What strange dreams have you had ?

Happyflowerlady

Happyflowerlady

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Most of my dreams are just regular "garden variety " dreams, usually involving myself and my family. Sometimes the kids are at different ages, one will be an adult, while another is still a little child, things like that.
I even have "dream houses", places that are in my dreams often, but don't exist anywhere else.and I am usually trying to get somewhere that I am struggling to get to, fighting my way through vines, or a flood, stuff like that.
But,now and then, I will have a dream where I seem to be someone else besides myself, and those are really strange dreams.

The most amazing one, I was dreaming that I was a pilot of some kind of a rocket ship.
Now, I HATE any kind of flying !
But in this dream, I was happily flying that rocket all over, and knew exactly what all those buttons on that spaceship looking dashboard were for.
While part of me was being amazed at all this, I seemed to realized that I was also a man in this dream, which was even more strange.
There were people on the dream that I knew, but they were not any people that I actually know in real life, so when I was thinking about it afterwards, my only conclusion was that I was some other person than myself in my dream.

Has anyone else ever had dreams like this where you were not yourself, or any other dreams that were just plain strange ?
 

I've had some lucid dreams, where I know in the dream that I am dreaming. I also dream in intense colors, which makes everything really nice. I've dreamt of a cat with a paisley patterned coat with very pretty colors, I was petting him in the dream and he was very friendly. I've also dreamed of a lilac colored Chow Chow...you can tell I'm an animal lover, lol.

I have dreams sometimes that I am walking through streets, for miles, trying to get home. Sometimes I'm starting to approach really bad neighborhoods, and I try to get around them so I'm not victimized. Luckily I'm always able to stay safe.

Many times I'll dream that I'm flying with no aircraft. It's a great feeling, as I can control my speed and direction completely. I've flown over both cities and country areas. I have sooo many different dreams, it would be hard to remember them all. When I take Melatonin for sleep, my dreams intensify. Nice for the good dreams, but bad for nightmares.

One dream was I was walking in a darkly lit city area, with strange people just standing on corners, dressed in dark clothing and looking very strange and sinister. Then I started to see zombie type people sit up in parked cars around me, and just turn their heads looking at me. I told hubby not to watch any horror movies when I'm trying to sleep. :eek:

I often dream about those who passed away in my family, like my mother, father, sister, brother, etc. They are always normal looking and acting just like they were in real life. I always seem to be myself in dreams, but at a younger age.
 

SeaBreeze said:
I've had some lucid dreams, where I know in the dream that I am dreaming ...
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I haven't had a single dream that I can recall since I gave up actively lucid dreaming back in '86. I've had something almost like flashbacks, where short little bits and pieces of previous dreams make an appearance, but even in dream time they only last a few seconds so I don't really consider them as "dreams".

More like "trailers". :D
 
I haven't had any exciting enough to remember anything but snippets of for years now. The odd one but usually.... nuthin.

I rely on dreams to make some decisions. If something needs deciding that I'm of two minds about I leave it up to the subconscious to show me what I really want to do. It's not always the logically smart thing but when there's no foreseeable black and white /good and bad options then doing what you wanted instead of what you thought you should holds less regrets when and if it goes titsup.

F'instance. When I was deciding the pros and cons about grabbing the redundancy pay off and retiring I dreamed I was on the top a hill with a path leading down to a small dock where there was a ferry.

Everybody I ever knew must have been on that thing and they were all waving their arms and yelling "Come on! Hurry up! You're going to miss the boat!!".... I woke up running full slather down that hill and banged the signed papers on the boss' desk next morning. No psychologist needed to interpret that one!

I was often in that twilight zone of 'waking dreams' when I was on shift work. I could be dreaming, put the dream on pause and answer a phone give a presumably intelligible answer, resume the dream where I left off and then remember both when I woke up. Wow, those were the days. Have trouble even remembering the phone calls now.

I've read a bit on research into dreams, about REM and how it occurs an hour or so into the sleep time. BS! I could, still do, dream in a 5 minute nap sitting at the 'puter!

Should I see someone about that dya think??
 
Call me strange but I get re occurring dream of busting to go to the loo and unable to find one
Finally find one way to small for me to fit in or the loo is all busted up with part of wall missing and people outside staring at me


Yep I have prostate problem LOL :D

Other dreams put 50 shades in childrens section heh heh heh
 
The most amazing one, I was dreaming that I was a pilot of some kind of a rocket ship.
Now, I HATE any kind of flying !
But in this dream, I was happily flying that rocket all over, and knew exactly what all those buttons on that spaceship looking dashboard were for.


My spaceships had levers and knobs to push and pull, no buttons.
 
I have had a few that the situation came true in a way that resembled the dream so much it was kinda scary.
 
Phantom said:
Call me strange but I get re occurring dream of busting to go to the loo and unable to find one
Finally find one way to small for me to fit in or the loo is all busted up with part of wall missing and people outside staring at me
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dbeyat45 said:
Phantom, I share your dream. Is that you always staring at me ?? ;)
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I have that dream a lot too! It's so frustrating to go up an down elevators, stairs, down hallways, looking for a restroom. Then when you find it, it's either super foul and not working, or there are lookie lous around, so no privacy. Sometimes if I wake up right after one, I will need to use the bathroom. I use the bathroom a lot day or night, so it's fitting I guess. Here's the interpretation from http://www.dreammoods.com/dreamdictionary/...hmmm, need to do some self analyzing here, lol. :eek:

To dream that you are in the bathroom relates to your instinctual urges. You may be experiencing some burdens/feelings and need to "relieve yourself". Alternatively, a bathroom symbolizes purification and self-renewal. You need to cleanse yourself, both emotionally and psychologically.
To dream that you are in a public restroom with no stalls or that there are a lot of people around while you are trying to do your business signifies your frustrations about getting enough privacy. You are always putting others ahead of your own needs. As a result, you are lacking a sense of personal space. Alternatively, the dream indicates that you are having difficulties letting go of old emotions. You are afraid that if you reveal these feelings, then others around you will judge and criticize you.
To dream that you are in a bathroom meant for the opposite sex suggests that you are overstepping your boundaries. You have crossed the line in some situation.
To dream that you can not find the bathroom or that you have difficulties finding one indicates that you have difficulties in releasing and expressing your emotions. You are holding back your true feelings about something​
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dbeyat45 said:
I'm sayin' nothin' .... you never know when the Mental Health Department might be looking. :magnify:
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Funny you should ask. Had a very strange dream last night but, of course, it faded as I awoke. Used to have some terrible recurring nightmares about Vietnam but they hardly qualify as "strange" dreams. Okay, here's one that was more dream than nightmare: I'm at a university woman's dormitory inquiring at the desk about my girlfriend. They hand me the desk phone and I'm trying to ring her room. But, the call won't go through because I'm actually in the hotel in . . . Saigon. (as usual I wake up sweating)
 
Sometimes I dream that I have to make a phone call, but the buttons on the phone are either weird looking, the numbers don't make sense, they are impossible to push, and I could never complete the call, very frustrating.
 
The only time I ever have strange dreams, is when I've been sick and took medicine at bedtime.
I know I must be in the minority, but I rarely dream, or I guess correctly, I just don't recall them when I wake up. .. maybe a little blurb of something .. but no storyline to remember. ..
I've always been like this. So it's not an old age thing..:)
 
SeaBreeze said:
Sometimes I dream that I have to make a phone call, but the buttons on the phone are either weird looking, the numbers don't make sense, they are impossible to push, and I could never complete the call, very frustrating.
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Someone told me that our subconscious can't read, so it probably can't count either, SB. After hearing that, I have tried to pay attention in dreams, and I have noticed that I might see a sign, but I can't really read what it says, I either know it or I don't.
That would explain the telephone dream as well.
You can see squiggles, but not recognize them as numbers or letters.

I found the article on "bathroom dreams" interesting, but I think they are reaching too far with that, and saying we have issues bothering us. I have noticed that I have these dreams when I need to wake up and use the bathroom, and that is the only time I ever have them, which seems to be the consensus of opinion from the rest of us reporting this.

From what I have read, it depends on how deep a sleep we are in, how much of the dream we remember, and if we are in a very deep sleep, we dream, but don't remember it at all, or very little of it.
As we wake up from deep sleep, we remember more, supposedly. However, I have had times I woke up, and the dream just flashed out of my mind completely, so I wasn't waking up slow enough to remember it , I guess.

I have never had dreams that came true, but I have heard of that happening, and I think that this is an extremely interesting phenomenon . I knew a lady that had her parade saddle stolen, and she dreamed of the house and the back porch, exactly where the police found her saddle, after she gave them the description.
 
When I was young, I had a dream three nights in a row that my friends and family were visiting me at bedside. I told my mother that I may be coming down with the flu or something because of the dream. A couple of days later a drunk driver nodded off, ran onto a sidewalk, and hit me with the car...ended up in the hospital with friends and family visiting. Injuries weren't severe thank goodness, but it made me think. Repetative dreams won't be ignored for sure.
 
SeaBreeze said:
Sometimes I dream that I have to make a phone call, but the buttons on the phone are either weird looking, the numbers don't make sense, they are impossible to push, and I could never complete the call, very frustrating.
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Thank the Lord !! I'm not mad after all (shut up Diwundrin and Jillaroo ;)).

I have those dreams too SeeBreeze. I recall one where I was slipping backwards towards the Brisbane River in a car driven by one of my 'black sheep' relatives.
Who ya gonna call ?? I clearly remember trying to call a friend who was an accountant cum computer programmer.
Why ?? :dunno:
 
veejay said:
I usually dream that I am trying to get somewhere (don't know where, different all the time) and I never ever get there.
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I have those dreams too Veejay, trying to get to a destination, usually home, but never really make it there.
 
Someone told me that our subconscious can't read, so it probably can't count either, SB. After hearing that, I have tried to pay attention in dreams, and I have noticed that I might see a sign, but I can't really read what it says, I either know it or I don't.
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Well that explains a lot! I always wondered why that happened, thanks, that's really interesting.

I tend to incorporate annoying noises into dreams instead of letting them wake me. A funny one happened when Mum 'forgot' I was on night shift and start vacuuming right outside my door. I just turned the noise into a plane engine and I was having a wonderful time flying over the landscape when she turned the damned thing off and I woke in panic and a nose dive!

I had a recurring dream that was so detailed and happened so often that it had to be an omen. I was driving home from work and giving a workmate a lift as usual when we were on the same shift. It was late at night and as we were driving under a railway overpass (the Battle Bridge at Leichhardt for Sydney people,) a motorcycle lost it in the next lane and went straight under my car. I must have dreamed that 10 times and was a nervous wreck every time I drove under that damned bridge and looked out for bikes but it never happened!
Nor was there ever a motorbike any where near me on those occasions. Never did figure out what triggered that one.

I never have those 'searching' dreams any more, must have found what I was looking for.
 
SeaBreeze said:
I have those dreams too Veejay, trying to get to a destination, usually home, but never really make it there.
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Oh, I have those pesky dreams, as well ! One common one is "the flood" dream.
Usually, I have my kids with me, and they are often small in my dream, and it is flooding all over, and I am trying frantically to get us all to the top of a big hill, where there is an old log cabin that we can shelter in.
We struggle up the hill , through the pouring rain, and torrents of water running off the hill, and finally make it to the top, and into the log house.
The water just keeps getting deeper, until the flood is all around me and lapping at the steps of the house, and that is when I wake up , every time....
 

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