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Posted on 07/23/2024 9:12:58 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Dreams are absurd and unpredictable. However, while we each have our unique dream experiences, there’s a lot of commonality in what we dream about. Many of us share the same feelings of desire, nostalgia, and stress that are often the root cause of so many dreams — but why do we often get the same dream repeatedly? Here are the most common recurring dreams and what they might mean.
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More than 50% of people experience these unpleasant dreams. Being chased in a dream may mean you’re avoiding something important in real life, or that you’re refusing to accept something you disagree with. If you’re the one doing the chasing, it may mean you feel like you’re falling behind in life and need to catch up.
Being transported back to school just in time for an exam you’re unprepared for is a common recurring dream. This situation usually represents real-life deadlines, which manifest as exams in the dream world. If you feel anxious about a work project or an upcoming major life event, that sense of unpreparedness can creep into your dreams.
Falling is one of the most common recurring dreams. It often indicates a deep sensation of helplessness. If you feel powerless at your job or like you’re losing control of your personal life, you’re more likely to experience a dream where you’re falling. If the falling is accidental — such as tripping off a cliff — then that may relate to a lack of stability and security.
I’ve had similar feelings - waking up and hoping I can fall back a asleep quick enough to to go back into the same dream.
Where we differ widely is I’ve been to the city in my dreams before... often different parts of the city and into different buildings. What wakes me up is my ‘watcher- (I have a really strong sub-conscience’) - the part of me that decides what’s real and what’s not - and in the dream that part of me says, ‘this is too beautiful to be real’ - and I wake up.
I have guns in dreams too but they always fall apart or fail to fire at critical time.
My mom dreamed in black and white. The only reason I know this is because I told her about one of my dreams when I was a little kid, around 4. She didn’t know some people dream in color until I mentioned my dream.
In it, I had a purple elephant, and he would put his head on the ground and let me climb on him, and onto his back. Then he would carry me across the lake, go have adventures, and then he would bring me back home. He protected me and let me hide from things I didn’t like. Then we said goodbye, and he went back across the lake. I had a vivid imagination. Adults often called me precocious. I never knew what that meant until I got a bit older and knew how to look words up in the dictionary.
To my knowledge, I have always dreamed in color, never black and white, even though we didn’t get a color tv until the late 60’s. Actually that was my grandparents’ tv. It was a gift for their 50th anniversary. First time I had seen color tv.
As a black and white dreamer I must say I am jealous of techicolor dreamers. Around 12 percent of people dream in black and white.
When I remember a dream, it’s usually bizzaro and contains none of the examples in the article. Sometimes a very vivid dream I can remember soon leaves my memory and I’ve forgotten it completely. I don’t think I dream much, but maybe I do and just don’t recall.
Just wow!
That’s so funny. I disliked cartoons as a child but liked the “real people” ones. That would be The Flintstones and The Jetsons.
I remember a particular dream where I was holding a gun.
I was standing on a tree platform. The platform was scattered with dozens of various cartridges and I was frantically searching through them, trying to find some for my single-shot rifle. I was getting desperate because none of them were the correct caliber and huge snakes were beginning to climb onto the platform.
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