Nov 1 4:37 pm
ekstasis: anewnadir: Sewell’s Cognitive Spectrum I’m not sure why “Nightmare” is somehow inherently less ordered (or, more disordered) than “Dream” but than that I’m on-board. I think it has to do with most nightmares ineffable terror/chaos. Everyone has one or two nightmares that stay with them for years. When I consult my own it does seem that there is a kind of inability to describe them with language. Not to say that the content is ineffable, but that the resonance or significance of the nightmare is somehow outside the purview of language qua speech.

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Sewell’s Cognitive Spectrum

I’m not sure why “Nightmare” is somehow inherently less ordered (or, more disordered) than “Dream” but than that I’m on-board.

I think it has to do with most nightmares ineffable terror/chaos. Everyone has one or two nightmares that stay with them for years. When I consult my own it does seem that there is a kind of inability to describe them with language. Not to say that the content is ineffable, but that the resonance or significance of the nightmare is somehow outside the purview of language qua speech.

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    I think it has to do with most nightmares ineffable terror/chaos. Everyone has one or two nightmares that stay with them...
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    I’m not sure why “Nightmare” is somehow inherently less ordered (or, more disordered) than “Dream” but than that I’m...
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