Dreams

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I think dreams are like books or movies.

Some are meant to open doors to sides of yourself. Some help you through rough patches. Some are cathartic simply because they make you laugh or cry.

And some are action flicks which are there to give you an adrenaline rush. Some are romances full of longing and fulfillment. Some are stupid comedies filled with slapstick. And some are just straight-up porno.

I think dreams do mean something, and we need that something, no matter the subject matter, much like the way we need books and music and movies. Entertainment helps us work out stuff within ourselves.

What gets me is the seeming randomness of it. I hate when people have dreams in movies filled with super-obvious analogies.

I have sexual dreams about people that aren't even on my mind. And the people that are on my mind are almost never in my dreams.

These days, I mostly dream about competitions of one sort or another, races of all kinds, treasure hunts and creative contests. There's a lot of rushing around. I don't remember them too well.

[blueerica]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I have sexual dreams about people that aren't even on my mind. And the people that are on my mind are almost never in my dreams.

I once read that sexual dreams, are really about becoming closer to something or someone... That the person the encounter is with, perhaps you have a desire to get to know better; or if the person (or whatever -- we're not getting into that, at least not yet) represents a concept.. such as power, or weakness.. it can be about the desire to obtain, or to lose. The idea of a power position in a dream's sexual encounter can be quite telling, as well. Conquering, submitting, and other matters of control.. All kinds of shiz..

Mostly, I think dreams, in one form or another, are about your brain working out something, whether it's a problem, filling a void, or pure entertainment. I do believe that the cryptic messages within a dream can be interpreted, and either therapeutic or lesson-teaching, but I don't think there's always one answer.

The only thing I've found true of dreams of mine that I've interpreted or that have been interpreted by others, is when they feel true enough to sting a little, for good or bad, that's the right one. The one that just can't be shaken. Those are the ones that are the most truthful, to me.

[Claire]

I had a sex dream after meeting the guy who played Dwayne Wayne on A Different World--he's very flirty in person, but I wasn't attracted to him. Til after the dream. And I had one about Kevin Kline after watching Consenting Adults. Those were my first two memorable sex dreams.....I was 18!!! You'd think I would have had a memorable one earlier......but none.

I haven't had any interesting dreams lately...nothing fun or entertaining or sexy.

When I dream, it's usually my to-do list. I've taken to keeping a notebook next to the bed, so when I have a nocturnal brainfart related to the auction from hell, I can just roll over, write it down and hopefully get some actual sleep afterward.

[blueerica]

Originally Posted by Claire

I haven't had any interesting dreams lately...nothing fun or entertaining or sexy.

Maybe you will after that gay-o-meter test!

Yes, now I'm chasing you!

[Claire]

Fast forward to tomorrow morning:

Dear Diary,

Last night I had the strangest dream. This girl.....I'll call her Erica....brought me flowers. She had a martini in one hand and insisted we go back to her house near the airport to play doctor. She was wearing leather pants and announced as soon as I got into her well-oiled car (no Oil Can Henry service sticker for Erica) that she had recently shaved her pubic hair so that I could see her tattoo. As we walked up to her house, a women came out of the bushes and they got into a physical fight right there in public. Then the three of us made out and got our heads shaved while we watched lesbian porn.

Claire

[blueerica]

Originally Posted by Claire

Fast forward to tomorrow morning:

Dear Diary,

Last night I had the strangest dream. This girl.....I'll call her Erica....brought me flowers. She had a martini in one hand and insisted we go back to her house near the airport to play doctor. She was wearing leather pants and announced as soon as I got into her well-oiled car (no Oil Can Henry service sticker for Erica) that she had recently shaved her pubic hair so that I could see her tattoo. As we walked up to her house, a women came out of the bushes and they got into a physical fight right there in public. Then the three of us made out and got our heads shaved while we watched lesbian porn.

Claire

HAHAHA!!

OK, you've made my night, Claire!! Teeheehee....

Anyhow, I'm starting to fade fast..

Thanks for being my chase tonight...

-erica

[Mousey Girl]

I dream about work. They are not pleasant dreams.

[€uroMeinke]

Here's my take, Dreams can be a number of things. I think Freud was onto something looking at dreams of wish fullfillmet and represed sexuality - but I think those might have also been the product of his victorian times. When it comes to dreams, I lean on the Jung side.

What I find most fascinating about dreams is they are almost exclusively created internally, so we have the subconscious taking our various, experiences, thoughts, and fantasies, and weave them into something new. The whole thing is completely creative, seldom without any ego intervention.

Because dreams are created internally, I think they almost always give insights into the workings of the subconscious. Of course these insights can be both profound as well as mundane. Still I find viewing a dream as one would a work of art, where you ask yourself just what was the artist intending to do will usually spark a bit of curious introspection.

I'm also fascinated by the aboriginal cultures that view dreams as a seperate reality, where they will give each other advice on what they must do the next time they meet some difficulty in the dream world. I have found that when I start paying more attention to my dreams I am able to expert more conscious controle within my dreams, so I think they may be onto something as well.

But most of all I love the creativity of dreams, the situations that surprise you, the unlikey people thrown together, world that defy physics. I think that stuff is all pretty cool.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I had a friend that was way into "lucid dreaming". He claimed that through his practice, he had reached a point where he was aware when he was dreaming, and he had almost complete control of the dream world. He'd think "wait a minute, this is a dream. I want to fly" and up he'd go. He could make anything happen. Something makes me think it's not what it sounds like, but anyway.

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I had a friend that was way into "lucid dreaming". He claimed that through his practice, he had reached a point where he was aware when he was dreaming, and he had almost complete control of the dream world. He'd think "wait a minute, this is a dream. I want to fly" and up he'd go. He could make anything happen. Something makes me think it's not what it sounds like, but anyway.

I have at times been able to do this. I recall one dream in which there was a tidalwave, which I stopped as it crested above my head realizing it was a dream, and walked away from it. It's kind of like being Neo at the end of the Matrix.