Dreams

*Melanie68* · 09-22-2005, 09:54 PM

Do any of you have recurring dreams or dreams that have a common theme?

If so, what do you think they mean?

In my case I'll have dreams where I am in a huge place like a mall or driving and I make a wrong turn. Instead of turning around and taking the correct turn I try and find another way and end up getting hopelessly lost. I wish I kept some sort of journal to see if these dreams coincide with stressful times in my life. I think these dreams may mean I am not sure of my own direction in life (a little self analysis to while away the hours

).

Intrepid Homoludens · 09-22-2005, 10:04 PM

I think there's already a thread about dreams somewhere here and many of us recounted ours. Do a search.

EDIT - I found it: Your favourite dreams.

*Melanie68* · 09-22-2005, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

I think there's already a thread about dreams somewhere here and many of us recounted ours. Do a search.

EDIT - I found it: Your favourite dreams.

I searched but that didn't come up - DOH!! (that's what I get for trying to be clever, someone else thought of it

)

SakSquash · 09-22-2005, 10:30 PM

My girlfriend cheats on me in every dream.

lumi · 09-22-2005, 11:00 PM

Everytime I have a dream about skiing, I've forgotten to take something along with me. So it's not too often that I get to ski in my dreams.

Maquisard · 09-22-2005, 11:08 PM

I used to have recurring dreams when I was a kid. Now I rarely remember any. But in either case, they used be about me walking on a rockface in my pajamas, then slipping and falling through darkness, untill I started noticing that I'm falling towards something, which turned out to be my bed. Then I'd wake up.

Intrepid Homoludens · 09-22-2005, 11:18 PM

Well, at least you were between a rock and soft place.

audience:

Maquisard · 09-22-2005, 11:25 PM

True that. I've always wondered why the feeling of rushing towards my bed was the most unpleasant part of the experience. The floaty part...not so bad.

omloflump · 09-23-2005, 05:12 AM

Quote:

If so, what do you think they mean?

It means I'm sleeping.

Fairygdmther · 09-23-2005, 05:18 AM

I think that nearly everyplace I've lived, I've dreamt that there was a hidden room. And this was even before there were adventure games! LOL

Lynsie

Tanukitsune · 09-23-2005, 06:18 AM

My dreams are full of recurring themes, they usually start with me jumping out of the windows and floating away clumsily...

Nearly all places in my dream are much bigger in the inside than the outside, and some seem to be designed by Escher of Kakfa...

The train station is pure chaos, there is a giant hall where you can see rails leading nowhere and cut abrubtly, you practically have to jump from train to train sometimes...

There is this huge mall, where a chunk of wall is missing, and when I visit the gamestore either I have money but they don't have anything I want or viceversa, there is also an "aromatorium", where you buy "smells", that are actually some weird spices...

I also have this recurring dream about a hotel where I take an elevator that plummet to my demise, when I finally chose not to take it, the hotel was as Kafkesque as the other dream places and it was hell to find my room...

And then there is the dream in my parent's village, with also have a bigger inside than outside and there are no stairs to reach the second floor...

pinkgothic · 09-23-2005, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by omloflump

It means I'm sleeping.

Teehee. <3

Jeysie · 09-23-2005, 07:24 AM

My recurring dreams consist mostly of the following:

1. The "Hovering" dreams.

Now, see, normal people would dream of *flying*... soaring through the skies like birds and stuff.

Not me, though. I'm incredibly acrophobic, and apparently even my subconscious mind can't get around that fear. So I end up sort of levitating about a foot off the ground in my dreams instead. Well, at least my feet don't get tired as I zip around.

2. The "Late For Work" dreams.

Yes, I have recurring dreams about being late for work. Not five minutes late, but more like several hours late. The reason why I'm late varies from dream to dream, and ranges from mundane reasons like oversleeping to bizarre reasons like a parade of elephants going by my house and blocking the street.

I haven't had this dream in a while, though... probably because I have come to hate my current job and no longer give a rat's ass if I'm late or not.

3. The "Need to Stop Playing Computer Games So Much" dreams.

Not so much one recurring dream, as it is that whenever I play a computer game too often I have dreams about it. These tend to range from weird to extremely weird. I think the weirdest one I had that I remember clearly was after I finished Fallout...

Spoiler:
I dreamt that I had just caused the self-destruct sequence for the bomb underneath the Cathedral. However, instead of simply running for it, I started trying to get the Followers in the church to come away with me so they wouldn't get blown up. Naturally, they wouldn't follow, so I kept getting more and more upset and despondent. Finally I had no time left and had to just give up and run, crying in misery. That's when I woke up.

After I told one of my friends that dream he gave me an incredulous look and said, "Geez, you really are a bleeding-heart goodie-goodie wuss, aren't you?"

What do my dreams mean? That my personality alternates between being boring and bizarre.

Peace & Luv, Liz

*natalia* · 09-23-2005, 07:50 AM

I used to have lots of nightmares when I was growing up. Now, not so much. Sometimes I'll have really vivid dreams of being in a battle (usually after playing a video game

).

Most recently I've been having anxiety dreams about my wedding, which is now less than a month away. I've had a couple dreams about my dress not fitting, and I've had to walk down the aisle with huge safety pins holding the back together. Also, I've had dreams of madly dashing around town, but not being able to find the church. Urgh, I'll be glad win the planning is all over!

Maquisard · 09-23-2005, 07:54 AM

Wow, it's funny how you forget dreams until someone mentions they had a similar one. I had the "late for work" one myself, recently. Although in the dream, I went through the whole sequence of being really really late, once, twice, and finally one too many times, and then I got fired.

Jazhara7 · 09-23-2005, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeysie

3. The "Need to Stop Playing Computer Games So Much" dreams.

Not so much one recurring dream, as it is that whenever I play a computer game too often I have dreams about it. These tend to range from weird to extremely weird. I think the weirdest one I had that I remember clearly was after I finished Fallout...

Spoiler:
I dreamt that I had just caused the self-destruct sequence for the bomb underneath the Cathedral. However, instead of simply running for it, I started trying to get the Followers in the church to come away with me so they wouldn't get blown up. Naturally, they wouldn't follow, so I kept getting more and more upset and despondent. Finally I had no time left and had to just give up and run, crying in misery. That's when I woke up.

After I told one of my friends that dream he gave me an incredulous look and said, "Geez, you really are a bleeding-heart goodie-goodie wuss, aren't you?"

What do my dreams mean? That my personality alternates between being boring and bizarre.

Peace & Luv, Liz

That happens to me too. Some pretty surreal dreams like being in love with Anomen "Annoy-me" (that's what I called him when he was particularly annoying and silly.) Delryn - Seriously, they wrote three romances for male characters (which were quite okay, I guess. Jaheira, Aerie and Viconia.). But for female characters they wrote one hell of an annoying brat. ("Baldur's Gate II" by the way.)

Also, I wanted to do exactly the same thing as you in Fallout, Jeysie. Well, except for the guy who killed my dear Meatdog.

-

saucyminx · 09-23-2005, 08:39 AM

Funny you guys should come up with the Dreams thread today, because last night I suffered from a very bad nightmare. I don't remember much of it, but I do know that I scared the hell out of my roommate because this afternoon she told me she was awoken to the sound of me thrashing around in my bed and screaming. Understandably, she was too scared to get out of her bed in the dark to wake me up. She said I was doing that for a good half-hour. She honestly thought I was possessed or something (it's an Asian thing among us). I was spooked out, too, when I heard it from her because I know I had a nightmare... I just couldn't remember what I dreamt about.

Next time I should lay off garlic and ginger combination in my dinner.

em-deecee · 09-23-2005, 09:21 AM

The closest I came to a reoccurring dream lasted for years. I was in a rowboat with a leak, heading for the dock. I rowed furiously as the water got higher. Once it got up to the seat I'd wake up, realizing I'd wet the bed. I was in my late 20s the last time this happened. By that time I was able to recognize it as a dream & wake up & go to the bathroom.

Hammerite · 09-23-2005, 12:11 PM

When I stepped in dogpoo once I had a dream about running through a forest being chased by a gigantic T-Rex or some variety of werewolf or somekind of Tyrannosaurus Were-Rex or something but... BUT, I say! I had to avoid the dog turd in the forest.

Erwin_Br · 09-23-2005, 12:46 PM

I've had a few 'The light doesn't work' dreams lately. I'm in a room in our house, it's dark and I want to turn on the light. But no matter how many lights I turn on, they only emit a very faint glow, which is annoying as hell.

--Erwin

09-22-2005, 09:54 PM	#1
Melanie68 Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,907	Dreams Do any of you have recurring dreams or dreams that have a common theme? If so, what do you think they mean? In my case I'll have dreams where I am in a huge place like a mall or driving and I make a wrong turn. Instead of turning around and taking the correct turn I try and find another way and end up getting hopelessly lost. I wish I kept some sort of journal to see if these dreams coincide with stressful times in my life. I think these dreams may mean I am not sure of my own direction in life (a little self analysis to while away the hours ). Share Share this post on Twitter

09-22-2005, 10:04 PM	#2
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	I think there's already a thread about dreams somewhere here and many of us recounted ours. Do a search. EDIT - I found it: Your favourite dreams. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

09-22-2005, 10:30 PM	#4
SakSquash Banned User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Paltz...for now... Posts: 6,177	My girlfriend cheats on me in every dream. Share Share this post on Twitter

09-22-2005, 11:00 PM	#5
lumi Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Washington, USA Posts: 2,120	Everytime I have a dream about skiing, I've forgotten to take something along with me. So it's not too often that I get to ski in my dreams. Share Share this post on Twitter

09-22-2005, 11:08 PM	#6
Maquisard Citizen of Bizarro World Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Htrae Posts: 4,219	I used to have recurring dreams when I was a kid. Now I rarely remember any. But in either case, they used be about me walking on a rockface in my pajamas, then slipping and falling through darkness, untill I started noticing that I'm falling towards something, which turned out to be my bed. Then I'd wake up. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ By no rocket’s blue shade am no shells dead down there, Gave no proof all day long that the flag was unwhere! No say does am spar-strangled shroud hang limply! Under land of no free! Am us home coward-leeee! ~Excerpt from the Bizarro Anthem

09-22-2005, 11:18 PM	#7
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	Well, at least you were between a rock and soft place. audience: Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

09-22-2005, 11:25 PM	#8
Maquisard Citizen of Bizarro World Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Htrae Posts: 4,219	True that. I've always wondered why the feeling of rushing towards my bed was the most unpleasant part of the experience. The floaty part...not so bad. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ By no rocket’s blue shade am no shells dead down there, Gave no proof all day long that the flag was unwhere! No say does am spar-strangled shroud hang limply! Under land of no free! Am us home coward-leeee! ~Excerpt from the Bizarro Anthem

09-23-2005, 05:18 AM	#10
Fairygdmther Magic Wand Waver Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 3,142	I think that nearly everyplace I've lived, I've dreamt that there was a hidden room. And this was even before there were adventure games! LOL Lynsie Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson

09-23-2005, 06:18 AM	#11
Tanukitsune ACK! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 2,448	My dreams are full of recurring themes, they usually start with me jumping out of the windows and floating away clumsily... Nearly all places in my dream are much bigger in the inside than the outside, and some seem to be designed by Escher of Kakfa... The train station is pure chaos, there is a giant hall where you can see rails leading nowhere and cut abrubtly, you practically have to jump from train to train sometimes... There is this huge mall, where a chunk of wall is missing, and when I visit the gamestore either I have money but they don't have anything I want or viceversa, there is also an "aromatorium", where you buy "smells", that are actually some weird spices... I also have this recurring dream about a hotel where I take an elevator that plummet to my demise, when I finally chose not to take it, the hotel was as Kafkesque as the other dream places and it was hell to find my room... And then there is the dream in my parent's village, with also have a bigger inside than outside and there are no stairs to reach the second floor... Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Apparently I have a Devianrt Art account... And people actually like it!

09-23-2005, 07:24 AM	#13
Jeysie Diva of Death Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Western Massachusetts Posts: 1,402	My recurring dreams consist mostly of the following: 1. The "Hovering" dreams. Now, see, normal people would dream of flying... soaring through the skies like birds and stuff. Not me, though. I'm incredibly acrophobic, and apparently even my subconscious mind can't get around that fear. So I end up sort of levitating about a foot off the ground in my dreams instead. Well, at least my feet don't get tired as I zip around. 2. The "Late For Work" dreams. Yes, I have recurring dreams about being late for work. Not five minutes late, but more like several hours late. The reason why I'm late varies from dream to dream, and ranges from mundane reasons like oversleeping to bizarre reasons like a parade of elephants going by my house and blocking the street. I haven't had this dream in a while, though... probably because I have come to hate my current job and no longer give a rat's ass if I'm late or not. 3. The "Need to Stop Playing Computer Games So Much" dreams. Not so much one recurring dream, as it is that whenever I play a computer game too often I have dreams about it. These tend to range from weird to extremely weird. I think the weirdest one I had that I remember clearly was after I finished Fallout... Spoiler: I dreamt that I had just caused the self-destruct sequence for the bomb underneath the Cathedral. However, instead of simply running for it, I started trying to get the Followers in the church to come away with me so they wouldn't get blown up. Naturally, they wouldn't follow, so I kept getting more and more upset and despondent. Finally I had no time left and had to just give up and run, crying in misery. That's when I woke up. After I told one of my friends that dream he gave me an incredulous look and said, "Geez, you really are a bleeding-heart goodie-goodie wuss, aren't you?" What do my dreams mean? That my personality alternates between being boring and bizarre. Peace & Luv, Liz Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Adventures in Roleplaying (Nov. 19): "Maybe it's still in the Elemental Plane of Candy." "Is the Elemental Plane of Candy anything like Willy Wonka's factory?" "If it is, would that mean Oompa Loompas are Candy Elementals?" "Actually, I'm thinking more like the Candyland board game. But, I like this idea better." "I like the idea of Oompa Loompa Elementals."

09-23-2005, 07:50 AM	#14
natalia Mrs. Bear Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cambridge, MA Posts: 455	I used to have lots of nightmares when I was growing up. Now, not so much. Sometimes I'll have really vivid dreams of being in a battle (usually after playing a video game ). Most recently I've been having anxiety dreams about my wedding, which is now less than a month away. I've had a couple dreams about my dress not fitting, and I've had to walk down the aisle with huge safety pins holding the back together. Also, I've had dreams of madly dashing around town, but not being able to find the church. Urgh, I'll be glad win the planning is all over! Share Share this post on Twitter

09-23-2005, 07:54 AM	#15
Maquisard Citizen of Bizarro World Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Htrae Posts: 4,219	Wow, it's funny how you forget dreams until someone mentions they had a similar one. I had the "late for work" one myself, recently. Although in the dream, I went through the whole sequence of being really really late, once, twice, and finally one too many times, and then I got fired. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ By no rocket’s blue shade am no shells dead down there, Gave no proof all day long that the flag was unwhere! No say does am spar-strangled shroud hang limply! Under land of no free! Am us home coward-leeee! ~Excerpt from the Bizarro Anthem

09-23-2005, 08:39 AM	#17
saucyminx Schoolgirl From Hell Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,930	Funny you guys should come up with the Dreams thread today, because last night I suffered from a very bad nightmare. I don't remember much of it, but I do know that I scared the hell out of my roommate because this afternoon she told me she was awoken to the sound of me thrashing around in my bed and screaming. Understandably, she was too scared to get out of her bed in the dark to wake me up. She said I was doing that for a good half-hour. She honestly thought I was possessed or something (it's an Asian thing among us). I was spooked out, too, when I heard it from her because I know I had a nightmare... I just couldn't remember what I dreamt about. Next time I should lay off garlic and ginger combination in my dinner. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "My life is my longest journey I wish to fulfill with my dreams..." "Or is it I who has penetrated you?"

09-23-2005, 09:21 AM	#18
em-deecee just visiting Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Heart of Dixie Posts: 187	The closest I came to a reoccurring dream lasted for years. I was in a rowboat with a leak, heading for the dock. I rowed furiously as the water got higher. Once it got up to the seat I'd wake up, realizing I'd wet the bed. I was in my late 20s the last time this happened. By that time I was able to recognize it as a dream & wake up & go to the bathroom. Share Share this post on Twitter

09-23-2005, 12:11 PM	#19
Hammerite kamikaze hummingbirds Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Over there. Posts: 7,946	When I stepped in dogpoo once I had a dream about running through a forest being chased by a gigantic T-Rex or some variety of werewolf or somekind of Tyrannosaurus Were-Rex or something but... BUT, I say! I had to avoid the dog turd in the forest. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ The bin is a place for household rubbish, not beloved pets!

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09-23-2005, 12:46 PM	#20
Erwin_Br Under pressure. Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Apeldoorn, The Netherlands Posts: 3,773	I've had a few 'The light doesn't work' dreams lately. I'm in a room in our house, it's dark and I want to turn on the light. But no matter how many lights I turn on, they only emit a very faint glow, which is annoying as hell. --Erwin Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ > Learn more about my forthcoming point & click adventure: Bad Timing! > Or... Visit Adventure Developers: Everything about developing adventure games.