The Interpretation of Dreams Thread™!

[Jadzia]

Maybe the dream is about having ideas for better more fulfilling classes (TSQ's creative and idealistic mind at work). But at the same time, perhaps not being completely confident with your own judgement that your idea will have the effect you intend it to have (film not being as you expected, wanting Vivian to stop it but she won't because it's your lesson and you're then feeling the responsibility of making the decisions.)

In short, I'd say a dream about the responsibility of being in charge, and how it can sometimes conflict with creative thinking. Perhaps the dream is about your desire to be more in charge in your work, and the dream is helping to reign in your creativity so you can meet the responsibilities of being a leader.

 

[K'Ehleyr]

^There's probably validity in the idea that the prison setting represents my feeling trapped, and some of those feeling associated with my job, but not in the way you think. I love what I do, get on well with all my co-teachers (especially Vivian), and I am very confident about what I bring into the classroom. I do feel trapped financially by my career. I get paid $50 an hour, but only work during the school year, 4 days a week, and have no health insurance.

I feel trapped in regards to most aspects of my life, though.

Maybe the dream is about having ideas for better more fulfilling classes (TSQ's creative and idealistic mind at work). But at the same time, perhaps not being completely confident with your own judgement that your idea will have the effect you intend it to have (film not being as you expected, wanting Vivian to stop it but she won't because it's your lesson and you're then feeling the responsibility of making the decisions.)

In short, I'd say a dream about the responsibility of being in charge, and how it can sometimes conflict with creative thinking. Perhaps the dream is about your desire to be more in charge in your work, and the dream is helping to reign in your creativity so you can meet the responsibilities of being a leader.

I wouldn't say being in charge, I would say being shy to suggest other approaches. Maybe you don't just feel finacially trapped, but creatively?
Let go of the subtitles ~ speak out

 

[thestrangequark]

^Those are all possibilities, but I think it more likely that the work setting was just a reflection of the fact that I'd been planning lessons right before going to sleep. The idea of being trapped made me think, though, and I think your interpretation of my feelings are correct, just not as they're applied to my job. Creatively and professionally, my job is highly fulfilling -- I have an immense amount of freedom and I am considered by my employers to be very good at what I do, so am trusted to do pretty much whatever I like. I'm very confident in my abilities at work.

However, when we turn those feelings of being out of control, feeling trapped, not being able to live up to my responsibilities, and other aspects of my life interfering with my creative thinking and apply them to how I view my life as a whole right now, well, that's spot-on.

 

[K'Ehleyr]

^ If you can do it with your job ~ be creative, appreciated and successful, then you must be able to transfer that to other aspects of your life.
So who, outside of your work, does Vivian represent in your dream? Someone you really want to say something too?

 

[Gryffindorian]

Posted by K'Ehleyr:

Which is what you have done for me here.

It seems so clear now. I am having a huge problem with my son, who isn't listening to me. He is 17 and verging on getting into real trouble with the police and as much as I say, reason, threaten, there is no getting through to him ~ no communication.

Which is why the other dream signifies I cannot accomplish my task. My 'vehicle of motherhood' is broken

In a way I love these dreams, because if you look deeply inside you know what they are about really. Your subconscience is telling you, in a really frustrating way.

K'Ehleyr, I'm so sorry to hear the troubles you're going through with your son. Adolescence can be such a tumultuous and emotional time in our lives, and I do hope you can work things out with him.

Please note I'm not a psychoanalyst by any means. As always, I would advise taking these interpretations with a grain of salt. I must say it's fun and interesting to have an insight into the human psyche.

 

[Gryffindorian]

TSQ, I'm trying to look at your dream from a different angle. The way I understand it, it appeared you were showing a group of children a rather risqué film that you had previously thought to be kid-friendly or at least G-rated, so to speak. In this case, I'm placing more emphasis on how you felt; it sounded as if there were feelings of surprise/shock and embarrassment of the unexpected, and at some point you wanted the whole thing to stop. The details of the movie (subtitles, prison setting, characters) are probably of little significance. Can you think of a "faux pas" that you made or perhaps an embarrassing moment that you wish you could just erase or undo?

As I said, when I dream about movies or TV shows, I don't always give them any special meanings. I'm of the belief that some of the dreams we have are "summaries" of our day-to-day lives; for instance, I often dream about work and co-workers in familiar or bizarre situations. In terms of watching media, one type of dream involves "watching porn." Okay, I admit to doing it in real life. In the dream I'm either at home coming across some porn videos and trying to watch the content without any of my family members seeing what the hell I'm up to; or I'm at work and being shocked at finding pornographic materials on my office computer. Now granted, I don't and could NEVER watch or store porn at work. There are, of course, feelings of apprehension and guilt, which I could associate with in real life if something like that were to happen.

 

[K'Ehleyr]

Posted by K'Ehleyr:

Which is what you have done for me here.

It seems so clear now. I am having a huge problem with my son, who isn't listening to me. He is 17 and verging on getting into real trouble with the police and as much as I say, reason, threaten, there is no getting through to him ~ no communication.

Which is why the other dream signifies I cannot accomplish my task. My 'vehicle of motherhood' is broken

In a way I love these dreams, because if you look deeply inside you know what they are about really. Your subconscience is telling you, in a really frustrating way.

K'Ehleyr, I'm so sorry to hear the troubles you're going through with your son. Adolescence can be such a tumultuous and emotional time in our lives, and I do hope you can work things out with him.

Please note I'm not a psychoanalyst by any means. As always, I would advise taking these interpretations with a grain of salt. I must say it's fun and interesting to have an insight into the human psyche.

Thank you Drone . I don't need a certificate to know you are right that I am frustrated about my inability to communicate with Son.

But how plainer can you say "You have studied Japanese for 6 years, mostly self taught, with a tutor 'that I paid for', and now at college, with the ambition to travelling there and hopefully teaching English as a second language. Which you will not be able to do if you get a criminal record for drugs!'

 

[Jetfire]

I had a strange but wonderful dream.

The dream starts out with a group of people going on a trip, so the plane we were going to take was gone and then I decide to offer up my private jet...which is an older model...don't know why that mattered...anyway...we end up talking about the Saints winning the Superbowl and some random stuff about Britney Spears??? We end By the way, this is a group of total strangers...I never seen or met before. We get to this hotel??? and we have to pair off in groups guys with guys and girls with girls for the rooms and our group leader is Sinbad(Comedian/actor) anyway...I didn't get paired off until 2 ladies arrive...but only one got paired with Sinbad and the other with me??? I am worried about being in a room with a strange woman and decide to tell Sinbad that I have to leave coz my morals won't allow me to sleep in the same room with a woman I don't know and love??? One of the people in this party was my favorite lady ever Rita Hayworth and as I am telling Sinbad this I am looking at her and she seemed touched that i didn't want to share a room with a woman other than her...here comes the wonderful part...As I am leaving Rita wants to give me a hug but i am worried coz I was all sweaty and at first give give her a light hug but she wants me to really hug her...so I do and we end up holding each other and then we are talking and I am tellign her how much I love her and she is smiling and says she loves me too...anyway we end up kissing and it was like heaven and she felt so warm and soft and silky...I didn't want to let go...I ended up waking and I swear i couldn't move for like 10 minutes...my whole body was numb.

 

[Purdy Bear]

The dream starts out with a group of people going on a trip, so the plane we were going to take was gone and then I decide to offer up my private jet...which is an older model...don't know why that mattered


Problems with travel usually means frustrations in life, however, since you found another way it shows it is something your going to solve or get through.

Talking about the Saints winning the Superbowl and some random stuff about Britney Spears???

These are all famous in your culture, so maybe its something you long for.

The last bigger piece going on in the hotel, I believe is the feeling of achieveing the goal. You keep you morals which are important to you and are rewarded by reaching that much wanted dream.






My Dream was very quick, just a split second:

I was looking up at the stage in a theater. I (an older me) was looking back down at me. I was in full uniform ( a dark colbolt blue with gold details), I had my hair back in a bun ( I dont have any at present). I looked confident, strong and powerful. It was like the end of a passing out parade.

On the left arm was a series of symbols going down the arm of the dress jacket ( in the middle was a coil looking like the cosmos), with others above and below it.

It looked like I was in the forces (none that I know of wear that uniform).

Id love your thoughts on it!


PS: Found this on Coils/Spiral meanings: http://www.whats-your-sign.com/spiral-meaning.html

 

[Gryffindorian]

I had a strange but wonderful dream.

The dream starts out with a group of people going on a trip, so the plane we were going to take was gone and then I decide to offer up my private jet...which is an older model...don't know why that mattered...anyway...we end up talking about the Saints winning the Superbowl and some random stuff about Britney Spears??? We end By the way, this is a group of total strangers...I never seen or met before. We get to this hotel??? and we have to pair off in groups guys with guys and girls with girls for the rooms and our group leader is Sinbad(Comedian/actor) anyway...I didn't get paired off until 2 ladies arrive...but only one got paired with Sinbad and the other with me??? I am worried about being in a room with a strange woman and decide to tell Sinbad that I have to leave coz my morals won't allow me to sleep in the same room with a woman I don't know and love??? One of the people in this party was my favorite lady ever Rita Hayworth and as I am telling Sinbad this I am looking at her and she seemed touched that i didn't want to share a room with a woman other than her...here comes the wonderful part...As I am leaving Rita wants to give me a hug but i am worried coz I was all sweaty and at first give give her a light hug but she wants me to really hug her...so I do and we end up holding each other and then we are talking and I am tellign her how much I love her and she is smiling and says she loves me too...anyway we end up kissing and it was like heaven and she felt so warm and soft and silky...I didn't want to let go...I ended up waking and I swear i couldn't move for like 10 minutes...my whole body was numb.

A quasi-wet dream with moralistic inhibitions? Next time, just sleep in the same room with the woman of your dreams. You don't always get that chance IRL.

 

[Jetfire]

I had a strange but wonderful dream.

The dream starts out with a group of people going on a trip, so the plane we were going to take was gone and then I decide to offer up my private jet...which is an older model...don't know why that mattered...anyway...we end up talking about the Saints winning the Superbowl and some random stuff about Britney Spears??? We end By the way, this is a group of total strangers...I never seen or met before. We get to this hotel??? and we have to pair off in groups guys with guys and girls with girls for the rooms and our group leader is Sinbad(Comedian/actor) anyway...I didn't get paired off until 2 ladies arrive...but only one got paired with Sinbad and the other with me??? I am worried about being in a room with a strange woman and decide to tell Sinbad that I have to leave coz my morals won't allow me to sleep in the same room with a woman I don't know and love??? One of the people in this party was my favorite lady ever Rita Hayworth and as I am telling Sinbad this I am looking at her and she seemed touched that i didn't want to share a room with a woman other than her...here comes the wonderful part...As I am leaving Rita wants to give me a hug but i am worried coz I was all sweaty and at first give give her a light hug but she wants me to really hug her...so I do and we end up holding each other and then we are talking and I am tellign her how much I love her and she is smiling and says she loves me too...anyway we end up kissing and it was like heaven and she felt so warm and soft and silky...I didn't want to let go...I ended up waking and I swear i couldn't move for like 10 minutes...my whole body was numb.

A quasi-wet dream with moralistic inhibitions? Next time, just sleep in the same room with the woman of your dreams. You don't always get that chance IRL.

The problem was being in the same room with a strange woman...if I was going to be in the same room with Rita...it would have been completely ok. That dream is still fresh in my memory.

Purdy Bear Maybe you are going to do something important in the near future???

 

[Rii]

I had a recursive dream last night. I dreamt that I dreamt that I was being chased by a herd of wild boars. I blame Princess Mononoke.

 

[Purdy Bear]

Purdy Bear[/B] Maybe you are going to do something important in the near future???

Oh I do hope so!



Rii = Dreaming of being chased is usually brought down to anxiety - ie running from the fear of being afraid. A dream within a dream is said to be a very good omen, especially if you woke up within it.

 

[Deckerd]

I dream I'm flying a lot. Not aimlessly but going to specific places.

 

[Gryffindorian]

Lately I've been having "disturbing" dreams. Not necessarily scary, mind you, but just unsettling. For instance, last night I remember having some kind of sci-fi/thriller kind of dream. Sometimes in my dream I don't know if I'm watching a movie or being a part of it. It involved a carnivorous creature that hunted and killed people. At some point, there was an alien creature that resembled a Na'vi from Avatar, except she was a monster and was killing Na'vi. She began to chase me and another person.

 

[Miss Chicken]

I dreamt that i was lost in a strange town. I wanted to go back to my hotel room but couldn't remember where my hotel was and what it looked like. I wanted to phone my sister to tell her where I was so I went into a shopping centre to look for a phone. However I discovered I had no money on me to make a phone call.

I walked around the shopping centre looking for an ATM and some teenage boys tried to grab my handbag, I fought them off and kept my handbag.

Then I meet a young woman who said I could go to her place and make a phone call. I went with her and she introduced me to her room mate. As I went to make the phone call they attacked me. They were serial killers with a hatred of mother figures. They were going to kill me.

However I released my pet spider and my pet snake (I was carrying them in my handbag) and the young women were terrified and cowered in the corner. I made my escape.

Then I saw a group of people coming towards me. I told then about the women being serial killers but this group captured me and took me back to the serial killers' place. It seems that the whole group were serial killers in league with the first two. However I was able to convince them that the young women had planned to kill me all by themselves instead of letting the others join in 'the fun'. The serial killers all got angry and started to fight violently among themselves.

I ran out, found a phone and called the police. I watched from a hill above the town while the police arrested all the serial killers. The dream ended at this point.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Re: The Interpretation of Dreams Thread™!

OK, one dream that might make some sense.

I had an extensive dream a few days ago which consisted of several components separately, but which taken together comprised a journey I was undertaking, travelling from home in the suburbs of a city (I think it was my parents' home town) into the middle of that city.

I remember that the city itself reminded me of the time my dad used to live in Auckland, and I remember from that experience that walking from his home in the suburbs of Epsom, to try and reach Queen Street and the Sky Tower, was a very convoluted experience and that I got lost very easily, often only reaching the city centre through sheer luck and navigating, and by using the iconic Sky Tower as a reference point.

Anyway, I digress.

In this dream, I was walking into the centre of this city (which did remind me of Auckland crossed with my parents' home town) and that as my journey went on, it quickly became very dark wth the city lights coming on again. At one point I reached a stadium which I could access by climbing onto scaffolding, alongside which I could see other houses and allotments meeting out onto this raised viaduct. Here, I could see a dark alleyway down which I could climb, which I followed as I was seeing a shadowy figure in the distance. I followed him, and he led me back to the viaduct next to the stadium again - when I realised that the shadow was in fact my own self at a projected period in time.

I began to feel fear at this moment, sensing that someone might have died (perhaps a young girl maybe) and decided to carry on with the journey, climbing down walls and walking int alleyways, until I then reached an open parking space area with surrounding buildings, plastic-metal wire fencing, and night folk. In one corner was a boxing club called "Klingon" for some reason, and covered in motivational slogans enticing people to come along and fight. I declined and pressed forward towards a shopping centre, which for some reason consisted of a single one-way elevator/travelator on which I whizzed by, up and down, seeing all the shops (mostly newsagents) whizz past too in their day-glo neon lighting. I noticed, oddly, that I was the only one going in this direction of the travelator, and that all the other late-night customers were travelling against me, in the opposite direction. I neared the exit of the shopping centre out into the night, as the dream ended.

I should note that this journey seemed to take place at sunset, twilight, and the late night, and that I seemed to be travelling towards the East in this dream.




I reckon this is again on of those "journey means something" dreams, filled with perhaps self-doubt and self-criticism (hence the shadow and the circular journey by the stadium) and a need to go against the tide (hence the shopping mall incident) and avoid needless conflict on the way (hence the avoidance of the enticing boxing club), but I wonder if there's anyone else reading who might offer a better explanation?

 

[Gryffindorian]

Some of you have really vivid and well detailed dreams. Mine are usually short and disjointed, and I remember only a smattering of details.

Miss Chicken, a house, according to an interpretation I once read, usually signifies security, so perhaps the same could be said about the "hotel." I'm assuming that when you couldn't find your way back to the hotel and you were desperately trying to make a phone call, it could signify being lost, uncomfortable, helpless. The purse snatchers and serial killers could symbolize obstacles in your waking life, and your struggles with them and the eventual triumph over them mean you're able to overcome those obstacles.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Re: The Interpretation of Dreams Thread™!

Some of you have really vivid and well detailed dreams. Mine are usually short and disjointed, and I remember only a smattering of details.

I find that I can only remember the middle and end of a dream in detail - the beginning is usually sketchier and more vague, although if the dream has some conscious significance to me in the waking world then I will remember it better. I often also find that these dreams are episodic, suggesting that I have several short dreams in a row, or that each dream has separate stages through another process.

Perhaps more constructive and thoughtful minds than ours will be able to remember the whole of their dreams...

 

[Jetfire]

I keep having a dream I am working back at KFC???

It is fairly normal, almost real until people I have never met/seen start appearing or an unlikely event happens like today when I was asleep...I am frying up some chicken and outside people are running around screaming and clouds of smoke come streaking out the sky and cars, buildings...etc are blowing up. I remember a beautiful blonde woman coming to me asking me what is going on and I clearly don't know so we just end up holding each other...until out of the smoke are these creatures they look like giant spiders with the faces of raccoons??? by this point we are running for our lives and I wake up in a sweat swinging my arms.