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Happy dreams: Usually chatting or joking with other people
Frustration dreams: Can't find my car, lost, can't find restroom, can't get food or coffee
Scary dreams: Elevator that does strange things, something is after me, I'm back in the Navy
Strange dreams: Back at work but it's different in a weird way, In a classroom but totally lost, strange aircraft going over
 

I woke up at 2.30am from an unpleasant dream.
In my coterie of friends from yesteryear, one of my friends was having an affair with another of my friends wife.
The husband started to suspect shenanigans was going on and started to make inquiries.
Asked me if I knew what was going on, "No" said I.
Long and short of it was he realised it was true and said he will killed everyone who knew, including me
I got in first and blasted him with a shotgun.
There is truth to this dream but without the deadly ending.
 
Bretrick said:
I woke up at 2.30am from an unpleasant dream.
In my coterie of friends from yesteryear, one of my friends was having an affair with another of my friends wife.
The husband started to suspect shenanigans was going on and started to make inquiries.
Asked me if I knew what was going on, "No" said I.
Long and short of it was he realised it was true and said he will killed everyone who knew, including me
I got in first and blasted him with a shotgun.
There is truth to this dream but without the deadly ending.
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That's a nightmare if I ever heard one!
 

Grampa Don said:
Happy dreams: Usually chatting or joking with other people
Frustration dreams: Can't find my car, lost, can't find restroom, can't get food or coffee
Scary dreams: Elevator that does strange things, something is after me, I'm back in the Navy
Strange dreams: Back at work but it's different in a weird way, In a classroom but totally lost, strange aircraft going over
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I used to have phone nightmares... trying to dial a phone to call my parents, but something kept going wrong.
 
Rae said:
I have this dream many times, I am getting off work and I do not have a ride home, so I have to walk
and the walk is back where I lived as a teenager. The walk takes a long time and I dream of all the sites along the way. Sometimes I try to call my mother but I cannot find her phone number, so I walk.
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I had a similar dream --a nightmare-- as a kid. I went home but no-one was there, the place was boarded up and empty. I started to walk, looking for my family. I walked all the way to the ocean shore but no-one was there.
I was somewhere between six and nine years old probably. I'll never forget it.
 
This was a dream I had about 2 years ago.

For some reason I went looking for my Mother whom I have not seen or spoken to in 52 years.
If she was still alive she would be about 92.
There were several people with me, though I do not know who they were. Also two dogs accompanied me. A Pug and not sure about the other one.
I had heard that she lived on Devine Rd in a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania. So I ended up in a hotel in that suburb and was asking everyone there where Devine Rd was. No one knew where Devine Rd was.
The only thing to do was to go door knocking, asking people where the Rd was. We all traipsed out of the Hotel and began knocking and asking.
For hours this went on and it was now dark. Finally one Lady told me where it was and we set out.
When finally we reached the house it was about 10 pm, I knocked on the door, a lady answered but I could not see her face because she never turned a light on, afraid of strangers?
So I asked her if she was Margaret, and used her married name when she was my Mother but I instantly corrected myself and used her new married name.
She said yes and I told her who I was. She tentatively said, "Well come in but only you, not all those other people and definitely not those mutt Pugs.
I still had not seen her face, she stepped aside to let me in. I walked past her into a totally dark house, she shut the door and I woke up.
 
Pinky said:
In my dreams, nothing ever works .. car won't start, lights are half out in the house, stove won't work if in the kitchen, etc.
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This reminded me that I used to have reoccurring dreams where I needed to use a rotary phone for emergencies but for one reason or another I could not dial the phone. Either my fingers would not be able to dial the right number or the dial on the phone would not move. I haven't had a dream like that in a long time.
 
davey said:
come to think of it almost stopped dreaming wish I knew why? or maybe they're there but me memory has gone?
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You may not remember or not be having them for a variety of reasons including some medications that actually suppress REM sleep because they impact central nervous system, alcohol also suppresses the central nervous system.

Sleep apnea can also reduce dreaming, but there would be other symptoms: Frequent awakenings during night, for no discernable reason (like trips to bathroom); Some of those awakenings might be very abrupt; onset and steady escalating of headaches, (mine went from moderate pain for a couple of hours 1 or 2 days a week to most of day migraine level every day in 3 short months). If you have other symptoms talk to a medical professional.
 
Bretrick said:
This was a dream I had about 2 years ago.

For some reason I went looking for my Mother whom I have not seen or spoken to in 52 years.
If she was still alive she would be about 92.
There were several people with me, though I do not know who they were. Also two dogs accompanied me. A Pug and not sure about the other one.
I had heard that she lived on Devine Rd in a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania. So I ended up in a hotel in that suburb and was asking everyone there where Devine Rd was. No one knew where Devine Rd was.
The only thing to do was to go door knocking, asking people where the Rd was. We all traipsed out of the Hotel and began knocking and asking.
For hours this went on and it was now dark. Finally one Lady told me where it was and we set out.
When finally we reached the house it was about 10 pm, I knocked on the door, a lady answered but I could not see her face because she never turned a light on, afraid of strangers?
So I asked her if she was Margaret, and used her married name when she was my Mother but I instantly corrected myself and used her new married name.
She said yes and I told her who I was. She tentatively said, "Well come in but only you, not all those other people and definitely not those mutt Pugs.
I still had not seen her face, she stepped aside to let me in. I walked past her into a totally dark house, she shut the door and I woke up.
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Interesting and clearly related to your relationship.with your mother, and feelings about her. But i always think the dreamer is best judge of the meaning.
 
I have busy, social dreams. I often have encounters with people I don't know in real life but are important in the dreams. Sometimes I'm in a busy office, store, station or party. I remember some of my dreams but not as many as I used to. I'll tell somebody, usually my BFF, honorary daughter or son, about dreams that seem precognitive, particularly strange or like recently, about people who have not been in my life for decades.

Over the past couple of months, I'd been dreaming about my husband a couple of times a week. That seems to have stopped over the past week or so. I often have the recurring theme of having left my purse or suitcase somewhere, then I have to backtrack to find them. I don't think I've had a nightmare for decades.
 
The neural reason you won't find the purse during dreams @OneEyedDive is the same as why I don't find my cars in parking lots. When the brain wave electromagnetic field revisits the same location in your mind that provided a vision on your purse say left atop a couch in your living room, it creates the room gradually differently that is morphing.

Each time your brain goes elsewhere say outside your house for a minute and comes back inside to your living room, your brain recreates the room a bit differently. The brain is essentially a dual ported memory with one input port to one senses or other memory and control areas and a second port to a visual prediction creation process.

As long as you stay in the living room, it will likely remain static or change slowly. And one is able to focus in on exquisite detail in dreams at times. But break that train of thought and then return, and my car just ain't right there where I left it. Some thieves stole it again !!!! Much worry for a few dream minutes thinking about having to go to the bank and looking up used car ads. How nauseous! NO No No haha, mr dave... Your sleeping. Smiles... (mr dave brain image) [ the car is about 15 feet down through bedroom wall still in the carport.]
 
I had a dream where a fire started in the house due to some kind of substance igniting a fire in a closet. I put them out with a rug and poured water afterward. The only thing I can think of was watching a show that had an explosion and fire, so think that was the source of my dream.
 
David777 said:
Have mentioned on this board before that I have always dreamed 100% of the time I am asleep, even if just for mere moments. Thus my brain does not obey the usual REM sleep narrative. Accordingly have a vast dream neural structure in memory that is often revisited though recalling much upon waking always fades in seconds. As an exceptionally logical adult, that is also the case in my dreams. Am not a lucid dreamer though occasionally am aware I am dreaming.

Also understand why dreams flow the way they do due to mental morphing. A common dream is returning to parking lots and not finding my vehicle, an emotional bummer. That occurs due to morphing. I am increasing becoming aware in my dreams that is occurring then usually wake up. Another common dream is being in large multistory buildings, communicating with lots of people. Likely from working in corporate work places and schools. Infrequent nightmare kinds of dreams are multiple tornadoes in a city and along seashores, giant waves, both of which reflect actual scary experiences when younger. As an elite skier, my most enjoyable dreams are skiing. Rarely have dreams about secks because such quickly wakes me up.
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Most of my life it felt i had whole other lives while this body slept. And i have mentioned before that recent research surprised the researchers when they realized some of us not only dream during non-REM sleep we remember those dreams.
 
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“Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was myself. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.”
― Zhuangzi,
 
I always like the ones where I can fly. Often it's like a smoother glide over high-mineral water that makes me extremely buoyant. Other times it's somewhere between Superman and Peter Pan.

Sometimes though I notice that I'm naked. That always bursts the bubble, waking me up.
 
Here is a dream I had quite a while ago.

A frightful dream which could have been taken directly from the show, Zoo.
8 lions, 12 Gorillas, a pack of Hyenas and various other wild animals were circling the cabin I was sharing with several other people.
No way for us to escape. We were waiting for rescuers to come save us.
After three days and no rescue the lions were becoming more bold as their hunger built.
Butting on doors, staring into the windows, The Gorillas were screeching non stop, running around and around the cabin.
The Hyenas were pacing in the distance, laughing at our predicament.
Suddenly we hear glass shattering in the bedroom as one hungry Lion smashes through the window and is now pawing at the closed door.
The cacophony coming from the Gorillas reaching a crescendo.
We hear more lions enter the bedroom and there now seems a concerted effort to break down the door so as to get to the fresh meat on the other side.
Door starts to bulge, then suddenly there is a rendering of splintering timber as the combined weight of eight fully grown lions sends the door asunder.
Lucky I woke up at this point.
Not going back to sleep though because I know there is a pack of Hyenas who find this scene extremely amusing
 
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Years ago, the middle 1990's I had a dream about the Pointer Sisters. Why? I don't know. In the dream I was in a movie with them. Then the alarm went off and I had to get up to go to work. I was rather disappointed. I thought maybe it will be like something on a VHS tape and I can finish the dream when I go to bed later in the evening. So there I was at night just laying in bed singing Pointer Sisters songs to my self, "Should I do it? Should I phone?", "I'm riding in your car, you turn on the radio", "Jump for my love". But when I fell asleep, I dreamt of something else. Turns out, you can't continue a dream. :LOL:
 
Bretrick said:
Here is a dream I had quite a while ago.

A frightful dream which could have been taken directly from the show, Zoo.
8 lions, 12 Gorillas, a pack of Hyenas and various other wild animals were circling the cabin I was sharing with several other people.
No way for us to escape. We were waiting for rescuers to come save us.
After three days and no rescue the lions were becoming more bold as their hunger built.
Butting on doors, staring into the windows, The Gorillas were screeching non stop, running around and around the cabin.
The Hyenas were pacing in the distance, laughing at our predicament.
Suddenly we hear glass shattering in the bedroom as one hungry Lion smashes through the window and is now pawing at the closed door.
The cacophony coming from the Gorillas reaching a crescendo.
We hear more lions enter the bedroom and there now seems a concerted effort to break down the door so as to get to the fresh meat on the other side.
Door starts to bulge, then suddenly there is a rendering of splintering timber as the combined weight of eight fully grown lions sends the door asunder.
Lucky I woke up at this point.
Not going back to sleep though because I know there is a pack of Hyenas who find this scene extremely amusing
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This is why talking with children about dreams important. Every child should be taught most the most basic dream control: Waking self up when it gets scary. I also taught mine (when preschoolers) that they can direct the course of the dream.

My boys were 8 yrs older than daughter so they were 13 and still each had preferred control scenarios for bad dreams that usually involved escape or rescue. Their 4 1/2 year old sister gets up one morning and tells us she dreamt a Bigfoot type monster was chasing her, got her cornered at top of high cliff. They were terribly impressed at her solution---she turned to face the monster and made friends with it.
 
feywon said:
This is why talking with children about dreams important. Every child should be taught most the most basic dream control: Waking self up when it gets scary. I also taught mine (when preschoolers) that they can direct the course of the dream.

My boys were 8 yrs older than daughter so they were 13 and still each had preferred control scenarios for bad dreams that usually involved escape or rescue. Their 4 1/2 year old sister gets up one morning and tells us she dreamt a Bigfoot type monster was chasing her, got her cornered at top of high cliff. They were terribly impressed at her solution---she turned to face the monster and made friends with it.
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Mama, mama! I dreamed a monster was going to eat Michelle (his little sister) but I gave him a hot dog instead! --My four-year-old
 

Dreams! Do you remember yours?​


Oh yeh, vividly, but I'm not going to tell you about the dream where Jane Russell and me were making love on a zip-wire from the top of Everest. A gentleman never tells. 😊
 

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