Dreams, what do they mean?

In the last couple of weeks, I've had a few dreams that have been very vivid, and its a subject that I've always had some interest in anyway, and what a mate told me today about one of my dreams almost seemed uncanny to the truth.

OK, a dream I had the other night was I was out for a walk, in summer, when a tornado touched down, in the distance. So I went home, and looked out my window (where I have a view of Newcastle (just like in real life)), and many tornadoes touched down and wrecked the place. Yet I was trying to take "arty" pictures of them and post them on the net, all the while debris was flying through the windows and smashing through the house. A bit mad eh?

The second dream was one that *seemed* pointless (as if the first one wasnt :lol:

Basically, my parents bought a dog as a pet. Then it ran away. Then the dream panned to many years later, and I was sitting in the garden. I heard a rustling sound in the field behind, so out of chance, I called out the dogs name, and sure enough, the dog came out of the field, where it had been living all these years.

Now, I thought this was possibly the most pointless dream ever, however, my mate (who knows i have given up smoking) said that the dog could represent me, when I started smoking, the real me went away, and now I've stopped, its like I'm returning. Now I could not believe he had said this, as it just totally seemed to make sense

So, do dreams mean anything? Has anyone got any interesting dreams they'd like to share?

 

stop eating cheese for supper.

 

I dont. But I always enjoy my dreams. Maybe I should start eating more....

OT, but I always believed that cheese = dreams to be an urban myth

 

I'm sure dreams do mean stuff, if only you could interpret what the meaning is! Mine rarely make sense to me (those that I remember), but I don't think that's uncommon

I used to think that it would be good if someone invented a dream recorder so that you could watch them back during the day, but some of the dreams that I have remembered in the morning are so strange (and maybe disturbing) that I decided that perhaps it's best that there isn't such a thing.

 

Sounds a bit like "Strange days" to me - that equipment could be abused for all kinds of reasons, but would be cool. That said, the quote "Memories are me meant to fade. They're designed that way for a reason" says a lot

I'm not sure about the cheese=dreams thing, but I'll sometimes eat some just before bed just to see what'll happen

 

I think that whatever dreams mean they can only interpreted by the dreamer himself - in other words, if an interpretation resonates for you then it may be relevant.

I noticed that I had very vivid dreams when I was attending my training in The Feldenkrais Method. They seemed to occur when I was going through changes in mind and body. It seems likely that your vivid dreams have been brought on by your giving up smoking.

Regards
Steve

 

Steve - what are your views on it?

 

I've had a look into dream research before, and one of the prevailing views is that sleep is a time when you consolidate new and older memories. I think it's Crick (or Watson) of DNA fame who then went on to say that dreams are just a byproduct of this consolidation of memories, so neural patterns put down when forming memories are 'replayed.'

From this you can have a dream that seems to have links, but is infact just many memories running through again. I'm afraid it all sounds less romantic, and don't know whether they would be influenced by cheese, smoking (or not) etc.

 

Greg, I think it's amazing and can thoroughly recommend it. You can buy cds/cassettes and I think there are even some free starter lessons available on the Web. With a good practitioner you can get fantastic results.

I'm a qualified Feldenkrais Method practitioner (graduated Lewes 1999) but I practice for myself mostly or when someone needs specific help and we feel that the method may be appropriate. For a living I have to stick to a field which virtually guarantees that I earn vast fortunes - speaker manufacture.

Some of the lessons dealing with turning of the head and mobility in the neck and jaw can also have an impressive influence on hearing and perception of sound. In fact, pound for pound, Feldenkrais sessions are probably the best upgrades out there.

Greg, please feel free to PM me if you want to ask anything about the method off-forum.

Regards
Steve

 

Max Romeo had a few moist dreams

 

strange dream alert!!
this happened last night...

Dreamt that I was in bed and there was a ghost - first I saw some small white circles on the tv then I woke up jane (my ex...) …she didn't really believe me, but then it forced a cushion out of the bed!

I was asleep on my back with my knees in the air I woke up to find that there was a pressure on my knees (that was the ghost) and I was waving my arms around to get rid of it!

I woke up in real life then went back to sleep
soon I managed to grab it's arm / find (even tho you couldn't see it!) and get jane to touch it...

Jane held my hands and said that we'd never get back together...

The ghost turned out to be a young pregnant girl

But it turns out that it was all a scam and it wasn't a real ghost at all and that some peoiple (not sure who) had played a trick on me!

 

I can't remember them , and would't bore you all with my recent dreams anyway, but i've been having loads just recently. all of them top quality too, full technicolour, with sound, touch and taste ! Sometimes they feature people from my past who I've not seen for 20 odd years or more. I hope this isn't a sign of my life flashing before me

For some strange reason my sleep pattern has improved drastically too, i've been averaging about 7 - 9 hours per night for the last month ( well since xmas) . For months and months prior to this i'd been only getting about 4.5 - 6 hours each sleep and felt exhausted and irratable all the time.
I mostly work night shift and so keep some pretty weird hours, I've given up on trying to get 'back to normal' on my days off and now only go to bed when i actually feel tired, this has been about 4 am most nights. My missus just laughs at me now when i go to bed and tell her that its 4 am.
You wont be amazed to know the amount of crap on TV at that time of night.....