What dreams did you have as a child?

[Regen]

What dreams did you have as a child?

I had boring wishes, marriage, children, house, dog. When I was younger a horse and a big adventure run for guinea pigs. A house with a tree growing through the roof. To make and exhibit art. Writing a book. Being happy.

What were your dreams or wishes?

 

[UnlimitedPain]

Work with animals, have 7 dogs and a house with some land they could roam, write a book.

 

[looseye]

I wanted to be a cop cause they have guns and little boys like doing the peng peng and weee uuuu weee uuuu and pow pow bang brrrrr

 

[Grav]

I wanted to be a firefighter and in 3rd grade declared I would be an astronaut and live on the moon to avoid getting married. I also wanted a tank and helicopter to drive around.

 

[darkcirclesunder]

I never had dreams i never thought that far ahead. But i loved basketball, hockey, tennis, baseball, and graffiti art

 

[bluelou]

I don't think I really had any dreams as a child. I immersed myself in books and creative stuff as an escape from my life. The only thing I remember thinking was that if I one day had a child, I would be a very different mother to mine. My boy is now 18 and is my greatest achievement.

 

[LivideLamb]

For the longest time, I wanted to be a veterinarian to help the local animals and family. I grew out of it and I've been lost ever since

 

[jackie_boy1337]

I wanted to be in law enforcement (like a police officer) but thanks to a stay in loony bin on the part of a serious POS, that'll never be a reality.
My dad isn't put out about that though because when i told him that, he shit all over it and said "that's too dangerous for you."

A minor heart attack and stroke later... I've pretty much given up on any other childhood dreams I may have ever had, like just being happy.

Or never having to interact with my parents ever again, because they're manipulative, conniving pieces of shit who fuck everything up and really don't have a clue.
(Keep in mind, I'm an adult. I shouldn't have to interact with them regardless, but my health issues have forced me into interactions with them.)

 

[toasterbath]

i don’t even remember having any dreams. i always did just escape into games, tv, movies. life has been painful for just too long…

 

[UnlimitedPain]

i don’t even remember having any dreams. i always did just escape into games, tv, movies. life has been painful for just too long…

I can relate to the escapism of n such a level it’s also I do these days unfortunately with the addition of porn.
Only reason I can remember my dreams is I have a really good memory which feels like a curse

 

[SarRy]

I wanted to study martial arts so, I would not have to fear people anymore. I wanted to devote myself to religious studies so that I might do good in my life and be well after it. My life has always been more about avoiding pain because I find no pleasure in anything. At the best of times, I feel nothing. I guess I was not made for this world.

 

[niiina]

I had the dream of quit my parents and go explore the world, specially by boat. No realistic dreams about career or a job, like if I wasn't/am poor af lmao

 

[Rounded Apathy]

I wonder about the deleterious effects of achieving dreams.

The timeline is nebulous, but as far back as I can recall I'd had a fascination with Japan. Not just in the typical weeby anime way, but in the holier-than-thou, let me tell you about the history of the shogunate and this weird-ass instrument, everything to do with the place kind of way. I developed a single-minded determination to somehow get there and stay as long as possible, which culminated in picking up a bachelor's degree (and the associated debt) to get a teacher's visa and living/working there for three years. No guidance from anyone in life on whether this was a good idea, or what to do if I changed my mind. Which I did, after less than two years, realising it was horrifically isolating and ostracizing and that I had to gtfo.

One other "dream" I remember having around age 11 was to be an explorer. Whatever that means. I'd been playing a video game that had me going to far-flung locales all modeled on distinct regions of the natural world - deserts, jungles, tundras - and the idea of really going to such a variety of places tantalized me. To a scaled-back extend I did this after leaving Japan, traveling to a few places in SE Asia, Western Europe, and Central America. Never made it to a desert (sadly) or tundra (changed my mind, cold is shit); there are still some general/specific places it'd be nice to see.

But after having lived the life I have, I know it's all just chasing dragons. It'd be nice then just be a checked-off item on a list. We move from one thing to the next; satisfy one dopamine hit and need to seek out another.

 

[noaccount]

To be a cat and to find people's stolen cars (as a cat!) (we had lots of carjackings in our town all the time) and to build a labyrinth through a reed-field and build a secret house in the middle that no one would ever find and to learn to communicate with lizards.

 

[noaccount]

As it turns out, that last part is mainly just about learning to understand their body language, there's no way to have a human-like conversation with them about past or future events or philosophical ideals.

 

[Death is my goal]

don't want to think about it, the past brings pain to my heart. good and bad.

 

[SectOfValtiel]

Im not sure if I had any, if I did I cant remember them
And trying to come up with one today is really hard for me

 

[IDontLikeMyself]

I used to have such big dreams as a child. I wanted to be an olympic swimmer but an injury ruined that. The worst part is that the injury still haunts me and I never really recovered from it.

That´s why my dream now is just to be able to swim like back than again.

 

[Someday_Somehow32]

I wanted to be a big time writer (you know like J.K Rowling or some shit like that), I wanted to animate, I wanted to sing, I wanted to tame lions and own a big house full of guinea pigs, I wanted to voice act, and get married to some guy that I daydreamt

 

[never mind me]

When I was a child I couldn't really imagine how it would feel to be an adult, so I didn't really think or dream much about what I would do. The only thing I knew very early was that I wanted to travel the world, live abroad and learn to speak several languages. In my early teenage years I also dreamt about going to college and studying something I'm interested in, having an interesting job afterwards, having lots of friends and enjoying lots of parties with them and having a good relationship with a guy I love. Actually I managed to achieve almost all of these things, which on the one hand really makes me happy, but on the other hand it has the disadvantage that nowadays it sometimes seems pointless to continue living, because I've already done most of the things I wanted to do when I was very young.

 

[sad_and_tired]

Being happy earning my life thanks to my passion (still to be discovered or lost from sight a long time ago), being autarcique and taking care of my loved ones.

 

[Meaninglessness]

I don´t remember what dreams I had as a child because that was such a long time ago, but I am sure that I didn´t dream of ending up here.

 

[Himalayan]

I dont think i ever had any. Dreams are a bit alien to me.

 

[Niirvana]

I would have liked to be an lyrical singer :(

 

[kappa]

So odd when I hear people had dreams as children or even adults.

I liked animals.. I remember wishing they could talk to me. But I didn’t have any dreams or desires.

Never dreamt about kids and marriage, no “I wanna be X when I go up thoughts”. Really didn’t even have hobbies.

I just kinda milled around with the animals we had, and occasionally would watch one of the few Disney movies I had.

Wish I knew why I never had any interests or hobbies. Feels inhuman.

 

[Rairii]

Being a doctor, therapist, some sort of person who worked with children in the mental health realm. I wanted to make them feel better and save them from all the abuse I was undergoing at home. Then there's the get married, live and travel to foreign countries, have a pet, be happy

All I accomplished out of that was owning a pet and going to university for psychology before I had to drop out after one semester because bad health. Well I guess I also moved out too which was a dream. Sometimes I'd like to think she would be pretty happy that we at least made it out but then I think she would probably be even more miserable to see what our life has really become. Oh well.

For silly stuff, I did want to marry various cartoon and anime characters, become a pokemon trainer, a ninja in Naruto with cool abilities, an idol, a magical girl, to turn into an actual pokemon like mystery dungeon type of deal.

 

[heavyeyes]

I dreamed of being a singer or an actress when I was a kid. My parents never let me do either of those things so those dreams faded away eventually. Sometimes I still wish I could but it's too late now.

 

[Quinlor]

My dream always was be a forest ranger

 

[freedomcalls]

I’m living my dream 🤷‍♀️

I wanted to live in a big house in the country, I wanted to have a big family (I have 5 kids) and animals (dog, cat, chickens, donkey)
I wanted to be a foster parent - who knows, I might when my own children are older….

I didn’t realise though that I’d still be me and that I’d have to live in my own messed up brain, always feeling inadequate and overwhelmed 😢

 

[LonelyEmerald]

I wanted to help the world through science and technology.