Do dreams have meaning?
Mon Oct 05 2009 - 04:49 am
I had a really strange dream last night, I don't remember them too often. When I have one like this it makes me wonder if there is any meaning behind it.
I'm inclined to believe dreams must come from some thought that passed through my mind at some point, I can't find the connection though.
Does anyone here interpret dreams? Or have you had yours interpreted?
Mon Oct 05 2009 - 09:20 am
Hey whatif714
Can't really answer your question but I do believe that if we remember a dream it's often for a reason. Some people seem to go through phases of remembering dreams when they're sick - I think the mind going a bit crazy is a side-effect of the body trying to fight an infection or whatever. Likewise at times of stress.
There are some 'symbols' in dreams that seem to be universally accepted to mean something. For example, dreaming about death does not necessarily mean death but more often than not it's warning of the end of something - or the fear of the end of something (if that makes sense).
I've got a couple of dream dictionaries but am not too sure about them; I think that other than the 'big' symbols as in the example above, different things have different meanings depending on the individual.
Example: I often have yellow school buses (of all things!) appear in 'good' dreams (yeah I know it's crazy!). I'm convinced this stems from a really good vacation I once had in the USA when the first thing I remember seeing outside the airport was a yellow school bus. So for me I guess that means that yellow school buses are a good omen because they are associated with good times. But another person might have had a really bad time as as kid an associate yellow school buses with bullying so for them a yellow school bus in a dream could be a warning.
Does that make sense?
Mon Oct 05 2009 - 06:34 pm
I think garden-variety dreams simply work in puns as symbols. For instance I remember having a "dream" while under a general anesthetic during an operation. Apparently some nurse said "she's lyin' on the table". I unconsciously heard this and had a dream about a lion on a table
Wed Oct 07 2009 - 12:43 am
whatif...please tell us about your dream...if you dare! ;)
Wed Oct 07 2009 - 06:57 am
lol its not x rated. I sent this to the dream site Aud suggested, haven't heard anything back. Here it is:
I was sitting on the sofa of my ex live in boyfriend's apartment when I received a certified letter requiring I attend a formal meeting. I vaguely remember understanding that this meeting was an inquest of sorts regarding some type of terrorist activity that I had witnessed.
I am standing in the back of a large conference room on a top floor of a very tall building. There are floor to ceiling windows on every side. Everyone is in formal business attire. The square conference table in the middle of the floor is full and there are several of us standing in the back of the room. I do not recall any particular person in the room, or what was being said.
At the sound of extremely loud airplane engines all talk ceases and everyone looks to the sky. A few stories below us there is a small, odd shaped plane making slow circles. The plane then looks up and faces us as we watch.
The plane almost looks to have a face. Small eyes and 2 symmetrical tentacles which stick straight out from its face. The place flies upward and hovers level to the window through which we are watching, and seems to look back at us for several seconds.
It then races toward the window and pierces it with its tentacles. It does this 3 times, then flies to the floor below us and does the same. It repeats this action at each floor, heading downward.
After a few seconds of shocked silence, everyone begins to rush toward the exit. This is when I woke.
Wed Oct 07 2009 - 01:40 pm
OK, here goes... (I know I'm in for it!)
My nightmares, when I have them, are of BOB HOPE.
There I've said it. Ugh!
Auds
Wed Oct 07 2009 - 01:53 pm
What exactly about Bob Hope? What have YOU got against Bob Hope Audrey? Why does he weird you out so?
Is it his caustic sarcasm? What scares you so?
That's ok. My nightmares are about grammatical things. Yipes!
Note: My horrorscope says I will be having very vivid dreams the next few nights. I'll keep you all posted.
Wed Oct 07 2009 - 01:55 pm
It probably isn't so cryptic. Do you think it is your subconcious mind trying to work out some kind of problem in symbols only you can understand?
Wed Oct 07 2009 - 02:18 pm
Whatly,
Def. smells of 911 anniversary doesn't it?
Could thetababe's pun be "plain" for plane?
From www.dreammoods.com
To see an airplane in your dream, indicates that you will overcome your obstacles and rise to a new level of prominence and status. You may experience a higher consciousness, new-found freedom and greater awareness.
To dream that a plane crashes, suggests that you have set overly high and unrealistic goals for yourself. Your goals may be too high and are impossible to realize. You are in danger of having it come crashing down.
But your "plane" is aggressively attacking you! THREE times. And it has whiskers!
To see or have whiskers in your dream, indicates that you are still trying to feel out some situation.
Three signifies life, vitality, inner strength, completion, imagination, creativity, energy, and self-exploration. Three stands for trilogy as in the past, present, and future or father, mother, and child, etc.
To see shattered and broken windows, represents your distorted view and outlook on life. It is also indicates a state of vulnerability.
Very strange dream, whatly! A overly agressive, dangerous airplane with a face and whiskers bent on breaking your windows. Hmmmm.
Let us know what you get back!
SZ
Wed Oct 07 2009 - 08:15 pm
I remember few dreams but when I do they generally turn out to be predictions.One vivid one I had told the girls at work about.
I dreamt of standing on a balcony high up a block of flats. I was having a drink and looking at the view of the many high rise buildings. Then a plane appeared from nowhere and crashed into one of the buildings close by,then another plane crashed. I saw flames and smoke and I then woke in tears.2 weeks later the tragic 9/11 was on world news.
Someone gave me a *dreamcatcher* for my bedroom after that one.
Wed Oct 07 2009 - 09:42 pm
I was thinking 911 too, and we have been talking about it lately on some different threads because of the anniversary being so recent. But the ex bf...hmmmm are we still haveing feelings for him?
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