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Cheapshot
03-11-2005, 08:40 AM
Dreams are supposed to describe your character and mine are just too damn wierd usually involving flying, girls and beating people up because I'm mental like that -- I don't want to delve more into them to be honest. :p
Anyone here had dreams too strange to be true.
Shorty
03-11-2005, 08:55 AM
I had a weird dream a couple of days ago but the strange thing is, it was a stereotypical weird dream, the kind you see in cartoons but doesn't really reflect what weird dreams are like. I was asking my g/f something and she didn't answer, instead her Macaw, which for some reason had become a turkey but was still blue and yellow, answered instead. When I said I didn't understand, her computer monitor turned around and tried to explain it to me.
Cheapshot
03-11-2005, 09:03 AM
Did you eat Turkey that day? That's the oddest thing I've ever heard, kudos!
Cool dream though, I would be in hysterics if I woke up after that!
Retro_Link
03-11-2005, 09:29 AM
I had a really wierd and bordering on scary/freaky dream once.
I was in a huge old abandoned warehouse that must have been an old supermarket or store at some stage because it had isles. It was really run-down with next to no lighting and any lights there were, flickered on and off.
I think it must have been a supermarket because there were rows of freezer units and cabinets in some places and they were making the place all misty as they venting cold steam and chilling the place.
It was just me there, and now the extra freaky part;
I was being chased around this abandoned warehouse by both a REALLY REALLY fast running, half cyborg baby! and a Really Really tall and SCARY, but slow moving giant guy (very much like the Nemesis out of Resi 3!). Such a wierd combination!!
There was constant tension because of how the building was setup; it was hard to know where anyone was!! Constant suprises!
There was also a metal walkway around the top of the warehouse which i remember helped me to get out their way for a while!
You could make a scary film of it believe me!
If anyone remembers that advert (for a car i think), where a baby breaks out of hospital and is running on all fours (like a cheetah or something) down a corridor at night (It was on quite a few years ago); that's exactly like the baby in the dream; although it was kinda half machine!
You know when you are in a dream and they are scary (or it's not good) and you are so relieved when you wake up!!
Shenlong
03-11-2005, 09:38 AM
They describe your character who said that? I have freaky dreams, so much so in fact that when i was at 6th form i had my own little following who would ask me for stories concerning my dreams, and seeing as i had a little dream journal because of them - i got most of them stored around the place, i even became reknowned for it which i guess isn't amazing nor bad at all. Had a freaky dream last night and one during my 'nap' one consisted of legging it from dogs, and another of returning home from a trip up west to bump into a bunch of old school mates and aquaintances only to be taken somewhere else - the gold saucer was there and we were trying to get there. Also do you guys think in your dreams if you get what i'm saying you probably do. I do love dreaming though shows me the extents of my imagination - good stuff! And they always got my mates in it and we end up doing some funky stuff, i.e. Gundam pilots at war with each other one minute, dog catchers the next, etc. etc. As it stands one of my dreams has been storyboarded for my mate who wants to animate during his uni course, can't wait to see how that turns out he's storyboarded it pretty true to my words so should be cool.
Pestneb
03-11-2005, 10:20 AM
one dream I remember was a bit weird, I was at this building (fairly boring, from what I remember it was one rectanguular room, with a spiral staircase to a small basement)
I was outside, there were people inside (some kind of party I think) and there were a few people outside in small groups.
I saw a crate, and it was full of mud, and in the ground (the top of the box was level with groundlevel)
was quite hard but I managed. I then saw a shape under the mud, wandered what it was, so I got a hose, and washed away the mud, and as the mud was washed away I realised it was a fully grown human body, in the fetal position, but completely caked in mud. was pretty sick, but I washed all the mud off, and then realised that she was alive, so I took her hand and pulled her out of the crate, then went inside, and something came and was getting people having the party and taking them away, and doing (I assume) whatever it did to the woman I had found earlier in the dream to them.
I found it coming towards me (it was non descript but evil) I got forced by it to run down to the basement, and I knew (as you do) that it was coming slowly down the stairs to get me.
I looked around the room, there wasn't anything I could hide behind or in, and no escape routes, so once it got down that was it (what it was I don't know but hey)
then I noticed an alcove in the wall, and there was a horn, a long spirally animal horn.
I picked it up, turned round and "it" was in the room and coming towards me, I got the horn and played it, and "it" didn't like it and scarpered.
for some reason its stuck in my mind
Retro_Link
03-11-2005, 10:25 AM
then im woken up because the wall is making to much noise. so i go back to sleep, then she is gone, only to be replaced by me being tormented by everyone i know, telling me to fuck off and shit....Yeah, it always seems to be that whenever a dream is getting good, you wake up!
If you want me to get psychological; i think it's because dreaming tends to take place most (dreaming is strongest) during the REM (Rapid Eye Movement) part of your sleep pattern, which occurs at the beginning and end of your sleep cycle! Therefore you could be having a great dream at the end of your sleep cycle and wake up! DOH!
killer kirby
03-11-2005, 10:26 AM
i once played resident evil remake about 1 in the morning, and then watched a movie called 'Versus' then when i went to sleep. I dreamed that my town got infected by a virus, then turns everybody into zombies and i was the only survivor and i had a katana, fighting zombies in the dream. I kept on getting bashed up and just surviving. Then i started to kick ass, and then my alarm on my DS went off. So i missed out on the best part of my dream.
SupaFry
03-11-2005, 01:14 PM
Anyone ever get false dream memories? By that I mean that in a dream you remember something happening but when you wake up you realise it never happened.
Or is it just me?
dukkadukka
03-11-2005, 04:11 PM
Yeah, it always seems to be that whenever a dream is getting good, you wake up!
If you want me to get psychological; i think it's because dreaming tends to take place most (dreaming is strongest) during the REM (Rapid Eye Movement) part of your sleep pattern, which occurs at the beginning and end of your sleep cycle! Therefore you could be having a great dream at thend of your sleep cycle and wake up! DOH!
just to be anal, dreams ONLY occur during REM periods, which happens during the final period of every sleep cycle. the average person has five sleep cycles a night.
Ashley
03-11-2005, 04:12 PM
Had a dream ages ago involving a pigme killing people with a needle and another dream involving a local first school killing off pupils because they simply ran out of room. Both are about four years old yet I can remember them vividly. Just too long to type (cause im lazy).
One last night involved two competing end of year parties, one of which had some weird water slide thing that had gaps missing but the momentum hopped you in between them. Then later there was a group of us being told what to do by some coach-like figure and my best friend randomly turned to me and said something like "I know this is a bit innappropriate but you're a good man" than kissed me on the cheek. Could be cause last night he said "You're a good man" but there was no kissing. Was weird but c'est la vie.
Blackfox
03-11-2005, 04:14 PM
I have messed up dreams, usually inspired by what i ahd been doing that day or what i had seen or read.
Ive had dreams about saving the Titanic, making a kickass fort of AOE2 in my head, Command and Conquer dreams (it was like MOTD, but analysing a battle...O_o) and some random dreams inspired by American Psycho :P
Eenuh
03-11-2005, 05:16 PM
just to be anal, dreams ONLY occur during REM periods, which happens during the final period of every sleep cycle. the average person has five sleep cycles a night.
Heh, I'm definitely not an average person I guess; only have maybe 1 or 2 sleep cycles... Only get between 2-5 hours of sleep per night usually. I'm so healthy. ='D
Anyway, I usually have really weird dreams, when I can actually remember them (I usually don't). I've had videogame related dreams, like that one time when I went along with the Mario party (Mario, Yoshi and Toad, possibly others too) through a huge castle where everything was built for like, giants and stuff. Sadly, I don't remember what we were doing there. But it was fun.
Of course there are the occasional flying dreams, either with a broom Ã* la Harry Potter, but more often I just have to flap with my arms to go up in the air. Those dreams rock.
Most of my dreams are kinda nightmarish though... seeing as how they involve dead people and zombies and ghosts and the like. They're scary, yet I never wake up feeling scared (sometimes a bit disturbed though). Like the one where everyone in the entire world had turned into evil flesh eating zombies and I had to keep running away but they were litterally everywhere (even the ground was littered with zombie bodies). The freaky part was my family coming after me too. No wonder I don't want to play games like Resident Evil; I get enough zombie action in my dreams already. ='3
Pit-Jr
03-11-2005, 05:22 PM
but more often I just have to flap with my arms to go up in the air. Those dreams rock.
Yeah flapping always works in my dreams. I have alot of wierd natural disaster dreams too, usually tidal waves which is wierd cause i live 200 miles from the coast.
Ashley
03-11-2005, 06:55 PM
Anyone ever get false dream memories? By that I mean that in a dream you remember something happening but when you wake up you realise it never happened.
Or is it just me?
As in; A while ago I had a dream I had much more money in my bank than I do. It was part way through the next day I was like "Actually, I don't have that much money. Shit."
That what you mean?
Raining_again
03-11-2005, 07:02 PM
I always have really strange dreams, totally out of this world. Ones that are more terrifying than anything, more terrifying than death, like i cant die, just go through excruciating pain, over and over, being chased, and that terrible feeling of not being fast enough and being caught. Then i wake up and i have paranoid thoughts that its real. My mental state scares me sometimes :S
Aimless
03-11-2005, 07:04 PM
I don't think I've ever had a flying dream. But then there never seems to be anything special about me when I'm dreaming. In fact I'm notably detached: I don't really feel anything, don't react, just drift from scene to scene like any other 2D character.
As I find I can only write early in the early morning — 2AM onwards — a lot of my dreams are more an extension of my wakeful brainstorming. They often end up a strange cocktail of reality and fiction, each seeping in to the other whilst appearing strangely sensible. No matter what happens, I never question anything in my dreams.
I can't really give specifics as dreams fade from me as soon as I wake; the harder I try to grasp them the more elusive they become. It's like seeing something in the corner of your eye, but when you try to focus on it you can't find it anymore.
Raining_again
03-11-2005, 07:06 PM
They often end up a strange cocktail of reality and fiction, each seeping in to the other whilst appearing strangely sensible.
wow thats a great way of summing that up, thats how all my dreams are :S
Retro_Link
03-11-2005, 07:10 PM
just to be anal, dreams ONLY occur during REM periods, which happens during the final period of every sleep cycle. the average person has five sleep cycles a night.I was gonna put that we have 5 sleep cycles;
but didn't wanna look like a TOTAL geek (*cough*) :wink:
Konfucius
03-11-2005, 07:14 PM
When I was younger usually animals or people threatened me in my dreams. In one dream the whole house was full of snakes, in another lots of big angry dogs ran through the street and one jumped up to me on the second floor, then I had a dream where I was in some sort of sect and to become a higher part the leader had to hack your head off. Then a head of metal came up where my normal head was before, this went through multiple stages but before the last stage, where I would get a golden head, I refused and tried to get out - man I'm glad it was just a dream. :D
About a month ago I had a resident evil like dream. First I was in the mansion from RE1 but there were more people and less zombies around, then I was in town, the zombies were already spreading fast then it changed again (note that all the time I had a first person view and in the next part of the dream too which implies that I was a zombie in my dream too). It seems as if a camera is standing on a motorway and cars are passing by then someone says (the strange thing was that this was actually in english) sometimes it doesn't matter who has the better technology and the better programs but only who has more horsepower and suddenly the zombie starts to move, jumps once and lands one a car, jumps again, higher this time, lands on the other side of the road, jumps again and almost floats in the air before he lands on a tree. The tree seems like a nest where a half eaten human lies, then he looks into the distance and you see a field of dead corpses.
Edit: I also had two dream about the Revo, in one Nintendo sent me a Revo with two game demos and it already featured a tilt sensor, cool experience. Sadly I can't remember the other dream about the Revo properly
Offerman
03-11-2005, 08:14 PM
My most recent memorable dream was a week ago when I was away with my mates. We spent the afternoon making hash cakes, weird I know but Kudos to my mate who made this awesome cake mix. Bless her. We poured loads of green in it and made cup cakes. We all had about four. Anywho after abit of talking we all fell asleep and I think I was curled up in a little ball, anywho at first I was flying and had the strangest urge to see the Northen Lights so I randomly flew really high and manage to navigate myself to the Artic Circle, and I was only wearing a t-shirt and trousers but was not cold. I was sitting on this giant ice cube looking up at the Northern Lights and it was really vivid. There where loads of like random Fern trees as well swaying in the breeze and it was dark.
After abit I took off again and flew too America and landed in this estate that looked alot like those sandy housing estates you see in Offspring videos. Probably because we had been listening to Offspring, then I remember taking off again and falling from a huge height into the sea, where I then went through the sea and through the earth and landed in the bush, in Australia, where I saw the Northern Lights again. Something which of course is geographically impossible.
I then woke up, and that was about it. I don't remember the rest of the day awake, XD. :o
Blackfox
03-11-2005, 08:19 PM
Haha, Offerman's a stoner :P
Sounds a pretty awesome dream though :)
ViPeR
03-11-2005, 09:23 PM
Haha, Offerman's a stoner :P
I must say that was the most entertaining part about his story for me too. Last memorable dream I had was my mate telling me that I was shit at Star Wars: Battlefront 2. How this lasted an entire dream I don't know. I haven't had a completely out of this world dream in ages.
Eenuh
03-11-2005, 10:12 PM
Ones that are more terrifying than anything, more terrifying than death, like i cant die, just go through excruciating pain, over and over
Ack, yeah, I've had those too. Worst one was where I was in a greasy bathtub with water, still fully clothed. And for some reason I think I tried to kill myself (slit wrists and that kind of stuff) or something. It was all really bloody and painful. Thing is I didn't die. But the police came and there was some officer investigating everything and they all thought I was dead but I just couldn't move anymore or say anything. They were about to stuff me away in a body bag when someone (strangely, I think it was one of my cousins) somehow noticed that I wasn't dead yet... That dream completely freaked me out when I woke up. >.>;
There's a thing that puzzles me though, about dreams... Like, the point of view doesn't always stay the same. At one point it's first person, while at another point it's a third person view or just a set camera point in the room or something.
And sometimes I'm not myself in a dream, just someone completely else. I even think in one dream I was Link. X3
So, am I like, the only one who has this stuff in her dreams or is it normal?
#1cubeplayer
04-11-2005, 02:01 AM
I rarely remember my dreams. It sucks because sometimes I wake up and try to remember them, but they slip away like water through my fingers. For example, I woke up about 2 hours ago and I remembered what I had dreamed about. Now I have absolutely no clue whatsoever about that dream.
Like SupaFry mentioned, sometimes I have memories of things that never happened in real life, only in dream. The most recent example is I was in the hospital (I'm a volunteer there) and we were all going to get lunch. Someone mentioned that they wanted iced tea, and for some reason I was 100% that they no longer served iced tea. I could remember having been to the caffeteria and noticing that it was gone. Then someone said they still did, after arguing we went down to find that my memory was invalid. Later I recalled dreaming about the hospital and how they had changed their menu. It may sound silly, but it's weird.
Sometimes I also have some very frightening dreams. I panic and in rare occasions realize that I'm dreaming. Despite this, I can't escape the terror of my dream. Once, however, I was able to completely change my dream by thinking about it.
I even think in one dream I was Link.Heh, I've been Link before as well. But after playing PoP: Warrior Within I ended up, as Link, trying to get out of my house - which morphed into some giant fortress - running on walls, grabbing curtains to pull myself over yawning gaps, doing flips for almost no reason other than because I could, and, really, just being generally bad-ass.
T'was weird.
Ja.
So, am I like, the only one who has this stuff in her dreams or is it normal?No, I'm the same, that happens to me as well. Which means, you are slightly less weird than you might have been, but together, we might be a bit unusual. :heh:
The3rdChildren
04-11-2005, 02:15 AM
I really enjoy my dreams, they're a seemingly limitless break from reality and a chance to experience a the other side of life. I can fly, I can do whatever I want in dreams... although they're rarely very exciting. I went through a period a few months ago where I was having constantly bizarre dreams which was a little concerning... but alas they remain welcome.
Nightmares are another matter, though.
Aimless
04-11-2005, 02:32 AM
There's a thing that puzzles me though, about dreams... Like, the point of view doesn't always stay the same. At one point it's first person, while at another point it's a third person view or just a set camera point in the room or something.
Perhaps we merely apply perspective in hindsight? At the time we are omniscient, viewing things from every angle as we aren't really 'seeing' anything anyway, just conjuring up images in our head. It's only later, when we look over what happened, that we take to the director's chair and decide on how it all looked in motion.
A lot of you seem to have very interesting dreams. I know they might scare you, but I wish I could connect with my dreams in such a way. It sounds stupid, but I think it's a valuable experience to have — terminal recurrence wouldn't be so good, of course.
When I wake up I'm going to try and remember any dreams that I might have had and type them up sharpish.
SupaFry
04-11-2005, 03:46 AM
As in; A while ago I had a dream I had much more money in my bank than I do. It was part way through the next day I was like "Actually, I don't have that much money. Shit."
That what you mean?
Sort of.
Let me give you an example.
I had a dream once where I was talking to a friend about a place we went to as kids and we spent the rest of the dream trying to work out where it was.
When I woke up I realised that place never actually existed.
This stuff happens in my dreams most of the time.
Eenuh
04-11-2005, 06:47 AM
No, I'm the same, that happens to me as well. Which means, you are slightly less weird than you might have been, but together, we might be a bit unusual. :heh:
Well I don't know... it's kinda weird for a girl to dream of being a male character, no? Now that I think of it, I should've checked out what it feels like to actually be a man and to do manly stuff... You know, like pee anywhere I'd like and feel the raging hormones go through my body when a female passes by. Now I so hope I dream of being a man tonight. X3
Perhaps we merely apply perspective in hindsight? At the time we are omniscient, viewing things from every angle as we aren't really 'seeing' anything anyway, just conjuring up images in our head. It's only later, when we look over what happened, that we take to the director's chair and decide on how it all looked in motion.
I know you're probably right on that one. I've even had dreams that were in black and white, or at least parts of it were. However, maybe this is the same as the camera stuff; it's something you think of afterwards and then it gets a certain specific place in your head, even though it wasn't necessarily that way when you were dreaming it. It all seems kind of surreal eh. Gotta love it.
Aimless
04-11-2005, 04:56 PM
Now that I think of it, I should've checked out what it feels like to actually be a man and to do manly stuff... You know, like pee anywhere I'd like and feel the raging hormones go through my body when a female passes by.
Are you sure you don't just want to be a tomcat*?
Typically I didn't dream last night. Not that I can remember, anyway.
*In the feline sense. But hey, it's your dream.
Retro_Link
04-11-2005, 05:06 PM
You know, like pee anywhere I'd likeUmmmm... let me check i'm not alone in NOT doing this!.......... Right??!and feel the raging hormones go through my body when a female passes byThis one you can have!
Offerman
04-11-2005, 05:24 PM
Girls can pee anywhere, just it takes up abit more room.
Sexual Chocolate
04-11-2005, 05:28 PM
I had a dream that my brother managed to find some DECENT three spoke alloys, in black they were and they were woo.
Retro_Link
04-11-2005, 05:32 PM
Girls can pee anywhere, just it takes up abit more room.Yeah this is true!
Raining_again
04-11-2005, 05:41 PM
how about no....you ever tried not gettin caught in that kind of position?
and if you do its not so easy to get away with your trousers round your ankles.
Cheapshot
04-11-2005, 06:42 PM
how about no....you ever tried not gettin caught in that kind of position?
and if you do its not so easy to get away with your trousers round your ankles.
How the hell did the thread come to this!? :woops:
Raining_again
04-11-2005, 06:49 PM
blame offerman, sure its always his fault :heh:
Blackfox
04-11-2005, 10:20 PM
Ask Cubechris about pissing in public. Dares ya.
Sarka
04-11-2005, 10:36 PM
I had a wonderous drea last night.
Well, first off I was doing a maths test, very fun indeed. The person I am currently obsessed with then came to the front of the class and spoke for ages, which was fun, like the test. I was then suddenly digging holes, like in the book 'Holes'. I was Stanley and I was digging a hole with Zero (if anyone has read the book, it'll make more sence). X-Ray had fallen in a hole and we scrapped him out, when it happened a big cave of wonders was revealed. We went in and it turned into an animated Disney film. There was a great big orchestrial song while this bad guy was chasing us on a cart (similar to the ones on Donkey Kong Country). Twas super! Then I had a pet sparrow and bunch of theives (I think it was Team Rocket) dressed up as squirrles were trying to steal it from me, but I escaped. Then I woke up.
Can anyone decefer this dream?
Fierce_LiNk
04-11-2005, 10:56 PM
All i can remember about my last dream was waking up and saying to my girlfriend "it's probably just 3000 pounds worth of shopping vouchers".
I have absolutely no idea about what the hell i was dreaming about that night. :D
AshMat
06-11-2005, 05:24 PM
Has anyone ever had a dream where they're in a test which they haven't revised for and end up sitting there in their underwear, because on tv that dream pops up ALL the timew, yet ive never had it...
Haver
06-11-2005, 05:30 PM
Last night, I had a dream that the skin on my hand was bubbling and frothing and then long, thick and straight apple cores with red LEDs on top slid out of the individual bubbles.. it really, really hurt. They were maybe six centimetres long. The Hulk, Hamlet and this guy I don't know from the bus stop were involved.
How did I miss this thread?
I'm fascinated by dreams. I've got a couple of books about them and I am actively trying to "train" my brain into being able to have lucid dreams - that is the state of knowing that you are actually dreaming, so you can do whatever you wish.
I've kept a dream journal for a good year and a half, which is safely hidden from prying eyes. The first thing I do when I wake up is to log my dream in it, because the first 30 seconds or so after you wake up is usually the only time you remember what happened. Needless to say, there is some really, really messed up shit in there. If anyone actually found my journal.. wow, I don't even want to think of the consequences.
dukkadukka
06-11-2005, 05:45 PM
How did I miss this thread?
I'm fascinated by dreams. I've got a couple of books about them and I am actively trying to "train" my brain into being able to have lucid dreams - that is the state of knowing that you are actually dreaming, so you can do whatever you wish.
I've kept a dream journal for a good year and a half, which is safely hidden from prying eyes. The first thing I do when I wake up is to log my dream in it, because the first 30 seconds or so after you wake up is usually the only time you remember what happened. Needless to say, there is some really, really messed up shit in there. If anyone actually found my journal.. wow, I don't even want to think of the consequences.
i've given up on lucid dreaming after getting only three very brief ones within the space of about six months, but i still keep my dream journal. sometimes i read my past entries and fear for my sanity :hehe:
Pit-Jr
06-11-2005, 05:47 PM
Ive read about lucid dreaming, it would be an awesome thing to master, and good for those of us that have the most bizarre nonsensical dreams like i sometimes do.
MunKy
07-11-2005, 12:44 AM
The most disturbing (at least to other people) dream that I ever had was one where I beat a friend who had pissed me off into an unrecognisable bloody pulp while my other friends watched as if I was doing something normal. My other dreams normally involve dying or being somebody else, from my idols to a random figment of my imagination. And of course sex dreams, I am human after all.
Dave_McCoy
07-11-2005, 12:50 AM
I had a dream where I could control time. I wanted revenge on an enemy so I went to his house and turned back time til he was there.
It was kinda weird, I could see the sky and sun changing backwards. When the time was right, I hit the guy from behind and beat him til he was dead. I'm not even sure what he did, I think he hurt someone I care about. Then I killed his pets, that was the part that disturbed me. :sad:
Strange things dreams...
Eenuh
07-11-2005, 01:20 AM
The most disturbing (at least to other people) dream that I ever had was one where I beat a friend who had pissed me off into an unrecognisable bloody pulp while my other friends watched as if I was doing something normal. My other dreams normally involve dying or being somebody else, from my idols to a random figment of my imagination. And of course sex dreams, I am human after all.
I've never had sex dreams... does that mean I'm not human? Seriously, I don't think that in my dreams, it's ever gotten any further than just a kiss and a hug or something. Yay...
And urgh to the killing part... that would so freak me out. Maybe even more so than me trying to kill myself in my dream.
Cheapshot
07-11-2005, 11:12 AM
How are you supposed to try lucid dreams? Sounds cool!
MunKy
07-11-2005, 03:02 PM
I've never had sex dreams... does that mean I'm not human? Seriously, I don't think that in my dreams, it's ever gotten any further than just a kiss and a hug or something. Yay...
And urgh to the killing part... that would so freak me out. Maybe even more so than me trying to kill myself in my dream.
I should have put human male. As for the killing thing I dont know why but it doesnt affect me. The only time it freaked me out was when I had a dream that I was surrounded by people with no faces and I had to kill a few to escape.
Schpickles
07-11-2005, 07:38 PM
Heh - cool - another dream thread! The Lucid Dreaming one on the previous boards was... inspirational ;P I'd recommend anyone interested in it to read this wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dreaming) as I found it full of some incredible links. The stuff on Carl Jung is very interesting, but his theories aren't exactly accepted by the scientific community :)
One of the coolest things about dreams, that most people don't seem to realise, is that you don't dream in realtime - you normally dream much faster than that. Some dreams which only last a split second can actually seem quite long. It's entirely possible for you to dream a connection from your current dream to something that's woken you up (e.g. an alarm), even though your body is actually reacting to an external influence already. I love this idea that on some level, we're actually capable of thinking much faster than we think we can :)
I have a lot of dreams - I had a lot of incredibly vivid nightmares as a child, and I've always been a light sleeper. I'm trying to learn to understand some of my more common, recurring themes, to some success.
To flash back, my uni course was a living hell, and I was always bouncing from one bit of late coursework to the next test I didn't understand to the next exam that I would have to wing through... it was just a bastard hard degree. For some reason, that's stuck with me, and even though I've been at work for about 2.5 years now, I still dream that I'm at uni, and I've got to do some exam / test / coursework that I havn't a bloody clue about! It's a frustrating and stressful dream. Apparently, these themes are quite common, and it's got a lot to do with when you are feeling overwhelmed or inadequete with the work you are doing - that's not uncommon for me where I work :) It certainly seems a good fit.
I also commonly dream that I'm playing footy, and then someone will trip me and I'll wake up. Apparently these types of dreams occur when you fall asleep too fast (e.g. if you are knackered) - your body is actually firing a natural adrenaline spike, because it thinks you are dying / falling unconcious! That wakes you up, and your brain translates it as a dream.
I regularly have really lengthy almost cinematic dreams. I can remember recently a kind of matrix / spy hybrid where I was fighting my way into a Chinese POW camp to help a hostage to escape, running across rooftops and all sorts... that was a lot of fun.
A few years ago, I had a vivid dream where I was walking on some grassland in a modern-day setting [I think it was meant to be in europe, somewhere] and then everything changed colour and time, and faded into a WW2 setting that had happened at this place. I was in the middle of a massive firefight, at a railway depot of some sort, fighting the Nazis!
One of the most eerie and vivid dreams I ever had was when I was a kid. I dreamt that our whole family were driving this 50s-style car (the dream was all film noire styled as well) along a mountain winding road. We crashed through the barrier, and into the sea below, and some suitcases and luggage of ours floated on the surface. My parents told me to leave it alone, but I wanted to try and rescue it. I grabbed a suitcase and it started to drag me down to the seabed. However, when I hit the seabed, I went through it. I then emerged the other side, into the ceiling of my room, above my bed, before dropping onto my bed... which woke me up! Really spooky... was just sat there for about 10 minutes going... "ok... what the hell just happened... did I dream that or not?" Really bizarre, but kind of cool.
MoogleViper
07-11-2005, 07:57 PM
One dream I was at the bottom of my garden with my big bro and this cartoon, two- leg stading, talking crocodile came up to us. I can't remember the middle but then the crocodile killed my bro with a fuse and I said "Damn! Ben was the only one who could complete Sonic"
Another dream My family was in this place at night time and it had rows and rows of them metal storage boxes you have on ships. There was an army of early 90's cartoon robots after us. So me, my mum and my sis hid in a portaloo thingy (but it was bigger) whilst my dad and bro went to fight them.
Sarka
07-11-2005, 08:16 PM
I had a very vivid, sexy, hornirific dream last night. I won't go into details though *taps nose*
I don't wanna sound really weird, but I'm still leanring the ins and outs of sexy living (lol), is it normal to cumn in your sleep? I really hope so...
Shenlong
08-11-2005, 01:07 AM
I've not had sex dreams either as it goes, i have had girls i fancied kiss me and such even some romantic dreams - which bother me cos i'll wake up rather baffled, and a bit too confident my dreams can be ridiculously life like, especially when i'm allowed to think and feel in my dreams, i felt warmth once when i hugged this girl i had a crush on. One dream i'll always remember is one after watching Star Wars Episode 3 we were having a big feast on one of the huge skyscrapers in one of the cities in the SW universe, when someone tried attacking my friend with his blaster, but i was able to deflect the bullets and take the assassin on and win in true style. That was from too much being called anakin in 6th form, my mates got me a lightsaber for my bday and unveiled it infront of everyone and apparently i have the most capacity to be evil...whatever that means...
Aimless
08-11-2005, 01:52 AM
I don't wanna sound really weird, but I'm still leanring the ins and outs of sexy living (lol), is it normal to cumn in your sleep? I really hope so...
All you ever wanted to know (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_dreams). And most likely more.
Can't say I've ever had dreams about sex, either. But then as I mentioned before, I don't seem to gain anything whilst I'm asleep, not even suavity or attractiveness. Crappy grip on reality...
I like your point about the time compression, Schpick. When I used to have a clock radio I'd sometimes fade in and out of sleep listening to it in the morning, both reality and dream broadcasts sharing a kind of symbiosis. When I got up I couldn't be quite sure what was news and what was imaginary.
Still no dreams on my end; maybe I'd have a better chance if I stopped messing up my sleep pattern. Anyone else having better luck?
The3rdChildren
08-11-2005, 02:04 AM
I can happily say I've had dreams that have made me stay in bed in an attempt to resume that dream/continue it in my mind several times. Sometimes I will actually be able to resume it when I fall back asleep, I'm not sure if that's even possible.
But dreams are incredible, just mine aren't very exciting. I don't suffer from nightmares which is nice, too. I have one spit in a dream and actually spit in real life, which was a little bizarre. I don't mean cock spit either, it was really surreal.
#1cubeplayer
08-11-2005, 02:10 AM
I had a very vivid, sexy, hornirific dream last night. I won't go into details though *taps nose*
I don't wanna sound really weird, but I'm still leanring the ins and outs of sexy living (lol), is it normal to cumn in your sleep? I really hope so...
It's called a "wet dream," you dirty child.
I just checked your profile. I thought you were older than 14.
Aimless
08-11-2005, 02:49 AM
It's called a "wet dream," you dirty child.
Now, now. You're in no position to be casting judgements (http://www.revo-europe.com/forum/showpost.php?p=40309&postcount=19).
I thought about attaching a disclaimer, but we'll see how the above fares on its own*.
*That is of course just a disclaimer in disguise.
ViPeR
08-11-2005, 11:09 AM
I had a very vivid, sexy, hornirific dream last night. I won't go into details though *taps nose*
I don't wanna sound really weird, but I'm still leanring the ins and outs of sexy living (lol), is it normal to cumn in your sleep? I really hope so...
LMAO, I love the naiveity. I had a dream last night, again it followed a recurring theme that has plagued my dreams for about 2 years now. I don't need to decipher it I already know what it's about, it's just bloody annoying when I wake up and find out it wasn't real.
Sarka
08-11-2005, 03:42 PM
It's called a "wet dream," you dirty child.
I just checked your profile. I thought you were older than 14.
Ahhh.. well... :red: I only talk to females about personal stuff.. and I don't wanna ask them. And I had no idea what a wet dream was til now, oh well, you leanr smething new everyday! :hehe:
dukkadukka
13-11-2005, 01:35 PM
erm, i had a really strange dream last night, and even weirder it was r-e related...
i was in some bar and i walked past a table and there was a cute guy lying down next to a table, i did a double-take and realised it was athriller. i started talking to him, i said "what do you think of dukkadukka?". he said "she's brilliant except when she fought with piro, they're like cousins!". I said, guess what, i'm dukkadukka! he lent in to kiss me and then two of his friends came over and beat me up. i went to the queue of the bathroom, and as i was about to go in the two girls walked past me again and called me a lesbian, so the bouncer ran over and kicked the shit into them.he gave me a piggyback and we phoned the police. the policeman and he said "i'm sorry i can't help you, but you're on the front page of the newspapers". i ran out of the club and through a park to get to the shops, but i kept going in circles, unable to get out. once i finally did it was a day later so they didn't have any newspapers left.
weird...
|Laguna|
13-11-2005, 02:58 PM
Why do we forgot dreams so easily?
I think that most times dreams that are retold always have things added to them, sometimes purposefully sometimes not but i think you relate other things to the dream and it becomes part of it as you are trying really hard to recall it.
Other times when people make up dreams tis is just pointless. I mean what is the point, just attentions seekers that wish to provoke a reaction.
Josh64
13-11-2005, 04:16 PM
I can't remember many dreams, I can remember one from years ago, I was outside pricess peach's castle and was looking over the fence and saw mario running, i was so excited and was tru=ying to catch up with him to speak to him... then i woke up :/ anyway, I have also not had a dream about sex but had a dream that I was recieving a bl...I wont go into details....
anyway, another dream I can remember was that I moved house, and it was like an oldish house, my mom and dad was whaching tele and I was just going to bed, as I was in the hallway I saw this ghost floating midair staring at me, and it was scary as hell, I was just stood there frozen, I couldnt move (n my dream) and was trying to shout my mom and dad but no words came out, I was petrified and when I woke up bolted upright and was relieved to find I was dreaming... That must be one of the worst dreams Ive had...
#1cubeplayer
14-11-2005, 06:56 AM
Now, now. You're in no position to be casting judgements (http://www.revo-europe.com/forum/showpost.php?p=40309&postcount=19).
I thought about attaching a disclaimer, but we'll see how the above fares on its own*.
*That is of course just a disclaimer in disguise.
I can't believe I hadn't read your post until now. You're right [and I've put you in my good book (think about it)]. I felt I shouldn't have posted that, and I was right.
What do you guys do to actually remember your dreams? If it wasn't for science, I'd swear that I rarely dream at all.
faz99
14-11-2005, 03:07 PM
I lucid dream, it's cool. :D
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