Dreams in naps are so fast

[DonIsHere]

I took a nap for precisely 15 minutes (I programmed the countdown timer on my phone). The dream I had during that nap felt like I was out for three hours.

I don't understand how events in a dream can seem like possibly a lifetime yet only really happen in 15 minutes?

 

[bignateyk]

I think its because you unknowingly jump ahead in time during your dreams.. ive noticed the same thing.

 

[scorpmatt]

I had a 3hr dream in roughly 10 minutes before... I think this is another part of the mind that we dont use (the 90% area), the ability to slow down time.

 

[trance247]

hmm good qustion, i love short naps you tend to rest well

 

[Alone]

If I remember something I read, dreams occur almost instantly, meaning we can have many dreams in a short period of sleep.

 

[2Xtreme21]

Short naps are when I have the weirdest, most bug out dreams in existence. I usually wake up in a cold sweat not knowing where / who I am.

 

[dullard]

My nights all feel like I have no dream at all, but then in the last few instants of sleep, my mind throws together a massive story which combines all of the unrelated details that I have focussed on in the last week or so. If I wake before this instant, I remember nothing. If I wake after this instant, I remember what feels like a dream that took hours. If I awake right during those few dream creation seconds, my dream feels like it was abrupted, unfinished.

I don't know if that is what really happens, but that is what I always feel.

As an aside, naps suck for me. If I take a nap the rest of my day is 100% ruined. I never can fully awake and I'm dizzy, confused, and far more tired than I was before the nap. A 5 min nap, 15 min nap, 1 hour long nap, it doesn't matter. It makes me so absolutly miserable after a nap, I try to avoid them.

 

[SirChadwick]

I've always heard that dreams only last a matter of seconds...

Even though they can seem like minutes/hours.

 

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[DonIsHere]

Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
Short naps are when I have the weirdest, most bug out dreams in existence. I usually wake up in a cold sweat not knowing where / who I am.

Yeah the short naps always give out the strangest dreams.

It's been a while since I have remembered a dream from actual overnight sleep.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: SirChadwick
I've always heard that dreams only last a matter of seconds...

Even though they can seem like minutes/hours.

I heard that before too... they average 6 seconds or something.

I wonder how they would measure that. They really need to hook up the dream-o-vision, because my dreams are in 1080p and stuff.

 

[2Xtreme21]

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: SirChadwick
I've always heard that dreams only last a matter of seconds...

Even though they can seem like minutes/hours.

I wonder how they would measure that. They really need to hook up the dream-o-vision, because my dreams are in 1080p and stuff.

Your dreams stream in 1080p? Wow, your brain must have a lot of available bandwidth..

 

[swtethan]

Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: SirChadwick
I've always heard that dreams only last a matter of seconds...

Even though they can seem like minutes/hours.

I wonder how they would measure that. They really need to hook up the dream-o-vision, because my dreams are in 1080p and stuff.

Your dreams stream in 1080p? Wow, your brain must have a lot of available bandwidth..

I have HDR and 32x msaa + 32x af enabled

 

[Mallow]

If you are dreaming in a 10 min nap you are severely sleep deprived. It usually takes 45 mins on average for an adult to enter into the REM stage of sleep.

 

[Imported]

Originally posted by: dullard
My nights all feel like I have no dream at all, but then in the last few instants of sleep, my mind throws together a massive story which combines all of the unrelated details that I have focussed on in the last week or so. If I wake before this instant, I remember nothing. If I wake after this instant, I remember what feels like a dream that took hours. If I awake right during those few dream creation seconds, my dream feels like it was abrupted, unfinished.

I don't know if that is what really happens, but that is what I always feel.

As an aside, naps suck for me. If I take a nap the rest of my day is 100% ruined. I never can fully awake and I'm dizzy, confused, and far more tired than I was before the nap. A 5 min nap, 15 min nap, 1 hour long nap, it doesn't matter. It makes me so absolutly miserable after a nap, I try to avoid them.

I feel exactly the same way. :Q

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: Mallow
If you are dreaming in a 10 min nap you are severely sleep deprived. It usually takes 45 mins on average for an adult to enter into the REM stage of sleep.

Bingo. Basically your body is forcing itself to go into REM sleep to catch up on the missed sleep it had during the night.

I have been experiencing the same thing for the past couple months. It sucks.