I wonder how much control we have of our dreams? [View all]

[Tobin S.]

I was having some nightmares the other night, one after the other they kept waking me. I said a little prayer asking for relief and then slept well for the rest of the night.

All of my dreams have been ranging from negative to nightmarish lately. I don't know why. Everything is going well in my life, both personally and at work. So I was mulling this over a bit, and then last night I had a much more pleasant dream than usual lately.

But that makes me wonder that if we do have some control over the nature of our dreams then why would the default be one way or the other? That is, if I chose not to try to control my dreams why would they all be bad?