Dreams

[nailit]

Really didnt know where to post this since there isnt a psychology section.
But what are your thoughts on dreams? A quick google will bring up a plethora of pages of different ideas re: dreams and what they are or what their function is. Ive read that 80% of dreams are unpleasant (so perhaps our unconscious dealing with the *** that we cant handle in waking life?)
I had a dream back in the summer of this year that still 'haunts' me now.
In the dream I was at some kind of function/party and was asked to sit at a table outside. When I got there, there were cameras filming for tv. I started to eat and then realised that my jaws werent moving. This caused me a great deal of anxiety but then I realised that my jaws wernt moving because my heart had stopped. I then started to fall downwards (on my back, looking up) and realised that I had died and was dropping into hell.
All very vivid and all very perplexing. That dream still pops into my head now.
Why?

[anaxcrosswords]

There has always been an industry in dream interpretation. It’s not for me to call it nonsense but there’s something I’ve always wondered – if the brain deems it important to give us information through dreams (as ‘experts’ claim) why do it in such a convoluted manner as to need these experts to interpret it? Surely ‘tell it like it is’ would be better?

[nailit]

Have to agree anax, although some years ago I read some jungian psychology texts on dreams which seemed to make sense at the time.

[Elina]

Nailit, don't you suffer with agoraphobia

[Elina]

.. ?

[nailit]

No Elina, 'tho ive had anxiety issues and social phobia at various times in life.

[anaxcrosswords]

BTW you mention that yours is a dream that still pops into your head now. Doesn’t surprise me, but it doesn’t make it important. Occasionally we all have dreams so vivid we can’t help but remember them. I get recurrent themes – one in particular that has sort of ‘developed’ over the past year – but one of the earlier ones is far more memorable than the more recent, for no more reason I can think of than it was just very vivid.

[Elina]

Social phobia, knew I'd read something like that from you. I interpret your dream as feeling conscious in public ... do you find eating in front of people awkward ... might be the reason your jaws weren't moving in your dream?

[nailit]

Elina, I think most people find eating in public awkward, Interesting take on my dream tho ;-) never thought of that. Not sure where the dropping into hell fits in tho...
anax, regarding recurring dreams, When I was in my teenage years/early 20's I had a recurring dream of been in a store and getting on a downward escalator. The escalator speeded up when I was on it and it flung me of the end, at which point I woke up (with a start) Someone I knew at the time told me that it was a memory of been born (and apparently I was a difficult birth). Interestingly these dreams stopped after that.

[Elina]

Your heart had stopped ... may be subconsciously you felt hell was the place you were going to ;0)

[nailit]

//may be subconsciously you felt hell was the place you were going to //
Not even subconsciously, always known what my final destination is, lol.

[Cloverjo]

I'm interested in dreams. Most of mine are very dull, but the occasional exciting one stays with me for a long time. Often, in my dreams I'm trapped in an awkward situation, but I usually find I can say to myself "This is just a dream, I can imagine my way out of it" and do, while still staying asleep.

[Prudie]

I have very vivid dreams every night and can remember a vast array I've had through my life. Occasionally they stick with me through the day which can be unpleasant. I always thought it was the sign of an active and imaginative mind.

[ladyalex]

My take on dreams is that they tend to be pretty straightforward reflections of your life and troubles.


Seated outside at a social event.....feeling rejected
Thinking you're dying.....feeling out of control of your life
Thinking you're going to hell....feeling guilty about the past

Just my thoughts.

[nailit]

Thanks for additional answers guys.
Interesting take on my nightmare ladyalex, something to chew on.

[ladyalex]

Hope it helps.
:-))