The Wonderful World of Sleep & Dreams

I often dream about my late mum dad and brother. I dream that we are living in our old house When I wake in the morning I feel as though I have really been with them all night, such a lovely feeling then reality sinks in and I realise I will never see them again. I feel very sad for the rest of the day.

Chestnut

I often dream about places I knew as a child, or homes I lived in, but they have usually changed in some way. In fact buildings feature more than anything else in my dreams. At one time I used to dream about spooky houses and even though they looked scary I sometimes went inside and was perfectly calm and not frightened at all.

Very similar to my dreams.
I create so many buildings and streets in dreams, think I should have been an architect.😄
One recurring dream is that I’m walking down a dark long street, the houses are deserted and dilapidated and menacing.
I even go ‘uh oh!’ This dream again, so recognise it’s dreaming, but still scary.
I also own very large houses in dreams with masses of rooms, but they always feel menacing too.

Whitewavemark2

Which given the general state of everything in the world could be correct. But it seems a bit simplistic?

But sometimes maybe we look into things far deeper than we need to? There's a lot to try to get our heads around at the moment and affects some way more than others. Myself included. But I'd still rather not be chased or troubled by spaceships firing rockets at me!

SeaWoozle

Whitewavemark2

This is the closest thing I could find, which didn't include aliens, being abducted or actually being in a spaceship. Quite interesting, all the same...

So far I’ve read that the alien spaceships may be a metaphor for what I find alien and difficult to assimilate in my life.

Which given the general state of everything in the world could be correct. But it seems a bit simplistic?

AGAA4

My daughter keeps having a dream about being chased down a dark street by a giant walrus.
I had a dream a few night ago about shouting at someone but don't know who or why.

My daughter keeps having a dream about being chased down a dark street by a giant walrus

Blimey.... Where did that come from?! Scary, unless it's wearing silly glasses!

My daughter keeps having a dream about being chased down a dark street by a giant walrus.
I had a dream a few night ago about shouting at someone but don't know who or why.

I don’t mind the being chased dream as long as I’m not naked!!

MissAdventure

Juliet27

Moving to new homes, which are full of different shaped rooms and cubby holes

I get that one too MissAdventure

I quite enjoy those dreams, but I've always thought they must have some deep rooted meaning.

In my case MissAdventure I think it’s a need to escape from same old, same old.

Whitewavemark2

This is the closest thing I could find, which didn't include aliens, being abducted or actually being in a spaceship. Quite interesting, all the same...

Cossy

I think dreams are really interesting and have often toyed with the idea of keeping a notepad and pencil by my bed as I forget most dreams, bar the recurring ones, by the time I’m out of bed for my wee!

I have several books of my dreams which I wrote down as a teenager. I had codes for different "parts" and whether, when they changed scenarios, they were just carrying on or were different dreams all together. I also made notes at the back as to whether there might be a reason for me dreaming of a particular thing....

I had fabulous dreams when I wore a strong 24 hour nicotine patch.

They were psychedelic, almost.

I think dreams are really interesting and have often toyed with the idea of keeping a notepad and pencil by my bed as I forget most dreams, bar the recurring ones, by the time I’m out of bed for my wee!

I have a recurring dream that I am lost in Addenbrooke’s Hospital trying to get to the main concourse in the underground pathways and going round and round. I worked in that hospital for many years many years ago!!

I have very vivid dreams about lots of different things and often very confusing.

I used to have a horrible dream about being in a house fire and trapped. I often have the “falling” dream and also often have a dream where I’m being chased and I go to shout for help but even though I’m shouting very loudly in my dreams nothing comes out (however often my husband wakes me as I’m bellowing out very loudly in my sleep!)

I often talk in my sleep too and as a child sleptwalked regularly!

Juliet27

^Moving to new homes, which are full of different shaped rooms and cubby holes^

I get that one too MissAdventure

I quite enjoy those dreams, but I've always thought they must have some deep rooted meaning.

SeaWoozle

Whitewavemark2

All goes quiet and then at cloud level huge alien craft fly overhead firing at the ground (think those films)

I have these too and like yourself I'm yet to work out what they mean. I never get taken away by any of them or see aliens, but it's usually like something from War of the Worlds.

Yes! Right - they must be symbols for something.

Need to do some research

Urmstongran

In my previous job I was a chef in a hospice and I've had several dreams since I left where, I'm dillying about then suddenly realise it's fifteen minutes before service, I haven't even started and when I go to use the oven/hob etc, it's broken, the wiring is hanging out and is totally unusable.

🤣 or maybe 😩 LauraN

I have a recurring anxiety dream. They all take the form of having to dish up food to (various) folk and worrying because I know I don’t have enough food to go round. In some dreams I’m taking a bit of food from several plates to put on another to feed someone. It’s always very stressful to me and I’m glad to wake up.

Moving to new homes, which are full of different shaped rooms and cubby holes

I get that one too MissAdventure

I eat liquorice before bed and dream about all sorts.

Whitewavemark2

All goes quiet and then at cloud level huge alien craft fly overhead firing at the ground (think those films)

I have these too and like yourself I'm yet to work out what they mean. I never get taken away by any of them or see aliens, but it's usually like something from War of the Worlds.

Juliet27

I don’t often seem to dream and my Fitbit REM results seem to confirm that apart from the amount shown when I had the dream I’ve mentioned.
Anyone else take note of such Fitbit results?

There are many articles about how notoriously bad fitbits are about monitoring sleep.

I have two recurring dreams - one I can explain, the other I have yet to workout.

The first - I am in a large house and walking through it when i become aware of an utterly dreadful evil presence in a room or around the corner. I always woke at that point. Eventually I realised that the evil was the recurrence of cancer from which I am a recoverer, and the house was either my life or body. Since I worked out the dream, I can’t remember that I’ve had it since.

The second and one I haven’t yet worked it out is that I am in the garden in which I lived as a child, with my family of all the generations both living and dead. Suddenly all sorts of RAF planes begin to fly overhead all flying north, this includes fighters, massive troop carriers, helicopters etc. All goes quiet and then at cloud level huge alien craft fly overhead firing at the ground (think those films) . I then wake up, which annoys me as I want to see what happens.

Any ideas anyone?

I dream quite a bit but most of the time I do not remember them by the time I have got dressed. After I had my operation in January I have dreamt about mam and dad. On one occasion my mam had hold of my ankles and she was pulling me off the bed. Dad was over the other side of the bed and I shouted that I wasn’t ready to go with them yet! Then I woke up and my leg was indeed hanging out of the bed on the left hand side. Another time just after the operation I dreamt that someone was wrapping me in barbed wire and I was screaming but nobody was coming to help me. They just walked past and didnt look.
I used (years ago) to have a recurring dream that my daughter was hurrying ahead of me and turned the bottom of the street. I was running after her and screaming but she kept on walking. By the time I got to the bottom of the street and turned the corner she was at the top of the next street. All back to back houses. Today I am still estranged from her after quite a few years. I often wonder if this dream was something telling me of the future. She won’t have anything to do with me and yet I cannot fathom out what I have done wrong in the past. Dreams are fascinating.