Tell me do you or did you used to watch Star Trek the Next Generation or the Matrix? Which one?
I know this question wasn't posed to me, but I've been thinking about the dreams a lot lately, so I'll elaborate. First off, The Matrix, I saw it for the upteenth time a couple days prior to the dream. Strange thing is that I haven't seen The Cube in probably 10-12 years and I felt like it had the biggest influence. Separate dream sequences were linked only by the glass enclosure and the debriefings by shadow figures/voices. The enclosure or "construct program" was the only common theme. Due to that fact, it seems Inception may have played a bigger role than first realized. I haven't seen that movie in at least 60 days or so, I'd estimate.
I just remember waking up exhausted and forcing myself to GET UP because I was so terrified of what had happened. I remember wasting around 5-10 minutes getting oriented before I decided to make a new topic, finally deciding that what had happened was noteworthy. Since then, I've either had trouble sleeping (as I've had tonight) or have slept way too much. Either way, I've not had any dreams like the original sequence.
Terrifying as it was, I must say, I'm ready for round two. I feel like if I was to have another shot at this, my lucidity during the dream would increase and I'd have more control over what was happening. Drug-induced or not, it's by far the most lucid dreaming I've experienced in recent memory. Exerting control in the dream-space is something akin to an adrenaline rush while sleeping, that much I remember.
The last dreams I had that were this vivid involved me physically at the mercy of two, high-ranking Sinaloa Cartel interrogators. The dreams began in a more enjoyable scenario but quickly devolved into a lightning-quick kidnapping followed by a lengthy rendition. While incredibly detailed and extremely painful, I had no control during the dream and was tortured for what seemed like hours, occasionally allowed a visual perspective on events I was being questioned about, being made aware that my interrogators had somehow hacked into my brain.
The most recent dreams were very much an upgrade from my previous experience with vivid dreams. Prior to tonight's (this morning's) analysis, I thought I had managed to push the Mexican cartel dreams out of my mind. Even without lucidity, the sheer vivid nature of the dream was matched only by my recent lucid experience.
EDIT: It might be noteworthy to share that at least one of the "voices" sounded like Hugo Weaving talking with the same tone, accent, and inflections as "Agent Smith" in The Matrix. However, I recalled this information I think due to the seemingly informal way he spoke to me in my dreams. It made responding to his questions an unavoidable priority, taking away my focus from my surroundings. The way he extracted information from me was unsettling.
