Dreams... Tell Us... What Do They Mean....

[jac]

A good decade ago I managed to have a reoccuring dream three times and has never returned... I really enjoyed this dream too.

I was outside of a house (unknown) and I squated down to look into a basement window. The house was in a more present setting (from the outside anyway), but when I peeked inside, it was not a basement but rather a living room from the Victorian era. I remember crawling through the window and smelling a slight musty smell in the air. Tables and knick-knacks had a light coating of dust but not like the place had sat unattended for long at all. It felt like there was life to the place. No lights were on, so it was rather dark inside but there was a sliding glass door that led out to a garden area and I could see the bright sunlight beyond the doors. Looking outside from inside this time capsule, so to speak, had a feel that it was also the present time. I can remember walking around slowly throughout the room and looking at everything intensely. I also can recall that I felt the presence of someone behind me even though when I entered no one was around. I never turned to see if anyone was there. If anyone was with me. I left the same way I entered... and woke just as I cleared the window and stood back up outside.

Interpretation: ??
Entering the basementliving room of the past felt almost like a pastlife experience. It was super familiar to me in one aspect and intriguing in another. As if it wasn't familiar. The light dust on everything leads me to believe it's like a veil that at some point can easily be removed and all things that are of the curious nature will be revealed. All answers will be known. Being able to see the present time through the glass doors, I believe to be that at anytime I am free to leave the darkness of my past and return to a time that is clear and bright. The presence of someome behind me I am still trying to figure out, but the exiting of the space let's me know I am not quiet ready to give up my exploration of things from my past and live in the present. I still feel a sense of sneaking around with it. And why I have never had it again for well over 10 years... I really can't say, other than I am just not in need of the journey at this time.

Any thoughts? Any dreams of your own?

[girl_dee]

i had a dream that i was constipated. Google says it means
i am holding back emotionally.

[jac]

Originally Posted by Cajun_dee

i had a dream that i was constipated. Google says it means
i am holding back emotionally.

That sounds about right. The strain/struggle of releasing the negative (the waste). Yeh I can see that being possible...

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by stone4play

That sounds about right. The strain/struggle of releasing the negative (the waste). Yeh I can see that being possible...

yup me too. THere is one part of my life that i hold back on.

i've been researching dreams and meanings my whole life and they do seem to ring true to what research says about them.

i've been plagued with nightmares my whole life. Like waking up running out of the door kinda nightmares. i've been tethered to the bed (not really a complaint!) and moved furniture in front of doors to try to make me wake up before i am actually out of the house. i have stayed up all night in places where i am going to bother someone with my nighttime issues.

Now i sleep with a big old mean Daddi bear and a pack of 6 dogs so that keeps me in the bed pretty much, that and the nightmares aren't as bad as they used to be. Thank GODs because after all these years i am pretty sick of them!

[jac]

Originally Posted by Cajun_dee

yup me too. THere is one part of my life that i hold back on.

i've been researching dreams and meanings my whole life and they do seem to ring true to what research says about them.

i've been plagued with nightmares my whole life. Like waking up running out of the door kinda nightmares. i've been tethered to the bed (not really a complaint!) and moved furniture in front of doors to try to make me wake up before i am actually out of the house. i have stayed up all night in places where i am going to bother someone with my nighttime issues.

Now i sleep with a big old mean Daddi bear and a pack of 6 dogs so that keeps me in the bed pretty much, that and the nightmares aren't as bad as they used to be. Thank GODs because after all these years i am pretty sick of them!

Aw that's too bad. I always feel sorry for those who have nightmares. I only get them once in a great while. I had one actually about two weeks ago and will post on here at a later time but yes, I can see where your securty of your partner and your dogs has kept them distant from your sleep. Have you ever had them interpretted? Sometimes getting to the heart of them, sends them on their way... but your protection seems to be helping, so that's great.

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by stone4play

Aw that's too bad. I always feel sorry for those who have nightmares. I only get them once in a great while. I had one actually about two weeks ago and will post on here at a later time but yes, I can see where your securty of your partner and your dogs has kept them distant from your sleep. Have you ever had them interpretted? Sometimes getting to the heart of them, sends them on their way... but your protection seems to be helping, so that's great.

Honestly i don't feel it's an exact science so interpretation would be an educated guess, so i'd rather not.

Some of them are obvious, others are really out there but there is always one common denominator, they scare me.

[jac]

That is totally understandable to feel that way... and I honor that need to not dabble with them. Like I said, the security of your partner and your pack is what is working for you for the most part, then problem solved.

[Spirit Dancer]

For me it's a recurring dream same time every time i wake at 3:13am
short of breath, i see myself being crushed. Scarey stuff

[jac]

Originally Posted by Spirit Dancer

For me it's a recurring dream same time every time i wake at 3:13am
short of breath, i see myself being crushed. Scarey stuff

Is there more you care to share on this? You certainly don't have to but it is rather interesting: the time, the repetitiveness of the dream itself, the actually loss of breath...

Something that also caught my attention is that you "saw" yourself, so therefore you are not actually experiencing the actual crushing. And do you wake before the unthinkable?

[Ginger]

Last night I dreamed I lost my wallet. Then I found it, and I was hopping around waving it, I was so happy, then someone said, Before you get too happy, you better look inside it and see if there's anything in there, and I did, and it was completely empty, and a part of me was saying, You knew it was empty all along! and another part of me was saying, Look in your back pocket, and there was my credit card, which had been there when the wallet was lost or stolen, which meant, no one had used (misused) it in my name, and I felt such relief.

This is clearly a dream in which I am processing the loss of my relationship, which I'm leaving, and testing my inner resources, which I had all along.

[Spirit Dancer]

Originally Posted by stone4play

Is there more you care to share on this? You certainly don't have to but it is rather interesting: the time, the repetitiveness of the dream itself, the actually loss of breath...

Something that also caught my attention is that you "saw" yourself, so therefore you are not actually experiencing the actual crushing. And do you wake before the unthinkable?

Actually i am watching myself or so it seems, everything about it is surreal.
When i awaken it's right when the crushing starts
i never see what's crushing me, only that it's taking my breath away.
Now i have my own theory as to why but was hoping for insight from others here.

[Glenn]

I think it could be a rare form of sleep paralysis. Somehow your mind became detached from your body in your case, and hurled you pretty quickly back, making your breathing labored which is natural. The main feelings of being crushed, trapped, drowning, and asphyxia are forms of what science calls sleep paralysis. There are many stories and pictures from the past, where folks thought demons or evil spirits were trying to harm them or hijack their bodies by sitting on them. Spirit Dancer, do you also feel the presence of an evil entity or intruder? Try sleeping with a healing blue nightlight or some spiritual tapes.

[tazz]

i Love this thread!! thank you stone4play for starting it!

i seem to always have reoccuring dreams of food (emotionally deprived), water (emotions) and time of day and weather inclusive.

lately, i've been having dreams of someone who is interested in me, i don't know who this person is, but they provide me with basic needs of emotional & physical attention, compassion, and stability.
when i wake up, i start thinking... who is this person? or what is my alter ID telling me??

at times i will have family dreams... i figure this is about my past coming up and how i am coping with reality of the daily nitty gritty??

or am i way off??

any thoughts are greatly appreciated!!

[Spirit Dancer]

Originally Posted by tazz

i Love this thread!! thank you stone4play for starting it!

i seem to always have reoccuring dreams of food (emotionally deprived), water (emotions) and time of day and weather inclusive.

lately, i've been having dreams of someone who is interested in me, i don't know who this person is, but they provide me with basic needs of emotional & physical attention, compassion, and stability.
when i wake up, i start thinking... who is this person? or what is my alter ID telling me??

at times i will have family dreams... i figure this is about my past coming up and how i am coping with reality of the daily nitty gritty??

or am i way off??

any thoughts are greatly appreciated!!

Hi Tazz
In my opinion could it be that you've made progress in your life
and the next path is presenting itself in your dreams.
Allowing you to know you're progressing and are able to move forward.

[jac]

Originally Posted by tazz

i Love this thread!! thank you stone4play for starting it!

i seem to always have reoccuring dreams of food (emotionally deprived), water (emotions) and time of day and weather inclusive.

lately, i've been having dreams of someone who is interested in me, i don't know who this person is, but they provide me with basic needs of emotional & physical attention, compassion, and stability.
when i wake up, i start thinking... who is this person? or what is my alter ID telling me??

at times i will have family dreams... i figure this is about my past coming up and how i am coping with reality of the daily nitty gritty??

or am i way off??

any thoughts are greatly appreciated!!

Glad you like the thread Tazz. Like I said in a previous post, not always are the people in your dreams the focal point. Think of what it is that is happening or what you are feeling, the overall feel of the dream... People/family are often catalysts, a familiar face that makes the meaning/message easier to accept or understand.

The interested person, I kind of have to agree that it could very well be you personified. You don't see the face because should it be you, and you see your face, that is astral travel/out of body experience. Glad to see it's a comforting pleasant experience.

[Ginger]

Originally Posted by tazz

i seem to always have reoccuring dreams of food (emotionally deprived), water (emotions) and time of day and weather inclusive.

lately, i've been having dreams of someone who is interested in me, i don't know who this person is, but they provide me with basic needs of emotional & physical attention, compassion, and stability.
when i wake up, i start thinking... who is this person? or what is my alter ID telling me??

Maybe the person in the dream who is interested in you is the part of yourself that is your resevoir of self-love.

That resevoir is agitated now, perhaps in conflict with the part of yourself that is self-hating.

Or perhaps it has been triggered by something positive that is affirming, something external in your life.

Good I think, whatever it is!

[jac]

Originally Posted by Spirit Dancer

Actually i am watching myself or so it seems, everything about it is surreal.
When i awaken it's right when the crushing starts
i never see what's crushing me, only that it's taking my breath away.
Now i have my own theory as to why but was hoping for insight from others here.

What I'm getting from this is that the weight of the unidentified crushing is something that is burdening you. That it's taking your breath away is leading me to the chakra system and that would be around the lungs, which is the solar plexus. It's where the etheric energy is and that gives energy to the physical body. Emotions are controled in this area, like when you have a gut feeling, so to speak. I take it as an intuitive alarm sounding or "crushing." Something that will startle you. That you have your own theory pretty much is your intuition... some sort of decision you are working on perhaps?

You don't have to share that with us. Just something for you to think over...

[Vivacious1]

This is a cool thread because I often wonder what my dreams mean. I have heard things over time and it seems as if there are alot of ideas that vary. When I do have dreams they usually involve different people in my past that I had struggles with or alot of emotional intensity with. I wake up feeling tense usually. The other dreams I have are usually of physical altercations with me usually using excess force or violence to get them to leave me alone. I really have no idea what that means, seeing that I am not a violent person.... is a little disturbing. What I do notice is that I only dream when I have alot of stress in my life.