During the last month or so I have had some problems with my dreams and this has created an interest in dreams that I have never had before. A few years ago, I became aware of when I was dreaming and began to control some elements of my dreams. If part of a dream seemed very odd then I could replay that part of the dream and even change that part of the dream. As my awareness increased the length of time I was aware of dreaming increased and the number of different dreams I had during a nights sleep also seemed to increase.

This might all sound a bit odd, even unbelievable or perhap interesting or exciting but at the moment whilst I never suffer from nightmares (after all I am in control) I do sometimes get left quite emotional and the quality of my sleep is effected. My personal feeling is that dreams are not there to be interpreted and so that part doesn't interest me (maybe it will later?), for the moment I am interested in learning about why we dream and the impact this has on our wellbeing.

The things I dream of are incredibly odd and the places I visit and the people I meet in my dreams are not always familiar to me. Sometimes when I dream I am not always myself and may be seeing things from a different perspective. Where do these images come from and what purpose if any do they serve? I would love to hear if you can you control your dreams or if you have had any strange dream experiences (I can think of one as I write this - I'll save it for later) or if you have any pointers to information on the science of dreams.