Not me...but my cat Aspen. He was walked around the property and got close to the property line....he growls when he gets close to the property line....so frickin' CUTE! 💞 So he comes inside from his walk with my husband...goes to sleep....and is in the upper part of his cat tree....GROWLING....💞 I put my hands on him...said, "Aspen, Aspen" .....for a few seconds nothing....then more growling...I got out a step stool and woke him up...he looked so sleepy and confused....total cuteness!!! 💞 🐱

I’ve had a few strange ones.

I thought I was the only one that didn't remember my dreams. It's extremely rare that I remember them and if I do, it's only little bits and pieces.

I have really vivid dreams. Perhaps the most memorable one was drowning. I fell into a ditch and sank to the bottom . I was very tiny and settled between the grass stems and I could see little cloudy streams of silt bubbling up from the bottom of the ditch-very gray muck. I used to very much enjoy falling off things because when else do you get to do that and not die. I often dream of places and houses where I have been before and notice how they have changed. There are a couple of houses I dream of often. One is a huge mansion up on a ridge that is gradually decaying away but it has a wooden tower left that if you are careful you can still climb up to the top floor. The only sense I dont seem to have is smell. I used to not have taste but do occasionally now so who knows. ''```

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My sister’s a therapist and can make some sense out of dreams that are ”out there.” Some of mine are pretty crazy! I can remember lots of detail, then other times I only have what I call the “essence“ of a dream. Keeping a journal of what you do remember can be interesting. My sister says dreams can sometimes be kind of emotional first aid to help us in our waking life. Other times they’re simply a byproduct of sleeping.

I have a recurring dream of being somewhere where I can’t find a functioning restroom. Things like no privacy, flooding or maybe a sign with ”NON-FUNCTIONING” prohibit use. I once read a book that explained 8 of the most common dreams. One was titled ”The Toilet Thief.” It explained you’re either having trouble dealing with or removing an issue in your waking life, or you really just need to use restroom!

No, not particularly. I'm in deep sleep during the night and I don't often dream. I mostly remember dreams when I have them but they're rarely anything of significance.

I had a recurring and somewhat scary dream for many years in childhood but nothing similar since. I remember reading some years later that many kids experience that.

Chloe, thanks for that info on the toilet dreams. It does make sense. I have very vivid dreams that I remember. I had 3 last night and in all 3 someone was trying to kill me. In one, though, my dad was there and it was great to see him again. I do love when family that has passed comes to visit. I understand the "killing" part because I have a lot of anxiety presently and it is working itself out.

murraysmom, you’re exactly right about someone trying to harm you and unresolved anxiety. I have a recurring dream where I’m searching and searching for my car in a parking lot and can’t find it. My interpretation is it’s connected to being uncertain what direction to take with an issue. So funny, I’ve occasionally had the same thing happen in my waking life in parking lots when I forgot where I parked. In my head I’m always thinking ”THE DREAM!”…then I find my car.😵‍💫

I agree regarding seeing family members in your dreams. It can be special.

I remember lots of dreams, especially the ones that wake me up in the morning. I also have instant dreams when I am watching TV late at night and close my eyes, during which time I am partially awake and hear the TV, but my mind creates vivid dreams with slightly different images than what are happening on the TV, but when it becomes obvious to me that what I am seeing does not correspond with what I am hearing, I open my eyes.

Recently I had a dream about hearing a very shrill sound, and when the sound stopped, I noticed that my tinnitus had gone away and I could hear complete silence. Of course this stopped once I woke up, but I was able to experience silence while asleep and dreaming.

Many of my dreams are about being in houses or buildings that morph, making it difficult for me to find my way out, and some of them have doors to the outside on the second floor. Sometimes I have to crawl through very difficult spaces to get out of buildings.

I have really vivid dreams at times. One that really took me aback was in December. The backstory is I had a friend I met in high school. In our teens we had a lot of adventures together from hitch hiking down the coast to concerts and parties. Eventually her family moved across the country. We kept in touch but as our adult lives took hold we lost touch. The last time I saw her was in the 70's when she came for visit shortly after I married. She'd known DH before me.

The dream: About two weeks into December I had a dream about a man who is extremely dear to me. He passed away in 2022 and he is still often in my thoughts. So, it is not at all odd he would be in a dream of mine. In this dream we were still younger and at some party or event. Normal since our paths often crossed at social events, concerts etc. But in the dream he comes up to me and says it's time to go and starts guiding me to the exit. I tell him to wait, I have to get "Jane". He looks me and says, "no she can't come, she's dead". So I got up that morning and searched her name. She'd died the week before my dream.

Now I am not into the occult and woo-woo. But this dream sure did a number on me.

For years I had a recurring dream after surviving some traumatic time. Guess they call it PSTD now days but I never had a label for it at the time. Anyway the dream was always the same. In color. I would be running from something in abject terror. I found myself running down an alley I used to know in real life as a shortcut. I would look up and see a red car blocking the end. I would turn and run the other way. Then I would experience a loud bang, exploding head syndrome. I knew I'd been shot and would reach to the back of my head feeling the sticky warmth of blood and hair and a good part of the back of my head missing. I would wake up terrified, sweating and trembling and occasionally in tears. But I was always confused afterward by why the large hole in my head came from being shot in the back. Exit wound is versus entrance wound. I chalked it up to it being a dream after all and dreams being dreams are inaccurate.

Almost 2 decades later events occurred that forced me to go back to part of the origins of my fear. I didn't know how my arrival would be taken. It turned out a lot better than I expected. A week or so passed and the dream came back for the very last time. But this time I wasn't afraid. When I saw the red car I didn't flee. I ran to it. What my trauma dreams were telling me were lies. The red car wasn't danger, it was safety. I was home again and never had that nightmare again.

Wow, wildchild, very interesting regarding your friend’s death. Also, the red car becoming safety and the nightmare stopping.

This is one odd one I’ve never forgotten. There’s a very long line of people (almost all Asian for some reason) waiting to go through a small, silver door. The door’s maybe 4’ x 4’. Once I crawl through the door I’m at the top of a long slide. Each time someone goes down the slide there’s a sound similar to a toilet flushing. At the bottom of the slide is a paved yellow road and a sign saying ”City of Forgotten Love” with an arrow pointing down the road. I start walking and the dream ends.🤷‍♀️

I remember a lot of my dreams. The best are the ones where I know I am dreming. I tell people that none of this is real.

I have a recurring dream about gardens and plants. The scenario is that I've just moved to a new house that has a garden, and it is exciting to see what plants are emerging from the soil, and eagerly anticipating those that are still to come. Sometimes I see my older sister's beautiful garden and have transplanted some of her plants to my location, but mine never grow as beautifully as hers do. In real life, her climate is far more gentle than my own, so a bit realistic there. I also sometimes dream of house plants that are wilting and dying from lack of water, so I have to hurry and water them.

Chloe, OMG, I am always dreaming about looking for my car. Not knowing where I parked it. Interesting that it could be related to being uncertain. Thanks for that too. Also driving doesn't usually go well. I'm always running into other cars. Not bad wrecks, just bumping into them. Also being in a strange city but thinking I can walk home though I don't know the way. Sometimes a streetcar comes by but I don't have any money to get on. Sometimes I go through people's yards. It's all so vivid. I always wake up before I get to wherever I was going and then I tell myself it was a dream and I don't need to keep looking.

Have you had dreams where you wake up and it's been a good one so you go back to sleep and continue the dream? Those are fun.

Wildchild, that had to be very unsettling to hear that you friend had died before you knew it for real. Sorry for your loss.

In my own seriously florid experience when in your dream you cant find a functioning bathroom for any of number of weird reasons you will wake up needing to pee. Nothing existential in my case.

The first thing I ever tasted was a wonderful crusty piece of bread sitting on bench in a porch attachment in a repeating dream place. If you read about dreams the difference between dreams and "real life" is continuity. My dreams have continuity and always have but I knew when I was little that there was dream life and real life. I didn't see them as real and not real but instead dream and not dream. You can only fly in dreams. I feel lucky.

My DH once gave me a book on directing your dreams. Horrible. Just reading it affected my dreams for a couple of years.

Marilyn it is good to see you posting here. Have you given any thought to moving to an easier to take care of situation, in perhaps a place where there are more people nearby?

I have given it thought. I don't need help with the horses, but this place was built 50 yrs ago. The upkeep is staggering.

I had an odd one last night. I was with a former co-worker, and we were struggling to pack up a comforter or duvet and a pillow into a Fed Ex box for shipment. No, this was not at all related to the work we used to do together. It was just odd.

I have very vivid and strange dreams. Very rarely what I would call a true nightmare… but that happens occasionally. Waking in terror.

My dreams often take place in the house I grew up in, or the apartment we used to live in when the kids were younger.

There’s a lot of morphing that goes on. A person or place changes into another.

I’ve dreamt of loved ones (and not so loved ones) who’ve passed on and enjoy the visits. I wish I’d have one of my Mom. She died almost three years ago (March 29)

One very memorable disturbing dream was finding myself behind the wheel of a massive tractor trailer.… terrified, then before I knew it, the truck was high up stuck on one of those elevated highways. I woke up with my heart pounding. It may not sound that bad, but just thinking about it is disturbing to me.

FWIW, I understand that not remembering most dreams is normal, as they do not go into long term memory. I think that's why stopping to review and recall a dream upon waking up makes it stay with us.

My dreams are so complex, I often can recall only snippets, and only if I pause to reflect before getting up - like the other night I dreamed someone was trying to hand me an armful of kittens, and I was telling them I had no way to care for that many.

And I've had many dreams about enormous buildings that seemed to go on forever - I think those can be a metaphor for one's own body.

I've also had dreams that turned out to be insights or predictive - like dreaming about a strong wind blowing through our lobby at work and coming in that day to find out a glass door had been broken sometime overnight.

I have always had vivid dreams. Under enough stress, I start to talk and walk in my sleep.

I have lots of dreams of shopping, hidden rooms, and school. Once in a while I have nightmares of large animals chasing me.

I have given it thought. I don't need help with the horses, but this place was built 50 yrs ago. The upkeep is staggering.

Could you sell it and find an easier to take care of place with maybe a smaller barn? Maybe in Manvel or Alvin? I bet the people at Steinhauser's might know of people thinking of selling. Or alternatively rent out some stalls in exchange for handyman/gardener/lawn upkeep services instead of rent money?

I had the weirdest dream last night. I always set up my coffee maker before I go to bed. Last night i dreamed that I set up the coffee maker and put it on the seat of the train i used to take to work.

In my dream, i got on the train to go to work in the morning. I took a seat then wanted a cup of coffee, so i walked to the next car where i’d left the coffee maker. The car was packed and I found the coffee maker tipped over on the seat with coffee running everywhere including on the man who sat next to it. Everyone was so mad at me. I was really upset because there was a dent in the coffee maker. I picked it up and carried it back to my seat.

Then I woke up. Where does this stuff come from??

“Have you had dreams where you wake up and it's been a good one so you go back to sleep and continue the dream?”

Good or bad dreams never continue if I wake up.

Another recurring dream is I can somehow turn my purse (or a bucket, basket or other container) into something I can drive.

I might talk, yell, laugh or cry when having a vivid dream. I’ve never walked as far as I know.

I came back to ask if anyone had been able to fly in their dream. I have only experienced that a few times and it was thrilling. I was able to take off from the ground and then fly above everything and see very far. It took a lot of effort but was very exciting.

I'm sure you can interpret this repeating dream:

I'm driving but can't control the speed of the car...because I'm in the back seat, stretched over the back of the front seat to hold the steering wheel.

The first time I had an MRI there were no 'open MRI's', and I was afraid I'd freak from being enclosed. My doctor gave me some meds to take the night prior. The next morning I went into the kitchen and found strawberries hulled and cut up in our breakfast dishes. DH said I'd shushed him when he asked me why I was doing that at midnight. No more pre-meds for me. I've learned to close my eyes before being slid into the 'tube' and keep them closed until I'm out again. If I don't *see* that there's only two inches between my nose and the tube, I'm OK.

“I came back to ask if anyone had been able to fly in their dream.”

Yes but not in several years. In the dream I would start running and flapping my arms. Pretty soon I was off the ground and could get just above the trees. It was great! I’ve heard different explanations, good and bad. Good in the sense you don’t feel overburdened with anything, and bad being you’re trying to escape or get beyond a problem.

I dreamed about a family gathering recently and my one brother, who lives in another state was there and my sister came in and they hugged. My sister died just over a year ago and my brother has been very ill. The dream woke me and I couldn't go back to sleep.

My sister told me about dreaming about me. We were together at Root's market and she was carrying this huge tomato that we bought on her shoulder and I kept pushing into her, so, in her dream she turned toward me and licked my face. (Odd response) In her dream I turned and licked inside her mouth. At this time she woke up and her daughters dog was laying on her shoulder and licking her face.

Chloe, that's exactly how it is!! To the letter!! And it's been quite awhile for me too. It was exhilerating!!!

Jennifer, that is hilarious!!! And probably wasn't too good for your sister. Ick!! And I am sorry about your brother.

Dreams are so interesting. Years ago I had a recurring dream of calling 911 and being unable to get any help. Then I moved to my current home, and I really had to call 911. Two police cars arrived in less than two minutes. I’ve never had that anxiety dream again.

I’ve had a couple auditory hallucination dreams that woke me up. One time a woman saying my name as if I was in a waiting room and it was my turn. Another time a cat fight that woke me, but I could tell it wasn’t real because my cats were sound asleep.

I notice that my dreams affect my mood and can make for a good start to the day or not in the way I’m feeling.

I am grateful that if my dreams cause too much anxiety, I wake myself up, or better yet, I realize I’m dreaming and tell myself to change what’s happening. That’s really helpful.

When I’ve had flying dreams, the wind picks me up. Sometimes the dream was wonderful and others scary. I don’t think I’ve had a flying dream in ages.

I go for weeks not remembering any dreams then I’ll have a stretch where I dream every night.

Now I am often able to become the 'director' of a dream, something that has only begun in old age.

I've also flown, although there's no 'takeoff'. The dream begins when I'm already aloft, calmly looking over hilly green counryside, feeling the air rushing by, just observing, as though it's something I do every day. It's quiet and very pleasant.

Has anyone had a dream about being back at school and something’s wrong? Maybe not prepared for a test, or you can’t find or open your locker? My most common one was not having a schedule of classes on the first day of school.

Or dreams about losing your teeth? I haven’t had that one for years, but the dream would be my teeth softened and dissloved if I took a drink of anything.🫤

Yes, to the school dream and no to the teeth although now I probably will. LOL

My school dream is the locker one. I can't find my locker. A lot of my dreams seem to be me looking for something.