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@lvat

I feel like I wrote this myself. I dream from the moment I close my eyes until the moment I wake up. I'm exhausted from my dreams when I wake up the next day. While I'm dreaming, I often recognize that I'm dreaming, but despite recognizing that it is a dream, I have only a few times (so rarely) tried to control the dream like lucid dreaming. I take no medications other than OTC pain killers, like tylenol, as needed for frequent headaches. (I've found that my headaches are usually because I'm tired and feel physical stress on my body.) I don't use caffinated products or energy drinks. I've never considered bringing it up to a doctor as I just figured "that's life." I wouldn't mind finding a solution that doesn't include taking some kind of prescription to suppress the dreams or change my sleep. I guess what I would prefer is knowing that there is some natural way (like, for random example, eating less processed foods) to get better sleep and less exhausting dreams

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Hello @lvat, Welcome to Connect. I'm glad to see that you have connected with @mazeppabob. I've always had pretty vivid dreams growing up. Sometimes having the same one over and over and then knowing I was dreaming and just relaxing to let it play out and waking up. I still have a lot of dreams but like you just figured that's life. I do believe there is probably an answer somewhere but just don't know what it is.

This is what makes me think training the brain might be the answer.
Happy Brain: How to Overcome Our Neural Predispositions to Suffering | Amit Sood, MD | TEDxUNI: https://youtu.be/KZIGekgoaz4

Now I feel validated reading these. I just found out in the last year. This is not "normal" but even among other people "not normal" it's rare.

I'm exhausted and reading these validate for me it is my second life, my other reality, my dreams.
This makes it more sad.