Sometimes I go through these periods of intense nightly dreams, ones that make me seriously wonder...
a.) what sorts of crazy crap I'm subconciously soaking up on TV, radio or in conversations and
b.) what underlying psychological donuts I'm dealing with digesting.
Last night I dreamt of returning to a natural place I loved and finding that it had been completely mowed down and destroyed, replaced with sidewalks, stores and empty buildings happily awaiting new commerce.
This natural place doesn't exist but is one resulting from a mental combination of many beautiful places I visit in the flesh-- a nature trail in my old neighborhood that goes through mangroves and brackish water bridges; a path across freshwater marshes and tall grasses at a nature center where I once worked; and a woodsy trail of subtle beauty I know well.
I was panicked when I saw what had happened in my dream. I knew it was too late to get back what was once there. And there was no one there to tell.
Years ago, I went through a stage where I thought every little stinking dream needed interpretation to de-code its symbolism or to determine whether it was a premonition of sorts. I read all kinds of themed books that indicated when you dream about teeth, it's really about money; if you dream about hairbrushes, it's really about sex; you know, asinine generalizations. I then decided to keep a dream journal, but just like all journals, stopped after a few entries. For Pete's sake, I write enough!!
What do you suppose this dream means? I could pay someone a few hundred dollars to try and decipher my inner expressionism for me or decide that one of my favorite real-life places will soon be bulldozed, but instead, I thought I'd ask you for your insightful--or humorous--thoughts about the whole thing.
Are you a dreamer at night?
16 comments:
Hmmmmmm...I'm kinda good at deciphering dreams. I tend to be "Ms Know-it-all" when it comes to dreams.
You are frustrated about the outcome of certain events which you were hoping will turn out great. - That's my serious dream analysis.
Or this... you were hoping to buy beautiful dress but somebody beat you to it. You have to attend a very important event and you don't have anything to wear so you panicked.
Hope it helped. I'm just so good at analyzing dreams. Hahaha! Give me some more.
Well, I don't know what that dream meant. If I had any insight on that front I would be analyzing my own crazy nightly demons. I swear, I've dreamt on three separate occasions that I was murdered. Sheesh, Think I'd rather just attribute it to watching too much Bill Curtis on American Justice Lol!
Actually, I thought of the same interpretation as you did. Either that or you need some quiet time and are so stressed that you're afraid you may never get it.
I also have very vivid and screwy dreams. Do you feel intense emotions in yours?
I've had some really crazy dreams this week, and I think they're some kind of psycho twist on actual conversations I've had earlier in the day.
Yes, fear of change, regret of what has been lost and may yet be lost. Perhaps regret for not doing the things you love because you are too busy, and fear that you will not be able to do those things again. Or maybe it's just about sex.
My dreams are usually nightmares, and so I deliberately forget them when I wake. I don't keep a dream journal - the ones which are vivid enough to persist five minutes after waking (long enough to write them down) are the ones I remember anyway. I usually wish I didn't.
Where I come from hairbrushes aint't symbolic of sex, they ARE sex!
People who make serious studies of dreams tell us they are the brain working at integrating and organizing recent thoughts and events. That seems credible to me. Any time I've had a dream I could remember after waking I've been able to see various parts of it as something that crossed my conscious experience, but skewed as in a fun house mirror, to the point where it's not so easily recognized. If you could review all the stuff that went through your mind in the last few days I think you'd see where various parts of the dream came from. Maybe you had thoughts about losing some connection to those places. Or about wanting to get to them and not being able to. The subconscious brain isn't logical. It's tossing around disconnected pieces of your recent experience, perhaps trying to find the right place to file them in the great abyss of the mind.
This may not sound as interesting as metaphysical dream interpretations, but if you reflect on it I think it will give you some insight into what is really going on between your ears at night.
I definitely dream. They're usually about some kind of disorganization. That doesn't surprise me in the least, but just once I'd like to sleep and be relaxed.
It sounds like you are afraid of loosing something. Having something destroyed that you like. Could be a very simple or complex.
You've been listening to Big Yellow Taxi
Personally, I don't think each and every dream needs to be de-coded but I do believe in signs, guidance and insight our dreams provide us with. It's not easy to differentiate between dreams that are meant to make some sense and dreams that are just that - dreams, but as they say, practice makes perfect... I love this website for decoding symbols in my dream, try it and see if you like :)
http://astrology.keen.com/horoscopes/dream.asp
it is curious that in the dream you recall feeling panicked. So that is a clue, if that is an accurate description of your feeling. The dream could just be a metaphor for some other sort of panicky feelings you have in your conscious life.
Another possible alternative is that the dream is about loss. The metaphor here is that in the dream you have lost a beautiful place that gave you much joy.
It is possible that you are going through a personal change and are saying goodbye to a part of yourself in the process. While the change does not evoke feelings of grief in your conscious existence, the subconscious identity might process the change differently.
Or, I could be full of crap.
Ah, clearly it means the past is the past and we can never go home again.
...Or that we are consumer-driven animals destroying the earth.
...Or that possibly global warming is deteriorating our planet.
Or maybe it just means you had too much caffeine that day.
Just be all Freudian and say to yourself: But what do YOU think it means??
I gave up on making sense of my dreams. There is no reason for me to dream so much about Gary Coleman. Case closed.
Great blog!
just think. What if you had been brushing your hair (in the dream of course) as you discovered that your imaginary place of beauty had been paved over.Now that would deserve some discussion. Oh hell just dream abut the damn hairbrushes
Oh, God. I dream like no-body's business. Constantly...consistently...they never stop.
I never understood that whole interpretation thing...I think what you dream is either what's stuck in your sub-conscious or means nothing at all.
Your dream is probably nothing more than your instinct for wanting the things you love to stay the same...as beautiful and peaceful as you've always enjoyed them to be.
That'll be $250.00, please. Oh, and I don't accept checks.
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