Predicting Dreams

[Pegasus73]

Hi everyone, I don't know if this is the right part of the forum for this post, as it is my first here, but I couldn't help but share this with you. I've always been a very "clear" and vivid dreamer, what I mean by that is that when I wake up I remember everything in almost full detail, and for several days to come without even focusing on it. My dreams are pretty much movies in my head, sometimes I'm in control and sometimes I'm not. I bumped into this site when I read something about taking control of your dreams and lucid dreaming - I read the tutorials and such, started a dream journal but then kind of lost track of it due to other stuff. But my post is not really about lucid dreaming anyway. I've had those vivid dreams all my life - sometimes a bit more vivid than others, but still. The thing that really freaks me out though, is that occasionally my dreams predict the future. I hope that doesn't sound cheesy, but it's really the case. And I'm not talking about things which can be explained rationally. I like to think of myself as a pretty rational person, so I won't immediately regard something my subconscious is sending through in a logical way, as some kind of "amazing future prediction". The problem is though, that most of the things I dream and come true, are so trivial but detailed, and unexpected, that the odds of coincidence are so small imo. Let me give you a few (real) examples: - During my first year in college, I had a dream where I was on a plane (I wasn't going to take a trip soon/taken one shortly before - no real reason to dream of a plane, I assure you), it was taking off, and as soon as it reached a certain altitude it came crashing down. Next shot was me, standing amidst the jungle, looking at the wreckage of the plane, surrounded by African people taking pictures of the wreckage. When I woke up, I made some coffee, switched on the computer and the headline news was that of a Rwanda flight which had crashed in the jungle shortly after take-off that night. I think that was the first time it happened. - Same thing happened about a year later, when I was at home, dreamed of another plane crash, woke up, went downstairs and found my mom watching the news in the kitchen, and jokingly said: "I dreamt of another plane crash, is it in the news?" - and it was. Now you might think I dream of plane crashes every night, and it's bound to come true once, but the weird thing is that I don't. I don't have special affection with airplanes, I don't read about it or watch television shows, but those two times I dreamt about crashes and they came true (the first in a more detailed way than the second). The other main examples concern people. About a year ago, I dreamt that a friend (who I literally hadn't heard of for 6 to 7 years) gave me a phonecall, and the next day he did. Once again, there was absolutely NO indication he would, no reunion, no get togethers, no birthday, no nothing, it was purely out of nowhere but yet I dreamt it the day before. And last night, the same happened. I was walking down the street in my dream when suddenly, a friend from college passed me by and asked how everything was going, etc. In real life, I haven't seen him for about 2-3 years and haven't had contact (not online, no mail, nothing). He was in a rush so we didn't really get past the "hi how are u"-regular stuff in my dream, but when I woke up I had an e-mail from the same person, telling me how long it's been and inviting me to his housewarming party. It kinda freaked me out, and this is the first time I've had another one of those "predicting dreams" since I know this forum, so I just had to share. I hope you believe me because I wouldn't really know why I'd come on here and make this stuff up, but it freaks me out sometimes. Plus, there are a couple more examples but I can't really recall more at this time. Is there any knowledge about this? People with the same experience? P.S.Don't tell me this is coincidence, because surely it can't be. Like I said, if I would dream of people I haven't seen in a long time every single night, there would be a good chance of actually having one of them mail me the next day. The weird thing is that I don't, and I only dream of them when something like this actually happens. Same thing with the plane crashes.