Same dream 4 nights in a row.

clairewithani

Hi, I have had pretty much the same dream 4 nights in a row now. Not exactly the same but same outcome. I am drowning. First time I just shrugged it off but 4 nights in a row now. I don't believe in signs really. But still, is it one?

Fathom

Repeated drowning? Are dreams to be taken literally? Or symbolic of something else?

Black Swan

Not sure what a repetition of a drowning theme has when attempting to interpret a dream.

Fathom

More than 4?

Black Swan

Scanning various non-scholarly sources often suggest that drowning dreams have something to do with overcoming emotions, but because they are non-scholarly, I would approach such interpretations with caution.

ardinn

Sleeping on your back with a full bladder or a very watery mouth will do this!

Mellor

4 nights in a row is fine. Auto-sensory-drowning is only a risk on the 7th consecutive day.
If you have the same dream on the 5th and 6th night, I'd consider staying awake all night on the 7th. Will break the pattern and remove danger

beauf

Fathom wrote: »

Repeated drowning? Are dreams to be taken literally? Or symbolic of something else?

symbolic of being overwhelmed maybe?

Black Swan

beauf wrote: »

symbolic of being overwhelmed maybe?

Freud, Jung, et al., for dream interpretation were very subjective and case study based, so we can speculate but with a general lack of objective, empirical support.

clairewithani

Overwhelmed would make sense. I have been unusually busy at work and have taken on a caring role in the family.

Black Swan

beauf wrote: »

symbolic of being overwhelmed maybe?

clairewithani wrote: »

Overwhelmed would make sense. I have been unusually busy at work and have taken on a caring role in the family.

It seems plausible that dreams of drowning could be a metaphor for feeling overwhelmed during awake life, but I am unsure if there was empirical support for this interpretation. Who knows?

Fathom

Black Swan wrote: »

It seems plausible that dreams of drowning could be a metaphor for feeling overwhelmed during awake life, but I am unsure if there was empirical support for this interpretation. Who knows?

Case studies. Subjective. Freud. Jung. Anna Freud. Not generalizable to larger population.

Black Swan

Fathom wrote: »

Case studies. Subjective. Freud. Jung. Anna Freud. Not generalizable to larger population.

Dream interpretations all too often suffer from the limitations of qualitative methods, but never-the-less may be used to inform dream theory, which may be tested quantitatively for later empirical support.

Fathom

Triangulation?

Black Swan

Fathom wrote: »

Triangulation?

Triangulation? Between qualitative and quantitative methods may apply to dream interpretation and perhaps produce more rigourous results, but historically dream interpretation has suffered from the limitations of anecdotal and highly subjective qualitative case study research, non-randon and uncontrolled convenience sampling, and the confounding associated with vast popular crazes where "everyone knows" and speculates about interpretations, or quotes Freud or Jung as unquestionable authorities, and ignoring their problematic pre-scientific methods.

Fathom

No Occam's razor for dream interpretation?

Black Swan

Fathom wrote: »

No Occam's razor for dream interpretation?

More like pseudo-Occam's razor for the state of dream interpretation today.

Fathom

Black Swan wrote: »

More like pseudo-Occam's razor for the state of dream interpretation today.

Pseudo? That's a big no.

Black Swan

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Fathom

Flying for work. Last 5 days. Dreams of flying while flying.

Fathom

Dream. Exams. Recurring dream. Stressful.