Your dreams

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I don't really pay attention to my dreams.

I'd record my dreams if I remembered them. But the most I get from them usually are impressions and sometimes a snippit of the setting (often a compound of three places turned into one building.)

I've had a few very definite dreams, but those are few and far between and usually nightmares.

I honestly don't know what to make of dreams. There are so many theories out there on what the "meaning" of dreams are.

Most of my dreams have nothing to do with me (in the dream) or people that I know. Some are very weird dreams. Always very vivid. My dreams are so vivid that I notice things like street names etc and will remember them when I wake.

I sometimes think that dreams can be visualizations of things going on in your life. Feelings, conflicts, hopes etc. But really... some dreams... I don't know.

Like this one dream I had about a woman in her early 40s, her personality nothing like my own, divorced, no children, very close to her mother who is widowed and living the wild and free life.

Her mother meets a man on the internet and decides to meet him in person in Hawaii. Her daughter is upset and decides to go along as "protection". While there she meets a man and much against her desire falls in love... when they finally decide to introduce each other to their parents (woman's mother, mans father), it turns out that the guy she's fallen in love with is the son of her Mothers boyfriend. (I've actually been slowly working on turning this one into a Romance novel LOL).

But... see what I mean... I really can't comprehend how this dream really has anything to do with me or my life.

I've got tons of off the wall, what the heck dreams.

That would be nice, but I don't have time to fuss over my dreams. If I want something badly enough in my life, I work hard and make it happen as best I can. If it's not realistic, it's time to let it go.

I had a bad dream last night, when I first wake up it takes awhile for me to shake it off.

I believe that dreams mean something...

I don't believe in Jung's theories or in biblical stories say of Joseph solving Pheroe's dreams. I believe dreams help the brain to get rid of our daily stresses. there're other dreams of course the dreams we wish to fulfill, but these dreams don't appear to us while in our sleep.

dreams are the sub consciouses way of telling us something

I have recorded some of my more vivid dreams as I recognize them as important information if I am able to decode it. Usually the messages are very simple, but a few have troubled me to the point where I have had to ask others for interpretations. I do believe in the power of dreams. When I was in the hospital after giving birth to my first child, I had a dream that a friend of mine was sitting on my husband's lap back at home and they were drinking champaigne together in honor of my new son. The dream kept recurring and I began to notice a change in the way I was treated when I got home from the hospital. Eventually I brought it up to my friend. She said EVERY BIT of it was true. She was on his lap, she was in her underwear, they were drinking champaigne and yes; he'd been cheating on me and so had she. If not for the persistant dream, I would have continued to naively believe neither of them were capable of such deception. As it was, they were both booted out the door that very evening.

I used to interpret dreams under the name "The Dolly Llama" (my icon was a llama with a fez and a prayer scarf around its neck! ...lol...) in an MSN community and had a really interesting case one time... You might like to read about it if you're into Jung:

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977131956

I haven't had a dream that I remember for a very long time.



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I do believe that, but I rarely remember my dreams...and when I do, I get the heeby-jeeby's. I wish I didn't and that I could glean something valuable from them. Oh well...




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wonderful Jean! I will check it out!

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Melanie, that's great that you have very vivid dreams. A lot of mine are pretty hard to decipher

I agree Denise

J Wright, you should record your dream and try to interpret it or have someone interpret it for you

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dreams have meanings

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I dont remember my dreams

nancy, i have trouble at times remmembering my dreams also. a good tip is to jot down what you do remmember as soon as you wake up

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I definitely agree with you. I have see how my own subconscious plays out in my dreams. I used to have terrible nightmares as a result of something that happened in childhood. Over the past ten years, I learned how to realize I was dreaming and reclaim my power in my dreams. It has been worthwhile to me!

i'm glad you reclaimed that power

How do you remember them long enough to write them down?

I don't normally remember them unless they disturb me.

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Hildy, that's a tough one. It's sometimes hard to remember. One trick is to keep a dream journal right on your nigh table, so you can detail the dream in its entirety, or at least most of it anyway

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i really want to be able to interpret my dreams. sometimes i just go mad trying to figure 'em out. hey, could you help me?

and also, i can force myself into dreaming about a particular thing sometimes...

Good article! I'm very interested in dreams. I don't bother much about writing them down, unless they have a significant message for me. I enjoy reading people's dreams on Gather and identifying the important theme(s).

Thanks for sharing