Birds

[Incognita]

Listen, I am new to this site. I have had very strange dreams, especially for the last 10 years, and I just had one this morning. I have also had some very surreal life experiences. I was wondering if anyone can help me interpret the dream I had this morning. Let me tell you a bit about myself: I am 36, fit, 5'10", married for almost 5 years, no children due to husband's infertility which is getting better all of the time since a surgery he had nearly 3 years ago. I have a demanding job in clinical research. My husband has become very successful since we married. I fear my boss, the medical community, and so on. I sort of fear never having a child. I dreamed I was walking, and a rather large black bird flew over my head. Then, I was lying on the sofa (where I actually fell asleep in the first place, kind of like I could see myself sleeping and I was trying to wake up and move my arms, but I could not seem to do it) and another pretty and average size blue bird came through the ceiling. I kept trying to move my arm, but all I saw was this opalescent form of my arm (kind of like my spirit) coming out and then I felt my spirit fly up to the roof. Then I kept trying to come out of my body and break out of the roof but I was never successful. Then I wanted to wake up before my husband left the house, so I kept trying to move my body but couldn't. I felt there was a red bird near and I was a little worried about it being the opposite of what I felt was the intent of the blue bird. Finally my mind shifted into another dream in which my husband and I escaped from a tornado to an underground parking lot with a shopping mall. After, I awoke from the dream, I was glad to feel my arms and legs move. My husband gave me a kiss, and said was going mountain bike riding. I did not want to interrupt his plans, and he is normally not too into dreams, so I did not tell him about the experience that just occurred.

[jjm121]

Welcome to the site! That's a pretty crazy dream, very vivid. Hopefully you'll have 10000 more!

[Bethany]

Hi... we're the same age. Welcome to the site. It sounds like you had an OBE. Did you know you were dreaming at any stage during this experience? Keep researching lucid dreaming and keep recording your dreams in this journal and you should make good progress.

[Incognita]

Actually, now that I have been asked, yes, I did know that I was dreaming. The first time this happened to me about 8 years ago I was really scared. I thought I had died. I can't seem to control when it happens, but I have experienced the feeling about 8 times now. Never thought about it, but yes, I must have been somewhat conscious because I knew partially what was happening to me, but the other elements were surprising like the birds. I have had some very scary OBEs but this one was rather pleasant. In real life I feel like I have been battling many evil forces, and maybe I have temporarily defeated the demons. Intersting question though. I will have to look more info. up on lucid dreaming. I studied up on it in the past, and that is how I kind of knew what was happening to me. I certainly have had some very strange experiences in my life. Have you?