Explain my dream
 

This could be fun. Or it could blow, all depending on the dream and the explanation given.


So it goes like this.

Somebody post his/her/its recent weird, funny, scary, facinating etc. dream, and then other posters tries to analyze it. The explanation given can either be deadly serious or creative... or just plain goofy. It's totally up to the posters.



So here's mine.


I had a dream last night and as usual it was making no sense at all and was jumping back and forward in time and places and i'm sure the persons in it kept changing faces. they always do in my dreams.

It was about something as irrelevant as appartments. apparently my mom and stepdad had just moved to a new appartment in a nice neighbourhood further away from me than they were before. So i had to take the train to get to them.
(Well, this is all pretty boring. But wait, it gets even more boring)
At the station there was a big supermarket and for some reason i had to buy something for dinner on my way to visit my mom. So i got something, got to the counter, put my groceries on the table, then discover that my credit card wasn't where it used to be. So i quickly told the next customer to take my turn as i looked for my credit card. Of course i found it the second the other customer begun to put his groceries on the table, but i patiently (and a little bit annoyed) waited for him to finnish.
And HERE comes the tricky part, ladies and gentlemen. So far the entire dream has jumped back and forth in time and places, but as i stand next to this customer the time suddenly goes normal. Like REALLY normal and slow (Like it normally does when u stand in line in a grocery shop). And i just watch this dude putting one grocery after another up on the desk for about 5 minutes... Then it gets my turn and THEN the time starts to jump again.

What the hell was so important about this counter episode that i had to dream this through??

Enlighten me.

The dream is about some loss of closeness between you and your family--your mom and stepdad moving to the other neighborhood, farther away from you, is some sort of a lifestyle change--or a feeling on your part that they are closing you out somehow. It's an abandonment dream--it doesn't mean you're being abandoned, it means that you were thinking about it or feeling that way.

Your problem at the grocery store is your fear of being able to function less satisfactorily if you try to exist in their situation ("neighborhood").

So my question to you would be, have you felt displeased in some way after seeing something that your mom and stepdad did, some manner in which they behaved? This dream might be your mind examining your feelings about this episode.

Pscho-Analysis of Angra, this should be fun...

I think you are bored and frustrated with your life, and it is passing you buy and you are not taking enough oppurtunitys. Wait , that sounds like my life... Why haven't I had that dream?

And the reason I think that is.....

The time, going slow while you are doing nothing, then when you are doing something the time dissapears, meaning the time when you are doing things is not long enough.

The Parental thing is just a distraction.

very good Crabby


sounds like "separation anxiety" to me as well.




either that or its time shop somewhere else

Naaa, i may not visit them as much as i probably should, but i have a good relationship with them both. And they do live close to me. Besides, they weren't much in the dream. It was more about the appartment and the neighborhood and me thinking "wauw, what a great place to live", even though i live in quite a fine neighbourhood myself.


"Your problem at the grocery store is your fear of being able to function less satisfactorily if you try to exist in their situation ("neighborhood")."

Care to explain that part?



I must say that was a pretty deep analyze you made there, Crab. Impressive. You almost sound like a shrink.

And here i thought you were just nut. :o

Very good, Dis.

That could very well be it, for all i know. Makes sense.

This is a dream I had about 3 times a year from when I was 4 - 8. I was sitting in my living room, watching television, when a small leprechaun (from a popular television show) snatched the remote off me and changed the channel. I said, "That's not very nice." and suddenly, a tall, thin, cartoony woman with long dark hair and a long black dress (Like mortitia addams) comes in, slaps me then grabs my wrist.
She starts leading me away and I scream through the door to my dads study but he just says "I'm busy, stop messing about!" Next thing I know, I'm infront of a green curtain which I pull open and there's an attic through there, but not mine. In the middle, all sitting around a table are my mum, my sister, my half sister and my half brother, playing monopoly. They turn and my brother says "Lets help him!". The curtain closes and I wake up.

Well, seeing as they are people you know, it's more likely that they do have importance in this dream. Where they actually live in real life doesn't matter, because the "moving away" and the new neighborhood is a symbol of something.

Conversely, I think the details in the grocery store are not important. But, the scene serves to illustrate that a normal activity, which typically should give a person no problem or cause for alarm (buying groceries), suddenly becomes difficult, confusing, and tedious. And uncomfortable, and alienating. Your credit card isn't where it used to be. Time speeds up and slows down. You see? This is no ordinary grocery store--this is the one in their new neighborhood which you found when you got off the train.

I would say that your mind was turning over some feelings of uncomfortability about your folks, and the "new neighborhood" is a symbol of some emotional distancing taking place which you have started to feel.

Again, it's not necessarily something that's actually happening in your life, but your mind is considering the idea of it, for some reason.

taxi cab to mom's new apartment - $15.00
dinner at the grocery store - $12.50
jumping back and forth in time - priceless

I hate when that happens!

Damn.. That's pretty deep, Crab.


Still, i don't have a problem with my mom or stepdad. Not that i can think of.

But yea, it would sure suck if they moved. Then i would be all alone. But it's not something that i ever worry about, coz it won't happen in a near future
. :)



"But, the scene serves to illustrate that a normal activity, which typically should give a person no problem or cause for alarm (buying groceries), suddenly becomes difficult, confusing, and tedious. And uncomfortable, and alienating."

I often have dreams like that. What does that mean?





By the way people, please feel free to post your dreams.

Amazing how much you remember from your childhood, ferret.

But basically your dream is about how much your entire family hates your guts and couldn't care less if some stranger takes you away. And deep inside you've always known that.
And the small leprechaun is actually alive and lives under your bed. The cartoony woman is in fact your very own mother who's sick and tired of you watching too much tv and most of all horror movies. She's not real tho, she's from a popular tv show.....

Well again, this grocery store in the dream was in their neighborhood. Meaning, you attempted to go about your business within their new situation. Your difficulty in the store is your nervousness about being able to function properly once their situation changes.

Dreams are generally not interpretable literally; they must be decoded. Dreams pull up thinking that is in your subconscious mind and play it, like a movie, in a veiled, symbolic format that you can only understand through interpretation. So, while consciously you may believe one thing is true, subconsciously you may feel otherwise. You are looking at thoughts that consciously, in your waking life, you tend not to be aware of. By analyzing your dreams, you can gain insight into how your own mind is working under the surface.

It's not likely at all, then, that your dream is literally about them "moving" to a new neighborhood. The "moving" is probably symbolic of something else. I think it represents some other sort of distance that you feel will be separating you at some point. Remember the whole business about having to make a special trip to see them; clearly their new distance in the dream is an important detail. Once you get into the neighborhood, what happens? You try to buy some groceries and find the experience impossible and disturbing. So that clues you in to how you might feel about this "distance" between you.

Dude....... i don't have a clue what the hell you're talking about. lol

I just can't reach your level of depth. I'm sorry. But it sure sounds like u know what you're talking about.

It's pretty simple. Dreams never mean what they are at face value. They are what you are thinking about, but in code. You are worried about death because you don't know what happens on the other side; so you have a dream about a dark street that you are afraid to walk down. And so on. The dream paints a picture of what you are thinking, but you must figure out what each symbol means.

For me, the first thing I think about when interpreting a dream is, how do I feel in the dream? Happy, sad, nervous, unsure? The feelings are usually the first key to figuring out what the dream is about.

You have a dream about your mom and stepdad moving to another neighborhood. It might be a dream about them growing older and their age causing them (and you) difficulty. Your problems buying food for them might symbolize your difficulties taking care of them.

I knew something was up when you started describing the scene in the grocery store. It meant you were concerned about your own ability to function in a difficult new situation.

Yes, i see and understand what you're saying. I just can't relate to your analysis. Sure i'm worried about stuff in real life and i've never liked difficult new situations. But 1 thing i'm fairly sure of is that i've never worried a whole lot about my mom these past 15 years. They're doing quite well.

I don't remember being happy or sad about the situation in my dream. I only remember being annoyed about the slow customer.

That post really opened my eyes and I know what must be done...Where did I put that noose again?

THAT'S THE SPIRIT, BOY!!



Oh no, wait a minute.

We need SOMEBODY here posting on a regular basic. Don't jump just yet.

True. I would post this on Zero's thread but I don't like making two consecutive posts on the same thread. I post on 99% of the threads that are bold (a new post has been made). But anyway, I can't find the noose so this plastic bag will have to do.

Maybe you need a satsuma with peanut butter on it? :confused: :confused: :eek:

Don't joke about screwing with a satsuma man. YOU JUST DON'T JOKE ABOUT THAT KINDA STUFF!

Calm down dude, CALM THE FUCK DOWN!!

I don't even know what satsuma means?

Don't know what satsuma means...HOW CAN YOU ECPECT ME TO CALM DOWN WHEN SOMEONE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT A SATSUMA IS?! It's kinda like a small, juicy, usually seedless, easy to peel, orange with less pith.

THAT'S DISGUSTING!!

NOW I KNOW WHY YOU'RE PISSED OFF!!!!!

Well, this is my last post for the night! G'night!

And STILL you're online...... attention whore. :rolleyes:


Goodnight sweetheart

I had a dream that this girl from my Geometry class and I were sitting on the roof of my friend's house throwing snowballs at cars when we hit an 18-wheeler, it swerved and started charging toward the house, then I woke up.

I had another one where I went to school and I was sitting across from that same girl, I looked up and she turned Asian, then all of my friends started turning Asian.

I don't know what they mean.

Desire to break the rules, cause mischief, manifested in throwing snowballs at the truck (notice it's a TRUCK, not a car - it's the desire to have an impact on BIG THINGS, perhaps a desire for POWER).

And then...

The swerving I'd imagine is the FEAR of CONSEQUENCE... Sure, throwing snowballs in some way exerts power in a victimless and seemingly harmless action, BUT in the dream there are dire consequences of your action - The truck swerving toward you.

SO, I say desire for power but fear of the consequence thereof.

FREUD SAYS...

Latent ASIAN desire.

...

Or something.


I think I'm turning Japanese - I really think so!!!!!!!!!

Yea.... that was Freud. :rolleyes:

Sure sounds like a nightmare to me.

Yes. Interpretation of Dreams, uhm, page 115, paragraph 3. Sorry. I should have cited my sources appropriately. :p

...

OK - The last dream I remember...
NOTE: My dreams are pretty fucked up.


I think this dream was from Saturday night...

I remember bits and pieces of it. The earliest I remember I was in this concrete room (not really a basement, per say, but at least an abandoned building). I was there with this other girl (let's refer to her as girl #1) who was trying to convince me to kill another girl (let's refer to her as girl #2). Now, both of these girls were anonymous in my dream - Neither of them I knew or know in real life.

Girl #1 had tied Girl #2 to a matressless bedframe and secured the girl's hands and feet spread across the frame with duct tape. I helped her tape Girl #2's ankles to the bed frame. Girl #1 then tried to convince me that I could assist her murder Girl #2 in cold blood and that there would be absolutely no consequence at all. At that, I began to actually get interested in this murderous plan (not sexually, you perverts), and sawed Girl #2's hand off with a hacksaw.

... That's all I can remember from that scene.

Next scene:
I'm in the ocean and I am drowning a third girl (let's call her Girl #3) in the ocean. We're in relatively shallow waters, but I'm not letter her swim to shore. I keep pushing her head under.

...

Next scene:
I'm being informed by Girl #1 that we had gotten caught somehow. Suddenly my head is absolutely heated with guilt, worrying how I could possibly tell my parents that I had assisted in killing 5 (yes, at this point in the dream, the deathcount had somehow turned into 5) girls.

The rest of the dream I'm scrambling around with another Girl (Girl # 4 at this point I guess), who apparently had assisted us with the murders, and we were trying to figure out our testimony for the impending trial and how we could blame the ENTIRE mass-murder on Girl #1.

And I felt so, SO incredibly guilty - Not for murdering the girls, mind you. But for
getting caught, and having my family find out (THIS is why I am concerned about being a possible sociopath.

And I was left with this terrible mantra, "I don't want to go to jail... I don't want to go to jail..."

...

And then I woke up and quite pleased that I was NOT facing mass-murder charges.

...

Any takers on meaning?

YEAH.....You're fucking nuts.







:D

Hmm...... Seems to me, that you either like girls a lot, or you really hate them?

Do you have a lot of siblings?

Do you watch a lot of slasher/survivor movies?


I think i'm getting close to something here. :cool:

Dammit, where did I put those tea leaves?

See, NOW, we got an interesting thread going here! All kinds of thought-provoking stuff.

I was worried that might be the case.


Nope... I'm an only child...

But I'm pretty sure I had seen High Tension that day, so that might have something to do with it... With possibly an episode of Law and Order SVU mixed in there.

Well, that "Sweeney Todd" image bothers me for some reason...not the image itself, but the way it is sitting down there in your signature section. Omigosh! He scary. I like the Tod Slaughter version, though, I am always recommending that to people.

I have "flying" dreams once in a while......not so much flying [ not like Superman anyway] more of floating. Its pretty cool....I always remember the feeling of fly/floating when I wake up.

Also....do you ever wake up from a good dream and try real hard to go back to sleep and continue it.....it doesn't work.:mad:

Do you lucid dream? Flying and floating is even cooler if you can lucid dream... I've never been able to control my dreams myself... I wonder if I did, the nightmares would be more manageable (literally).

I'm never able to get myself into the same dream... I've even attempted to do so even the following night. The last one I remember...

I have this recurring dream where I'm in my mother's house and there's this secret passage way. I've used in different occasions where I'm hiding from either zombies or from siege groups manned with guns...

Most recently, I had convinced one of my attackers that I wasn't the person he was after and convinced him to go after someone else, using my name (whatever it was in the dream). I snuck into the secret passageway, which lead outside through a series of tunnels and ended in what appeared to be an open grave. I laid in the open grave, when he appeared over me with his gun. But he didn't actually want to kill me, though. He laughed. It was a joke.

And I woke up.

But what was he laughing about??? Haven't been able to get back there since...

I've had dreams, forgot them then carried on from them weeks, even months later and remember loads of stuff from the previous one. Also, 25% of the time, I work out it's a dream and do anything, anything, I want. The amount of times I've punched my teachers and ran through town naked...



























































Only to realise I'm not dreaming :(