# Why are my dreams so damn good? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2015, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-dreams-so-damn-good/717299 "2015-04-10T05:09:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-dreams-so-damn-good/717299/1 "2015-04-10T05:09:23Z")
I mean, top notch shit, man! I obviously can’t go into detail, but I’m talkin’ _good stuff!_ Then I wake up, usually when the goddamn dog starts barking at 8 am (and that’s another thing! How the fuck do dogs tell time?), and its _all shit!_ None of\*\* that\*\* going on! Nothing even close! I can’t even imagine some of the freakin’ awesome shit I dream. Where does it come from? 😕 And how do I make it real? 😃 Ah, that’s right. Money. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Waymore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-dreams-so-damn-good/717299/2 "2015-04-10T07:36:52Z")
Consider yourself lucky. My dreams do the seemingly impossible feat of being both surreal and boring. It’s like Kafka’s dull little brother got a job writing my dreams. ---
**Author:** ![Gothic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gothic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gothic)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-dreams-so-damn-good/717299/3 "2015-04-10T11:58:04Z")
My dreams are always better when I have a dog. I guess they provide a security blanket for me. My dogs could hear when a buddy of theirs went for a walk every morning at 7, and would apply the guilt. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-dreams-so-damn-good/717299/4 "2015-04-10T13:56:30Z")
consider writing some short stories and posting on some fiction writing site. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-dreams-so-damn-good/717299/5 "2015-04-10T14:38:32Z")
Don’t waste them. Inspiration for fiction! ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-dreams-so-damn-good/717299/6 "2015-04-10T19:13:53Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > And how do I make it real? 😃 1. Strip down to your underwear 2. go to school ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-dreams-so-damn-good/717299/7 "2015-04-10T19:26:17Z")
Come on. You can’t start a thread like this and then not give us all the juicy details. I mean, what are the chances of anyone you know in RL ever finding this? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-dreams-so-damn-good/717299/8 "2015-04-10T19:30:51Z")
Here’s what **MY** dreams are like: I’m with someone, can’t remember who, somplace I don’t think I’ve ever been to, doing something or other. Then, suddenly, nothing happens. I can’t remember the rest. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-dreams-so-damn-good/717299/9 "2015-04-10T19:43:52Z")
I’m usually stressed out of my gourd, possibly trying to save my children or loved ones from an alien invasion or something equally fun, sometimes I’m taking a really long time getting on a flight I know is going to crash, then if I ever make it to the flight it’s a series of increasingly near misses. Never actually crashing. Just worse and worse and worse. The point is: my dreams are horrible, never-ending, soul-sucking swamps of fetid despair. What’s your beef? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-dreams-so-damn-good/717299/10 "2015-04-14T04:41:00Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > consider writing some short stories and posting on some fiction writing site. Yeah, but who subscribes to “that magazine” anymore? 😃 > [@ddsun](#): > > The point is: my dreams are horrible, never-ending, soul-sucking swamps of fetid despair. > > What’s your beef? Well, when _you_ wake up, you probably fell better. When I wake up, I’m kinda disappointed. And that’s real. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-dreams-so-damn-good/717299/11 "2015-04-14T05:16:15Z")
Oddly, when things are going badly in my waking life, my dreams get really good. When things are going well in my waking life, my dreams are either unpleasant or unmemorable (like the one where I dreamed I found the toenail clippers). ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-dreams-so-damn-good/717299/12 "2015-04-14T06:23:20Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Well, when _you_ wake up, you probably fell better. When I wake up, I’m kinda disappointed. And that’s real. Nah - it’s no great shakes awake either. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-dreams-so-damn-good/717299/13 "2015-04-14T06:28:08Z")
I guess we got that goin’ for us then, don’t we? ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-dreams-so-damn-good/717299/14 "2015-04-14T07:03:38Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > Oddly, when things are going badly in my waking life, my dreams get really good. When things are going well in my waking life, my dreams are either unpleasant or unmemorable (like the one where I dreamed I found the toenail clippers). Maybe your mind knows you need cheering up when sad. (I’m not being sarcastic.)