Recurring Dreams

[nailit]

Random or meaningful?

I have recurring dreams of been either shot in the back (and dying)
Or threatened to be shot in the front (and waking up)

Obviously I wake up either way,
But these dreams are unnerving...

[Peter Pedant]

I am sorry the posts have been so - off thread Nailit

Dream analysis - people can make a lot of moolah from it

[Hopkirk]

When I've got a full bladder I dream about going to the loo.

I wake up terrified. Sometimes it's a close run thing.

[Jackdaw33]

Finding yourself naked in public is a common dream. Many a time I have had it.

[-SharonA-]

Most times when I awake I cannot remember my dreams, but the nightmarish ones, can bother me for days.
It us usually someone chasing me round some weird building and I am struggling to hide/get away.

[Prudie]

I have always been a very vivid dreamer and can recall some dreams from years ago. A recurring theme I have had countless times over decades is watching a low flying plane either tip up or actually fall to the ground, I experience the sick horror you would if watching that in real life. Either that or I'm actually in a low flying plane (say 50m above ground) and very scared.
I also regularly dream of rock pools, ponds or aquariums full of really odd brightly coloured fish and aquatic creatures. Those dreams are interesting.

[jno]

LadyCG, I remember a comedian (can't remember her name) who said "They tell me to follow my dream, but I don't want to go walking naked into an exam I haven't prepared for."

[jno]

Ken, you say your dream makes no sense whatever - but I don't bet, and I never dream about betting. So your dream doesmake some sense. Why frogs I don't know, and yet they're clearly standing in for horses.

There was someone on AB yonks ago who occasionally explained other ABers' dreams for them and they generally thought he/she was onto something, telling them things about themselves they hadn't realised. There are some interpretations that seem to work for most people - eg a house frequently symbolises your body.

[LadyCG]

Watching a plane crash to the ground and burst into a fireball is another dream I've had many times.

[emmie]

random but often meaningful, i dream of my late partner a lot, he was telling me in the dream he never loved me, i woke up from this dream nearly crying. I also dream of my late mum, they are often quite good dreams of days gone by.

[davebro]

2 dreams:

1. I'm retired but I still go to work. The people at work don't seem to know that I'm supposed to be retired. I just get my pension not my normal salary but I comfort myself with the thought that I can quit anytime.

2. Awkward access - I have to pass through some constricted access to get where I want to go & it gets tighter & tighter. I'm afraid of being trapped. Or a big building where it's almost impossible to figure out how to get from one part to another.

[emmie]

i dream often of being in a unfamiliar town/area and that i am trying to find my way out, it always ends before i do.

[aelmpvw]

the late great tommy cooper said he used to dream of eating a giant marshmallow and when he woke up his pillow was gone

[Ken4155]

Jno, giant frogs with jockeys on board? Punters handing over trifle in the hope of winning multi coloured balloons? Yeah, makes perfect sense.
From wicki; "Many endorse the Freudian theory of dreams - that dreams reveal insight into sexual desires and emotions. Other prominent theories include those suggesting that dreams assist in memory formation, problem solving, or simply are a product of random brain activation." I'm in the latter camp.

[aelmpvw]

all i ever dream about is being back at work and having a week's work to shift in a day, i wake up feeling exhausted