Lucid Dreams
#61
Very interesting, Lightning. My best guess, would that you have smelled cologne sometime in your life, and your brain can probably remember, making you think you just sprayed it. Not sure though.
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#62
^Exactly that. I had tested that cologne (a green lacoste one) at a store last year. In my dream I sprayed it and I felt the gush of the scent going up my nose. Ofcourse, I woke up the moment I realised that.
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#63
The part of the brain that processes scents is one of the oldest - that's why scents are so strongly linked with memories sometimes.
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#64
Anyway, I've deiced I'm going to try Lucid Dreaming tonight. May not get it the first time, but I've done enough research to get it within a week or so.
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#65
Good luck, Lightning.

(no sarcasm intended)
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#66
(20 Mar 11, 03:48PM)makkE Wrote: The part of the brain that processes scents is one of the oldest - that's why scents are so strongly linked with memories sometimes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammillary_body
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olfactory_memory
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#67
thank you v-man for saving me the valuable minutes it would have taken me to find those articles. I am forever in your debt.
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#68
Ah, this is why V-man brought up this subject a few nights ago, now that I have an account I'll keep it with the Jones' .... or whatever

I read a lot in my dreams. The phrases written are different then what I end up saying out loud or acting upon.
One dream I remember having - I read a newspaper article about a cat being stuck in a tree. There was a big reward to get him down. (The real words on the paper said something about whales... anyway...)
I got to the tree and saw a man up there named "Kitty" I facepalmed and said something like, "you douche! Get yourself out of that tree!"
Crap.... V-man
2,874+ posts?
*sigh* I better get moving
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