Discussion Weird things about your dreams

[left0vers]

Sleeping dreams, that is. Could be anything from recurring characters or themes to how you've trained yourself to be lucid following a specific ritual.

I'll start:
- I sometimes encounter a word that does not exist. Last night it was "sebastasium", written by a someone on an old internet forum about "translation sci-fi". Unfortunately I never looked it up.
- I used to dream of huge, quiet, empty forests. That must have been a manifestation of my inner sense of beauty. Now that I'm numb, I don't see them anymore. i see malls and supermarkets.
- I can compose and hear music when I'm falling asleep or about to wake up, but not during the deep phase or when I'm awake.
- Most of my dreams take place in one of two locations related to my childhood.

Pretty boring but that's all I could recall so far.

 

[SoLowHollow48]

My dreams never have recurring characters but they do have recurring places sometimes. One of the odd places I remember is this abandoned resort with an open area that has a bunch of swimming pools built in. When I first started dreaming about it, the pools were blue and clean and it was night time but the second time I dreamed of it, the pools were only half-filled and dirty and it was daylight.

Coolest dreams I ever had were always the ones where monsters and demons are involved. I dreamed of shooting a goddamn demon that popped out of a fireplace with a shotgun. Last night, I dreamed of surviving a zombie apocalypse.

 

[left0vers]

Coolest dreams I ever had were always the ones where monsters and demons are involved.

Hell yeah

 

[SoLowHollow48]

Hell yeah

I'd definitely be seeing your profile picture in my dreams. Sick advice btw. Hope you're happy here in SaSu.

 

[left0vers]

I'd definitely be seeing your profile picture in my dreams. Sick advice btw. Hope you're happy here in SaSu.

Thank you, please don't shoot it if it finds warmth in your fireplace

 

[TheTwelthRootOfTwo]

Sleeping dreams, that is. Could be anything from recurring characters or themes to how you've trained yourself to be lucid following a specific ritual.

I'll start:
- I sometimes encounter a word that does not exist. Last night it was "sebastasium", written by a someone on an old internet forum about "translation sci-fi". Unfortunately I never looked it up.
- I used to dream of huge, quiet, empty forests. That must have been a manifestation of my inner sense of beauty. Now that I'm numb, I don't see them anymore. i see malls and supermarkets.
- I can compose and hear music when I'm falling asleep or about to wake up, but not during the deep phase or when I'm awake.
- Most of my dreams take place in one of two locations related to my childhood.

Pretty boring but that's all I could recall so far.

I have a lot of recurring people and places in my dreams. In fact, I'll even say to myself, in my dream, "Oh, the last time I dreamt this, that road lead to... such and such". So there is a lot of cross reference and I know I'm dreaming.

 

[GodzillasBiggestFan]

since i was little i would often dream of another world that was in a weather based apocalypse, with all the people living in technologically advanced shelters. every time i dream it i'm a different person in that world so with time i got to see all different things about the world and how it works. i dont have the dreams quite as much as when i was little but i still do have them.

 

[Forever Sleep]

My dreams are often quite boring when it comes to the setting. It's often a shop, school or city environment. I don't know why- because I love nature. The handful of nature dreams I have, I get so excited about but then, there's usually something pulling me back towards the city. There have been a few times I have very nearly gone snorkling but- whoever I was with insisted we go shopping instead. If I do dream of somewhere else though- I'm amazed by the beauty of some of it.

They are almost all anxiety dreams. I'm late, I can't find where I need to get to, I can't do even the most basic task- usually because I feel so tired in the dream itself. We're all in some sort of danger.

I used to dream about my childhood home a lot. People were usually trying to break into it. Seeing as that was a recurring dream- I tried to find out what it could mean. I read that all the people in our dreams aren't in fact other people. They are aspects of ourselves. So- them trying to break in suggested there were sides to myself that I didn't want to confront. That was an interesting view.

I'm also amazed by the abilities I magically have in dreams. I can sing like any singer. I will be singing and their voice will be heard. I can speak foreign languages- which is really bizarre because- I can't in real life. I don't know if I'm just making shit up but then, I'd struggle to do that in real life too. It sounds very convincing in the dream. I can run like an athlete- also not transfered into real life.

I've had a bunch of flying dreams too- which I believe are quite common. They are both exhilerating and terrifying because- usually at some point, I will start to realise I can't fly and start falling. I usually just float along when I near the ground though.

One thing I remember reading is- we don't taste in dreams. I think that might be right- for me anyway. I don't usually eat in dreams- again- weirdly- seeing as I love eating. I don't recall ever enjoying the flavour of something though.

 

[Pluto]

 

[trying ungracefully]

I can't remember my dreams much unless it was a dream that impacted me.

But I wake up throughout the night because I have insomnia. When I'm in the half awake state when I close my eyes I see a box of white or "light" with letters moving across it. I used to be able to make out words but now it just disappears if I focus too long. It comes back if i unfocus too until i fall asleep.

It used to really bother me but now ive grown used to it.

 

[left0vers]

I can't remember my dreams much unless it was a dream that impacted me.

But I wake up throughout the night because I have insomnia. When I'm in the half awake state when I close my eyes I see a box of white or "light" with letters moving across it. I used to be able to make out words but now it just disappears if I focus too long. It comes back if i unfocus too until i fall asleep.

It used to really bother me but now ive grown used to it.

That's really peculiar. Just random words? No messages from your subconscious mind?

since i was little i would often dream of another world that was in a weather based apocalypse, with all the people living in technologically advanced shelters. every time i dream it i'm a different person in that world so with time i got to see all different things about the world and how it works. i dont have the dreams quite as much as when i was little but i still do have them.

Were you building that world in your head while you were awake?

 

[GodzillasBiggestFan]

Were you building that world in your head while you were awake?

i dont think so, i cant remember ever trying to add to it while awake. i actively try to avoid worldbuilding it while i am awake because i want to see what the dreams do, but i might have as a little kid and just dont remember it?

 

[Nitlott]

I think the most major thing in my dreams is how surroundings are a frankenstein of different places. They seem really familiar and can sometimes be almost an identical replica of the original, yet there're certain details missing/changed that give that uncanny unfamiliar feeling. Perspective and my sense of space changes too. I think the closest thing to it are places in ENA (both the episodes and game) but they're too abstract than mine. I also rarely speak in my dreams (I interact silently), but when I do it doesn't feel real, like I'm out if my body and someone else is doing the work... Lately my dreams became too similar to my usual days and I get stuff mixed up and confuse them with reality... I remember a dream which if I were to describe would sound really goofy but I miss it so much, that would be nice if I get there once again...
The strangeness of places there is peacefully alarming or something, it's like when you're giving up on thinking about a very serious thing you're doing and you just go with it but your subconsciousness knows that something's off

 

[Kamaainakupua]

Trying to get this down before I forget it. I finally drifted off to sleep, and was wandering around inside a house. There was a cat walking around, orange tabby, but I walked into a different room. When I went back into the living room, the cat was on top of the coffee table, and started talking to me. I turned to look at it, and the feeling of being talked to continued, but the cat wasn't moving its mouth, or any part of its body. The words from the cat voice continued, and the thought occurred to me it was using telepathy, speaking directly in my mind. At this point the cat's voice inside my head (masculine) said, "There is no cat". And then I woke up.
It's been a month or two since I watched any of the Matrix movies, so it wasn't triggered by that.

I had been reading this thread earlier before I fell asleep, so maybe it was Godzilla-cat, except the one in my dream was thinner, maybe younger.
(I don't remember any specific words the cat-voice said, other than, "There is no cat".)

 

[Lost in a Dream]

One thing I remember reading is- we don't taste in dreams. I think that might be right- for me anyway. I don't usually eat in dreams- again- weirdly- seeing as I love eating. I don't recall ever enjoying the flavour of something though.

So you've never had a dream where you were eating a meal and woke up in the middle of raising the fork or spoon to your mouth in the real world? I've done that, woke up after a dream in the middle of putting my hand up to my mouth with invisible silverware in it. Sometimes smacked myself in the mouth doing it and that was what woke me up haha.

I've had so many different kinds of dreams I can't remember them all but a lot of the time, I'm either at work, at school as a kid but can't find my locker for some reason, or I'm out driving and my hometown is all mixed up, with houses and businesses appearing in different places every time. When I first became vegan in real life, I used to have dreams where I wasn't vegan at all, eating the stuff I used to eat, but gradually that changed so every now and then when I have dreams about food it's vegan, so at least my dreams have caught up with the times.

 

[Forever Sleep]

So you've never had a dream where you were eating a meal and woke up in the middle of raising the fork or spoon to your mouth in the real world? I've done that, woke up after a dream in the middle of putting my hand up to my mouth with invisible silverware in it. Sometimes smacked myself in the mouth doing it and that was what woke me up haha.

I've had so many different kinds of dreams I can't remember them all but a lot of the time, I'm either at work, at school as a kid but can't find my locker for some reason, or I'm out driving and my hometown is all mixed up, with houses and businesses appearing in different places every time. When I first became vegan in real life, I used to have dreams where I wasn't vegan at all, eating the stuff I used to eat, but gradually that changed so every now and then when I have dreams about food it's vegan, so at least my dreams have caught up with the times.

I can't remember eating anything. I've had dreams of walking around a restaurant or cafe with other people about to eat. Just, not me- that I remember anyway. I think I've even bought food for other people. Do you remember tasting the food?

 

[Lost in a Dream]

I can't remember eating anything. I've had dreams of walking around a restaurant or cafe with other people about to eat. Just, not me- that I remember anyway. I think I've even bought food for other people. Do you remember tasting the food?

I woke up before I could taste it, hence the invisible silverware in my hand.

 

[trying ungracefully]

That's really peculiar. Just random words? No messages from your subconscious mind?

No messages. When the words were stronger I could sometimes see sentences that sort of made sense but they weren't important.

 

[itsitbit]

My dreams are often quite boring when it comes to the setting. It's often a shop, school or city environment. I don't know why- because I love nature. The handful of nature dreams I have, I get so excited about but then, there's usually something pulling me back towards the city. There have been a few times I have very nearly gone snorkling but- whoever I was with insisted we go shopping instead. If I do dream of somewhere else though- I'm amazed by the beauty of some of it.

They are almost all anxiety dreams. I'm late, I can't find where I need to get to, I can't do even the most basic task- usually because I feel so tired in the dream itself. We're all in some sort of danger.

I used to dream about my childhood home a lot. People were usually trying to break into it. Seeing as that was a recurring dream- I tried to find out what it could mean. I read that all the people in our dreams aren't in fact other people. They are aspects of ourselves. So- them trying to break in suggested there were sides to myself that I didn't want to confront. That was an interesting view.

I'm also amazed by the abilities I magically have in dreams. I can sing like any singer. I will be singing and their voice will be heard. I can speak foreign languages- which is really bizarre because- I can't in real life. I don't know if I'm just making shit up but then, I'd struggle to do that in real life too. It sounds very convincing in the dream. I can run like an athlete- also not transfered into real life.

I've had a bunch of flying dreams too- which I believe are quite common. They are both exhilerating and terrifying because- usually at some point, I will start to realise I can't fly and start falling. I usually just float along when I near the ground though.

One thing I remember reading is- we don't taste in dreams. I think that might be right- for me anyway. I don't usually eat in dreams- again- weirdly- seeing as I love eating. I don't recall ever enjoying the flavour of something though.

Wow!!! I also used to have a lot of recurring dreams about people breaking into my childhood house, but I never looked up what it could mean. I just assumed I had a bizarre unexplained fear of home invasion as a child LOL. The interpretation of the invaders being facets of yourself is really, really interesting... it makes me want to look more into dream interpretation even though I don't dream much nowadays. Thank you for sharing!