Thread: Twoshadows' Dream Journal

Originally Posted by Twoshadows

Okay. I just decided that I am going to have an LD tonight. I really am. It has been a month since I have had a good one. I will think about it until I go to sleep. I will think about LDing...and Star Wars.

Oh, and by the way, I finally got my hands on a copy of Stephen LeBerge's book Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming. I have read the first chapter and a half.
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Ahhhh bummer, I was wondering this morning if you managed it. It sounds like you're really building up your will, though, so I'm sure it'll happen soon. Good for you on getting LaBerge's book; IMHO it's the best one out there.

Good luck with your SW LD. Hopefully it won't be one of the prequels.

Sorry I haven't been around lately. Christmas holidays have been hectic, and I've been busy spending time with family, and working and whatnot. All's very good, I just feel very, very behind.

I really liked your dream with the kraken from Pirates of the Caribbean. It's funny you had a dream like that because I actually just finished watching the movie. Well, not that funny, considering you had that dream a little while ago, but... oh, nevermind.

I actually got a dreaming book for Christmas, too. Doesn't really cover much about luciding, but it talks about what certain themes/characters/colors can represent in dreams. It's really interesting.

So, just dropped in to tell you I haven't disappeared! And I think I actually had a very brief lucid last night. I am updating now.

Originally Posted by oneironut

Ahhhh bummer, I was wondering this morning if you managed it. It sounds like you're really building up your will, though, so I'm sure it'll happen soon. Good for you on getting LaBerge's book; IMHO it's the best one out there.

Good luck with your SW LD. Hopefully it won't be one of the prequels.
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Thank you. And actually I have grown to like the prequels --except maybe episode 1...and I really enjoyed the third one. But any SW themed dream would be welcome. Since childhood SW had been something huge and magical for me. It goes way beyond the movies.


CB:

So, just dropped in to tell you I haven't disappeared! And I think I actually had a very brief lucid last night. I am updating now. [/b]

I think that is so awesome. I think you will be having a lot more now.

I really liked your dream with the kraken from Pirates of the Caribbean. It's funny you had a dream like that because I actually just finished watching the movie. Well, not that funny, considering you had that dream a little while ago, but... oh, nevermind. [/b]

Hehe...that's okay. I'm glad you liked the dream. I just wish that I remembered a little more of the detail and action. But still...cool theme.



Dream 1:

I was with a few people who were doing this experiment. One of the men volunteered to be the guinea pig. We strapped him to a chair and begun the experiment. Suddenly he started changing before our eyes. When it was finished he looked a lot like a Frankenstein monster. He was huge, had a heavy brow, was a pasty white color. He couldn't talk anymore, but made grunting noises.

Next thing I remember is that I was sitting next to him and the others were gone. He started opening his mouth and making horrible noises. I remember his mouth looked like the mouths of the uruk-hai that I had recently watched in LOTR.

He suddenly grabbed a butter knife and stuck it in his mouth. He started cutting at the roof of his mouth. When the knife was covered in blood, he took it back out of his mouth and then tried to stick it in my mouth, as if to feed me his blood. I freaked out at that point. I pulled myself away and started running. I ran down the street several blocks before I realized that I didn't have any shoes. I looked at the end of the road where the trail starts and I saw a pair of shoes. I grabbed them and put them on and continue running on down the trail.

Dream 2:

I was on a houseboat that was on the shore of what was supposed to be the ocean--but there were no waves. I was driving the HB. I got too close to the shore and beached it. I worked at getting back in the water, but I realized that I had gotten to what was more like a river or stream. It didn't want to move.

Dream 3:

I was in a marching band. We weer indoors at what looked more like a shopping mall than a stadium...but I knew that this was where we were going perform. This dream is fuzzy, but I do remember that I didn't know the show and knew everything was going wrong.

Starting the year off with another Almost Lucid</span>. Can&#39;t decide if that is a good or bad thing.

It is so typical that it almost hurts that I didn&#39;t instantly become fully lucid.

I was looking in the mirror and noticed one of my teeth was brownish in color. I touched it and it was loose. I looked at it closer and to my horror, I noticed that it was hollow. I could see inside a hole and see that it was completely decayed on the inside.

I also noticed that another tooth on the other side was also brown and loose. This really drepressed me. I knew these teeth would fall out. I thought of how my smile would look with these teeth gone. I would no longer have a pretty smile. I would never be able to smile at people again.

Again I looked in the mirror and this time I noticed that all of my teeth were crooked and that there were gaps between my teeth. I looked terrible. I thought, "No matter what it costs I am doing to get major work on my teeth until they look nice again."

Then suddenly it hit me, <span style="color:#3333FF">"This is my dreamsign&#33;&#33; There is a very good chance that I am dreaming&#33;. I just need to do a reality test. Let&#39;s see...what do I want to try?"

The first and only thing that came to mind was that I needed to try to float. I concentrated and nothing happened.

Then I decided to fall backwards and see if I could float. I fell backward and right before I hit the ground I caught myself. But for some stupid reason I didn&#39;t count that as floating.

"Hmmm....nothing is working. Everything is too real. I guess this time I am finally going to have to accept that I have bad teeth. I can&#39;t always be saved by having it turn out to be a dream."

And so I came to the wrong conclusion that I was not dreaming... and the dream either continued or faded out. I do remember waking up at some point and saying, "Dang--that was a dream...and I totally missed it. Stupid&#33;"

This was the first time that I have missed becoming fully lucid after questioning my state within a dream. Very frustrating. But now at least I understand what some people have to go through in order to determine if what they are experiencing is real or just a dream. I hope I have learned my lesson and won&#39;t give up so easily again.


Edit:

I just wanted to add that the "falling backwards" thing... it is something that I have done often in dreams. I don&#39;t think I have written about it. But I enjoy falling backwards and "catching" myself before I would hit the floor. I kind of bounce a little on my back before I am able to go right back to an upright position again. I will often do this again and again. It&#39;s it actually very fun.


Edit 2:

Oh and get this-- last night before I went to bed (after watching Star Wars ep 2) I had just read the section in the Lucid Dreaming book about....yep....Critical State Testing. Yes...and I still blew it.


And...no Star Wars dream.....

I went to bed with "dreaming" very much on my mind...and although I didn&#39;t have an LD I had some interesting dreams. I don&#39;t know if I have time to write them all this moment, but I&#39;ll start and jot down a few notes.

Dream 1:

Notes: Previewed dream scene. Had C&#39;s dream. Matched with pv dream.

Dream 2:

This is really the dream that stood out to me for the night. I was not myself. I was a teenage girl with a brother. We were going to our house (looked like my aunt&#39;s house). We were alone, and it was night.

We looked in the house, and all seemed normal. But the instant we stepped through the door the whole scene changed. Everything was suddenly old and decaying. The room was cluttered with old newspapers and dead leaves. There were no lights on, just lights shining in through the windows from the street. This feeling of dread came over me. And we were suddenly drawn by a "presence" across the living room, down the long hallway and into a back bedroom.

What we saw was too horrible to describe. There had been a murder there, and the old decayed body was still laying on the ground. For a moment I just stood there trapped, unable to move, only able to feel the terror of what had happened there. Finally we were able to release ourselves from that power and were able to run back through the house and out the front door. As soon as we left the house, we could see back in and everything was back to normal.

About a week was supposed to have passed, and we were able to live in the house with no problems. We had told no one.

Then one horrible night, it all happened again, just like it did the first night. Thinking everything was fine, we stepped through the doorway only to see everything change before our eyes. Again an evil presence drew us to the scene of terror in the back room where I was overwhelmed by a feeling of complete horror as I viewed the old murder scene once again. This time it took longer to break the spell that held us. But finally we were able to leave the house without harm coming upon either of us.

We knew something very significant was happening. It was a great mystery, though I never wanted to have to go through any of that again. In fact it started weighing on me. I started living in fear of that happening again. I felt that the next time, we wouldn&#39;t be able to get out alive. That it would be our bodies lying there decaying on the ground.

At dinnertime one evening we we were sitting around the dining room table eating, I suddenly broke down. I needed help. I couldn&#39;t live like this anymore. I picked up the phone and called my grandpa. Without going into detail about what had happened I begged him to come, to help me. He acted like he understood the problem, and said he would come. Unfortunately the rest of the family heard my call. They wanted to know what I was talking about. I couldn&#39;t explain. I told them Grandpa was coming.

Dream 3:

Notes:

Trip with mom and sister. Driving downcanyon, waterfall. Fast food place.
New neighborhood, houses decorated, treehouse, baby.
Leaving, left behind, running, kids.



Edit:

I want to note that it is unusual for me to have a dream that covers such a time period as did dream 2. It was a very powerful dream. The fact that it covered several weeks time, I think is noteworthy.

i hate those semi lucids where RC&#39;s don&#39;t work&#33; some dreams seem just SO real&#33;

good stuff&#33;

Originally Posted by Twoshadows

Dream 2:
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Very scary and intense. Unseen presences are worse than any bug-eyed monster. Just about every real nightmare I&#39;ve had involves something I can&#39;t see.

I&#39;m curious about the passage of time you experienced. Was it just a thought in your head, or was there something in the dream environment that suggested time passing? Was it just *blink* one week later, or a fade out/ fade in like a play or movie?

After such a grim dream, maybe you should reward yourself with that Star Wars LD, hmm?

Originally Posted by ranma187

i hate those semi lucids where RC&#39;s don&#39;t work&#33; some dreams seem just SO real&#33;

good stuff&#33;
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Hey Ranma, thanks&#33; Yeah, I&#39;m going to make sure I don&#39;t miss lucidity again. It is so disappointing to wake up from those. So I just won&#39;t do it.

Originally Posted by ranma187

Very scary and intense. Unseen presences are worse than any bug-eyed monster. Just about every real nightmare I&#39;ve had involves something I can&#39;t see.

I&#39;m curious about the passage of time you experienced. Was it just a thought in your head, or was there something in the dream environment that suggested time passing? Was it just *blink* one week later, or a fade out/ fade in like a play or movie?

After such a grim dream, maybe you should reward yourself with that Star Wars LD, hmm?
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Well, I am going to try for another SW dream tonight. I watched a little more of an episode. But I think I have another good idea if that doesn&#39;t work. I&#39;m going to have to get one of the SW computer games and play it all day long. I have never played one. But I&#39;ll bet if I spend the day doing that, I&#39;ll dream about it.

And about the passage of time....

I can&#39;t say for sure. It&#39;s like trying to explain what happens between each of my dreams. The best explanation I can pick is the "fade out like a movie" one. But it was almost like there was some unconsious time in there. It wasn&#39;t like watching a movie where two seconds after the scene fades, the new ones starts and you are consciously watching it the whole time. But somehow I knew that time had passed.

It was strange. I don&#39;t remember another specific dream where this has happened except for one I recorded in my dream journal as a young teenager, where I say that a long time passed --weeks maybe months before the next scene starts. It&#39;s actually a rather neat thing--it makes it possible for much more complex dreams to occur. I hope it happens again soon.

Originally Posted by Twoshadows

Dream 2:
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Yeah, that was pretty freaky, TS. I can only imagine how deathly still and silent the atmosphere was already, being that you two were alone in the house. Having a scene like that pop up in front of you with practically no other sensory input would be all the more surreal.

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

Yeah, that was pretty freaky, TS. I can only imagine how deathly still and silent the atmosphere was already, being that you two were alone in the house. Having a scene like that pop up in front of you with practically no other sensory input would be all the more surreal.
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Yeah, it was quite a scary dream while I was in it, but at the same time, one that I woke up from going..."ooooo, that was pretty cool and intense".


Dreams:

Well, in spite of the fact that SW was the last movie I watched before going to bed, my mind thought it would much rather spend the whole dang night dreaming about a movie I watched earlier in the day with a friend.....Godzilla. Thank you, Mind--instead of fighting with the Jedi, I got to spend the whole night on the run from huge reptiles.

I&#39;m serious--the whole night continued this same dream. Each time I woke up I would go right back to sleep with the same thing. This wasn&#39;t exactly the dream I would have chosen for that.

I will call the dreams "segments".

Segment 1:

I knew that there were huge mutated reptiles loose and roaming the town. I had to find my sister and hide. I finally found her in a hospital hiding. We were together in a top room looking out the window. We looked out the window blinds and saw several of the godzilla type creatures slowly moving towards our part of the city. I quicky shut the blinds and grabbed for my shoes in case we needed to run for it. But I couldn&#39;t find the right shoes. Finally I found a pair of my really old tennis shoes that were mostly worn out. But at least they still fit. I know there was a lot more to this part of the dream, but I can&#39;t remember.

Segment 2:

I was trying to hide again. This time I ran to a kind of subway place. It ended up being more like a tram from an amusement park, yet it was down in maybe 15 feet below ground, but with it open at the top.

Fuzzy again, but I think I remember some of the creatures coming and it not being a very good place to hid.

Segment 3:

The creatures have been rounded up by the people in charge. I could see them in a line all marching slowly toward a big cave where they would be kept until it was decided otherwise.

Segment 4:

I knew two of the creatures had escaped. I knew that I was their target. I needed to hid. I found a women&#39;s club. I ran inside. There was flowery pink wallpaper and circular tables all set up lacy white tableclothes and tea cups and saucers. The women invited me to stay for dinner.

After dinner I knew they had found me. I ran to the basement, but to my horror I could see something breaking through the concrete. I ran back upstairs. I found my mom, I told her we needed to get out. Again, I looked for my shoes. I needed socks first. I couldn&#39;t find any socks that matched. I frantically looked. I finally decided that it didn&#39;t matter if they matched. so I pulled on very long white one. Then another that didn&#39;t match. My shoes were gone. I looked through a pile of shoes to try to find something that would fit. I finally found a white boot. I couldn&#39;t find anything else, so I finally left with just the one boot.


Segment 5:

I&#39;m glad I took notes because I don&#39;t remember this one at all. Notes say: in building with family, blocks on floor. Packing. Taking too long. Need to get out&#33;&#33;



And I know there were more related dreams. I just got tired of taking notes.

That freaky dream you had last sounded really cool. To be honest, I&#39;ve learned to appreciate those dreams that somehow chill you right down to the bone and make you scared - there&#39;s no better way to put it than, like fear, it&#39;s all in your head. Literally&#33; It&#39;s your imagination going overdrive and managing to provide an emotion via thoughts. I love it. There&#39;s one dream that I remember to this day that&#39;s always chilled me. I think I&#39;ll post it right now.

I also love when our dreams are so personal (not necessarily in content, but understanding) that only we can comprehend the complexities behind them. For instance, you know that time passed between segments in that dream of yours, yet you&#39;re not to sure how to explain it. During the dream, it probably made perfect sense to you, but upon waking, you realize, "How did I acknowledge the time passing?"

Well, maybe you do know... hahaha.

Sorry to get so philosphical, I&#39;m just in one of those moods. Check my DJ out later to see my old nightmare.

Sorry to get so philosphical, I&#39;m just in one of those moods.[/b]

Anytime, CB, anytime&#33;

Check my DJ out later to see my old nightmare[/b]

Definitely&#33;


Dreams:

I had the closest thing to a Star Wars dream last night than I&#39;ve had for a while. It wasn&#39;t very much. In fact is really wasn&#39;t Star Wars related except for the fact that Yoda helped me out of a tricky situation....LOL.

The dream is not very clear. In fact it was rather blue and hazy. I believe the setting was an underground cave with lots of places filled with water. It seems when I started this dream it started as a third person dream. I watched this guy come into the cave. As he went along many beings (they looked sort of human but weren&#39;t 100%) became aware of his presence...and didn&#39;t like it. They started voicing their disapproval for his being there, but this guy continued on anyway. It became worse and the disaproval became threats. But on the guy went.

Suddenly things shift...and I am now the guy. I have made my home in a room of the cave. But I know that I am not safe. The other beings are going to be coming for me soon. They want me gone and don&#39;t mind killing me to do so.

I am not sure how I am going to fight them. There are so many more of them. I need help.

The scene shifts again and I see (from someone else&#39;s point of view) a little figure swimming in the water. He is calm, and as he slowly swims toward my room, he sings a song.

He comes to my room, and says he needs a rest. I am feeling rather on edge, and not sure how he could possibly be taking a nap when I know the others will be here at any moment. I knew he had come to help me out of this situation. But I trust his wisdom, and offer him my bed. He goes to sleep while I stand in the doorway to my bathroom and listen to the sounds of the other beings coming....coming to kill me.

They break into my house. They have to walk by the still sleeping Yoda to get to me. They don&#39;t seem to notice him. I am frightened, but for some reason I can&#39;t make myself call out to Yoda to rescue me. I sense that he wants me to try to handle the situation to the best of my ability before he will step in.

The first being comes at me. He is slightly larger than human, but has the general shape. His skin is somewhat wrinkled and bluish in color.

I am still in the doorway. He lunges at me. I swing at him when he is close enough. I make contact and he seems to stagger a bit. But angered he come at me again. I am really hoping Yoda will wake up now. He should--everything was very loud.

As the blue guy comes at me again, I am somehow able to grab him and swing him up and over me, sending him crashing on the floor behind me. I am amazed at what I was able to do. But as I look up, I see that there are many coming at me now.

It is at this time Yoda calmly sits up in bed and stretches out his arm toward the closest being. The being suddenly stops and grasps his neck like he is being strangled by an invisible hand. Finally he collaspes. The others stopped and looked at Yoda, recognizing him for the first time. Fear fills their eyes as they quickly turn and run as far away as they can get from this place.

I turn to Yoda and thank him.


Dream 2:

Notes:

in car. crash into neighbors garage door. brakes out.

Dream 3:

Notes:

Mom looking for speaker. BH--a minister, dinner?,follow to his house

Dream 4:

Notes:

In grandparent&#39;s neighbors&#39; house. Huge.... "4X size of my place"

I had a very stressful college dream last night. It was the typical "school" type dream in that it was time for finals...and I realized that I hadn&#39;t even attended two of my classes (science and math) since the first week or two of the semester. It&#39;s like I had forgotten about them. Now I am trying to figure out how I can possibly pass the finals.

I can&#39;t remember very many details (partly because this isn&#39;t the kind that I really felt a need to remember). I remember talking to teachers, Walking through hallways, trying to open a locker which, of course I didn&#39;t remember the combination to.

This dream wasn&#39;t a lot of fun...and not much fun to talk about either.

You know, according to my book, the &#39;unprepared for final exam&#39; dream is very common among people. In fact, it describes what this dream can symbolize. Let me write it out for you - perhaps it will relieve you.

Unprepared for an Exam:

It&#39;s a familiar theme for many people. You realize that some crazy mix-up you registered for the class but compeltely forgot to attend any of the lectures. It&#39;s too late to do anything about it and explaining what happened is out of the question. Who would believe this kind of oversight? Strangely enough, people who dream of being unprepared for an exam are actually the folks least likely to go into any arena unprepared to excel.

For that reason, I sometimes refer to this as "the overachiever&#39;s nightmare". It is common for both men and women, usually between the ages of twenty-five and fifty-five. People who have carved out high profile careers and those who have high standards of excellence in what they do are those most likely to have this dream sporadically throughout adulthood. This theme often arises when an individual moves forward into a higher level of performance or takes on responsibilities that increase what he expects of himself.

Since this person rarely fails at what he does, the dreams are not warnings of impending mistakes. Instead, they illustrate how accountable the dreamer feels for the success or failure of the projecters around him/her. This theme dramatizes the individuals belief that performance is crucial to achievement and preperation is necessary in order to perform well in situations that test your knowledge and judgement.

Although real life situations bear little resemblance to the examination chamber of these dreams, positions of responsibility, promotions, and other spotlight situations tend to catalyze the dream.

Gillian Holloway, Phd - The Complete Dream Book
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So how close (or far off) was it? There&#39;s also one in here for the teeth falling out dream, if you&#39;d like me to post that. Some of these are pretty interesting.

Hope that helped. And I bolded &#39;Who would believe..." because I could see this as another potential dream sign&#33;

Hey CB, that was very interesting. Thanks for taking the time to share that.

And I bolded &#39;Who would believe..." because I could see this as another potential dream sign&#33;[/b]

Yes&#33; Great idea. I really need to remember that. 1. to help me have Lds. 2. so I don&#39;t have to relive those stressful dreams.

So how close (or far off) was it?[/b]

Yes, that&#39;s me : "People who have carved out high profile careers and those who have high standards of excellence in what they do are those most likely to have this dream sporadically throughout adulthood." Haha...

I am halfway joking... there is definitely some truth in that.

Strangely enough, people who dream of being unprepared for an exam are actually the folks least likely to go into any arena unprepared to excel.[/b]

I found that to be quite interesting. Whew&#33; Good to know&#33;

This theme often arises when an individual moves forward into a higher level of performance or takes on responsibilities that increase what he expects of himself.[/b]

I wouldn&#39;t say that I recently had a big event like this happen, but these dreams have occured during a time in my life where this has been happening over a period of time.

Or maybe it is because these same years have been the post college years...and therefor my brain is remembering college and creating worst case scenarios.

There&#39;s also one in here for the teeth falling out dream, if you&#39;d like me to post that. [/b]

Since I have that dream all the time I am almost afraid to know what it will say about me....LOL. Isn&#39;t it something about insecurities?

Yeah, sure, if you have the time, it would be interesting to see what it says.

Well, darn it. I had started a post and was over half way done when Poof--it disappeared. I have no idea what happened. But anyway, I&#39;ll write the notes and hopefully fill it out later.

One of my dreams was a funny DV member dream with Ranma and CB and myself. In the dream we were even going to sleep to see we could inspire each other to LD...LOL.

CB and Ranma, I&#39;m sure you will want details, I&#39;ll make sure I get them down.

Chruch , mom, shirts, sister, G


Also I had an ocean dream. Crabs in waves, toy with sea anemone, fence along shore, mom. Climbing tower, Mr S.

Natalie Portman...dictator, twi&#39;lek.

lol cool&#33; i haven&#39;t had many DV member dreams lately&#33; well it is true we inspire eachother lol

Very true. I&#39;m looking forward to it.

Oh, and the teeth thing, it&#39;s actually about making a compromise. I think. I&#39;ll get back to you on it after I finish watched the last two episodes of Prison Break. That&#39;s right, I got the first season for Christmas... Heh.

Originally Posted by ranma187

lol cool&#33; i haven&#39;t had many DV member dreams lately&#33; well it is true we inspire eachother lol
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I guess so. 8) I seem to have a whole lot of them. Maybe it is because you guys are the ones I talk to the most about dreaming stuff. So it is you that naturally show up when I dream. Maybe.

Originally Posted by ranma187

Very true. I&#39;m looking forward to it.[/b]

I&#39;m going to try to get to it now if I am not interrupted.

Oh, and the teeth thing, it&#39;s actually about making a compromise. I think. I&#39;ll get back to you on it after I finish watched the last two episodes of Prison Break. That&#39;s right, I got the first season for Christmas... Heh.[/b]

Compromise...hmmm...interesting.

Hope you have fun watching your show. I never watch TV unless my sister buys me the seasons on DVD--then I am addicted. She&#39;s gotten me all the Buffy, Angel, Smallville, Dark Angel for gifts. This Christmas she got me Varonica Mars, which, so far, I have only gotten the chance to watch one episode. But I am looking forward to becoming addicted.


Okay, the dream. Hahaha...makes me laugh to remember it. And just a little embarrassed.

Dream:

CB and Ranma were travelling together and decided to visit me for one of their stops. We start talking about lucid dreaming. And then I start to tell them about the dream I had just had (the dream I really had previous to this one). It was about Natalie Portman. I told them I had the dream because I had watched "V for Vendetta" that day with a friend and that it must have still been on my mind. I told them how frustrated I was because in the dream Natalie turned into a Twi&#39;lek (from Star Wars)-- and that still didn&#39;t get me lucid. CB and Ranma both laughed and sympathized, and each told stories how they missed obvious dream signs that should have caused them to become lucid too.

Everyone was feeling a little tired, so I had this great idea that we could go to sleep and see if just being together would trigger lucidity. There happened to be this big bed right there, so I said we could sleep here. So we all laid down and went to sleep.

I don&#39;t remember lucid dreaming.

I was suddenly awakened by someone walking into the room. I looked around and realized to my horror that this bed was no longer in my house but inside a church. People were starting to come in. I looked at the two guys (still sleeping) on either side of me and thought, "Oh no, this is going to look great."

Then my mom walked in. And it was suddenly my house again. In her hands my mom was holding two very nice shirts. She told me that they were for CB and Ranma--that she had bought them at Old Navy.

She wasn&#39;t surprised or bothered by the fact that I had two guys there in bed with me. She seemed to know they were coming and was totally cool with it.

Ranma and CB started waking up now. I introduced them to my mom, and she gave each of them a shirt.

It seems like I went out of the room at this point and was distracted for a bit with other things going on.

When I went back in the room CB was wearing the new shirt. It was maroon and black and looked very nice. Ranma didn&#39;t put his on. Instead he had on a work shirt--a dark grey long sleeved cotton shirt with the name of a company on the left pocket. He told me that he didn&#39;t want to get the new shirt dirty while he worked.

And at this point I woke up.

So there it is...pretty funny.....

Haha&#33; I can just imagine that.

"Here&#39;s some shirts for your new friends&#33;"
"Oh, hey mom... yeah..."

Teeth Falling Out

This scene dramatizes the cost of making a compromise. You may be finishing a college degree you&#39;re disillusioned with, returning to a relationship that you&#39;re ambivalent about, or sticking with a company you&#39;ve grown to dislike. The people who have this dream are making reasonable choices in situations when their options are limited or even forced. People report this dream most often between the ages of fifteen and thirty-five, and it appears just as common to men as to women.

The may be the yearswhen we feel most acutely the pressure to compromise for various reasons but have not yet established sufficient experience or power to permit us greater freedom. Although the dream in itself doesn&#39;t necessarily signal that a mistake is being made, it does point out that a deep and highly personal cost is involved in the decision.
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How was that?

Haha&#33; I can just imagine that.

"Here&#39;s some shirts for your new friends&#33;"
"Oh, hey mom... yeah..."[/b]

Yeah...pretty funny...yet as usual I accept it for reality.

In fact I just remembered part of the dream that I didn&#39;t post.

When I was introducing you and Ranma to my mom I couldn&#39;t decide how to introduce you. Both of you had mentioned your real names in posts, so I was thinking , "Do I introduce them by their usernames or by their real names?" But then I thought, "Well, this is real life, I should use their real life names." (duh...)

So I introduced you by your real names. But after I did you gave me an odd look, like that was the wrong choice. So I corrected myself and then used your usernames.

At the time I thought maybe I had offended you by using you real name. But now in retrospect I see that was probably your (actually "my") way of trying to clue me in that this wasn&#39;t actually real life but actually a DREAM.

I seemed to miss all the clues in that dream.....



Dream 1:

I had this very long dream last night that I was doing some solo camping/hiking in bear territory.

Most of the dream has faded by now but I remember several encounters with a bear coming into my camp. Each time he would become more bold and get closer to me. I remember at one point I was sleeping up on top of log between trees--like a hammock--but with a log.

I got to the point where I felt so threatened that I knew I had to leave. I had a very large sandwich that I had been eating on the past few days along with a chocolate shake (??). I decided to throw my sandwich and shake at the bear and hope that distracted him long enough for me to make an escape.

I ran for a long ways until I came to the edge of the wilderness area which was surrounded by a large wall with gates. I ran through one set of doors. Then realized that I had to get through a second set of doors on a second wall.

The dream then shifted and I was see things from the point of view of some Park Rangers. They had found my campsite and saw the signs of the bear. When they couldn&#39;t find me they came to the conclusion that the bear had killed me. They felt very bad.

Then it shifted back to me. I knew the rangers were going to find the empty campsite and worry. I knew I had to go back and find them to let them know I was okay.

I got to the campsite, but saw no rangers. Suddenly the bear was there again. I was in a tent this time. The bear lay down right in front of the door. And like a dog, kept inching in the tent little by little. I became afraid and knew it was a terrible idea to return, because this time I saw no way out.

Dream 2:

Another long dream. This other lady and I were going into some sort of building/camp. We were supposed to go talk to somone, but I really had no idea who. We came upon these groups of girls. I realized that this was a place for troubled teens to go. There was one girl in particular that I knew we were supposed to talk to. We found her and were talking to her all about her life and how she had gotten here. (So many details lost in this dream.)

The last thing I remember from this dream is driving away and then noticing a police car behind me with its lights flashing. I thought it wanted to pass. But when I looked down at my dash in the car a flashing sign appeared and said, "Wanted....Wanted....Wanted". I knew it was me the police wanted. I started to worry as I pulled over.

At that point my alarm woke me up.

Teeth Falling Out

This scene dramatizes the cost of making a compromise. You may be finishing a college degree you&#39;re disillusioned with, returning to a relationship that you&#39;re ambivalent about, or sticking with a company you&#39;ve grown to dislike. The people who have this dream are making reasonable choices in situations when their options are limited or even forced. People report this dream most often between the ages of fifteen and thirty-five, and it appears just as common to men as to women.

The may be the yearswhen we feel most acutely the pressure to compromise for various reasons but have not yet established sufficient experience or power to permit us greater freedom. Although the dream in itself doesn&#39;t necessarily signal that a mistake is being made, it does point out that a deep and highly personal cost is involved in the decision.[/b]

Wow...that was not what I expected at all for that dream sign. Hmm...what could I possibly be compromising? I&#39;ll have to think about that one.

Two strange and unusual dreams last night with the same dream theme. In one I had just given birth to Baby Jesus. In the second dream I was pregnant and about to give birth to...Baby Jesus. This is one of the rare times I wish I had someone to interpret my dreams. Unless the very simple explanation is that with Christmas just over, I had plenty of chances to see Baby Jesus in various nativity scenes.

Dream 1:

I don&#39;t remember how this one began. I was outside with my new Baby (Jesus). I was trying to hide him and protect him from peopel wanting to come and harm him. Joseph (my husband in the dream) was out doing dangerous business. And in sme point of the dream we got back together, and I felt great relief.

At one point a lady came up to me and took a good look at the baby. Then looked at me with knowing eyes and said, "I have seen the star".


Dream 2:

In this dream, it is before I had the Baby. I was back in my old neighborhood. I was due to have the baby at any time. I needed to find a place to stay. I had this very strong feeling that I needed to go to the parents of a childhood friend--a friend that I grew apart from after elemantary school, so I had not been to her house for many many years. I knew her parents wouldn&#39;t even recognize me after all these years.

So we went to her house. I could see the parents asleep in the house. Next thing I remember we were making ourselves comfortable in a back room. Then I suddenly panicked--we couldn&#39;t just come in without getting permission. So we snuck back out of the house and to the front door. We knocked and the parents opened the door. I introcuded myself as M&#39;s childhood friend--but before I could say anything else or get any other reaction, I looked over and saw another one of my childhood friends--one that I stayed friends with but hadn&#39;t seen for years since she had moved away. It was so wonderful to see her again.I realized that this was the reason I had been drawn to this house.

Suddenly I was in her old house and her mom was showing me how they had remodeled the home. It was huge now, and decorated very nice.

I&#39;ll be back to comment on your dreams - I&#39;ve been busy busy busy&#33;

Originally Posted by CoLd

I&#39;ll be back to comment on your dreams - I&#39;ve been busy busy busy&#33;
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Good luck with everything that is keeping you busy. The nice thing about this hobby this that no matter how busy you are, everyone has to sleep...so you still have a change to LD or at least have interesting dreams. See ya...


Dream:

I had a very long King Kong dream. I only remember the end. We were going into this building. I can&#39;t remember who was with me except Carl. Apparently Carl is the one in this dream that made friends with KK. I am worried. I don&#39;t even want to be in the building. I know KK is somewhere inside. I know that things are going to all go wrong.

Carls goes in. I stay on the bottom floor. Other people start going in. There is a big theater on the bottom floor. Thigs get fuzzy here. But at some point I know things are being destroyed and people are running and screaming. I run across the street. I want to climb to the top of that building so I can see what is going on. There is this ladder that goes up the side of the building. I get half way up before my fear of heights kicks in. I get all trembly and have to slowly back down.

Anyway, I don&#39;t remember anything else that happens except that there was a lot of chaos and destruction.