Confuseled Imagination

My sister and I used to watch a lot of fantasy shows and movies as a child. We were definitely not the outdoorsy kind of kids, we grew up in front of the TV watching Rainbow Brite, Sesame Street, Popples, Cabbage Patch Kids, Care Bears etc. Our parents didn't mind because we were intelligent kids with varied interests.






As I got older and my memory got worse I forgot so much of what I used to dedicate my afternoons watching. Of course there were the ones that stood out so much that could never be forgotten, The Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal, The Princess Bride, The Neverending Story, Legend, Flash Gordon, Goonies, The Secret of Nimh (still makes me cry to this day) but those are the fantasy classics. Or at least for my generation.





I have always had an extremely vivid imagination. As a child I would go to sleep and dream that a dog was barking in my face, when I would wake up I would see the dog in front of me still barking. Obviously the dream dog did not materialize in front of me, I just carried the image over once I had woken up. That still happens to me from time to time. I think this phenomenon is directly related to the amount of TV I watched and what we chose to watch.




Growing up I would have extremely vivid dreams of fantastical worlds. I always thought I had made them up...and then randomly I would stumble upon something and realize that this was what my dreams were about. They weren't new ideas my unconscious mind had concocted. They were carryovers from my childhood fantasy binges.


I wonder if I'm the only one that this happened to or if tv and movies inspired your dreams and nightmares as well?