what's the weirdest dream you've ever had?

roar_ie · 18-04-2002 06:25PM

My weirdest dream was when i was in a castle or some kind of fortress. I really don't remember what hapened as such but all i know is that i eventually jump over a well and started falling. The spilt second before i was suposed to splatter on the ground i woke up in a ball of sweat and my heart doing about a 100.

Quite a odd dream for me

Khynareth · 19-04-2002 08:09AM

I usually dream that people are running after me trying to kill me (conspiracy Theory type of thing).

The weirdest was to run in an endless forest, something big and hairy was running after me. At some stage the forest ends, I have the choice between jumping into the sea and staying there waiting to be eaten.

I jump, the fall seems to never end, I fall and fall and the sea never gets closer. Sundenly, I'm in, I'm wet, I cold and I start swimming, knowing that I will be swimming until the end of days because the only land that was is now behind me, but I keep swimming...

Until something big and hairy starts swimming after me...

Wonder why I tend to hate big hairy things?

The Corinthian · 19-04-2002 12:26PM

Originally posted by Khynareth
Wonder why I tend to hate big hairy things?

Misandry?

Khynareth · 19-04-2002 03:44PM

Originally posted by The Corinthian

Misandry?

spot on!

And thanks Corinthian, you just made me realise something very, very interesting!!! eh eh eh

Victor · 19-04-2002 04:00PM

Originally posted by IRISHLILY24
I have this re-occurring dream (wel 2 of them) 1 is that I am driving a brand new hotrod and I am driving fast, but when I come to a stop light there is a car parked there and when I push the brakes the car will only slow down, wont stop..I wake up just before I hit the parked car, I wake up feeling anxious.

Is this pseudo-sexual?

SHAMAN · 22-04-2002 04:41PM

Actually, you may be interested to know that there is a disease known medically as "Night Terror" where the person has a terrible and realistic dream where they feel pain and all the rest. More often than not, the person cannot wake up from the dream and quite literally dies from shock. The really scary thing is that it's incredibly common: in Britain alone, one in seven die from it. Something to think about in bed tonight, eh?

IRISHLILY24 · 22-04-2002 06:29PM

Originally posted by Victor

Is this pseudo-sexual?

No victor, lol anxious as in nervous.

I have heard of night terror before. Isnt it strange that you can die from a dream? I mean, how do you prove that...think about it.;)

Victor · 22-04-2002 07:03PM

Originally posted by SHAMAN
Actually, you may be interested to know that there is a disease known medically as "Night Terror" where the person has a terrible and realistic dream where they feel pain and all the rest. More often than not, the person cannot wake up from the dream and quite literally dies from shock. The really scary thing is that it's incredibly common: in Britain alone, one in seven die from it. Something to think about in bed tonight, eh?

I think you are greatly over-stating this. Are you sayin 14% of the population die from this? Or 14% of sufferers?

SHAMAN · 23-04-2002 04:36PM

No, 1 in seven British people will die from it. Come to think of it it's really the definition of dying in your sleep, isn't it? Except that you believe that someone trying to kill you, eat you etc. the usual nightmares. I'm not sure of the statistics for other countries. And I don't think that you can say sufferers of night terror because not all that many ppl survive it!

The Sweeper · 23-04-2002 04:56PM

My wierdest dream ever came from playing Tombraider The Last Revelation. I'd been at it for hours, playing it a second time round so taking time out to poke about in every corner and find all secrets etc.

That night I had a dream I was in my room and the doorbell rang. I vaulted sideways out of my room, forward rolled across the landing, ran down the stairs, side flipped to the front door and pressed an enormous button in the wall, at which the front door slid open sideways with a granite-boulder-rolling sort of noise.

I left the PC off for a week after that.

Victor · 23-04-2002 07:47PM

Originally posted by SHAMAN
No, 1 in seven British people will die from it. Come to think of it it's really the definition of dying in your sleep, isn't it? Except that you believe that someone trying to kill you, eat you etc. the usual nightmares. I'm not sure of the statistics for other countries. And I don't think that you can say sufferers of night terror because not all that many ppl survive it!

I think soem1 was winding you up, think of all the people who die from heart disease, cancers, infections, strokes, accidents ... to use the Irish statistics 31,115 died in 2000, only 2,776 are under the heading "Remainder" (that includes unclassified deaths, epilepsy, SIDS, most infections / diseases, possibly suicide and other stuff) http://www.cso.ie/principalstats/pristat7.html#figure3

Blitzkrieger · 23-04-2002 11:27PM

Originally posted by SHAMAN
No, 1 in seven British people will die from it.

I can't believe that - are you sure it's not one in seven who suffer from the disease die from it?

hacktavist · 24-04-2002 12:07AM

But if you suffer from it your dead...
Theres no way to survive it otherwise you wouldnt have it.

Puck · 24-04-2002 11:06AM

FYI

Fast Facts about Night Terrors:
Run in families.
Are not dangerous.*
Can last 10-20 minutes.
Occur in stage 4 of the sleep cycle.
Can happen at any age 6 months - 100 years old.

*What you do during night terrors can be dangerous i.e walking into objects or using kitchen appliances.

Ba$tard · 24-04-2002 11:14AM

I recently had this dream of appearing infront of the assembly hall of my first Leaving cert exam without ANY study done....and I was just wearing underpants...

LIKE WTF IS THAT ABOUT????

J

Victor · 24-04-2002 12:37PM

I think it's about you feeling exposed about not having enough study done. (hint)

The Dubliner · 24-04-2002 10:01PM

mine was when i invited a load of terrorists into my home and then they killed my family then i woke up!!

SHAMAN · 01-05-2002 03:56PM

This is quite annoying. A psycological disease cannot be very easily defined but I will admit that it could have been one in seven British people die from Night Terror per year . Happy?

SHAMAN · 01-05-2002 04:01PM

And I have to say Puck, that what you just quoted is probably a lie. Since aNight Terror is in fact a psycological disorder (one that you will almost certainly die from, I'll say that) it cannot "run in a family. Dreams do not operate that way. That's like saying "that man is strong so naturally his kids will be strong".

Puck · 02-05-2002 09:20AM

If you would like to offer up the source of your information I will gladly accept your argument.

Here's a link to some more information on Night Terrors if you are interested: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000809.htm

Night terror occurs most often in preadolescent boys, although it can occur in girls and in adults. It is fairly common in children 3 to 5 years old, and incidence usually reduces greatly after that. It may run in families. Night terror can occur in adults, especially with emotional tension and/or the use of alcohol.

Here's some more information for you: http://dmoz.org/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sleep_Disorders/desc.html

Nightmares usually occur in REM (rapid eye movement) or dreaming sleep. The sufferer is usually aware very quickly that they have experienced a bad dream. In contrast, night terrors emerge out of deep sleep (slow wave sleep). The sufferer displays and may experience extreme fright. As they have awoken out of deep sleep, it may be very difficult to console them. The carer should not be perturbed as the condition is usually self-limiting and benign.

And here's some more: http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/terrors.html

And here's some info on adult night terrors in particular:
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/adultterrors.html

How serious are Night Terrors?
Some adults have episodes of night terror that may occur less than once per month, and do not result in harm to the individual or others.

Some adults experience episodes less than once per week, and it does not result in harm to the individual or others.

In its severest form, the episodes occur almost nightly, or are associated with physical injury to the individual or others.

OLDYELLAR · 02-05-2002 09:56AM

one night , i was having a dream that our house was being robbed , i woke up all skared like , i seen this shadow at the curtain then and i could here something moving around , i near sh*t meself .i must a fell back asleep though because the next day , i discovered the shadow were a coat and the noise was a mouse in my room . for the record this was about six years ago , honestly we hav no more mice and i have grown ot of my fear of coats , it was jus that bad that i still remember it .

BuffyBot · 02-05-2002 11:00AM

My most recent weird dream (all my dreams are weird):

for some reason all the people in my office were presenting a breakfast TV show. I came in and didn't have a clue what was going on and started shouting at them. I was taken out of the office as I was causing a disruption "on-air".

WTF that means I don't know....and I didn't even eat cheese before bed time

Yoda · 02-05-2002 08:12PM

I had a dream once about a long-stemmed rose which was tattooed on my right foot instep. Very vivid.

Lots of my dreams are awfully cinematic. Had one about a hotel which was occupied by a large clan of intelligent velociraptors.

One dream I had about bicycling across the sea I turned into a short story which is on my web site.

Victor · 06-05-2002 09:42PM

Myself and Devore blew up Ballsbridge last night .... :rolleyes:

IzzyStraddlin? · 06-05-2002 11:14PM

This is great.

I had too many nurofen one day and i thought i was ok with that. As you do. But then that night i had this dream that the plastic stools (not the turds, you sap) you can buy in Dunnes were out to get me. There was loads of them. All chasing me. Now, dont ask me how on earth they managed to run or anything, but they did and i was too scared to check out the mechanics of it all. At this stage i woke up, sweating, obviously, i had been running.

At least, i thought i had woken up. I heard some screaming then and it was because my television was on and BBC2 were showing "Frankenstein Week". The screaming was doing my head in so i went to go and turn off the damn telly but wasnt the floor just covered in.............those poxy stools again! They were all weird shapes too, bits sticking out like horns and other bits just sticking up in the air. I really thought i was awake at that stage so you could imagine my shock at seeing these evil things lying on the floor waiting for me to get out of bed. So i had to stay in bed listening to the screaming on the television.
It was at that stage that i woke up again, sweating even more. I was hanging around waiting for Freddie to come along from behind the curtains or something but i imagine the drugs had worn off by that stage because nothing "mad" happened.

I was disappointed.

what's the weirdest dream you've ever had?

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