Sleep and dreams conversation questions

Dreams

 * Do you usually have dreams? What are they like? Are they stories or disconnected events? What happens?
 * Can you remember any recent dream? Can you “explain” it?
 * What sort of things usually occur in your dreams? For instance, do you dream about things which happened during the day such as working and studying?
 * Do you have or do you know about any recurring dreams? Flying, falling  and losing clothes in public are said to be common!
 * Do you ever have “lucid dreams”. In other words, do you ever become aware that you are dreaming and then control the dream?
 * Do you frequently have nightmares? What happens in them? (If it's distressing, then you don't have to answer.)
 * Do you think that we can learn anything from dreams? Some people claim that we can learn things about the future from dreams.  What do you think about this idea?
 * Have you ever had a dream which seemed to come true? What happened?
 * When you are doing something during the day, are you ever suddenly reminded of a dream you had during the night?
 * Do animals dream or only humans? If animals dream does that mean that they can think?
 * Some people claim they have been the victims of “alien abductions”.  Were they dreaming?
 * In your culture, what do specific dreams mean? For example, dreaming of pigs in the Korean culture means the dreamer will be getting a lot of money.
 * Do you dream in color?
 * What language do the people in your dream speak?

Sleep

 * Do you usually sleep with your bedroom completely dark, or with the curtains or blinds open?
 * Do you have problems sleeping if there is too much or not enough light for you?
 * Do you have any techniques to help you to get to sleep if you have trouble dropping off?
 * What techniques do you use to keep yourself awake?
 * Do you like to read or watch TV in bed? Does this help you to sleep or keep you awake?
 * Why do we sleep? Is it to rest our bodies?  - but we could do that sitting in a chair!
 * Do we sleep to rest our minds? - but our *subconscious minds keep working!
 * Is the purpose of sleep to allow us to dream?
 * Do you, or any of your family, sleepwalk? *
 * Is it dangerous to wake people who are sleepwalking?
 * Do you know anybody who sleeps with their eyes open?
 * Do “answers” to problems you have been thinking about come to while you are asleep? Can you think of any examples?
 * How many hours do you sleep normally? How do you feel if you don't get your expected amount?
 * Have you ever worked at night? Did you have any problems sleeping the next day? Why (not)?
 * Have you ever flown long haul? Where to? Did you get jet lag? How long did it take you to get over it?
 * When do you usually go to bed?
 * When do you usually get up? Is it the same on weekends?
 * How do you usually wake up?
 * What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep? Why?  How did you feel?
 * A siesta is popular in some countries. Do you take one?  What do you think of this custom?

Vocabulary

 * technique
 * sleepwalk
 * subconscious