Dream Interpretation

[Seeking_Nirvana]

I find interpreting my dreams as well as other people's dreams to be a hobby. I also feel it has healing potential for people with PTSD.

I used to have tons of nightmares and once I started dream work and understanding what my dreams meant, I quit having as many nightmares. In addition, even the strange/odd dreams started disappearing.

If anyone has a dream that they would like to have interpreted you can post it. If you feel it is to personal you can PM me.

Disclaimer: Dream reading is not fortune telling and I am not a licensed therapist. I've been reading dreams for 3 years and have done extensive research into the human psyche with respect to dreams. It is not an exact science, but the symbols in dreams give clues into what our subconscious mind is trying to tell us.

It is just a hobby, with potential healing. Give it a try and see what you think.

Tammy

P.S. I will post one of my dreams with an interpretation in order to see how it works.

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Dream 10-28-07

I am living close by the ocean in a house that is built on stilts. The house is very high off of the ground incase the ocean comes past the shore-line. I head out to the ocean shore and I am lying on a towel in the sand with some guy who I seem to like. As we look out at the ocean waves it looks very pretty and peaceful.


I walk back to my house and see how tall my house is and there are a lot of steps leading up to the door. I look around and see there are 3 other houses just like mine.

Then I look out toward the ocean and the water is dirty.

Then I walk out toward the shore and the ocean is now bloody and I feel confused.

Inerpretation:

Houses represent our psyche and I have made sure my mind is equipped for disaster (house on stilts). The steps that reach the house are high, but nothing in life comes easily.

I enjoy the beauty of peace, and I feel grounded and at ease with myself (The guy is an aspect of myself). However, time is always changing and nothing ever stays the same, which indicates the water is dirty now.

I realize that life is not always peaceful, so now my view/outlook of the situation is changing into negative thinking.

The bloody water indicates thoughts of confusion about past hurts/fears/traumas and I walk toward it in confusion.

I see 3 other houses like my own, and these represent aspects of myself. One is clear and stable with love and peace (clear water), the other is full of negative thoughts (dirty water), and the third is past, present and future thoughts about healing (bloody water). I walk toward the confusion in blind faith in order to deal with my issues.

Tammy

[veiled]

LOL... Knock yourself out. Last night one of my segments were a funky cat and my cat were high and joy riding in my car. I think a meer cat was the funky one. Yes, they were driving.

[hodge]

Haha, sorry to interject, but . . . like Toonces?? Sorry, I just watched Saturday Night Live:)

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Hi Veiled, If this were my dream I would think that I have been allowing myself to 'feel' free, and letting my genuine emotions guide/direct my behaviors and moods recently.

Most dreams have the content of what has been happening in the last 24 to 48 hours prior to having them.

Peace
Tammy

[Awakening]

OK Tammy, I've got a shocker of a dream for you!

I have a heap of dreams, and mostly I can figure it out. Sometimes I share with my therapist & we figure it out together.

But this one is gross *warning warning warning!!!*

I dreamt there were rows of unflushed toilets (that's the nicest way of putting it). I didn't want to use any of the toilets because they were so gross.

There were all these chest of draws, someone suggested I pee in there, but I said it's too small & awkard.

In the end someone got some chocolate. Asked me to paint chocolate over the chocolate and that I had to aim my pee on one chocolate square.

I woke up. Surprisingly I didn't need to go to the toilet (which sometimes happens when you have toilet dreams).

Weird huh!?!!

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Hi Awakening, most dreams seem weird to the dreamer, but I haven't read a dream thats shocked me yet. I read dreams as if they were my own, so that it doesn't seem like I'm pointing the finger or judging the dreamer.

As a general rule toilets/pee/poop represents ridding ourselves of waste and toxins. In this case it appears I'm trying to rid myself of quit a few habits/addictions, but I'm unable to completely let go of them as of yet. (unflushed toilet)

As I continue to try and rid myself of these addictions/habits, I feel the need to piss on some of them (aggravated) or hide them? I realize neither of these tactics will work.

Most likely one of my addictions is to chocolate, and this is one of the things I'm trying to get over. I try to paint (cover up) my addiction so know one else will know about it, but unfortunately I cover the addiction up with more addictive behaviors, and that is why the toilets haven't been flushed yet. Trying to urinate is another way of trying to rid myself of an addiction or habit, but I haven't accomplished this yet.

*However, chocolate may be a symbol of another addiction here? This isn't a weird dream, it's a positive dream, at least your aware, and trying to rid yourself of it.

Side Note: A few ingredients in chocolate has a psychological affect on the body, and is linked to serotonin in the brain. There are a lof of people addicted to chocolate and I happen to be one of them. I dream about chocolate and sugar all of the time. About two months ago I dreamed that I tried to drown my brother for taking a candy bar away from me LOL.

Peace
Tammy

[Seeking_Nirvana]

I've never seen that cat. I had to google it to find out what you were talking about :-)

It's true that most people dream about some of what they see on television.

Peace
Tammy

Haha, sorry to interject, but . . . like Toonces?? Sorry, I just watched Saturday Night Live:)

[hodge]

I'm sorry I interrupted this serious thread with a dopey comment, Tammy and Veiled. I think Toonces is one of the funnier regular skits on SNL in recent years. I'm feeling a bit loopy due to medication changes and just couldn't resist noting the comparison at the moment. Doh.

[Seeking_Nirvana]

That's OK, this isn't that serious. I'm just doing what I like to do, and if anyone wants to make a comment that is fine with me. Comments and feedback is a good thing :-)

I'm sorry I interrupted this serious thread with a dopey comment, Tammy and Veiled. I think Toonces is one of the funnier regular skits on SNL in recent years. I'm feeling a bit loopy due to medication changes and just couldn't resist noting the comparison at the moment. Doh.

[Awakening]

Thanks Tammy, that's fantastic!

If you look back on my last couple of posts (in PTSD & Trauma Diaries) you will see I've been worried about my alcohol dependancy.

Pleased to say that I've cut the alcohol the last 2 days and instead been having - hot chocolate or tim tams (chocolate biscuit) or chocolate itself.

You are a genius! And here I was thinking my dream must mean that I'm full of sh*t !!!! :-)

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Wow, you really thought you were full of shit, or are you joking? Dreams are rarely literal. I will check out your posts and that might give me further insight into the dream as well. If I see anything in your posts that relate to your dream I will let you know.

Peace
Tammy

Thanks Tammy, that's fantastic!

If you look back on my last couple of posts (in PTSD & Trauma Diaries) you will see I've been worried about my alcohol dependancy.

Pleased to say that I've cut the alcohol the last 2 days and instead been having - hot chocolate or tim tams (chocolate biscuit) or chocolate itself.

You are a genius! And here I was thinking my dream must mean that I'm full of sh*t !!!! :-)

[veiled]

Hodge please don't apologize to me. I was being silly too... Was an actual dream but I was being silly posting it. Suck if everything in life was serious.

[hodge]

Okay, thanks Veiled. I really am feeling like a space cadet often these days and figure it's better to be safe than sorry ;)

[vera]

here's one:

i went into my room (not my actual room but the one i shared with my sisters in my parents' house) and found pigeons on my bed. i knew they were ill and hungry, so i started looking for something to feed them, and all i could think of was their own legs.
so i tore their legs off and started trying to feed them to them. they didn't want them... they were shrieking and twitching in pain.

that's when i realized what i had done. i had mutilated the pigeons. i didn't know what to do, and i was very ashamed. so i put the pigeons in a glass jar where i couldn't hear them and they would suffocate & die (i figured they better died... since they no longer had legs and they were suffering).

thank you!

V.

[cactus_jack]

What I would give to have my dream dreams. Dreams I dream of dreaming. Instead of horror, nightmares, & terror.

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Hi Vera, I'm glad some one is wanting to try this. It helped me so much in my recovery. It takes a lot of looking into, but eventually when we "get it" things about ourselves start of unravel and we shed light on things we had no idea were going on. (For me anyway)

If this were my dream I'm remembering times of when I was younger and in my parent's care. They made me feel like I was a pigeon when I needed something.

The pigeons represent myself feeling hungry and ill. I need to find something to heal myself so I use my legs because my parents wouldn't give me the love and nourishment I needed.

Loosing my legs represents loosing freedom to walk away from this situation (I was only a child so it may be that I wanted to leave but something was stopping me? My guess is I stopped myself because I felt I couldn't survive if I left?). After I loose my personal freedom I start to feel pain all over.

I put myself in a glass jar so I can see myself suffer over something I feel ashamed of. I feel it's my fault, but it isn't. I did what I thought was in the best interest of myself at the time.

I keep this suffering bottled up. I need to free this pain and shame within myself because it makes me feel as if I want to die. I also feel I am useless without my freedom and I feel I am unable to walk away from this issue.

Hope this was helpful. If it doesn't sound right just let me know and I will look at it again.

Peace
Tammy

here's one:

i went into my room (not my actual room but the one i shared with my sisters in my parents' house) and found pigeons on my bed. i knew they were ill and hungry, so i started looking for something to feed them, and all i could think of was their own legs.
so i tore their legs off and started trying to feed them to them. they didn't want them... they were shrieking and twitching in pain.

that's when i realized what i had done. i had mutilated the pigeons. i didn't know what to do, and i was very ashamed. so i put the pigeons in a glass jar where i couldn't hear them and they would suffocate & die (i figured they better died... since they no longer had legs and they were suffering).

thank you!

V.

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Cactus, It's a possibility you can lessen the nightmares and start having decent dreams if you work on them. It worked for me, but I can't say it would work for everyone because everyone's circumstances are different. I read that Carl Jung was successful in helping Vietnam Vets lessen their nightmares through dream work.

I hope you have peace in your dreams
Tammy


What I would give to have my dream dreams. Dreams I dream of dreaming. Instead of horror, nightmares, & terror.

[vera]

answered more deeply on PM, just wanted to thank you again =)

[Grama-Herc]

This is gonna be so cool. I have always wondered what some of my more bizzare dreams meant. Now, WHEN I remember them I can find out. There is one question I have now. What does it mean when you wake up and are completely panicked and terrified but have no idea why. I mean REALLY TERRIFIED HERC

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Hi Herc, I have been wondering that for a very long time myself, because it happens to me too. I haven't found the answer yet, but I am still reading books on sleep disorders and trauma.

It's understandable when we have a nightmare and wake up feeling like that, but when there is no nightmare or dream to associate that feeling to, it gets very frustrating and scary.

My best educated guess is that when we sleep our bodies and minds are not on guard, like when we are awake and alert. The trauma is imbedded in our minds and body, and just pops up out of the blue while we are sleeping and we have no state of awareness to block it or understand it. Therefore, we wake in a state of shock and fear.

When that feeling of trauma surfaces while awake we are aware and on guard and think; "OK I know this feeling and it is related to my trauma" and then deal with it before it gets us to a state of "fight or flight".

When I'm able to find some information that can prove this theory, or find a definite or scientific answer, I will share it with you.

Peace
Tammy

[Seeking_Nirvana]

My son's school is not going to let my son graduate. (Which almost happened IRL last year) I pick up the phone to call the school to talk to the administrator or his coach to explain why he hasn't been coming to school on time ( His father has come into his life and it is causing him to react in a negative way).

When I try to dial out to call the school my phone won't let me call out until I confirm the order of fish that I apparently ordered? I hung up the phone because I don't want the fish (don't remember ordering any fish). I pick up the phone and I try to call the school again, and I had to order the fish or I wouldn't be able to get through to the school.

(the vision I seen about the fish is that Salmon travel in groups during certain seasons and their color causes the water to look like a dark substance is in the water) I seen this on the discovery channel awhile back). PUN: school of fish

I end up talking to the secretary of the school. I think I may have been nasty some how because she must have ended the phone conversation? I realize the only way to get through to the administrator is to go directly to the school. I go outside and the school is at the end of my drive way.

As I try to go toward the school the secretary is leaving and locks the door behind her. The administrator and coach is gone for the day. I try to talk to the secretary and she runs to her car. She is done talking with me and I get the impression I upset her.

My best friend takes me to look for my son in her car and we can't find him in several places we go look. My best friend takes me to a park and I see my son there playing Basket Ball. I tell him to come with me so we can straighten out the diploma issue.

Next thing I know there is a cop or security person at the driver side window of the car asking my best friend for some ID. She has a hand-full of different types of ID's and they fall out of her hand. He takes one and she follows him to his vehicle to sort out the issue?

Now my son is in his car behind my best friend's car, and I'm in the driver seat. I look behind me and my son waves me to go forward and to leave my best friend behind. There seems to be some sort of problem and the guy doesn't seem like he is a real security guard?

I take off driving and my son is behind me. Then I realize I shouldn't have left her there, and I was selfish. I do a 360 in her car and head back to pick her up.

[Seeking_Nirvana]

My son's school is not going to let my son graduate. (Which almost happened IRL last year) I pick up the phone to call the school to talk to the administrator or his coach to explain why he hasn't been coming to school on time ( His father has come into his life and it is causing him to react in a negative way).

His father is dead and the way his father has come into his life is my perception of the fact he acts exactly like his dad.

When I try to dial out to call the school my phone won't let me call out until I confirm the order of fish that I apparently ordered? I hung up the phone because I don't want the fish (don't remember ordering any fish). I pick up the phone and I try to call the school again, and I had to order the fish or I wouldn't be able to get through to the school.

I have to do what my son wants in order to communicate (phone) with him. It is always on his terms or no way at all. I deal with things I don't want just to communicate.

(the vision I seen in the dream about the fish is that Salmon travel in groups during certain seasons and their color causes the water to look like a dark substance is in the water) I seen this on the discovery channel awhile back). PUN: school of fish

I end up talking to the secretary of the school. I think I may have been nasty some how because she must have ended the phone conversation? I realize the only way to get through to the administrator is to go directly to the school. I go outside and the school is at the end of my drive way.

I'm my son's secretary and he speaks disrespectfully to me. He ends the conversations when he doesn't want to hear what I have to say. I have to follow him to his room to speak to him. I need to learn how to get through to him and the school is right outside my door.

As I try to go toward the school the secretary is leaving and locks the door behind her. The administrator and coach is gone for the day. I try to talk to the secretary and she runs to her car. She is done talking with me and I get the impression I upset her.

I'm the secretary, administrator and coach and there is nothing more I can do to fix the problem with my son and his/out issues. The door has been locked!

My best friend takes me to look for my son in her car and we can't find him in several places we go look. My best friend takes me to a park and I see my son there playing Basket Ball. I tell him to come with me so we can straighten out the diploma issue.

My son is out having a good time while I'm always trying to clean up his messes. I have enabled him for so long, but still try to get him to help me solve his problems.

Next thing I know there is a cop or security person at the driver side window of the car asking my best friend for some ID. She has a hand-full of different types of ID's and they fall out of her hand. He takes one and she follows him to his vehicle to sort out the issue?

My best friend is an aspect of my personality. I have a hand full of ID's which means I have been too many people to my son and not consistent in being a mother. I have been his friend, confidant, secretary, equal, mother, asked him for his advice on issues that he shouldn't have been involved with. I have given him so many different messages as to who I am, he doesn't respect me because he doesn't know who I am from one day to the next.

Now my son is in his car behind my best friend's car, and I'm in the driver seat. I look behind me and my son waves me to go forward and to leave my best friend behind. There seems to be some sort of problem and the guy doesn't seem like he is a real security guard?

I leave myself behind because my son is impatient. I abandon myself and the things I need and want because he is spoiled and I learned to listen to him instead of learning to take charge of him (RE: School and learning)

I take off driving and my son is behind me. Then I realize I shouldn't have left her there, and I was selfish. I do a 360 in her car and head back to pick her up.

Finally, I realize that I have got to quit abandoning myself and being his secretary by doing everything he wants at my expense. He is draining me mentally and monetarily. I go back and get myself and I do a 360 meaning that I am in charge now. I pick myself up so I stopped abandoning myself to his ways. I have graduated into being a mother of tough love. He will have to live on instinct like the fish traveling down the river because he is on his own.

End of Dream
A week after this dream I kicked him out of my house.

Tammy

[Awakening]

Another dream of mine

I'm walking through an old mansion where a colleague is living. It's a beautiful old home with some really intricate designs, and I appreciate the value of some of the pieces of the work such as high ceilings, gold & marble fittings etc. My colleague introduces me to her cat who doesn't like the suit he is wearing. He talks back to my colleague saying he would prefer to wear something with a bit of blue in his clothing to bring out his eyes.

I wander around seeing different people in different rooms. On the verandah is an ex-boyfriend of an old friend who I no longer see. We chat for awhile about what I cannot remember. (However the ex-boyfriend was an ex-crim and at the time of my assault I did ask him for a gun, so I could threaten my accuser, I'd forgotten about this until the dream).

I suddenly find a room I didn't notice previously. As I open it, I see the room appears empty, it's an old room with an oldfashioned fireplace but there is no evidence of fire. Just as I'm about to step into it someone slams the door on me. I can't believe there is someone in there, I thought it was empty. I try repeatedly to get in, but the more I push the door open, the more this person pushes back and will not let me in. I suddenly become scared realising I can't see anyone, only feel their force and that perhaps there is a ghost in this house.

I wake up.

[Seeking_Nirvana]

This is going to be a tough dream to explain because there is a cat in it. I don’t like cat dreams for two reasons. 1) They are complicated to explain, and 2) I’m allergic to them LOL

Houses represent our psyche. Even though this mansion does not belong to you in this dream it is about you. Some days we may dream about an old shack, and that is how we are feeling about ourselves at that point, but when we dream of mansions that is a good inner feeling for the time being. With every day our moods change, but some time in the past 24 to 48 hours you realized how striking and beautiful you are.

Cats represent our feminine traits. Every person whether it is man or woman has feminine and masculine traits. Of course, men have mostly masculine and woman have feminine.

If this were my dream I realize I am complex with elegance, beauty and characteristics that make me uniquely designed. I appreciate this about myself and I realize I’m worth more than I think.

The high ceilings represent that I’m feeling above my emotional ups and downs. The gold is the splendor that is found in every person including myself. The marble is stable and I have this quality within me as well.

I see a cat that is an aspect of my femininity but it is wearing a suit, which is what men generally wear. This poses a problem because as a female I feel uneasy when I display characteristics of masculinity. I suspect that I must have been thinking irrationally instead of emotionally about an issue or myself. (gun)

As I wander around I see different people in different rooms. These rooms and people are aspects of myself that I’m not aware of yet.

The veranda is a closed part of myself that I don’t want anyone one to acknowledge. There is and ex criminal that resides there. I seek this part of myself out because I secretly would like to get a gun and threaten my attacker (even though I wouldn’t actually do it, the thought has crossed my mind)

I find another room (memory) that has an old fashioned (old angry thought) fireplace. Fires generally represent anger, but the fire is not present, so I have released a lot of my anger. I try to get into this room but some one won’t let me in. That some one is myself, because I know if I enter this room I will light the fire and the anger will consume me again, and the topic with regard to the gun will become a problem I’ve been trying to get over.

I thought the room was empty and it was for a while, but something has triggered a memory that makes me think of getting even with my attacker.

This scares me because I feel there is a ghost =ex-con, anger, and my better judgment is working to protect me against this ex-con aspect of myself. I realize I shouldn’t release him from that veranda I am holding him hostage in until I fully accept that I over my anger and I am not a victim, but a survivor.


Take what fits and toss the rest. If you have any questions feel free to ask and I will try to explain.
In my opinion It looks like you have done a lot of healing. Keep up the good work

Peace
Tammy

[cookie]

ok, are recurring dreams the same to interpret as one-timers?
i have 3 that are recurring. they seem identical every time. this one is the longest running, but the least scarey. had it first after my oldest was born, and am now having it again, slightly different.(20 yrs later, lol)

i am in a wide hallway, running--dragging a child by the hand with me. i keep getting mad at myself for not just picking her up instead, but on i drag her. she is litlle and wearing a yellow dress. its concrete walls and floor, and there are lots of doors, yellow doors. there is a wall of water, like a tidal wave,(i know, not in a building) coming behind us, and i am barely able to outrun it. i keep trying doors, but they are all locked. finally one opens, and inside are people i know(but don't remember who they are know) we try to talk to them, but it's like we are invisible, and then we are in the hall again, at the end. stairs to the left, a huge window in front. trying to decide which would be less painful. through the window or down the stairs. the water washes over us and i wake up. i reckon we died, hmm?

[Seeking_Nirvana]

They are pretty much the same. The difference between recurring dreams and one timers is that recurring dreams are problems in your waking life that won't go away until you solve the problem, or acknowledge what the problem is. Once we figure this dream out it will change. Then when you solve the problem it will stop (or at least lessen the amount of times you have it).

I have a few questions. How old was your oldest child when you first had this dream? What do you mean by the least painful - "through the window or down stairs". Do you have to jump out the window or down the stairs, or just feel it would be painful to leave through a window or down the stairs because the water was coming?

Sorry, I just need to make sure I understand what is going on before I figure it out. It's best to give as much detail and emotion as you can remember.

Tammy

[cookie]

hey tammy. sorry to leave it confusing. i was thinking of the little girl--the water had us, and we were going to go through the window by the force of it. i was just thinking if it would be better to get in front of the stairs and be swept into a concrete stairwell would be any better. pretty sure the water got there before i could move.

i first had the dream right after dan was born, off and on til he was 5 or 6. i thought God was telling me i was going to be a bad mother.
started dreaming it again, only this time i could see the child clearly, about 2 yrs ago when a trip home triggered all this mess. i doesn't frighten me too much any more, just have to walk around for a little while, and back to bed.

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Hi cookie,
I forgot to ask how old the child is that you were dragging around, but it is my opinion that child is you.

If you think back to the dream try to figure out about how old the child is and then think back to your own childhood. See if you can remember something significant that happened at that age. So if the child you are dragging is 5,6,7,8 etc years old, see if you can think back that far into your childhood. There should be something significant that caused you some pain at that age in your life that resembles the age of the child you are dragging.

What ever happened at that age is what needs to be dealt with. Your dragging this memory around with you to this day, but most likely on a semi subconscious level. If the child is younger than 5, you probably won't be able to remember what happened, and it is a repressed memory, which I can't help you with. This dream isn't telling me what it is, except a tidal wave, and that could be just about anything.

However, as a general rule water can represent emotions, and our mother, or us as a mother. You stated that this dream started when you became a mother, but I think becoming a mother triggered this dream about your childhood with regard to your mother?
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Anyway, if this were my dream I'm dragging my inner child around like a monkey on my back. I am still trying to escape that tidal wave of emotions that caused me so much grief. I just keep running from it instead of facing it.

I'm not sure why I don't just pick her up and carry her, but it's probably because then I would have to face her and my memories about her.

I try to escape the tidal wave of emotions by entering rooms (which are aspects of other memories that are locked off/repressed) Finally, I find an open door and no one in there wants to acknowledge my presence

(That is probably where the memory is, so see if you can remember anyone or anything in that room).

Also, I don't want to acknowledge the presence of this child because if I have to remember what happened to her/me at that age it would cause great pain but I do make an attempt and have no luck, so I choose to leave this room and go back to the hallway. I think to myself which will be more painful ...................

The window which means you will SEE and acknowledge what happened to you at that age, and have to deal with it

(or)

Down the stairway which means KEEP REPRESSING the memory. Keep stuffing the memory down into the subconscious. But the tidal wave will most likely continue to chase you in your dreams if you do this.

P.S.
If you remember what this event was, and it doesn't have to be your trauma, it could be something like your parents divorcing which could indicate a tidal wave of emotions. Either way, if you remember it, the dream is asking you if you want to face it or keep repressing/ignoring it. (I think the memory is in that room you entered) If you face it then I feel the dream will change or stop.

Since I didn't ask how old that child is that you were dragging, would you mind getting back to me and letting me know? Also, if you can remember what this issue is that you are dragging around then I would know if I gave the right interpretation, and if any of what I said makes sense to you.

You don't have to give details or anything I just want to make sure I'm on the right page with you.

Take care
Tammy

ok, are recurring dreams the same to interpret as one-timers?
i have 3 that are recurring. they seem identical every time. this one is the longest running, but the least scarey. had it first after my oldest was born, and am now having it again, slightly different.(20 yrs later, lol)

i am in a wide hallway, running--dragging a child by the hand with me. i keep getting mad at myself for not just picking her up instead, but on i drag her. she is litlle and wearing a yellow dress. its concrete walls and floor, and there are lots of doors, yellow doors. there is a wall of water, like a tidal wave,(i know, not in a building) coming behind us, and i am barely able to outrun it. i keep trying doors, but they are all locked. finally one opens, and inside are people i know(but don't remember who they are know) we try to talk to them, but it's like we are invisible, and then we are in the hall again, at the end. stairs to the left, a huge window in front. trying to decide which would be less painful. through the window or down the stairs. the water washes over us and i wake up. i reckon we died, hmm?

[cookie]

hey tammy. thanks. ya. you are on target, i think. the little girl is prob 3, maybe 4. i have a lot of trauma involving my mother, at any age. other trauma there with a grandfather, too. thanks.

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Your welcome. I hope now that you understand the dream a little it will change and be less scary. Best case scenario is that it will never return :-)

Take care
Tammy

[sally]

hi
try to figure out this dream
my horses are loose in a pretty pasture. my grandson finds 6 loose and put them in with mine,(thats a big no-no with horses) but when I went to look they were orange and white striped like a zebra.
sally

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Hi Sally, this dream reminds me of the idiom "Hold Your Horses" meaning, slow down your going to fast.
and
Another idiom is "A horse of a different color" meaning a situation is different than what you originally thought.

If this were my dream I was on the loose and I need to slow down. I was put in a situation with another person who is like myself, and in hindsight I realize that was a bad idea.

The orange and white stripes of the zebra are different to what the zebra colors actually are. They are black and white stripes.

The black and white stripes reminds me of those old jail outfits that inmates once wore prior to changing them to the solid orange colored ones that they wear now.

Honestly I don't know the exact meaning of this dream because animals hold so many meanings. What I think is that you lost yourself for a moment in something you felt was beautiful, and then was put in a bad situation. In hindsight the outcome was different than what you thought. To understand this you would have to think back to the last 24-48 hours of this dream and see what has happened in your life that fits this situation.

Let me know if anything comes to mind.
Peace
Tammy

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Hi Sally, I just read your introduction and seen that you were a victim of armed robbery. I'm sorry to hear that.

I feel that this dream is some how tied to that. The person who robbed you, did he/she go to jail and get convicted? If so that explains the zebra.

The horses on the loose probably represents the attack and when those horses were put in the stall with your horses I wonder if that means the attacker was caught and locked up? (but you are locked up with him/her in your own mind)

This is your dream and only you know the answer. I hope I was able to give some insight though.

Tammy

[mightsurvive]

Hi

I have always been able to remmeber most of my dreams. I'm hoping you can point me in the right direction with this first nightmare.

I am teaching my class at school and they are playing up - throwing things around, not working, not listening ot me. So i shout at them really loud. They dont listen still. Next thing I know is the headmaster comes in and says "i want a word now" (or somethihng like that).
So i go outside of the room and he drags me off to murder me. I want to do something but i am powerless and all i can feel is internal sreaming just. Noone hears me scream, my mouth doesnt open. I'm just screaming inside. I want to stop him and theres no way i can. Just pure helplessness. I see a rectangualr hole in the grass which he is headed for and realise it is a grave. Then i wake up before he actually does murder me.
The headmaster in the dream is exactly the same in appearance as my real headmaster and it scares me when i see him at work now.

I have also been having a few deams of having a car crash even though i have never had these before (2 nights in a row). This is not connected to my trauma.

The first one i was at trafic lights turning right and i tried to nip across when a car from the other direction hit me (not very hard). They got out and we discussed it rationally.

The second - The crash was a lot harder and the people were livid - i was scared.

Any ideas at all would be useful to me
Take care

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Hi mightsurvive, I didn't see this post due to taking a break from the forum. I started a dream group here that I will invite you to. All dreams that are too personal to post in open forum or the group can be sent to me by PM. I've had quit a few members send me their dreams to my PM, and that is perfectly fine for you, as well as anyone else.

If this were my dream the students represent the state of mind I'm in. I'm not paying attention to important things and slacking off in general. I'm irritated with my job and myself, so that negative voice in my head screams out in hope for some peace.

As I look for peace their is an aspect of me that represents me higher awareness (headmaster) and it has something to say to me. My subconscious mind (headmaster) is letting me know I don't feel safe with any aspect of myself at this time, and I am in conflict with myself. I feel helpless, insecure, and no one seems to notice or care.

I so desperately want to bury these issues I have, but I'm unable to at this time. The rectangle has 3 points to it. Fear, helplessness, and chaos, which are the things I want to bury.

The car accident dream seems to be more like a general fear dream. Did you have a close call and almost get into an accident recently? If so, that is probably why those dreams surfaced.

If that is not the case then cars generally represent our bodies and the direction we are taking in life. If this were my dream I'm moving to fast and as a result I realized that I need to slow down.

Second dream was I didn't listen to the first dream warning me to slow down and as a result there were some ramifications or will be some.

Please take it easy and try to relax OK?

The car dreams are vague so only you can decide what was going on that seemed out of control at the time. Most dreams happen within 24-48 hours of a memory or actual event. (except the trauma dreams) but a memory will initiate those.

I hope this was useful. Take what fits and toss the rest because I'm not always right in dream reading. It's not like science because the mind is so complex. I don't sugar coat dreams because seeing the truth is the only way we can heal. So please don't take anything I said personally. I only read what I see.

When I first started out, I had others read my dreams and they told me some truths about myself that I didn't want to acknowledge. After time I realized that if I acknowledged what was going on in my subconscious mind and accepted it, then I can start to fix the problems.

Peace
Tammy

[WorkingThruIt]

OK, so I had a really crazy dream lastnight. I was in a crowded restaurant with my girlfriend. I was annoyed. We walked into the adjoining shop and took different aisles. I stopped and looked up and saw four men dressed in shirts with Christian sayings and hats with crosses on them and tried to politely pass. My girlfriend found me and came down the same aisle and bumped the shoulder of one of the men as she passed him. The men kind of walked around us so there was no polite way to just walk away. One offered to pray for us because of our lesbianism. My girlfriend just respectfully closed her eyes and he put his hand on my shoulder and began to pray. She would never let someone try to pray away her gayness and I was shocked she was being so passive. I was very upset that he was touching my shoulder and then I could feel him biting my cheek. I was angry and started yelling "I don't believe in your god..he doesn't exist. There is no such thing as god." whiile he was praying. And that was the end.

Relavant info - I don't like crowds or people touching me. I feel like I don't look particularly lesbian (if there is such a thing), but my girlfriend might as well wear a giant sign. She's a little butch. I do feel like it is obvious to others what I am when I am out with her. I am an atheist, but the dream states that pretty clearly.

I can understand most of the dream, but what the hell was the biting about?

[WorkingThruIt]

OK, so nevermind. I re-read my post and connected a few relavant tidbits. I have it figured out.

My attacker punched me in the cheek and that is when I figured out he was not my sister playing some cruel trick on me in the middle of the night. The "Oh SH*T! I'm going to die!" feeling came directly after. My attacker was also the son of a preacher.

Perhaps all I needed to do was type it out.

Thanks!

[mightsurvive]

Hiya Seeking Nirvana and thank you so much for your reply.

I found it not to be the answer i was expecting but then i dont know what i was expecting lol. I'm also scared of the head master in real life so maybe my dream also says that i am scared of him as well as my sub-concious. What your saying definitely does make sense and fits in with exactly how i'm feeling. Very accurate. Will have to try and work out what i can do about that though. Taking it easy - never learnt how to do that so maybe its time to learn. So thank you for taking the time to answer my post. It means a lot. And i really do appreciate you not sugar coating my dreams - theres no point to that in my opinion. I'd rather know how it is. The truth is always best no matter how hard it can be to handle.

Thank you also so very much for inviting me to join the dream group or PM you with dreams. I'm going to keep a log of them whenever i can and try and deal with the more scary ones. I think im even going to buy a dream interpretation book to help myself with this.

As for the car dreams, i dont feel i'm a safe driver anymore due to lack of sleep so maybe that has something to do with it.

Please dont think i will take this personally or be offended because i wont. I appreciate the help whether its what i want to hear or not.

And again thank you ever so much

Take care

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Hi mightsurvie, Dreams can be tricky and sometimes we don't really grasp their meaning for days, weeks or months (some times never). I had a dream once that I just couldn't figure out and got some other dream readers to help me figure it out. I still didn't understand it. About 3 months later I was reading over all of my dreams to look for improvements as well as staying stuck. I read that dream I couldn't figure out and it clicked. I knew what it meant.

I'm afraid to drive too, so I certainly understand that. If you look at my mental imagery test you will see that my obstacle is cars. Also, I dream of cars a lot too. I have to determine weather my car dreams is a fear dream or a body dream. It's not always easy to figure out. The way I look at it, is some things are not meant to be figured out and that is OK. Life can be a mystery and so can dreams.

One thing I realized after I submitted my thoughts on your dream is that the whole dream itself seems to be an anxiety dream release. When we sleep our mind releases the stresses of the day through dreaming.

One last thing, when we dream of some one we know. It's about them, but it also is a reflection of ourselves. Some how we identify our own characteristics with the persons (head master) characteristics. So if you are afraid of him in real life, there is an aspect in your own personality that is scaring you as well. The best way to learn and understand dreams is to join a dream group and there are tons of them on yahoo groups. Reading the books is like going to college, but actually being a part of the group is like hands on training. I learn better by doing than reading, but everyone is different.

Good luck
Tammy

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Hi workingthroughit

It looks like you have a good understanding of dreams. I noticed that your dream is not very symbolic and is more logical (which is a masculine trait for the most part) Some people dream in symbols and some dream in logical terms.

One thing I would like to point out. To achieve balance in our lives it is important to have equal amounts of feminine and masculine traits within us. It's hard to do, but can be done. It appears that you are trying to rid yourself of masculinity (men in shirts)

Now your girlfriend has more masculine traits (per your statement), but was being passive in the dream, which is a feminine trait.

I won't even try to interpret religious dreams lol.

I feel that there needs to be balance even though you choose to be lesbian. There is nothing wrong with men incorporating feminine traits into their personality and woman incorporating masculine traits into their personality no matter if they are gay, lesbian or straight. I struggle incorporating masculine traits into my personality because I think with my feelings instead of logic (most of the time). I'm trying to balance that out so I can be grounded and feel at ease.

Have you ever read about Yin and Yang? This will give you a better understanding of what I'm trying to say. Check it out in google if you get a chance.

Sorry to hear that your trauma was involved in this dream. Those dreams really are the worst.

Take care
Tammy

[Andre]

I apologize if this is somehow inappropriate. I just found this thread and have not read all of it but reading parts of it made me curious. I'd like your aid to figure out about the two dreams I have been having for the past few months. This morning I had the first different dream in a long time. Before today I had basically the same two dreams every time I slept. In one I would be stalking some kind of big cat or it would be stalking me. In the other, I would be doing normal things that people do in the city, eating out or walking in a park, etc. and somehow I would get caught up trying to kill some kind of huge wolf. The big wolf/werewolf one was is not in the city where I am now. It does not look remotely the same. In that one I can't look up though, and the werewolf always kills me in the end. In the other, I never really see what it is I am chasing or what is chasing me but I can tell when it changes, and when the thing gets behind me it somehow feels like some kind of panther or tiger. This doesn't make sense to me since I don't hunt in real life, and I certainly don't go big game hunting.

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Hi Andre, I will invite you to my new group on Analyzing dreams. You can post your dreams there. It would be best if you write down all of the details as they happen with any emotion that goes with it.

I'm not sure I can give you a good reading on just a few pieces to the whole puzzle. Animals have a lot of different meanings in dreams. So I would need a whole description of each dream. The results of what it will mean will be much better if I have the whole picture.

Here is what I get just from what you wrote. The cat stalking you or vise versa probably means that the cat is a representation of yourself. Cats generally represent our feminine side. The cat is trying to get your attention so you should ease up on yourself and incorporate some feminine traits into your character (For instance, if you don't talk a lot (which seems to be a feminine quality) then try to start talking more.) We need both feminine and masculine traits within us for proper balance. You might want to google Yin & Yang and read what it has to say about this. It will give you a better understanding of what I'm trying to convey here.

Werewolfs represent basic animal instincts and reckless abandonment. Maybe this is a characteristic in yourself you do not like or want, so you are trying to kill it/rid yourself of it because you see it as a character flaw. However, it seems to be killing you which means you will have to keep working at this flaw you don't like. Once you are able to kill it then the flaw should be gone for awhile. If it returns then the dream most likely will return.

The thing chasing you is yourself in the representation of another animal (panther or tiger-cat). Animals are hard to interpret because they have so many meanings. But the main one I can be sure of is they represent our "instinct". You are in a great deal of conflict with yourself based on these dreams. But I would like to see more detail of them at my group. Then maybe we can figure out how to get them to stop.

When I figure out what one of my recurring dream means, it stops (except for my trauma dreams, they never stop unfortunately) But they have lessoned with time.

Hope this was helpful.
Tammy

[WorkingThruIt]

I think that I am probably a very interesting mix of masculine and feminine in my traits. My math skills and spacial understanding are more like most men I know. I wear makeup and carry my wallet in my back pocket - no purse. My favorite hobbies are sewing and repairing my own car. Before I became a nanny, I worked in professions where I was typically the only female in the company in my position. I used to try to pick either being feminine or masculine, but have come to find that this is just who I am.

I think the men in the slogan shirts had more to do with how I find religion threatening.

[Seeking_Nirvana]

I think your right. It's your dream and only you know the answer to it. I have never tried to analyze religion in dreams before. I have analyzed the symbols such as the cross. The cross could be a pun on words.

Like, 'cross your fingers', 'cross the line' (which I think those men did by not respecting boundaries) 'I have a cross to bear' 'cross your mind' 'cross my heart' etc. Hats generally represent that I'm not letting my thoughts flow freely about a situation.

Hats suppress the thinking. So the men don't want you to think for yourself and want to impose their beliefs on you.

So they crossed the line and tried to suppress your own way of thinking? Just some further thoughts to ponder.........

Tammy

[sally]

figure this one out please my horses are in the pasture running free. my grandson said he found some loose horses and put them in the field. (big no-no) I went to look and there was 6 horses with orange zebra stripes then I woke up
sally

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Hi Sally, I already did that dream. #33 & 34 in this thread. Did you have it again?

Tammy

[sally]

nirvana
sorry but I'm still very computer dumb only had one since mud dec how do I get to the 33 34 thread
thankyou
sally

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Hi Sally, Over to the right of the page you will see a box and it states: 5 of 5 pages and then <--- 1 2 3 4 5. Click on the number 4 and it will take you to page 4. Look at the upper right hand corner of each post and you will see a number there. Scroll down until you see #33, #34. If you still can't find it PM me and I will copy and paste it and send it to you through your PM.

Tammy