Hyperactive dreaming is weird, and tiring

I wonder if weird occurrences will ever stop bugging me. This time, it's hyperactive dreaming... And whatever I say below will probably be nonsense to most, I guess.


Anyway, usually, I don't seem to be able to go past stage IV of sleep into the REM state of dreaming - which is probably the reason why I don't dream so much. Recently however, I've been experiencing the raw power of dreams (or something more), and the ability to come up with exciting new possibilities that I've never thought of before.

I came back from school, and for some strange reason felt so tired that I had to go to bed at 6pm and just knocked out. I don't know how I can describe this, but after what seemed to be hours of long unconsciousness - by the long gap of no memory - I went awake as a multi-dimensional being. As in living in alternate realities simultaneously mainly as an observer. Strange as it felt, I seemed to be able to think about every possible permutation of a given situation simultaneously, as if gleaming into future events and knowing each and every outcome.

That said though, it felt as though my brain was about to explode. Maybe all neurons were continuously firing simultaneously to work out every of those permutations. All I remember is that my brain short circuited, and I woke up feeling ever more tired than before I slept. -.-

What an experience where sleep backfires on you. I went to sleep to rest, and ended up waking up feeling more tired than before, which is weird. Considering that REM states are supposed to allow you to recuperate and recharge your body, waking up feeling THAT much more tired seemed to require a tremendous amount of... depletion of "mana" (for the lack of a better term) for me to feel tired even through a period of the fastest "regeneration of mana" possible (REM state)

I can't believe I'm referring to fiction, but it felt exactly like how mages cast spells in Eragon, where fatigue sets in as you cast spells. What does not follow is that I "casted" a weird spell whilst in my dream state, which gives me nerd chills. And a small part of me is screaming "OMFG, I think I have unlocked my potential for spellcasting!" Gosh.

I reckon its a state beyond the REM, and I have no idea what use has it. I don't think it consolidates any form of memory - spatial, semantic, procedural, or episodic - because I felt even more disoriented when I awoke, as if there was a nuclear explosion in my head screwing my brain functions up.

Checked the clock - 9pm. 3 hours of sleep. Should have gone through 2 cycles of REM, but I seemed to have been stuck in the 1st cycle and never stopped progressing in unprecedented stages of sleep. Though, this is a markedly different experience as the one depicted in Chris Nohlan's "Inception" - i.e. I did not progress in levels of dream states. Instead, I experienced all of them simultaneously, feeling much like living as a multi-dimensional "Observer" as depicted in J.J. Abrams' "Fringe". However, even that particular description of "Observers" doesn't quite fit what I experienced, though it is by far the closest that I know.

If humans were to ever ascend into a form that goes beyond our physical limitations as multi-dimensional beings, hyperactive dreams like the one I just experienced would probably be the key to unlocking that ability. Or at least learn how to utilise it. Although we'd probably also need to upgrade our brains at least 5 times in capacity to operate at that rate normally. Simultaneous multi-dimensional experiences are far too taxing for our brains to handle.

NOT ENOUGH MEMORY. NEED MORE RAM.

Whatever it was, I am certain I experienced it - once, over each of the past 2 days.

I don't know if I'm using the correct terms, but based on what I can infer, and current (limited) knowledge on the subject of dreams and sleep cycles, it seems pretty accurate to me. Not sure about anyone else though.

Anyway, at this rate, my brain's gonna be fried. I think I'm spouting what is probably nonsense, but I absolutely had to catalogue this for future reference.

Dante out.