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When I go to sleep after having worked on something complex and didn't fully resolve it, I'll almost always dream about trying to solve it. Sometimes I see code, sometimes it's more abstract, but it's always disconcerting. My wife says I mumble things like, "I'm pretty sure 'also' is a keyword unless I'm losing my mind and need to check the documentation"

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The worst cases for me are with math-heavy problems. I'll see code mixed with shapes and graphs. The mornings suck, because you wake up knowing you were only half-asleep.

That's why I like to play some easy games or read a book 1hr before going to sleep. Sometimes they induce creativity though and are counter-active.

I find myself dreaming in code far more frequently if I've left a problem unresolved. I never end up finding resolution in sleep though, and the problem I'm dreaming isn't usually related to what I'm actually working on. It's more like an exercise in working out the logic behind some kind of dream action, like walking or turning a door handle. I'll get stuck in a loop and go over it all night long trying to understand why is this not working!

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