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Post by CharlotteGirl on Feb 5, 2011 21:44:56 GMT -5
For some reason, I`ve been having a lot of weird dreams recently, could be due to certain supplements I take. Some really quite disturbing, others a bit less so. A recent one was walking through a city of mostly derelict and abandoned tall buildings, with a few other people but otherwise apparently empty. Perhaps a vision of how some cities will look in the future when the oil has finally become scarce enough to make such ugly buildings unviable?
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Post by strawberrysweetie on Feb 7, 2011 2:31:46 GMT -5
^ Do you ever try to analyze your dreams? I have quite a bit, and sort of enjoy doing so in a way as I've had some interesting dreams, but I'm thinking I should probably give up on it, lol... There is a dream that I had a few days ago, that I still can kind of remember. I've posted some of my dreams here before, and if anyone remembers, I've had a ton of baby dreams....just dreams involving babies...and well, had yet another one recently! I just kind of remember fragments of the dream... Like...at one point, I must be back in high school or something. I think one of the first parts I remember is being in some science class..we must have been in groups and trying to put together a presentation or going over an assignment or something. Anyway...the guy in my group...he was standing up and drawing things, or just writing, on a chalkboard, while explaining some sort of concept....he asked what I thought or if anyone knew anything...and I just said something like, 'Well, I really don't know/am not sure....but I trust/have faith in what you're saying!' Or something like that...:S And then, don't know if this is at all related or just a different class...must be different...but somehow it must have been some sort of baby assignment. You know how schools will give those fake 'live' babies out to students for however long and see how well they do? Just to give them an idea of how parenting for a baby can be...Anyway, in the dream, I remember one girl from my high school specifically being there...(she was sort of/still is kind of a friend of mine in RL)....and then I remember seeing the babies we had to take care of. In the dream, they were real babies, though...I just remember seeing one there that was supposed to be for me to take care of... btw, it's interesting...the girl in the dream, the friend, she was in my actual real class from way back when when we had to do such an assignment...I remember she LOVED it and actually requested to be able to take the fake baby home for another day or so...:S I remember her going on about how she couldn't wait to have kids. She's a tad bit younger than me, but has two real kids now. Anyway.... yeah, then somehow, I'm like...in this gym...and there are loads of babies. And other people. The surroundings and purpose for being there is more vague to me, though. The stand out thing is that I saw these twin babies there. Somehow supposed to be connected to me in some way, I think? I'm not sure...I'm not sure if I brought them there with me or...if I just went in and was just supposed to be there with them. Or if they were mine. I don't know. I just remember looking at them, sitting side by side in some sort of stroller. They looked exactly alike, their eyes were open, just sitting there... But yeah, I've not a clue what my demented brain is trying to tell me anymore... Twins seem to be somewhat of a repeated theme, though. I remember I had had another dream within the past year, not too long ago, that sort of dealt with twins...something about my sister having them or something...and there had been another dream I remember in the past where I *thought* I dreamt about twins until I later realized it wasn't really twins, so I suppose that doesn't count...but it's still weird... I tried looking it up in dream dictionaries online. Supposedly, twins can represent ambivalence. Which could make sense for me, I suppose... All in all, a bunch of weirdness. :S My head needs to stop being weird and nonsensical.
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Post by Endless Summer on Feb 7, 2011 4:07:14 GMT -5
I don't remember the entire dream, but this is easily the weirdest dream I've ever had:
I was in my bathroom, getting ready to put in my contact lenses. I opened the case and.... there was a tiny elephant swimming in the case. I sat there thinking "Geez, I don't think I can wear thesw contact lenses now. There's no way that this is sanitary." The fact that there was an ELEPHANT in my contact lens case wasn't important to me at all. ---
Last night I dreamt I was in Chicago with Steve Buscemi. He was acting really weird and wouldn't let me go home. I've never been to Chicago, either.
God I'm weird.
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Post by Robbie88 on Feb 7, 2011 13:15:50 GMT -5
You guys all probably know about this site already, but it's kind of cool for "interpreting" dreams or whatever: www.dreammoods.com/I don't personally put much stock into the idea that dreams necessarily have some sort of deep, metaphorical meaning, but it's still kind of interesting.
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Post by strawberrysweetie on Feb 7, 2011 18:38:38 GMT -5
I don't remember the entire dream, but this is easily the weirdest dream I've ever had: I was in my bathroom, getting ready to put in my contact lenses. I opened the case and.... there was a tiny elephant swimming in the case. I sat there thinking "Geez, I don't think I can wear thesw contact lenses now. There's no way that this is sanitary." The fact that there was an ELEPHANT in my contact lens case wasn't important to me at all. --- Last night I dreamt I was in Chicago with Steve Buscemi. He was acting really weird and wouldn't let me go home. I've never been to Chicago, either. God I'm weird. hahaha....that elephant dream sounds trippy! I want a cool dream like that! Mine tend to just be filled with emotions...and too much of a realistic factor, normally. Last night...I had a dream about someone making a house visit to give me a haircut. :S I have a feeling it's partly due to watching that recent Pink video where the girl cuts her hair. But, I think I've had a similar dream before. Very, very strange. :S And the girl was trying to steal from me.... Made me mad, but I told her I wouldn't tell anyone as long as she didn't really steal from me, lol.....what annoying dreams I have! The Chicago dream reminded me of a dream I had within the past few months...I dreamt something about being in New York City...or whatever my mind to conceive it to be (since I haven't been there), walking around a neighborhood there...and also, Thomas Lennon was there leading some sort of group, lol. In this dream, I was also wearing some very uncomfortable shoes....this last bit wasn't hard to analyze! This dream was filled with multiple things, though, and I actually wrote it all out. You guys all probably know about this site already, but it's kind of cool for "interpreting" dreams or whatever: www.dreammoods.com/I don't personally put much stock into the idea that dreams necessarily have some sort of deep, metaphorical meaning, but it's still kind of interesting. haha....yeah, I don't know. I remember hearing somewhere that sleeping and dreams can be a way to let the brain rest and sort through things, though. I'm just so desperate for answers to my life, I figure it may help analyzing them. And sometimes when I do it, I feel like they offer a bit of a different perspective, or just a different, unique way of looking at things. But mostly, all that my dreams seem to do is reinforce the fact that I'm terribly confused in life! And dumb, too.
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Post by Wednesday on Feb 7, 2011 20:26:24 GMT -5
I'm not sure if dreams do hold a certain answer to our life or our problems, but...
I occasionally dream with my aunt who passed away when I was 6. I don't remember her much, but when I dream of her, I see her in a hallway and she always tells me to not tell anyone I saw her... I always ask her where she lives, but she says she's not allowed to tell. And then she just goes away...
I haven't had that dream in about 3 months though...
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Post by Robbie88 on Feb 7, 2011 21:30:14 GMT -5
I'm just so desperate for answers to my life, I figure it may help analyzing them. And sometimes when I do it, I feel like they offer a bit of a different perspective, or just a different, unique way of looking at things. But mostly, all that my dreams seem to do is reinforce the fact that I'm terribly confused in life! And dumb, too. No no no you're not dumb...believe me I do all of the same stuff. I totally agree that dreams offer a different way of looking at things, but I don't know if I believe that wasps necessarily represent envy or something like that (I use wasps because I have a lot of dreams with wasps in them ) At the same time, there have been times where I've dreamed something and then looked it up and it seemed to correlate to something I was going through or feeling. I feel the same way that you do in that I really want to find some sort of meaning in my life, so I do enjoy trying to find meaning in my dreams while still being skeptical about it.
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Post by CharlotteGirl on Feb 8, 2011 1:24:47 GMT -5
^ Do you ever try to analyze your dreams? I have quite a bit, and sort of enjoy doing so in a way as I've had some interesting dreams, but I'm thinking I should probably give up on it, lol... ^Well no I never have really analysed my dreams, but do have a couple of books about it somewhere. Not quite sure how to go about it, as most dreams are pretty complicated if you can even remember them clearly enough. Some really nasty ones have involved things like getting attacked, beaten up, etc! There was another rather weird one a while ago that seemed to be a kind of dystopian world where, amongst other things, billboard adverts for Cadburys had all been replaced by the non-existent Chicago Chocolate. Presumably it was a reference to the British firm recently being taken over by Kraft from Chicago A theme of more pleasant dreams that occasionally recurs is driving through an urban area of the kind of old Victorian houses that are common here, then suddenly emerging into open countryside, often in warm sunny weather. That may represent what the built-up area area once looked like, but otherwise don`t know really.
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Post by strawberrysweetie on Feb 9, 2011 19:39:43 GMT -5
I'm just so desperate for answers to my life, I figure it may help analyzing them. And sometimes when I do it, I feel like they offer a bit of a different perspective, or just a different, unique way of looking at things. But mostly, all that my dreams seem to do is reinforce the fact that I'm terribly confused in life! And dumb, too. No no no you're not dumb...believe me I do all of the same stuff. I totally agree that dreams offer a different way of looking at things, but I don't know if I believe that wasps necessarily represent envy or something like that (I use wasps because I have a lot of dreams with wasps in them ) At the same time, there have been times where I've dreamed something and then looked it up and it seemed to correlate to something I was going through or feeling. I feel the same way that you do in that I really want to find some sort of meaning in my life, so I do enjoy trying to find meaning in my dreams while still being skeptical about it. Hey, I hope my saying I'm dumb didn't make you feel like your comment made me say that. It's really completely unrelated, so no worries! Feeling dumb...or being dumb...just seems to be my default setting. I seem to screw up in so many unimaginable ways. And I only made that comment at that time, because I thought the one dream I mentioned (about being in a science class and not knowing the answer, and letting someone else lead and just believing what they say)...I thought that dream fragment alluded to my being dumb. I mean, my unconscious mind can't even conceive the idea of myself being smart, intelligent, or leader-like! But yeah, I definitely know why you're skeptical of the idea of dreams having some grand meaning. I don't really know...I don't think they necessarily do (but maybe they can), but I do think a person can derive their own answers from it, if they really want to. I mean, what you take from it, is just that anyway. All speculation, no true hard facts. Kind of like horoscopes and astrology. Some people seem pretty hardcore into it. Others think it's a bunch of BS. I think it's kind of fun to look at and consider, but I'm not so sure you can put a lot of stock into it. Maybe the sort of thing to be taken with a grain of salt at most. And somewhat related...the subject of Psychology itself. I got my undergrad degree in the subject, and right now, I don't know if I have much belief in it. It's difficult in a way, because there really are no straightforward, direct answers. Lots of theories, but when it comes to individuals, it's all case by case...everyone can be so completely different for multiple reasons, that you just never know for sure what's going on. Sure, there are statistics and sometimes you think you can fit people into certain categories, but it's definitely not all easy, clear, cut and dried. I clearly should have studied something else! :S So, I really don't know what to hold belief in...in regards to anything really. --- ....but yeah....back to hearing about people's dreams.....I don't remember any of mine from last night, if I had any.
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Post by Grayback on Feb 10, 2011 12:01:37 GMT -5
I rarely if ever remember my dreams when I wake up. However I sometimes have the feeling that I'm falling when laying in my bed. From what I could read on the web, "falling is an indication of insecurities, instabilities, and anxieties". Well, no surprises there but what followed made me laugh : "According to Freudian theory, dreams of falling indicate that you are contemplating giving into a sexual urge or impulse". I mean, with Freud it always seems like there's a sexual meaning to everything ^_^.
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Post by Tal on Feb 10, 2011 13:47:06 GMT -5
Last night I dreamt that some of my old school friends with whom I used to play cards during lunch times had come to visit me. I was staying some place by myself for a few days and they were sat around this table with me. Can't recall much else except for my dad's car was parked on the drive outside and it need to be reversed or something and I was the only person there but I was too afraid to get in in case I crashed it. So it combined my loneliness and longing for some normal friends to hang out with, my fear/anxiety regarding learning to drive, and that nagging feeling that I should move out of my home but not being sure how I'd cope living alone if I do - all in one dream. yay I felt pretty miserable when I woke up. lol
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Post by Robbie88 on Feb 10, 2011 16:01:12 GMT -5
No no no you're not dumb...believe me I do all of the same stuff. I totally agree that dreams offer a different way of looking at things, but I don't know if I believe that wasps necessarily represent envy or something like that (I use wasps because I have a lot of dreams with wasps in them ) At the same time, there have been times where I've dreamed something and then looked it up and it seemed to correlate to something I was going through or feeling. I feel the same way that you do in that I really want to find some sort of meaning in my life, so I do enjoy trying to find meaning in my dreams while still being skeptical about it. Hey, I hope my saying I'm dumb didn't make you feel like your comment made me say that. It's really completely unrelated, so no worries! Feeling dumb...or being dumb...just seems to be my default setting. I seem to screw up in so many unimaginable ways. And I only made that comment at that time, because I thought the one dream I mentioned (about being in a science class and not knowing the answer, and letting someone else lead and just believing what they say)...I thought that dream fragment alluded to my being dumb. I mean, my unconscious mind can't even conceive the idea of myself being smart, intelligent, or leader-like! But yeah, I definitely know why you're skeptical of the idea of dreams having some grand meaning. I don't really know...I don't think they necessarily do (but maybe they can), but I do think a person can derive their own answers from it, if they really want to. I mean, what you take from it, is just that anyway. All speculation, no true hard facts. Kind of like horoscopes and astrology. Some people seem pretty hardcore into it. Others think it's a bunch of BS. I think it's kind of fun to look at and consider, but I'm not so sure you can put a lot of stock into it. Maybe the sort of thing to be taken with a grain of salt at most. And somewhat related...the subject of Psychology itself. I got my undergrad degree in the subject, and right now, I don't know if I have much belief in it. It's difficult in a way, because there really are no straightforward, direct answers. Lots of theories, but when it comes to individuals, it's all case by case...everyone can be so completely different for multiple reasons, that you just never know for sure what's going on. Sure, there are statistics and sometimes you think you can fit people into certain categories, but it's definitely not all easy, clear, cut and dried. I clearly should have studied something else! :S So, I really don't know what to hold belief in...in regards to anything really. --- ....but yeah....back to hearing about people's dreams.....I don't remember any of mine from last night, if I had any. OK good good... I was a little worried that maybe my post came off the wrong way or something. It's pretty obvious from your posts that you're a very intelligent person so I can't understand why you would feel dumb.
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Post by CharlotteGirl on Mar 10, 2011 14:48:46 GMT -5
It`s quite unusual for me to have truly lucid dreams, but had a very strange one last night. Basically I was walking through some kind of forest with two boys whose names I remember from primary school (not sure it they were really children or adults). Was basically consciously making small talk with them, though with some mixed-up responses, like asking one who his sister was and hearing a very unlikely name. It must have been set in another era (probably 1989-90), just as I was asking what secondary school they wanted to go to and replying myself, felt like I was suddenly being crushed/kind of imploding. Fellt scared of being trapped there, and shook myself awake. Presumably it relates to the fact that the (boarding) school I went in 1990 still seems like a terribly misguided choice for many reasons, bullying etc. Much regret screwing up all possible chances to get out of the place through stupidity, thus forced to stay until the end in 1997. Now the school no longer exists, wish it never had. Of course it is impossible to know how things might have turned out otherwise, but still feel quite damaged by all that today really. Anyway, does anyone else have any meaningful lucid dreams occasionally?
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Post by Grayback on Mar 13, 2011 4:09:02 GMT -5
I actually had a dream this morning and I still remember parts of it as it ended with me waking up. ( not sure if it was a lucid dream or not though ) I was in a hotel with seven other people ( four guys including me and four girls ) and from what I can remember, we were four couples and strangely enough, I remember my girlfriend ( isn't that just crazy, me having a girlfriend ? That's really the kind of thing that can only happen in a dream ;D ) being black. I don't remember what the others looked like, but it seemed we were good friends. Later in the dream we found ourselves in one of those big malls where you can find a bit of everything, including restaurants. In one of those we decided to have a meal and well, that's about all I can remember from this part. I also remember playing hide and seek in the same mall ( with me being the one trying to hide ) and I kept meeting the same man ( not part of my group ) making the V of Victory with his hands and somehow, I think he told my group where I was hiding and so I lost . The dream ended with us going back to the hotel. So if any of you guys or girls find a meaning/interpretation in this, let me know.
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Post by Rose on Mar 13, 2011 8:40:35 GMT -5
So if any of you guys or girls find a meaning/interpretation in this, let me know. Ohhh I know a really good site for looking up keywords for dreams. ;D www.dreammoods.com/They say the best interpreters are the dreamer, because only you know what symbols mean to you...or something like that. And you know what was on your mind the day before, etc. Hope this helps.
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