I've had dreams where I've been a guy. Sometimes that's not even the focus of the dream, for instance I had one where I was a male ghost and the fact that I was a ghost stood out to me more than the gender switch. Whereas in others there was more focus on the difference in gender.
There have been a few where I've swapped between male and female to suit the situation. I can frequently control my dreams if I'm aware that I'm in one. Which comes in handy if I want to suddenly alter my dream to make things more interesting. However, I do like to let my subconscious play out the scene and only change a few factors whilst the overarching plot plays out.
For those of you who said yes to the thread topic, I have a some questions. I'll write my responses to them as well.
Q: Do you often remember your dreams?
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A: I don't always, but usually yes.
Q: Have you noticed any changes to your personality in dreams where you are the opposite sex?
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A: Sometimes in these dreams I'm still me, except for the gender swap. However, in others I'm a completely different character.
Q: How do you feel about these dreams whilst you're dreaming?
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A: It varies a lot. Sometimes I feel almost dysphoric (or at least, what I imagine what dysphoria feels like) but in other dreams I either feel unfazed or comfortable with it. One dream in particular involved me switching between male and female whilst sword fighting with a man made out of the shadows. I felt a bit disorientated.
Q: Do you ever wonder what these dreams mean?
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A: Well, I am a sceptic of dream interpretations. I think that our dreams are a big mess of subconscious and sometimes fully conscious thoughts usually tied together by whatever you were thinking about as you drifted off. My mind typically wanders about in a scatterbrained manner, throwing things together and making strange combinations. So I'm not particularly surprised at the more bizarre routes my dreams take at times. Whilst I take interpretations with a grain of salt, I do find them a mildly interesting way to pass the time. There are some dreams where I can understand what led to them (for example; a friend of mine was talking about video games one day, and then I had dream about being a character in a video game) but with others I have no clue what led to them.
Q: Is changing sex a common theme in your dreams?
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A: Hmm. Well, it happens enough that I don't find it to be out of the ordinary. Then again, I tend to roll with whatever is happening in my dreams without finding it too weird usually. I mean, I've even had random poetry occur in my dreams narrating the scene for no apparent reason. The most unusual was one which featured the lines "Here's that donkey with the crimson tail. Sure he may look cute, but he's doomed to fail". I wasn't sure what to make of that prophecy sounding rhyme when I woke up, it was on my mind for a while. Really no idea where those lines came from.
(Feel free to add any other related questions to this topic).
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