You will hand in the first page of this questionnaire on January 18th

Section 1: General Dream questionnaire PSYC 4400 -- VerWys

1. How often do you remember some part of a dream when you wake up ?

A. Almost Never     B. Seldom, only 1-2 dreams per month.

C. Regularly, 1-2 dreams per week         D. Often, 3-4 dreams per week.

E. Almost Every night, 5-6 dreams per week.         F. Every time I sleep
 

2. For how long after waking can you remember your dream ?

A. Only a little while, the memory of the dream fades rapidly.

B. An hour or two, I usually forget the dream by mid-morning.

C. Usually until late afternoon I have some recollection of my dream.

D. I can remember my dreams days after they occurred.

3. How much of any particular dream do you think you remember?

A. Only a little bit
B. Most of the large factors, and not many details
C. All the stuff that happened at the end of the dream, but the beginning is usually fuzzy.
D. I can remember all of the details of my dream completely.
E. I can never remember anything about my dreams, I only have the vague feeling that I did dream.

4. Dream content: Are your dreams

A. Always about a different topic
B. I consistently have the same dream (certain details change, but the dream flow remains the same)
C. I consistently have one of Three or Four different dreams.
D. I have one recurring dreams, and many others about various topics.

5. Which statement best reflects your dreams:

A. I dream in color all the time.
B. Sometimes I dream in color, sometimes I dream in black and white.
C. I am not aware of whether I dream in color or black and white.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

6. Which of the following events happen in your dreams ?

(check all which apply)

A. Feeling of Flying ___
B. Feeling of Falling ___
C. Being naked in an inappropriate place ___
D. Feeling of quenching your thirst. ___
E. Someone who is close to you dies. ___
F. Failing some type of examination ___

7. Yes or No. Have you ever been able to trace a part of your dream to something that happened on the immediately previous day ?

8. Yes or No. Do you ever have nightmares ?

9. Yes or No. Have you ever associated any of your nightmares with illness or injury that occurred at the same time ?

10. If you are interrupted in the middle of a dream --

A. I will continue the dream if I immediately go back to sleep.

B. I will sometimes continue the dream if I immediately go back to sleep.

C. I can never get back to dreaming the same dream.

D. I can continue the same dream the next night with no difficulty.

11. Yes or No : I am always a character in my dreams.

12. Yes or No : I am always the main character in my dreams.

13. Yes or No : Some dreams I do not seem to be in at all

14.  Yes or No : In some of my dreams I am somebody else
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dream Analysis worksheet page 3

Now, I want you to think back as far in your childhood as you can and describe to me the first dream that you still have a memory of.

Describe dream here:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

How old do you think you were when you had this dream ?

Can you remember any circumstances about the day before the dream ? (i.e. feeling ill, staying up late, big birthday party, parents had argument)

Were any of your family members in the dream ?
 
 

Did they play major or minor parts in the dream ? (if applicable)
 
 

How often have you thought about this dream since it happened ?
 
 

Do you think that this dream had any greater meaning than its surface structure ?

(If so, how did you interpret it ?)
 
 
 
 

How many dreams do you have a strong memory of ?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dream Analysis sheet

Composite sheet for new dreams. Keep this sheet near your bed so that you can write down your dream as soon as possible after waking. Trying to recall your dream quickly will help you remember some key details which you might later forget. After describing your dream, than answer the following questions concerning your dream which may prompt a more accurate recall. Remember, all details of a dream are important, according to Sigmund Freud.

Dream Description:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Follow up questions:

Was it day or night ?

Where did the dream take place ?

Who were the characters in your dream ?

Main: Minor:

Were you in the dream ?

Were you yourself, or were you someone else ?

Were people wearing clothes ? What type of clothes ?

Were their people that you don’t ever remember meeting in your dream ?

What was the main action (or purpose) within the dream ?

Can you think of anything that happened to you the previous day which contributed to the dream in some way ?

Do you believe that you remembered the whole dream, the first part of the dream, or the last part of the dream ?

What deeper meaning do you attach to this dream ?
 
 
 
 

Dream Analysis sheet

Composite sheet for new dreams. Keep this sheet near your bed so that you can write down your dream as soon as possible after waking. Trying to recall your dream quickly will help you remember some key details which you might later forget. After describing your dream, than answer the following questions concerning your dream which may prompt a more accurate recall. Remember, all details of a dream are important, according to Sigmund Freud.

Dream Description:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Follow up questions:

Was it day or night ?

Where did the dream take place ?

Who were the characters in your dream ?

Main: Minor:

Were you in the dream ?

Were you yourself, or were you someone else ?

Were people wearing clothes ? What type of clothes ?

Were their people that you don’t ever remember meeting in your dream ?

What was the main action (or purpose) within the dream ?

Can you think of anything that happened to you the previous day which contributed to the dream in some way ?

Do you believe that you remembered the whole dream, the first part of the dream, or the last part of the dream ?

What deeper meaning do you attach to this dream ?
 
 

Dream Analysis sheet

Composite sheet for new dreams. Keep this sheet near your bed so that you can write down your dream as soon as possible after waking. Trying to recall your dream quickly will help you remember some key details which you might later forget. After describing your dream, than answer the following questions concerning your dream which may prompt a more accurate recall. Remember, all details of a dream are important, according to Sigmund Freud.

Dream Description:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Follow up questions:

Was it day or night ?

Where did the dream take place ?

Who were the characters in your dream ?

Main: Minor:

Were you in the dream ?

Were you yourself, or were you someone else ?

Were people wearing clothes ? What type of clothes ?

Were their people that you don’t ever remember meeting in your dream ?

What was the main action (or purpose) within the dream ?

Can you think of anything that happened to you the previous day which contributed to the dream in some way ?

Do you believe that you remembered the whole dream, the first part of the dream, or the last part of the dream ?

What deeper meaning do you attach to this dream ?