Dream - Can we control?

Bangalore, India
February 17, 2017 3:38pm CST
It's 3 am in India. I am going to sleep and just a thought came. Can we control our dream within sleep? We all dream something good, some thing bad. But can we make our so trained that we can decide that we will dream on this topic? I think answer is no. But if it was possible what dream would you chose to dream?
7 people like this
8 responses
• Bangladesh
18 Feb 17
no. we have no control on it
2 people like this
@akalinus (40604)
• United States
21 Feb 17
@Priyanka1990 Please write in English. It is the rule here.
1 person likes this
• Bangladesh
20 Feb 17
@ichchhe_mrityu hmm nice explanation
• Bangalore, India
20 Feb 17
@Priyanka1990 thank you...
@shaggin (71663)
• United States
17 Feb 17
I think we can try to alter what we dream about by thinking hard about something before we go to sleep but it is rare that it works. I dreamt last night that my sister got married and my mother was upset that no one was invited and then I dreamed I was at a wedding and my sister was singing and everyonewas admiring her and I was so jealous.
2 people like this
• Bangalore, India
18 Feb 17
I don't know about altering the dream but in my experience if you listen some meditation music or calm music before you sleep you can avoid scary dream...
@shaggin (71663)
• United States
18 Feb 17
@ichchhe_mrityu If I eat chocolate soon before bed I get terrible nightmares and I know if had the same reaction with my niece.
• Bangalore, India
20 Feb 17
@shaggin That's interesting... Eating chocolate gives scary dreams!! Is there anyone else? I would like to test this..
• Austin, Texas
18 Feb 17
To a certain extent I think we can control what we dream about. For instance, I am not a fan of horror movies and I know that 9 times out of 10 if I watch a horror movie before I fall asleep, I will have a bad dream. So I don't watch the movie. In that sense, I'm controlling what I dream. But other than that, I don't really think people have much control over the dream process. How do you control something in an unconscious state? The only thing you can control is you can will yourself to wake up! But to answer your question I would dream about my past life, happy memories. Many I love have gone to the next world and that would be my way of seeing them again.
2 people like this
• Bangalore, India
19 Feb 17
yes.. we can change some parameters which might change the pattern of dreams.. but it's not a definite thing...
1 person likes this
@akalinus (40604)
• United States
17 Feb 17
I know that people can change the way a dream ends. I do it sometimes. I don't think it is possible to dream about a certain thing. I have tried that too, and failed.
1 person likes this
@akalinus (40604)
• United States
21 Feb 17
@ichchhe_mrityu I'm not sure exactly. Before I go to sleep, I give myself suggestions that if I have this bad dream again, I will make it end better. Sometimes it works, and then I don't have that dream again.
• Bangalore, India
18 Feb 17
It's interesting Jo.. How do you control the end without waking up? I sometime tried to thin about the same if I wake up in between
@avi256 (8489)
• Pune, India
20 Feb 17
I think Christopher Nolan would be interested in this idea..
1 person likes this
@avi256 (8489)
• Pune, India
20 Feb 17
@ichchhe_mrityu cool....we can think of indian inception now.
1 person likes this
• Bangalore, India
20 Feb 17
@avi256 but that was not a controlled dream :P but we can definitely think of something like that..
• Bangalore, India
20 Feb 17
Seriously.. you know I really dreamt within a dream.. I mean I woke up within a dream then I woke up again.. this happened to me once.. I said this to few of my friends..One of them also had the similar experience many times..
1 person likes this
• India
18 Feb 17
Dreams are thoughts in our subconsciousness. As we know,the brain never sleeps. Studies also show that we only see people in our dreams who we know. I don't think we can control or alter our dreams in any way.
1 person likes this
• Bangalore, India
18 Feb 17
yes Ritu, it would have been great if we could control our dreams...
1 person likes this
• India
18 Feb 17
@ichchhe_mrityu Yeah..But there would be no thrill in that.
• Bangalore, India
18 Feb 17
@rituaigal we can't control our real life... at least we should have the privilege to control our own dream... and you can have thrilling moments if you want
1 person likes this
@jasonhack (136)
• Zottegem, Belgium
18 Feb 17
having superpower to save the world
1 person likes this
• Bangalore, India
19 Feb 17
Wow.. you will soon become a super-hero...
2 people like this
@sans224 (1808)
20 Feb 17
if this is 3 am , i think u may not get to see any dreams just sleep;-)
1 person likes this
• Bangalore, India
20 Feb 17
I am - late to bed and late to rise / hence not healthy wealthy and wise.
1 person likes this