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In my dreams, I hover
May. 23rd, 2024 11:47 pmThanks to REM atonia (normal sleep paralysis) and a strong sense of proprioception, at least in my legs, I almost never have use of my legs in my dreams. But my dreaming self has places to go, things to see.
In my youth, I could do more than hover and glide. I could «¿pump?» my legs to go higher; in effect, I could fly. In one of my more frustrating dreams I had to use the bathroom to pee, but I had trouble dampening out a bounce I had developed in my hover somehow. I am used to peeing while standing up, even in my dreams, so this bounce was making it quite hard to aim. Disgusting habit, I know. But this morning, I wasn't able to fly; I instead had to use my arms to push and pull myself toward places. moving up hill was annoying — I would loose forward momentum all the time and would even start to glide backwards. Hopefully it's not a preview of frustrations to come; it is just one frustration wheelchair users have to face while awake.
Funny that my dreaming brain understands gravity and oscillation mechanics.
Also, I woke up today in the mood to listen to The Pretty Reckless, especially the song Under the Water. Huh. The sky in my dream was dark and cloudy, like it was getting ready to storm. It is supposed to storm later today in the evening, and the sky was thundering and flashing lightning when I went to bed last night.
Crossposted from https://cohost.org/not-excitable/post/6089704-in-my-dreams-i-hove
My dreaming mind solves this problem of locomotion by supposing that I can hover and glide.
In my wakeful state, I have full use of my legs, and I quite like how they get me places and allow me to climb into weird places like a goddamned mountain goat. I like walking to places one or two, maybe even three miles away, instead of getting there in a car. If it's safe, of course. But REM atonia keeps my legs from moving while I dream, unlike those funny videos of dogs barking and running in place in their sleep. And as I said before, my dreaming mind can sense my legs can't move somehow. It's not that aware that my arms can't move though.In my youth, I could do more than hover and glide. I could «¿pump?» my legs to go higher; in effect, I could fly. In one of my more frustrating dreams I had to use the bathroom to pee, but I had trouble dampening out a bounce I had developed in my hover somehow. I am used to peeing while standing up, even in my dreams, so this bounce was making it quite hard to aim. Disgusting habit, I know. But this morning, I wasn't able to fly; I instead had to use my arms to push and pull myself toward places. moving up hill was annoying — I would loose forward momentum all the time and would even start to glide backwards. Hopefully it's not a preview of frustrations to come; it is just one frustration wheelchair users have to face while awake.
Funny that my dreaming brain understands gravity and oscillation mechanics.
Also, I woke up today in the mood to listen to The Pretty Reckless, especially the song Under the Water. Huh. The sky in my dream was dark and cloudy, like it was getting ready to storm. It is supposed to storm later today in the evening, and the sky was thundering and flashing lightning when I went to bed last night.
Crossposted from https://cohost.org/not-excitable/post/6089704-in-my-dreams-i-hove
