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Story: Based on a dream
shabutie:
Dreams are an awesome way to get an idea for a story.
(Didn't read all of yours, but I will eventually... I promise!
Back on March 27th I had a dream I never wanted to forget, so I wrote it down. (And yeah, I'm one of those people with fairly detailed dreams)
(click to show/hide)Started off with a game (Soccer, I believe). I was being a very poor sport, but was thinking it's all good. No one should
be taking me seriously.
Afterwords, I said a few mean things to some of the other players. She took me aside along with someone
I had offended during the game. We talked about it, I said I didn't mean much of what I said, that it's just
the way I am. But we still got into it. He argued he didn't have many friends, and events like this were hard
on him. I brought up that I have very little friends left, if any at all. She said, "No friends left? So that's
what I am to you." I felt horrible about that, and after a little bit (We were kind of standing on a concrete ledge type
thing with a railing overlooking a hilly forest) we heard screams. Looking off in the distance, we saw a smoke
trail following a missile headed at the local nuclear power plant. The three of us hit the deck, but even still,
the heat from the explosion was immense. After it was over, we stood up and immediately parted ways to look for
our loved ones. Mine had been in their underground science lab, so I didn't worry too much about searching for
them and I went to see if I could go help. After a little bit, I found her again. She had been crying, so I
followed her. She ended up heading into a church, and when I walked in, I had seen so many people... People I
had thought forgotten or didn't care about me. Hell, even the kid I had offended was there. Yeah... It had
been my funeral and I died in the blast.
Very rough, but I pretty much woke up and wrote it down... Haven't edited it or anything since.
flyawave:
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--- Quote from: fohfoh on September 28, 2010, 07:08:04 PM ---This story/project was actually inspired by a social psychology class I took. The premise is actually based on sleep studies and differing brain waves. I thought the dream was odd enough to try and recall. You'd be surprised the amount of detail you can remember if you are able to capture the key words, concepts before you forget it.
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Psychology eh? elaborate plz
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It was based on sleep patterns. REM sleep, delta waves etc. that type of thing. That section of the class was based on a video that showed and outlined a sleep study that was done on participants. Participants were given a notebook and their brainwaves monitored. Once they hit a certain wave, they were "forced" awake and requested to write down on a pad and paper what they had just been dreaming. They were then requested to go back to sleep and the process was restarted again for different brain wave types.
Certain types of brain waves usually yielded an individual running over past experiences. The example was a tactile snowboard arcade game which the participants either played only once or twice, or continuously. Those who played once or twice, and even those who played continuously showed the greatest improvement after "sleeping on it". It generally had the idea of "simulation".
Certain types of brain waves were also sort of like simulation, but also "testing the realities of the "real world". Generally the "odd dreams". The example in here was an individual who claimed he had a dream where there was a grasshopper in his kitchen chatting with him or something.
Testing was also done in the REM state (rapid eye movement) and non-rapid eye movement. I'm not fully sure about this one, but I think they also confirmed that you can dream without REM.
But sleep study format in that representation.
1. Participant sleeps in a "clinical bed". Basic with a table beside the bed. On the table is a notebook and pen.
2. Participant is hooked up to all sorts of monitoring equipment. Video recording equipment is also set up
3. Participant goes to sleep and is woken in certain time intervals (which generally are "transition time intervals" from a certain brain waves to different brain waves)
4. Results are recorded each time the participant is woken up by the researchers as well as the participant. (Participant records the dreams, researchers record the physical state)
5. Comparison and reflection is done the next day.
5a. participants are requested to recompile the dream.
This is also repeated with individuals who don't write anything down. Those who record on notebooks remember way more than those who don't.
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Well, isn't that something... I always though you had to be in REM mode to dream
but I can totally back up the whole "sleep on it" thing... you run through thing in your head and you get better at it... mentaly
Teaparty:
You, sir, watch too much anime. :P
fohfoh:
--- Quote from: Teaparty on September 29, 2010, 08:34:23 PM ---You, sir, watch too much anime. :P
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Me? I actually watch a lot of asian dramas... :P Lots more than anime.
deathman:
--- Quote from: fohfoh on September 29, 2010, 10:41:52 PM ---
--- Quote from: Teaparty on September 29, 2010, 08:34:23 PM ---You, sir, watch too much anime. :P
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Me? I actually watch a lot of asian dramas... :P Lots more than anime.
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Asian Dramas????No no no i will try to make myself stronger so i wont judge what you do....no no no..it is your choice yeah...fuck i want to say somethin.... :)
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