Originally posted by D8alus
It's kind of odd how your life experiences change the course of your dreams...

When I was a kid, I'd have dreams that people were trying to kill me and I would always try to run from them...

After spending four years in the infantry, when I dream that someone is trying to kill me, I always end up fighting back and trying to kill them first...
It's actually not that odd if you keep in mind that your dreams are a product of your own mind. Our daily experiences and our past have a profound impact on what we dream about every night. Sometimes it's rather obvious to relate our dreams to something that happened to us during the day (or something that was on our minds); other times, however, it's not at all that clear. Our moods also set the tone of our dreams (if we are depressed or angry, we may face rather "dark" dreams; if we are excited or happy, our dreams may be instead rather cheery).