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Re: The vividly imagined experience » Wittgensteinz

Posted by Dinah on November 18, 2008, at 19:11:40

In reply to Re: The vividly imagined experience » Dinah, posted by Wittgensteinz on November 18, 2008, at 18:21:41

It might indeed have been the OCD he was thinking of. I know I've probably mentioned anchoring before.

I don't think it could happen with anything that involved much activity, or anything unusual. It's more the everyday things. Like thinking about writing an email, composing the words in my mind, then thinking I actually wrote it since I did remember responding. Or calling for pizza. Or checking that the oven is off. Perhaps I just don't focus on the everyday closely enough.

I do know I have a relatively vivid imagination. I always had trouble with the walk through the woods meditation, because I'd start imagining all the bad things that were sure to come with the experience. Bugs, itchy leaves, stuff like that. My therapist would roll his eyes and say I was supposed to imagine a woods without those things. But that wouldn't be very realistic, would it?

Perhaps in your case it was because you were sleeping right around that time? Do you sometimes have that sort of dream where you get up, brush your teeth, eat breakfast, and then wake up to find it was just a dream?

 

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