Can you wake up from or choose what is in your dream?

Question

I have been thinking about trying to wake up from a dream but I have either done the "do it tomorrow routine" or my dreams have controlled it.I am sure if some expert could tell us what actually happens to our minds when we sleep I am sure it would be easier.Is it true that if you think about something hard enough you dream about it?I have had the most random dreams lately.

Answer 1

I have answered questions similar to this. Here it is.

First, dreams are usually periods of time when parts of our brain are at rest and parts of our brain are still active. The rationale part that thinks and judges and discriminates (picks and choose what we think and how those thoughts proceed) is at rest. The part of our brain that processes thought and remembers things is still active. Dreams are ways of rehashing thoughts to process them and integrate them into memory.

One way that memories are processed and stored into memory (long-term memory) is to associate them and integrate them with previously store memories. Without the rational part of our brain, these associations can occur randomly and can have strange effects resulting in strange dreams.

Memory is composed of several functions. One is retention, the storage of memories (long-term memory). Another is retrieval, getting memories from storage into "consciousness". We are not aware, or conscious, pf all our memories all the time. We can only be conscious of some memories at any one time. In dreams we may retrieve memories we have not remembered in a long time and they get associated with newer thoughts as a means of storing them.

We dream four to eight times a night depending on how many sleep cycles we have. Drugs can disturb the sleep cycle to some degree, but each is different. Most people do not remember their dreams; some people do. When we wake up in the morning, it is usually just after a dream, so most people who remember dreams remember the ones just before they awaken. People who wake up often at night are likely to remember more dreams, if they have a tendency to remember dreams. Most people lose their dreams in the act of waking up and restoring their consciousness to the immediate present.

The best way to "control" your dream is to think about it a lot the day before and just before you go to sleep. Clear your mind of other things. This will not guarantee you will have it or remember it, but it increases the chance you will have it. Remembering dreams usually ends up meaning disrupted sleep.

Answer 2

I Can Add Things..I'll Think About Something When I Dream And Then Suddenly It Will Show Up Or Sooner Or Later It Will....Im Serious...Its Crazy.

Answer 3

Sometimes I can. Last week when I saw my old house in my dream, knowing I had moved, I said, " this is a dream", and woke up!
As far as wanting certain dreams sometimes just thinking about that before bed is enough. Otherwise focus hard on it.

Answer 4

Give it ago, see for yourself