entire dream.

  9. Dreaming within a dream is possible, and seeing yourself as a third person is too, but you still feel like the first person.