At some point today, I'm going to be hoppin' on over to the dream-decoder site. Because this thread has stirred up all kinds of remembered dreams that I can't understand. Like, once when I was younger, I had a dream in which I somehow had a dead body to dispose of, don't remember if I'd killed him or what. So I ended up digging a hole in the living room floor under the Christmas tree and burying him there. Another time, I had a very vivid dream in which I was driving my own car and something was bumping around in the trunk as I made a turn, and I knew that it was a body I had in the trunk. The worst part of these dreams was the sick, panicked feeling I had when I realized I had to find a way to dispose of the dead people. It felt very real. Awful! So, so awful! And gross!
In the past week, I've had three vivid dreams: 1. My filling pops out (which means something ending or something?) 2. My crush and I were flirting and were just about to kiss when I woke up (which means I'm not sure how he feels about me) and I spilled something in front of him (which apparently shows my social awkwardness). 3. I killed a dude and then denied it but then admitted it because he did something really horrible and totally deserved it. (I forget what that one means.)
I NEVER remember dreams, so this is actually kinda neat.
1) - I often think I'm having recurring dreams, but never know if it's programmed into the dream for me to think its recurring or if it's actually been a recurring dream - those suckers are sneaky like that ::
2) - Things happen while you're dreaming that are completely normal and unremarkable in the realm of your dreamverse, then you wakeup and snap back into reality and realize, 'Well THAT'S not the way things are' - for example: my room will be on the roof of my house in a dream and no one in dreamverse ever brings it up, or thinks its cause for alarm - it's COMPLETELY NORMAL.
If anyone wants to analyze my recurring dream (I can never see clearly and never straight ahead, only very fuzzy and from my periphery, and I'm always stuck to the spot and can't move even though I'm in some set of odd circumstances where I would want to get away), I would appreciate it... :)
I recently had a dream that the apocalypse happened and was caused my lemons. specifically, lemons that were put in dishwashers. and I was like, "of course it would be something we would never expect." but still creeped me out.
@Thistledew: AND FRIENDED - that was my laugh of the day :: those sneaky lemons with those conniving dishwashers - they've been plotting this all from the beginning.
My dreams are always just random compilations of my thoughts from the day. For example, one day last week, a friend of mine told me he's thinking about getting engaged, I dropped my dad off at the airport so he could fly to Atlanta and work the Emory alumni board, and later that night, my boyfriend and I watched Barney's video resume online (from HIMYM, barneysvideoresume.com). My dream that night involved my boyfriend proposing to me via video resume, and me turning him down because I needed to get my life on track professionally by going to grad school at Emory.
That's pretty much the gist of every one of my dreams. Makes them not so interesting.
I had a dream about two weeks ago in which Mr. Foibles and I and another couple I've never seen before were moving into this strange place together. We all took a break and sat down on this large sofa, and next thing I know, me and Mr. F are naked and I'm in his lap doing him. With vigor. The couple just sat there, incredulous, and watched, but not in a porny way. It was fucking weird.
Does anyone else have really, really vivid, weird dreams when they are on their period? I always look forward to sleeping that week because I know I'm in for a fun time. Is it just me?
@TurtleSpeak: YES. I have the WEIRDEST DREAMS on my period. I'm on day two right now, and last night I dreamed:
I was going to a giant family reunion in a strange hybrid of my parents' house and my aunts' house (I've not been in these houses for over a year - my family lives halfway across the country).
-In the house were some of my best friends and some people I have never met, and we were all sleeping very sweetly on a giant huge bed, ladies and gents all, all my age, not in a sexual way, just snoozing.
-I...had to fart. Gross, right? So, um, I did. (I probably did this in real life, alone in my bedroom.) And some of the other people woke up and they were like "Who did that?" and someone was like "TSCHEEEEEESE" and I pretended to still be asleep, all, play it off as a sleepfart.
-Then, this girl started threatening to finger me? But I wasn't into it, so I got up and got dressed, but I left a bottle of bourbon behind me on the bed, and I was worried it was going to start spilling? So after taking a swig, I put the screw-cap back on tighter.
--Then I went down to the kitchen and some old guy was demanding that I bring him a copy of a Merriam-Webster dictionary. He was going to do it himself, but since he looked kinda tired and creaky and I didn't want him running up and down the stairs, I offered to get it for him. So I ran back up the stairs and somehow I was in the room that had been my brother's bedroom when we were kids? And I found the book on a bookshelf? But it was really small, and it looked more like Joy of Cooking. I flipped it open and it was in Hebrew. What?
-Then I drank more bourbon and had to go to a mall?
Dodai, are you going to freak out if I tell you that I dreamt about you last night? Except you were a young tomboy and we were discussing health issues.
I had such a boring dream this morning after I hit snooze. In it I got up and went about my normal morning routine. It was such a bummer to wake up and realize I had to do it all over again.
@eve804: My younger brother has this theory that everyone is just dreaming and one day we're going to wake up and find out we're all still like...10 yrs old or something.
@ValSilph: does everyone have one of these bizarre 'none of it's real' theories - because my younger brother just dropped one on me yesterday (he seems to think the world switched everything around as an experiment when he was born: *up is really down*, etc to see if it would work) and the crazy thing is that I think he's half serious (LMAO) -
your brother's theory is exponentially cooler and more sane :: but would that mean we're all sharing a collective consciousness - or am I just a character someone else's, or my own, dream???
If a particle exists and there is nothing around to observe its existance, does it really actually exist? IOW, do our observations create the Universe?
@Khuldrim: I was going to go there, but I didn't want to freak anyone out lol - but since you went that route :: how would a collective consciousness that took place in a dream-verse be much different than actual, physical reality, if all of our senses are at work and interacting with those around us? Is this getting too Matrix-y?
I have a recurring dream that my teeth just crumble and fall out, and another where I keep pulling hair out of my throat. I have been told it means I feel like I don't have control over my life. Pretty accurate, I must say (and scary as hell).
I have a nightmare where I have a huge test, but haven't been to the class ever and don't know where it is, but I have to find it and take the test. Since I', going back to school, I know where the anxiety is coming from, but it doesn't stop the damn dream.
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I constantly dream about armageddon, as well.
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*I've never killed anyone, just so you all know*
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1. My filling pops out (which means something ending or something?)
2. My crush and I were flirting and were just about to kiss when I woke up (which means I'm not sure how he feels about me) and I spilled something in front of him (which apparently shows my social awkwardness).
3. I killed a dude and then denied it but then admitted it because he did something really horrible and totally deserved it. (I forget what that one means.)
I NEVER remember dreams, so this is actually kinda neat.
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1) - I often think I'm having recurring dreams, but never know if it's programmed into the dream for me to think its recurring or if it's actually been a recurring dream - those suckers are sneaky like that ::
2) - Things happen while you're dreaming that are completely normal and unremarkable in the realm of your dreamverse, then you wakeup and snap back into reality and realize, 'Well THAT'S not the way things are' - for example: my room will be on the roof of my house in a dream and no one in dreamverse ever brings it up, or thinks its cause for alarm - it's COMPLETELY NORMAL.
huh???
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Like, say if you're getting ready for a date, and you just can't decide on what to wear? I dream this SO MUCH. It's insanely frustrating.
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That's pretty much the gist of every one of my dreams. Makes them not so interesting.
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I was going to a giant family reunion in a strange hybrid of my parents' house and my aunts' house (I've not been in these houses for over a year - my family lives halfway across the country).
-In the house were some of my best friends and some people I have never met, and we were all sleeping very sweetly on a giant huge bed, ladies and gents all, all my age, not in a sexual way, just snoozing.
-I...had to fart. Gross, right? So, um, I did. (I probably did this in real life, alone in my bedroom.) And some of the other people woke up and they were like "Who did that?" and someone was like "TSCHEEEEEESE" and I pretended to still be asleep, all, play it off as a sleepfart.
-Then, this girl started threatening to finger me? But I wasn't into it, so I got up and got dressed, but I left a bottle of bourbon behind me on the bed, and I was worried it was going to start spilling? So after taking a swig, I put the screw-cap back on tighter.
--Then I went down to the kitchen and some old guy was demanding that I bring him a copy of a Merriam-Webster dictionary. He was going to do it himself, but since he looked kinda tired and creaky and I didn't want him running up and down the stairs, I offered to get it for him. So I ran back up the stairs and somehow I was in the room that had been my brother's bedroom when we were kids? And I found the book on a bookshelf? But it was really small, and it looked more like Joy of Cooking. I flipped it open and it was in Hebrew. What?
-Then I drank more bourbon and had to go to a mall?
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your brother's theory is exponentially cooler and more sane :: but would that mean we're all sharing a collective consciousness - or am I just a character someone else's, or my own, dream???
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If a particle exists and there is nothing around to observe its existance, does it really actually exist? IOW, do our observations create the Universe?
Its an interesting question.
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I never have work stress dreams, instead if I'm stressed at work it always manifests itself as the test dream you describe above.