Dreams have played a part in my life for as long as I remember. Childhood nightmares sent me to the therapist — in my dreams a light switch in my room wouldn’t turn on; then a fire started in the walls. In the 1960’s I did self-psychology experiments like making a timer alarm to see what I was dreaming throughout the night. I also tried to exert some control over my dreams by picturing what wanted as I went to sleep, with occasional success. I loved having ‘lucid’ dreams, where I realized I was dreaming. I still make use of this consciousness when I decide a dream is too scary and need to wake up. I still sporadically record a dreams, but rarely go back to reread them.

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