s/o Dreams

[MyName]

Do you have recurring themes in your dreams (if you remember them)? Maybe not the same exact dream, but similar situations?

In high school, I would have dreams about my teeth falling out or turning black all the time and I'd wake up with really bad pain in my jaw.

In the last few years, I have a lot of dreams that involve looking for something I lost. I end up retracing my steps over and over (I'm always in random places, like a sports stadium) and never find it. I wake up so frustrated.

The last one I have a lot is being somewhere and being dressed completely inappropriately. I think this one is common though.

[darkling_glory]

I have dreams that I need to take an exam that I didn't study for.

I also have dreams about being Buffy the Vampire Slayer a lot... but I assume those are from watching too many episodes of Buffy before bed.

[Deleted]

I often have dreams in which I'm falling, or I'm in a situation in which I want to scream but when I try I can't make a noise.

[louietunes]

I have two reoccuring dreams. In the first, to go with the theme of being dressed inappropriately, I'm topless. Always topless. There is never an explaination as to why. So in the dream, I usually go around trying to hug or slow dance with people in order to hide my boobs.

The second isn't any less wierd. I'm always late for an important meeting, but before I can go I have to stop off at a really fancy dinner theatre restaurant to say hello or congratulations or happy birthday to a friend. However, once I get to the restaurant I can't seem to leave because someone ropes me into a converstation or I get lost in the basement or a theater performance starts and blocks all of the exits. Oh, and the big, fancy restaurant is always called Taco Bell.

I never claimed to be sane.

[ridethelightning]

I used to have dreams where I was trying to call someone, and couldn't dial the number, or couldn't remember it. I haven't had one of those in quite a while.

When I was a kid, I had the same dream all the time, where someone would try to catch me and put me in a machine that filled those pet Christmas stockings, you know, the mesh ones with pet toys in them? It's hard to explain how scary that one was, because it's ridiculous.

[shorty20]

Jun 15, 2012 9:38:20 GMT -5 @psugrad said:

I'm in a situation in which I want to scream but when I try I can't make a noise.

I do this a lot as well. I'll go to scream in my dream and then I'll actually wake up and I'm trying to scream but nothing is coming out. Thank God, or the hubby would probably have a heart attack!

[OrangePixyStix]

Yes, I had the "waiter's nightmare" reoccuring in my dreams for years, even well after I was done with that type of job! Basically I'd be at the restaurant and other people didn't show up for work so I'd end up with an 8 or 10 table section that kept getting seated with people, there was no help, and I was totally "in the weeds" when you feel overwhelmed. I'd wake up in a sweat bolting out of bed thinking, "How long have those people been sitting there? I need to greet them!" and realize I was at home and not in the middle of a hell shift.

Also, even several years after graduating from college I would have dreams that I didn't get my degree because of some class I signed up for but always would skip, then I forgot about it and got an F so I never could graduate. I have no idea why this one would happen, as I didn't make it a habit to skip classes.

[alabasterangel]

I always dream that I somehow realize I forgot to finish high school. Like, I just stopped going and lived my life and now, 12 years later, I have to go back to take a few classes and hope that I can pass them and graduate at the last minute.

I also dream that I'm going to school with the people from my first grade class, but the high school is in a mall.

[treedimensional]

I've had a recurring dream for many years in which I am trying to cross a super gigantic bridge during a once-in-a-lifetime storm, and the entire structure is swaying and shaking and enormous chunks are falling into the ocean below. Oh, and the bridge is also extremely steep, but it's steepness is invisible, so it becomes harder and harder to move forward the further you progress, and you don't know until you are almost sliding backwards.
Although I keep having this dream, it never gets easier. But I *know* I have to do it- I have to take that bridge even though it scares the crap out of me. Even in my dream, I am aware that it represents my belief that I must move forward and not be paralyzed by my fears.

[glw]

MN- I have dreams about teeth falling out, too. It's supposed to mean fear of embarassment or being unattractive (nice).

A reoccurring theme in my dreams is a series of tree houses connected by rope and plank bridges, so high up that I can't see the ground below, or above the clouds. There's no real point to them, I'm just walking around, checking it out.

[MyName]

Jun 15, 2012 10:12:37 GMT -5 glw said:

MN- I have dreams about teeth falling out, too. It's supposed to mean fear of embarassment or being unattractive (nice).

Ah, that makes sense. I have a very real fear of being embarrassed - I hate that feeling more than anything. Probably because it interferes with my preferred perception of myself, which is that I am perfect. hahaha

[glw]

Jun 15, 2012 10:18:58 GMT -5 MyName said:

Jun 15, 2012 10:12:37 GMT -5 glw said:

MN- I have dreams about teeth falling out, too. It's supposed to mean fear of embarassment or being unattractive (nice).

Ah, that makes sense. I have a very real fear of being embarrassed - I hate that feeling more than anything. Probably because it interferes with my preferred perception of myself, which is that I am perfect. hahaha

LOL-- I am so easily embarassed, about stupid things that I'm sure no one notices. Like, if I get off the elevator on the wrong floor, I will just keep walking, pretending that I am in the right place, rather than turn around and get back on. Even if I'm alone.

[MyName]

Jun 15, 2012 10:30:13 GMT -5 glw said:

Jun 15, 2012 10:18:58 GMT -5 MyName said:

Ah, that makes sense. I have a very real fear of being embarrassed - I hate that feeling more than anything. Probably because it interferes with my preferred perception of myself, which is that I am perfect. hahaha

LOL-- I am so easily embarassed, about stupid things that I'm sure no one notices. Like, if I get off the elevetor on the wrong floor, I will just keep walking, pretending that I am in the right place, rather than turn around and get back on. Even if I'm alone.

YES, exactly! It doesn't help that I turn bright red every time either.

I have also gotten mad at H for "embarrassing me" when we're alone. He always rolls his eyes and apologizes for "embarrassing you in front of...us".

[MissusTexas]

Until I finally moved out at 18, I would have recurring nightmares where my mom was brutally killed- by ants, ax murderers, falling rocks... you name it.

I kind of think I had these dreams because I always thought of my mom as vulnerable and since we were already just scraping by and she had abusive boyfriends I was always afraid of losing her.

[mayflowers22]

I always have dreams about deceased family members. As a kid it would really creep me out.

[lizardesque]

I have dreams about losing my teeth fairly often. Sometimes they start out loose and fall out. Sometimes, the disintegrate in my mouth.
I also have anxiety dreams about an ex-boyfriend. They're always a bit different, but the general theme is that I don't want to see him anymore, but I can't get rid of him.

I also have recurring dreams where I'm in a car with no bakes, and also that I'm running but not getting anywhere.

[lexxasaurus]

Jun 15, 2012 9:44:17 GMT -5 alabasterangel said:

I always dream that I somehow realize I forgot to finish high school. Like, I just stopped going and lived my life and now, 12 years later, I have to go back to take a few classes and hope that I can pass them and graduate at the last minute.quote]

I have a similar dream, only it's that I've already "graduated", but it was a glitch and I have to go back and take all these extra classes to make it official. Weird.

Also the teeth dream. Especially bad on nights I grind my teeth. I always dream they fall out, and when I close my mouth and they touch my teeth just crumble. Yuck. Hate that one.

More often than not my dreams recently revolve around my old drug-of-choice. I usually wake up all sweaty/panicked with my heart racing. I'd like for these ones to stop....

[ILikeSloths]

I dream about the same things all the time and most of them are stressful. I rarely have good dreams any more and don't know why.

I have a snake and vomit phobia. Dreams about these 2 topics the worst ones and they interrupt my sleep. I've seriously been considering therapy because I dream about both at least a couple times per week and wake up very anxious, unable to go back to sleep.

I dream about losing or breaking my teeth sometimes, too. I'm really paranoid about that happening IRL so I know the dreams probably stem from this fear. It's definitely something that would be extremely embarrassing and anxiety inducing for me.

When I was younger, I'd often dream about being in public without my pants on or a bra. Haha.

I occasionally dream about my mom also. She died when I was 9.

Recently I've been having dreams about different scenarios that could happen to my H or me while he's at work. For example, last week I had a dream that I was in a car accident and he was the first one on the scene. I was badly injured and unconscious but could see it from an outsider's perspective. I felt terrible for H.