[Rainbowgirl]

I'm wondering if anyone here interprets dreams? I'm not USUALLY one to really believe in stuff like this, but I had a really strange dream one time while I was sort of seeing this one particular guy that I really liked. He spent the night and whilst sleeping, I had the craziest dream about him having a heart attack and me yelling at the paramedics asking them to push more of a certain drug. A friend's mother online interpreted the dream about how he may not be the right guy for me, etc. etc. and she was pretty bang on.

I don't always remember my dreams, but the two dreams that I had last night were so vivid, I woke up bawling my eyes out from one of them.

That's mostly the one I want looked at.

All I remember from the dream was that for some reason my dog, Nilla, had run away. I can't remember where we were when she did (it's not a neighborhood I ever remember seeing before).

In my dream, I am running down this gravel driveway in between a bunch of big houses. There's this large white dog snarling and barking at me just as I get to the door (the dog is behind me, almost like chasing me). I turn around and I try to give the dog a correction, but it bites at my hand. I finally somehow incapacitate the dog and run into the house.

There's a boy sitting on the couch playing video games and I said "don't worry about your dog -he's fine. Where's the exit?" He motions towards this door and I push through it.

I end up going down a flight of stairs into a basement that looks unfinished but when I step forward more, it's HUGE! At least 3 stories high and when I turn around, there's a HUGE wooden balcony-like seating area. There's this guy there, and he puts down these two pieces of 2x4s and begins telling me about how the church (which is what this place is apparently) is coming along nicely and that he has such a big family he needed a great place to worship God (note: I'm spiritual, but in no way religious).

I tell him that's great but I've got to run. I run through this door and I'm outside at ground level. I'm running along this grassy field (like a high school field) and on my left there's this guy - my trainer apparently. He's yelling at me that I'm not working hard enough and I'm trying to tell him my dog is missing but I can't talk. I'm SCREAMING at him but no words are coming out of my mouth. I hear this woman's voice in my dream (and actually I know who this woman is in real life; she's the spokeswoman for the Vancouver SPCA, she's a scottish or irish lady, with an accent anyway) telling me that they've looked everywhere for Nilla. They know she jumped over a fence into someone's hard but they can't find her. I'm screaming at her to look harder, I want my dog, but no words are coming out. I'm trying to run towards where I can see the houses.. but I can't reach them.

I wake up crying, with a start, because it all felt so real. I had to yell for the dog, who ended up being right beside me, so I gave her a big hug.

The second dream, I'm fighting someone. It starts with a family friend (who is a PIDA; sits on welfare, doesn't want to work, etc etc) doing some sort of drug deal, but it's not drugs it's like magic potions or something. I'm overseeing this. We make it back to this place.. it's like a house/restaurant.. it's all fantasy-esque; with moss for the roof and kind of like.. a hobbit house but bigger. Anyway.. there's something wrong. People are coming after us. I'm able to fly through the house, I'm looking for him and trying to avoid these people from finding us. We need to escape. I run into a bathroom but there's this little girl there. She's not our friend.. she's one of them. He tells me I have to kill her - but I can't. So I try to just knock her out.. but I can't hit her hard enough. Finally, she collapses and I tell her I'm "sorry, I'm so sorry" before we run out of the bathroom and we try to get to a window. We can't make it out - I can see my car right outside but I can't push the window open. I'm screaming something, I don't remember what I'm screaming.. there's a lot of commotion and then ... I wake up.

Both dreams have left me scratching my head. Oftentimes, I'll dream of a place I've already been - but these places in both dreams I've never seen. Ever. Science says that the people you see in your dream are people you've seen in real life.. but none of the people (apart from the SPCA woman) are people I've ever seen.

Possibly two of the strangest dreams ever. I've sometimes dreamed of my parents dying, and I wake up crying in those, too, especially (for some reason) when my dad dies (though we don't have a VERY close relationship). This was the first dream where my dog has been involved, especially running away.

So, if anyone interprets dreams, that'd be awesome

If not - what weird dreams have you had?

[dragonwoman64]

I think of my vivid dreams as being a result of a couple of things, something(s) that made a impression on in the day or days prior, or a release of anxieties or feelings I'm having. my brain trying to work things out. I'll throw some ideas out for you, keep in mind I'm no expert, ha.

it's probably safe to say your dog is a creature you feel very close to emotionally. You're having fears about the loss of an emotional attachment you have. The snarling dog may mean you're not sure about the positive nature of an attachment, or that it's really there. or maybe there's an underlying element of hostility connected it to. (or a threat or perceived threat)

I see a house as being the self, the haven of the self. the church may represent more your need for a sense of peace within yourself (your house). do you have a desire for a family? maybe your weight loss efforts are tied into your feelings about having a family?

maybe your trying to yell at the trainer (who seems to me to have a voice of criticism here) about the dog, reflects a frustration you have about a lack from some (close) relationship to support you in your efforts. your screaming is your desire to communicate a strong feeling, but you feel frustrated about your ability to do it. something is holding you back from being able to do it.your trying to reach your houses is your effort to feel secure in yourself (to be in your haven). the lack or frustration you feel in the relationship is thwarting your sense of inner peace.

as for the second dream, there's a great sense of being held back, maybe by a lifestyle or habits, or negative forces, maybe familial forces. there's your need to escape, and you can fly within the house, but the windows are blocked. you have a fear of being able to escape certain familial forces. I have a sense that the little girl represents another aspect of you. maybe the little girl inside you, her experiences as a child within the family is something you want to overcome. you know you can't "kill" her, and you're sorry for attacking her, she's a part of you that you feel threatened by.

[3FCer344892]

Dreams aren't usually what they seem to be. There's symbolism involved. Most of the key parts in a dream represents the dreamer's body or aspects of their personality.

1.

The dog chasing you could imply something that's bothering you. When you tried to discipline it, it lashed back at you. Only when you were able to incapacitate the “dog” (problem) were you able to go into the house, (houses are usually an aspect of your personality).

Remember rooms and things that stand out in the house are all aspects of you. The fact that it seems to grow as you're going through it might mean you're opening yourself up to new ideas.

The man with the 2x4s telling you everything is coming along nicely, could actually be telling you that something you're doing in your life is coming along nicely. The church could represent spiritual or personal growth, especially since it is being refurbished.

You're running through the grassy field, pushing yourself to your limit after your dog, which could be symbolism for something you're trying to achieve, something that's familiar and friendly. The trainer represents a part of yourself, the part that pushes you forward and doesn't take no for an answer.

Because of your panic, the dog definitely represents something precious and special to you. Could this thing be slipping away from you in real life?

2.

Again, the house represents yourself. The people attacking you could represent bad thoughts coming into your mind.

The drug deal could represent the growth new ideas, but since you feel negativity toward them, you might not like these new ideas.

Bathrooms usually represent cleansing. The girl inside the bathroom, again, could be a thought or idea you don't particularly like, and you're trying to “cleanse” yourself of it (attacking her). Think about the feelings the girl represented, and how she made you feel.

The fact that you can't leave the house (yourself) even though you see solace right outside the “window” could mean you are feeling trapped by your thoughts.

I hope this helped. I'm a bit rusty when it comes to this.

[Rainbowgirl]

I hadn't specifically forgotten about this, but given all that's been going on lately, it's slipped to the back burner.

Both of your responses were great - but Serval - yours was freaken spot on. I just didn't realize it until now.

It was only a week and a bit after I had this dream that I decided (not entirely spontaneously) to quit work and move home to go back to school to get a respiratory therapy diploma and Bachelor of Health Sciences degree, and only just under 2 weeks after we were all told we would be laid off at the end of 2012.

I've been struggling with the idea of moving home for 3 years, and I finally made the decision sometime around November 22nd, not long after having these dreams.

Creepy. lol

[konfyoozed]

i've had some seriously crazy dreams for as long as i can remember. when i was in college i took a psychology class where the final project was to submit a 'dream journal'... it had to contain at least 10 detailed dreams and our personal reflection on those dreams and including some of the stuff we'd learned through the semester. we were given a grade and a free analysis. apparently both myself, and my best friend (at 19, single, in college, and working hard to make ends meet) were "sexually repressed, and suffering a lot of stress"... thanks for the news flash!

i've started (and abandoned for lack of time) a blog where i would write out my dream, and then go to www.dreammoods.com to gather the meanings behind the symbols that stood out, and then throw a little summary and a one line synopsis at the end. the few i wrote were fun, and the definitions were so broad they were easily applied to what was going on with me.

here's one of my more interesting dreams:

The dream starts with me trying to pick out something to wear. After various discards, I finally settled on a business suit and then I leave for work. Except work turns out to be my high school, specifically my Latin class, only instead of learning Latin, the teacher is telling us about architecture and construction insurance.

At the beginning of class, one of my former coworkers walked in with her baby, who was wearing a jack-o-lantern costume, and started tossing candy into a large bowl that was placed on a shelf way above her head. The teacher took a piece of the candy and used it to demonstrate the insurance concept he was trying to convey. He said "If this candy is your building, the insurance company would only pay for the caramel damage, not the chocolate. Your building front is not covered if you end up filling your structure with caramel. So don't do that."

He moves on to discuss roofing in the local neighborhoods and asks how the piled up snow is taken care of by the neighborhood watch committee. When he is told they only clear the edges of the roofs and leave the rest up there, he goes off about them being 'cheap, scum *******s' and that they should at least shell out for the 'slightly used solar pannels' his wife sells for just such an occurrence.

Then the bell rang and it was time for me to go to my English class. I was terrified of being late because the classroom was all the way on the other side of the building and I needed to go to my locker. When I got to my locker I couldn't get it open because the numbers on the combination kept changing. When the tardy bell rang in my dream, I woke up.

(fyi, high school for me, ended in 2001)

[vixxi]

The last dream I had was pretty weird. I was on a beach and there were a lot of people walking, playing, etc. along the beach, all fully clothed. I had my dog Zeus with me and let him off leash. In my dream he started running down the beach and it was a beautiful day but there was a beached whale and of course Zeus started towards it to go check it out while I screamed for him to come back. He didn't listen. Further down the beach I reached a little cove and the water was churning with a bunch of sharks in it. Again my dog ran towards the water, and the sharks were all on their sides getting thrown in the waves and knashing their jaws. It was a beautiful day, the sun was shinning and it seemed lovely except for the beached whale, sharks, and my dog not returning to me. I felt desperate in the dream.