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Posted: 22nd Jun 2005
You could be taken hostage by government opperatives overnight. and they are real...
I always got rid of nightmares by telling someone about it.
Hope it works for you.

A couple of balls short of a full cascade... or maybe a few cards short of a deck... we'll see how this all fans out.

Posted: 22nd Jun 2005
it might be just a general fear and because youve got it once it might be recurring because its bouncing around your mind more and more

it does seem to show some sort of anxitety over something - is anything major coming up in your life you know about?

(btw this could jst be complete rubbish but it this is what my gut reaction would be)

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Posted: 22nd Jun 2005
I've been racking my brains trying to think if there is anything that has happened or is coming up in the near future that might be causing this but i keep drawing a blank.

I'm hoping that writing it all down and talking about will help (as mynci said)

I always think that reoccuring dreams must have some kind of importance because the brain is obviously thinking about it alot for a reason. I just wish there was an easy way to understand what my subconcious is trying to say!

Posted: 22nd Jun 2005


they tend to go after a while - maybe you should jst take a full chill day - do nothing you dont want to do wake up late relax outside

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Posted: 22nd Jun 2005
I've been having a nightmare for weeks now. It happens 2 or 3 times a night and wakes me up by having me sit bolt up right shouting out the same words each time...... funny thing is when I went to Ireland I only had it a couple of times the whole time I was there and it wasn't so vivid.

Now I've come home its back again. I have no idea why I'm having it and I really can't explain the panic I feel every time. I won't go into the details of it because some people might find it very upsetting. I've tried loads of ways to stop it, but none worked...... I just feel as all the action in the dream happens in Autumn maybe once Autumn is over it will go along with the leaves on the trees. If it doesn't I'm not ure what I'll do.

Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!

Posted: 22nd Jun 2005
Skully that sounds horrid. Lets hope you don't have to wait until autumn for it to go away

One thing i did find worked with one reoccuring dream i did have was when i was reading up on lucid dreaming.

I had a dream where i was always blinded by the light of the sun, nothing stop the bright light and it would go on for ages, unable to see. It went on for years. One night I managed to 'wake up' or become 'aware' in my dream and changed the dream so that i put on a pair of sunglasses, it faded out the light slightly, a few nights i managed this and the dream stopped. I don't know it would help with your dream skullduggery but if you haven't already, looking into lucid dreaming might help. It might give you the power to change the dream.

I'm trying to gain awareness in my dream so that i can make it so that i can move my limbs. That or changing the location of the dream, i'm not sure what would help yet. hopefully it might help make it go away

Posted: 22nd Jun 2005
it could be that you think your traped in life and noone seems to notice... the fact that you think and feel like it has been happening to you when you awake is becasue its you prabally get caust up in you sheet in bed... try sleeping without sheets maybe that will help....

Rave or Die..... PLUR... Iggy

Posted: 22nd Jun 2005
ahh lucid dreams - such fun they are the best way to break out of bad dreams

when ever i had a bad dream and couldnt get back to sleep and such i used to imagine a hole at the top and bottom of my head (seriously and i still do this) the imagnie pushing out all the bad things through the top and pulling in good thoughts through the bottom - it worked really well

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Posted: 23rd Jun 2005
I had the dream three times last night

My boyfriend said I was franticly waving my arms and legs about too! Its strange that even though in reality i was moving, the dream didn't let me.

The third time i dreamt it, i gave up trying to move and just lay there. It meant that when i woke up from it, i wasn't panicing so much, although i had a strange sense of failure.

Posted: 23rd Jun 2005
i used to have this real wierd dream the i was being chased by evil gingerbread men which were being made by a giant evil cooker.....i had this same dream for like 2/3 weeks on & off and the way i got rid of if was to put my pillows @ the other end of my bed & sleep upside down (kinda)

dunno if this helps but its worth giving a go....maybe?

black gloves,green socks......purple hair

Posted: 23rd Jun 2005
Okay, if I was interpreting this dream for you, first I would make us both a cup of tea, and then I would ask you some questions:

1. Tell me some of the feelings you associate with the dream
2. Describe the doctors and nurses for me. Do they have faces? How many are there? When you think about the description, does that remind you of anyone or anything?
3. Why do you want to get out of bed?
4. When you first find out that you can't move, what do you do? How do you feel?
5. What do you say to the doctors/nurses? What do they say to you?
6. How do you react to what they say? How do you feel?

I don't believe in dreams having predictive value, but I do believe in dreams showing you deeply held emotions and thoughts.

It was a day for screaming at inanimate objects.

What this calls for is a special mix of psychology and extreme violence...

Posted: 23rd Jun 2005
oooh questions....right

1)Fear and anger towards the doctors/nurses for some reason
2)They don't have faces (although there are never faces in my dreams) There are two doctors and at least two nurses. I can't connect them to anyone that i can think of
3)Because i can't?!! I don't like the idea being somewhere that i don't want be. I like to be in control
4)I feel tied down which makes me angry, i want to be able to do something and i can't which annoys me, then i get scared because i feel trapped
5)I don't think that there is an verbal communication. I feel powerless to ask for help. I get more angry/scared because there seems to be nothing i can do
6) as above

answering those questions made me think a lot more and here are a few thinks that i came up with.
I am ill with an undiagnosed condition and i often get angry with doctors because they can't find what is wrong even though i know that its not their fault.
Being ill resticts me from doing things that i want to.
I feel like i can no longer go to my doctor for help because there is no more that he can do.

Maybe this dream is a manisfestation of my feelings about this. Does it make sense? or have i madly interpreted things that are not there!!

Rozi, thanks for asking those questions, it made me think about the dream in a way that i hadn't before...maybe this will help on the way to the dream stopping.

Lots of previous reoccuring dreams that i have had seem to end with a 'final scene' where something happens that closes the door on the issue. I wonder if that will happen with this dream.

Sorry to ramble on but i'm hoping that writing all of this down will help my mind get round it!

thanks and to everyone!

Posted: 23rd Jun 2005
If you've had your illness for a while, it's strange that you've only started having these dreams recently. Has it got worse?

The inability to get out of bed smacks of a loss of control over your own body. This *could* be representative of the subconscious desire to be in charge of your life. Is there someone/something that seems to be in control of you more than you are yourself? I definately feel that sometimes school decides more for me than I do, and the same with parents.

Also, the fact that you are in a bed, with a drip, and nothing is happening *could* signify boredom. You *may* feel that nothing is really going on in your life, and you feel like you're just going through the same old motions.

Please bear in mind that these are all hypothetical suggestions. I know very little about you or your life, so I can't comment about anything. These are just ideas that I had, based on what you describe in your dream.

After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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Posted: 23rd Jun 2005
To see a hospital in your dream, symbolizes your need to heal or improve your physical or mental heath. You need to get back to the flow of everyday life.
Also the fact that you are tied down and have no way of moving suggests that this is out of your control at this time and that this is something that you may have to allow to happen.
To see a nurse in your dream, denotes that you need to be taken care of and a time of healing, either mentally, physically or spiritually. This is the same for DR's.

Thats all I have at the moment deary.

really noone can interpret your dreams its all about what it means to you. What I have written is in regards to the symbology in your dreams.

TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"

Posted: 23rd Jun 2005
I had a nightmare the other night that my teeth were all loose or breaking. Probably had to do with me being a dental hygienist, but also was a bit stressed and overwhelmed.

Sometimes I clean teeth in my dreams and wake up tired, too.

Namaste,
Devakasi (Divinity Shining)

Posted: 23rd Jun 2005
Where is the avatar I have been trying to get on here?

Namaste,
Devakasi (Divinity Shining)

Posted: 24th Jun 2005
teeth loose or breaking are a fear of not being socially accepted, or being embrassed in public... I have those dreams ALL the time... my jaw even fell off once and my dad was trying to glue it back together.
Usually those types of dreams are had during times of high stress.

TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"

Posted: 24th Jun 2005
Thanks for all the input guys, its really helped.

Valura, i think you hit the nail on the head with what you said...I'm ill but because noone knows what is wrong, i am powerless to do anything to make it better. thanks for you input

I just hope that the dream goes away...i don't really want reminding of how crap everything is!

Those teeth dreams sound horrible! I hate anything to do with broken teeth...it really gives me the creeps! I think that would have me waking up screaming. I wouldn't wish that dream on anyone (although i have wierd ocd things about teeth so maybe thats why it would freak me out a lot!)

Posted: 24th Jun 2005
once in a dream I had when all my teeth fell out I was left with sparkly blue sapphires in their place.. twas very very cool, cept I kept loosing them.

TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"

Posted: 29th Jun 2005
I haven't had the nightmare for three nights now

The last two times I had it, I managed to calmly get up and walk out. Just managed to convince myself that I could and seeing as its my dream, i was in control

Posted: 30th Jun 2005
Funny, i was watching a program on conscious anasthesthia last night, which is a terrifying experience that a patient has when the doctor gives enough anasthetics to paralyse the patient, but they're still conscious and can still feel the pain, without being able to do anything.

Your nightmare is very similar.

I've been having strange dreams lately... I've been practicing double staff non-stop for the last few days, and now whenever i dream, everything is doubled! 2 chairs, 2 doors, 2 people, sometimes even 2 dreams at once. It's really annoying.

Posted: 30th Jun 2005
lol
go star im so glad i dont dream and remember it.
i woke up on wednesday morning with a question from my last maths exam in my ehad - was very annoying as it woke me up very early and left me tierd the rest of the day. ah well was the last exam .. talking of which

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Posted: 22nd Jul 2005
i have a reoccuring nightmare.
I'm still married.

Always use "so's your face" and "only on Tuesdays" in as many conversations possible