Same dream 4 nights in a row.

clairewithani · 05-04-2017 10:25PM #1

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 · 07-04-2017 03:11AM

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

08-04-2017 02:58AM

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

Fathom · 10-04-2017 07:29PM

More than 4?

11-04-2017 04:48AM

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 · 11-04-2017 05:21AM

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

Mellor · 11-04-2017 05:27AM

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 · 11-04-2017 05:43AM

Fathom wrote: »

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

symbolic of being overwhelmed maybe?

12-04-2017 09:23AM

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 · 12-04-2017 09:33AM

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

13-04-2017 09:04AM

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 · 28-04-2017 06:54PM

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.

28-04-2017 09:28PM

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 · 30-04-2017 07:28PM

Triangulation?

30-04-2017 10:43PM

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 · 01-05-2017 08:02PM

No Occam's razor for dream interpretation?

03-05-2017 05:46AM

Fathom wrote: »

No Occam's razor for dream interpretation?

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

Fathom · 03-05-2017 11:36PM

Black Swan wrote: »

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

Pseudo? That's a big no.

10-05-2017 08:44PM

Whenever I am at my locale javahouse, I am reminded of my frequently recurring dream about someone stealing my laptop during the moments when I look away to put half-and-half in my java. Who says that dreams affect later awake behaviour?

Fathom · 10-05-2017 10:57PM

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

Fathom · 12-06-2017 03:00PM

Dream. Exams. Recurring dream. Stressful.

Same dream 4 nights in a row.

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