Fathom this Dream!

Fathom · 12-10-2016 2:55am #1

My dream diary. Warning! Beware of my dreams. May put you to sleep. Comments welcome. Or open new thread. Start your dream diary. Your choice. *** Last dream. Early Sunday morning. After Saturday night cool house party. Still dark. Window open. Half Moon. Silvery glow. Slight Pacific breeze. Heat wave warm. Light sweat. No covers. Tossed sheet aside. Drifted off. Dreamed. Seemed to last forever. Really? Probably seconds. Dream starts. Seemed so real. Playing night sand volleyball. Electric light lit. Couple per side. We're winning. Then tied. They serve. Ball goes flying. Like shot out of a cannon! Way out-of-bounds. Into ocean. Waves. I splash to save. Completely soaked. My partner towels me. Gets heavy. Very! Suddenly wake up. Disappointed. Hear guy revving car. Street below my window. Muscle mufflers. Loud! I shout at him. He flips me off, before burning rubber. How unfair. Me mad!

Black Swan · 14-10-2016 1:23am

Whoa, your dream Fathom reads like a short-short story. Why can't I have "such" dreams too, and more often? Maybe I will take another look at your "Lucid Dreaming" thread in Sleeping and Dreaming for clues?

Fathom · 14-10-2016 3:59am

Lucid dream. Been there. Done that. Works sometimes.

Fathom · 17-10-2016 2:35am

Flying. Return trip. Cramped economy. Seats filled. Uncomfortable. Tried reading. Fell asleep. Book on chest. Dream. Flying too. No plane. Sunny day with white cotton ball clouds. Arms outstretched to sides like wings. Souring high before diving. Several times. Breeze though hair. Against face. Used hands to change direction. Curved right. Curved left. Flat straight flight. Dashed through clouds. Misty wet they were. Cloud undersides darkened. Rain. Lightning! Thunder! Awoke. Near airport. Fasten seat belts. Back to real world.

Fathom · 08-12-2016 6:42pm

Visit Dad's office. Desk for me. Name plate. Cards. Desk top PC. Reserved for daughter. In dream it's all gone. I'm mad! Confront him? No! Pretend all is normal. Use laptop in reception. Steaming mad. But don't show it. Wake up. The dream was so real. Almost called office. Foolish thought.

Black Swan · 10-12-2016 12:59am

You don't really work in his office do you Fathom?

Fathom · 10-12-2016 2:52am

Old allowance job.

Fathom · 19-12-2016 7:50pm

Reading. Zero-G novel. Fell asleep. Floating in space suit dream followed. Oxygen ran out. Gasping for breath. Woke up!

Black Swan · 19-12-2016 10:07pm

Fathom wrote: »

Reading. Zero-G novel. Fell asleep. Floating in space suit dream followed. Oxygen ran out. Gasping for breath. Woke up!

Must be a grand space odyssey if it follows you into your dreams Fathom. Puts sci fi novel on list to read.

Fathom · 29-12-2016 5:26pm

Dream patterns? Films? Novels? Influence dream content? Several friends report this.

Black Swan · 29-12-2016 7:09pm

Fathom wrote: »

Dream patterns? Films? Novels? Influence dream content? Several friends report this.

Deirdre Barrett in The Committee of Sleep (2001) suggests "How Artists, Scientists, and Athletes Use Dreams for Creative Problem-Solving."

SwanBot · 29-12-2016 9:47pm

What's Sleep Committee?

Fathom · 31-12-2016 6:33pm

SwanBot wrote: »

What's Sleep Committee?

Sleepy & Dreamy forum members?

Fathom · 17-01-2017 2:32am

Short dream. Traveling. In airport. Missing luggage. Camera case. Looked about franticly. Reported missing. Looked again in luggage. It was there all the time. Awoke. Feeling foolish.

Black Swan · 19-01-2017 1:17am

Lucky Fathom having a dream that resolves itself before waking.

Fathom · 29-01-2017 6:59pm

Flying dream. Crowded seating. Person next raises arm rest. Invades my space. I leave. Search for seat. Wander aimlessly. No vacancies. Flight crew points to one I left. We argue. I wake-up. Swam that one off. Several laps. Exercise works for me. Now laugh. Why should dreams affect wakeful hours?

Black Swan · 29-01-2017 10:50pm

Fathom wrote: »

Flying dream. Crowded seating. Person next raises arm rest. Invades my space. I leave. Search for seat. Wander aimlessly. No vacancies. Flight crew points to one I left. We argue. I wake-up. Swam that one off. Several laps. Exercise works for me. Now laugh. Why should dreams affect wakeful hours?

Makes me wonder where the intersection of awake and dream state exists; i.e., nightmares vs daymares?

King George VI · 31-01-2017 5:56pm

Fathom wrote: »

Flying dream. Crowded seating. Person next raises arm rest. Invades my space. I leave. Search for seat. Wander aimlessly. No vacancies. Flight crew points to one I left. We argue. I wake-up. Swam that one off. Several laps. Exercise works for me. Now laugh. Why should dreams affect wakeful hours?

Why shouldn't they affect wakeful hours? They're still thoughts inside your head. I'd go as far as to say they're as important as your waking thoughts. Maybe they don't have as much weight as your waking thoughts but they mean something.

That's my thoughts on it anyway. Ever since I had my first LD a few years ago I've taken my unconscious mind seriously. Then I got into LDing properly a year ago and am getting good at it. But it's the non lucid dreams I have, the ones I'm not controlling that I would think about all day. I'd constantly be thinking "why did I dream about that in particular, and why two days in a row?". I always assume there's a reason we dream about certain things. It's fun to try figure out what the reason is.

Fathom · 15-02-2017 3:40am

Frank Sinatra wrote: »

Why shouldn't they affect wakeful hours? They're still thoughts inside your head. I'd go as far as to say they're as important as your waking thoughts. Maybe they don't have as much weight as your waking thoughts but they mean something.

Dream interpretation? Freud subjective. Unscientific. Who else?

Black Swan · 15-02-2017 10:55am

Fathom wrote: »

Dream interpretation? Freud subjective. Unscientific. Who else?

Don't remind me about Sigmund Freud's highly biased, case study driven pseudo-contributions to the phenomena of dream interpretation, or those of his daughter Anna Freud, who stumbled along in his footsteps.

Fathom · 16-02-2017 11:46pm

Library dream. Accosted. Claimed I damaged book. Wrong! Circular argument. Yes! No! Finally woke.

Black Swan · 19-02-2017 10:36am

Fathom wrote: »

Library dream. Accosted. Claimed I damaged book. Wrong! Circular argument. Yes! No! Finally woke.

Close to penalty deadlines, thereby generating a bit of distress, which may in turn influence dream content?

Fathom · 23-02-2017 6:17pm

Black Swan wrote: »

Close to penalty deadlines, thereby generating a bit of distress, which may in turn influence dream content?

Toss and turn. While dreaming?

Black Swan · 23-02-2017 7:57pm

Fathom wrote: »

Toss and turn. While dreaming?

I've seen REM dream research, but I am uncertain if there was much conducted regarding tossing and turning while dreaming. Might be worth reviewing the scholarly literature to see what is there?

aaronjumper · 27-02-2017 6:01pm

Black Swan wrote: »

Swannie straps jumper to a chair, turns on blinding lights, and threatens him with a long whip-like spaghetti noodle: "Talk jumper! Talk! (or rather POST!)" :eek:

I actually like my new post that started last Autumn. It's a dream come true and not a nightmare.

Never! Okay an odd one from last night.
I had a pet lizard, one of those ones that can change colours to match their background.
It lived in my beard, we went on an adventure and it was great.
I don't remember the details of the adventure, just that it was fun.

Are you happy now? :P

I'm just confused. As far as I know lizards are a pain in the arse to look after.

Realised this one probably didn't belong in the upsetting dreams thread.

Black Swan · 28-02-2017 12:52am

aaronjumper wrote: »

Never! Okay an odd one from last night.
I had a pet lizard, one of those ones that can change colours to match their background.
It lived in my beard, we went on an adventure and it was great.
I don't remember the details of the adventure, just that it was fun.

I can just guess what all the so-called dream interpreters would make of your dream jumper!

aaronjumper · 28-02-2017 12:56am

Something about finding companionship maybe?
Depends on whether you're trying to look at it from a mystical point of view or a psychological one I guess.

My bad dreams are just a play on my fears whereas the nice ones don't usually make sense.

Black Swan · 28-02-2017 1:06am

aaronjumper wrote: »

Something about finding companionship maybe?
Depends on whether you're trying to look at it from a mystical point of view or a psychological one I guess.

My bad dreams are just a play on my fears whereas the nice ones don't usually make sense.

Methinks that today's and yesterday's dream interpretations were anecdotal, pre-scientific and essentially useless.

aaronjumper · 28-02-2017 1:13am

Pre-scientific I like that.

I never considered trying to interpret dreams until I found this forum.
Since then I've no idea what they mean. Said I'd give it a go though.

Maybe I should read some books on it before my next attempt.

Fathom · 01-03-2017 8:57pm

aaronjumper wrote: »

Pre-scientific I like that.

Agree with Black Swan.

aaronjumper wrote: »

I never considered trying to interpret dreams until I found this forum. Since then I've no idea what they mean. Said I'd give it a go though.

Why not? Easy to beat Freud.

Black Swan · 05-03-2017 5:48am

aaronjumper wrote: »

Pre-scientific I like that.

Leaves the door open for any of us to become a dream interpretation expert, or at least someone who leaves that impression?

Fathom · 07-03-2017 9:57pm

Romantic dream. You can't fathom it. Wanted it last forever. Only seconds I know. Too, too for here!

Black Swan · 30-03-2017 5:18am

Talking nightmares, I had one of those dreams that had me going through my closet trying to find an outfit to wear for a party, and every one I picked and posed in front of the mirror was wrong! I kept slipping in and out of outfit after outfit, which probably only took seconds, but seemed to last for hours. So can you fathom this dream?

Fathom is on Spring break, so someone else is going to have to fathom it...

aaronjumper · 30-03-2017 6:47am

1. Maybe you are worried about how you percieve yourself or how others view you.
2. Is it time for a change of some sort?

Black Swan · 30-03-2017 10:04am

aaronjumper wrote: »

1. Maybe you are worried about how you percieve yourself or how others view you.

Or a sad commentary on whether a woman "Looks the look?"

aaronjumper wrote: »

2. Is it time for a change of some sort?

Are you suggesting that I go shopping jumper?

aaronjumper · 30-03-2017 10:22am

Black Swan wrote: »

Or a sad commentary on whether a woman "Looks the look?"
Are you suggesting that I go shopping jumper?

Possibly. Is it something you worry about?

Fathom · 30-03-2017 10:46pm

aaronjumper wrote: »

. Bring back snacks.

Double that! Aaron and me. Munch, munch. Nightmares later. :eek:

Black Swan · 31-03-2017 7:54am

aaronjumper wrote: »

Possibly. Is it something you worry about?

Methinks I mentioned what Hans Selye suggested in this forum. There's 2 types of stress, distress (bad worry) and eustress (good worry). Distress may lead to nightmares when you sleep, while eustress may help you get to work on time and provide motivation for you to succeed at what you do, with lovely dreams that may follow eustress when asleep.

Fathom · 31-03-2017 6:32pm

Black Swan wrote: »

Fathom is on Spring break, so someone else is going to have to fathom it...

Still.

Black Swan · 02-04-2017 3:58am

Fathom wrote: »

Still.

Only one day left. Dressing too warm seems to increase dreaming on my part.

Fathom · 04-04-2017 6:09pm

Black Swan wrote: »

Dressing too warm seems to increase dreaming on my part.

Goes double.

Black Swan · 05-04-2017 8:05pm

I dreamed that this lad bought me a drink, and in exchange he ranted and raved about some acquaintance he disliked, on and on and on. Whenever I tried to politely ease away, he would grab my arm and keep me from leaving, while he continued to rant. The dream probably lasted seconds, but it seemed at the time to go on forever.

Fathom · 05-04-2017 11:47pm

Dreamt. Swimming laps. Forever. Swim turn. Swim turn. Awoke. Exhausted!

Black Swan · 19-04-2017 3:37pm

Fathom wrote: »

Dreamt. Swimming laps. Forever. Swim turn. Swim turn. Awoke. Exhausted!

When I am swimming laps for real, I almost drift off into a dream state from all the boredom.

Fathom · 19-04-2017 11:23pm

Lapping from class to class. Nightmare.

Black Swan · 20-04-2017 4:31pm

Makes me wonder what the differences are between day dreaming and dreaming when asleep? Wonder if we should start a thread on day dreaming?

Fathom · 21-04-2017 8:30pm

Black Swan wrote: »

Makes me wonder what the differences are between day dreaming and dreaming when asleep? Wonder if we should start a thread on day dreaming?

Any takers?

Fathom · 02-06-2017 4:50pm

Dream. Strange man knocks on apartment door. Look through peep hole. He ducks. No way. Will I open. Knocks again. Again. Again. Dream over.

Black Swan · 03-06-2017 12:08pm

Dreaming last night about buying desert property to build a vacation house, not that I would do such a thing preferring the beach. I guess both have sand? Once the land had been staked-out, archaeologists showed up and began digging in my land, looking for Native American artifacts, and not allowing construction to begin. Awoke.

Fathom · 03-06-2017 6:51pm

Desert property? Desert is not dessert for me!

aaronjumper · 12-06-2017 10:07pm

Had a dream that I was playing a game I like. Might be time to get out and about.