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Couple of screws loose (quite_vexing) wrote in valarnet,
@ 2018-07-06 00:06:00

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abigail hobbs, harley quinn, poe dameron, vanessa cleveland, will solace

Ever stop to think that when you dream, like little d and not the big D dreams, you can have a conversation with someone and not know what they're going to say even though it's all in your head?

So doesn't that mean that your brain is capable of withholding information from itself?

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	fly_anything 2018-07-06 08:13 am UTC (link)
	Oh I think the brain is capable of a lot of things. Makes sense right? I mean people can forget trauma for self protection, that's similar I think? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	quite_vexing 2018-07-06 08:14 am UTC (link)
	See, now that's inciteful. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fly_anything 2018-07-06 08:15 am UTC (link)
	Thanks. I have moments every now and then. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quite_vexing 2018-07-06 08:15 am UTC (link)
	Insightful too ;) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fly_anything 2018-07-06 08:18 am UTC (link)
	Either works for me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quite_vexing 2018-07-06 08:22 am UTC (link)
	Both have their uses. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fly_anything 2018-07-06 08:27 am UTC (link)
	Indeed they do. One possibly gives a more exciting outcome. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quite_vexing 2018-07-06 08:28 am UTC (link)
	What do you like to incite flyboy? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fly_anything 2018-07-06 08:31 am UTC (link)
	Adventure, fun and maybe a little bit of mischief every now and then. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quite_vexing 2018-07-06 08:36 am UTC (link)
	My favorite kind of fun! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	filiampandora 2018-07-06 04:36 pm UTC (link)
	Haven't there been studies about that phenomenon? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	quite_vexing 2018-07-06 06:56 pm UTC (link)
	Yep! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	filiampandora 2018-07-06 11:28 pm UTC (link)
	I thought I remembered one of my professors saying something about that. It's a defense mechanism of the human brain - protecting us from things that would be too overwhelming to remember. Or to remember all at once. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quite_vexing 2018-07-07 02:49 am UTC (link)
	Dreams are our brain's way of dealing with all the data it can't process while we're awake. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	filiampandora 2018-07-10 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	So...my little d dreams lately are my brain trying to process...something about pizza? I'll take it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quite_vexing 2018-07-10 11:55 pm UTC (link)
	Well, more like as you walk through the day you see literally thousands of seconds of things that you don't notice. Cars passing by, sounds, smells. But because you're focusing on one or two things you don't notice. But your brain notices. And then it processes it all in dreams so you don't go crazy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	filiampandora 2018-07-11 02:41 am UTC (link)
	Why couldn't my professors explain it like that? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quite_vexing 2018-07-11 02:46 am UTC (link)
	Because they're academics, dollface! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	filiampandora 2018-07-13 12:02 am UTC (link)
	You'd think that would make them want even more to find a way to explain things to their students so they got it completely instead of just parts of it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quite_vexing 2018-07-13 12:45 am UTC (link)
	They're too wrapped up in their own asses. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	filiampandora 2018-07-13 01:22 am UTC (link)
	Probably. And that's why I have no interest in using my degree to teach once I finish - I wouldn't fit their mold. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quite_vexing 2018-07-13 02:49 am UTC (link)
	What's your plan? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	filiampandora 2018-07-13 02:53 am UTC (link)
	I want to be a social worker. Keep other kids from being bounced around in foster care like I was. Get them the right fit the first time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quite_vexing 2018-07-13 03:06 am UTC (link)
	Good person (Reply to this) (Parent)

	abigail_hobbs 2018-07-07 06:35 pm UTC (link)
	I think so. There's dissociative amnesia and all kinds of ways for the mind to repress memories. Maybe the brain can withhold other info too, to make your regular dreams more interesting or something. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	quite_vexing 2018-07-07 06:38 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe we just have too much to process. (Reply to this) (Parent)

healingsunshine
2018-07-10 03:08 am UTC (link)

The brain is the organ we know the least about. But since brains also tend to keep information in our waking life to itself sometimes (like when something is on the tip of your tongue and you know you know it, but the words won't come until hours or days later?), it makes sense it does in your dreams too.

I'm curious about why it does that, though. In dreams and when you're awake.

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	quite_vexing 2018-07-10 05:44 am UTC (link)
	In otherwords, we're crazy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	healingsunshine 2018-07-11 03:07 am UTC (link)
	You're the one with the degree, here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quite_vexing 2018-07-11 03:34 am UTC (link)
	Exactly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	healingsunshine 2018-07-12 03:29 am UTC (link)
	So your professional opinion is yes, then? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	quite_vexing 2018-07-12 06:44 am UTC (link)
	Yes, indeedy! (Reply to this) (Parent)