Does anyone believe in dreams?
 

Does anyone believe that what you see in dreams is an accurate representation of what is going to happen in the future?

I want to believe that sometimes what happens in my dream is going to happen in real life because the things in my dreams are so happy, but other times when I dream about hurting myself and ending everything, I get terrified they will happen.

I feel like most of my dreams are based on me depending on someone else's decision which then effects my thought/feelings/actions.

Does anyone feel like this?

I am not a believer of dreams being "accurate" representation of the future but I do believe it can serve as a warning to what we fear(if it is a bad dream)

I think dream is a way for our body to deal with the demons if we have them(bad dreams, nightmares), and I believe good dreams are just icing on the cake.

I think good positive dreams can help us evolve if it makes us feel really good and take on the day. I've had those (very rare)

I think nightmares (which I have more of but I don't usually remember my dreams) are something that our body mech helps us cope.

Of course, there is a whole bunch of variations and degrees we can get into.

But basically, I like Day Dreaming better. It is more realistic for moi. LOLOL

Very nice to see you writing and posting, Meg! Please keep on writing. :D

(((BIG HUGS)))

PS, somebody correct moi if I am wrong, But I think "Frankenstein" was based on a nightmare that turned into a best seller...so there,I just contradicted moiself...ROFL.....
but this also means that a negative can be turned into a positive and vice versa...it's how one make something out of something...LOLOL borrowing a famous phrase:
"Life throws you a lemon, make it an Orangeade! :D"

I believe that dreams are, for the most part,our minds going through the filing cabinets and trying to decide what goes into short term storage and what can be filed away as just stuff that is not really useful. I think when we dwell on something, or something is bothering us, our minds pull that out and show it to us in our dreams...as a way of saying "hey, is this what you are worrying about?". BUT...
occaisionally, I think that some peopel have dreams that are more than that. A part of another ability all together, that some people only get as dreams, and others list dreams as one aspect of their abilities. I have had very few of this type of dream. My sister has had more...but I believe they exist.
I think the dreams that you are talking about are the first kind...and not a premonition of anything. More like a signal...this is what you would like and this is what you are worried about.
Now, no one ever accused me of knowing what I was talking about, but I have had some horrid dreams in my time, as well as some lovely ones. For the most part, neither came true...
PS: I love the boom de ada thing too. Deadliest Catch fan here. LOL

My biggest pattern of dreams used to be being chased. All the time. And usually chased by very frightening things and a lot of time in mazes. My other most frequent dream sequences were flying. But not fun flying. I would take off flying because something was chasing me. Sometimes they'd be grabbing at my feet just as I took off in flight.

And a few times I dreamed about all of my teeth falling out into my hands and totally freaked me out.

I looked on the internet to see what others thing and who knows who really knows the truth. Since forever, people have had different thoughts on dreams.

But this site is pretty interesting and voila. They talk about the most common dreams and I fit right in. Chasing, flying and teeth, LOL. http://health.howstuffworks.com/dream.htm

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I've had the "teeth falling out dream" a long time ago and I was a bit worried when I read/heard that it could represent death. Well I'm still here and so are my loved ones. :)

I've also dreamt that I could fly, AND go through walls! My flying felt wonderful, just calm and peaceful, floating gently in the sky and looking around at everything. I haven't flown in a long time though, well except in planes in real life. ;)

Ocasionally I've been chased but more often I've been lost and couldn't find my way to a class at University, or my home, .... or sometimes a washroom! Oh, and sometimes I've dreamt that I have to go write a final exam in a course that I had forgotten to attend all semester. (Uh-oh.... :o) Feeling lost is also supposed to be a common dream and I believe it has to do with anxiety or something specific that I'm worried about.

Another dream has been where I'm falling, off a cliff, or sometimes I'm just falling through the sky. I always jerk awake before I hit the ground, thank goodness!

One other memorable dream from my youth, which I have never had again, was that I thought I was awake and looking down at a girl who was asleep in bed, with a quilt just like the one my mother had made for me .... and she had the same hair as me .... and then I realized it was me! And I was up in the corner of my bedroom watching myself in bed. :eek: I remember feeling terribly scared and thinking that I was dying and my spirit was floating up and away. I tried to close my eyes really tightly and will myself to get back in my body ..... Next thing I knew I was awake and in a sweat. It was the middle of the day and I hadn't been felling well so I had gone to bed for a rest. Turned out I had a fever and I think that must have contributed to my weird dream.

I don't know if any of this has helped ... I guess it just brought back memories of dreams for me and I felt like sharing. (*shrug) :rolleyes:

hey Meg, just read your intro...you're a sweet young lady for not holding grudges. That's a good thing cause grudges only make us bitter. Not that grudges is unnecessary either. Just that we have to get beyond the grudge once we've fudged...know what I mean??

With that said, it would be easier for any of us to say:

you know, move forward, he's not worth it
you know, he's a jerk
you know, you've got your life ahead of you

and the truth is, we've all have gone through some sorta heart break and for a lot of us, the letting go part was the hardest...

I think it'll take time...if you choose to get over it, you will, if you choose to dwell on it for awhile, you will...

there is something about him that's making you holding on, something about him that nobody else sees that you have...

so, there really isn't anybody (IMHO) that can give you the right answer except to be here for you, for the times you feel angry, for the times you feel alone, for the times you want to kick him between the legs(sorry, can I be dismissed for that? LOL)

if you are dreaming about life with him and hoping that will come true and that might be some sorta prophecy, I think you will set yourself up for a big fall...just my humbled opinion again...

I know, people will say how would one know if one doesn't try...yes, do try...but sometimes, we try too hard...affairs of the heart is something un-explanable...

I want to post something our DMACK has posted:

As he has wisely said, life is what you make of it... :)

:hug:

Thank you so so much for everything you've said. in my mind i see him as someone who needs help too. i want to be to him what you guys are being to me. because I know what its like to feel trapped and all i want to do is cut people out, I can see thats what hes feeling and he has problems communicating straight out by saying "I am upset I need help" but in all the time i've known him hes shown little signs asking for help and it hasnt been until now that I've realized what they meant and now im so excited i guess the word is because in wanting to help him i realized things about myself i need to fix.

i know everyone wants to tell me forget him hes not worth it. but he is, would you say to someone on here "oh well move on from your issues youre better than them" or deny someone help when you can see they need it. (im not saying YOU in particular, im talking in general, would someone deny helping someone in need)

I cant abandon him when he needs my help. and Im sorry if the above statement sounds harsh or mean, but i cant just leave him to fend for himself. hes already said hes about to end it cuz he cant take it, so im fighting for him. and you might think its making my anxiety worse, but its actually making me really happy knowing i can step up and help him.

sooo complicated:(

I hope you remember that you are not "responsible" for his life, only your own megveg. It's hard when we love someone...but we have to give them space to find their own core. If that makes sense. :hug:

thats exactly it! the past year ive felt solely responsible for his life and his happiness and now im like "Wait a second what about me?" so im focusing on me, and helping him is secondary but still important to me because it helps me feel good and takes my mind of my problems:)

Sounds like the airplane oxygen mask analogy ....

You must put on your own oxygen mask first (and look after yourself) before you can help others with their oxygen masks.

:)

I did find and read your intro post.
I want to say that I have had dreams concerning..sp??(YA MY SPELLING BAD) my twin that have come true to SOME extent.The dream i recall the most was my dreaming he and i were both in a bus crash and he went flying out of school bus. 5 days later he was in a car crash he was ejected out the car window and just about severed his arm off. he has screws and plates and all that in the arm now. I have only had those kind of dreams about my twin and hardly any at all have seemed to come ture but now and then... :confused:. It happens and its always my twin .
I Think for the most part dreams are our brain cycling threw our thoughts tryin to shuffle threw issues we dont deal with in our waking life.
or memories we have stored. I have dreams of me lossing my teeth..nightmares of me spitting my teeth out while sitting on side of road.I think this is my mind recalling my accident Which i have no memories of at all. but i must have some memories because i did lose a bunch of teeth and have had tons of teeth,mouth and jaw work done. so I think it is my brain tryin to deal with it .
It is good to offer help and not abbandon a person in need but only to a certian degree. once this interferes with your life or your well being or your
safty or state of mind...it is time to just TAKE CARE OF YOU!!!! You cant love another into doing the right thing or love them into doing what you want.And you can NOT blame yourself for how another reacts or take responsibility for anothers actions...you can only do that for yourself.Love you is what DMAC says(I think its dmac):hug: and it is sooo true! LOVE YOU Meg. YOUR the most importian person in YOUR LIFE. NEVER FORGET THAT!!!!!.. I hope you understand what that meens.:hug:
Peace
bmw

Wow that's odd I had that dream about my teeth falling out,nest day I fell
and knocked one right out..:eek: I agree with too many of you to try and add anything.Except love the good dreams,and be glad your sleeping..Also
I love Superman but he must leave Ralph alone..MegVeg mostly I wish happy
days for you..And all others. Sue

After my first husband commited suicide, I had a re-occuring dream that lasted for many years with some modifications until I married Moi...I haven't had them since our wedding.
I believe it was part of my working through things about his death and my choices after....

I have come to believe that my degree of healing was reflected by the dream and its evolution...

Therefore, I think dreams help us work and sort through our life experiences. I am sure there are other things that dreams do but I feel sure that they serve us at least in this one way...

i feel like my dreams are telling me things i already know or really want to happen, eveythign i dream about is just a reiteration of information i already have (or lack of information leading to dreams of being stuck behind a wall, or a locked door)

i wish dreams worked that if i asked questions to myself before bed, my dreams would take over and answer them while i was sleeping, a kid can dream (no pun intended) :rolleyes::thud::rain:

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I feel like my dreams are telling me IF YOU TRY this is what can happen. and then I wake up and I try and try but everything im trying for is slowing me down:(

I am undecided about the dream thing because without going into details I have had a couple of dreams in my life that came completely true, but mostly I have horrible nightmares of being chased and falling and feeling terrified and its odd to me that once in a while I have a dream where I remember every detail of my dream as though it was real, when most of the time its bits and pieces of being chased, falling and feeling scared to death! I may try to do a little research on dreams and what they mean, it has always interested me!!

Dreams hmmmmm - I do believe dreams can come true - I agree with much that has been said here. What I've found over the years is that when they do come true there is a qualitative difference in the dreams than when my mind is working things out. And I have been known to make requests prior to going to sleep - I figure if my mind is working things out why not ask for specific things to be worked out, though it is a good idea to be in a meditative state when asking :smileypray:

Wonderful thread :wink:

Thought I'd mention also that when posting if you take a long time make sure you preview the post first that way you won't get booted off and have to start over. Someone was kind enough to mention that someone on here and it saved me some time.

this remains one of my very favorite analogies...

i had a terrible dream last night. i had a dream that i was walking around the city with a few other people, and there was a whole block of buildings being demolished and i some how with a bunch of other people got caught in one...i made it out alive....

and then later in my dream, i was trying to find this dunkin donuts to meet mike and a bunch of people, and when i got there mike kissed me and was being nice and stuff, and then i see that there are 2 girls in his truck and i go over and flip out, and pull them out of the truck and im legit fighting them. and mike is kinda standing there with a smirk on his face, like i knew she would do this and he didnt say anything but thinking about it now its making me sick.

i dont want that to mean he expects me to do anything for him. th elook on his face was kinda like "haha stupid girl, i can do anything and you think its everyone elses fault"

i feel so sick right now, i really hope thats not the case, i cant picture him being malicious to me ever but maybe hes just hiding it really well and laughing at me in his head.

oh my god i feel like im going to pass out.

I really wouldn't put a lot of stock into your dreams ((Meg)). They can be totally off base. Because of your relationship with him, and him seeming to want to back out of it, you're in turmoil over the whole thing. It doesn't surprise me at all that you are dreaming about him.

Again, I say don't take the dream to the bank. For instance...after my sister died, I had a recurring dream that her ashes were delivered to my door in a pizza box. Who knows why! (I didn't eat pizza for quite some time.)

Some kind of coping mechanism but who knows!

I think Mike needs to take a back seat in your life for awhile while you concentrate on your own growth and getting the doctor's help for your anxiety.

Oh, I've had a couple of panic attacks and ya know what? Each of them were when someone I desperately loved cheated on me and left me. I was devastated. That was almost 15 years ago and I'm doing fine in that regard now.

Sweet dreams tonight. :hug:

my pdoc doesnt look promising for help...hes mean and just perscribed me stuff to get me out of the office:(

i feel so dizzy :(

aaaawwwwww Meg -- that's too bad :hug:
Maybe it was a bad day for him and you next visit will be better?
Maybe first visits are always a little scary?
Maybe the guy is just a second class creep and you can look for a different one?
DO you have another appointment that you can use to "try again"?
We will all be right behind you - holding you tight.

my next appointment is on friday afternoon. im kinda dreading going. :/

((Meg)) What did he prescribe? Don't give up hope. The medicine merry-go-round can get very frustrating because it takes time to find the right med. And, if you're not happy with that doc, keep looking. I had some really yucky ones til I found the right one.

generic xanax. he said take it when i need it...and i feel like i need it just thinking about how hard this is gonna be with this guy. ngffjghfjhgvbjhb :(

Oh, okay, I wondered what he might prescribe. Xanax is supposed to help with those 'nerves', calming and sedating. I thought he might prescribe something that you'd need to take on a daily basis.

I have 2 friends who take Buspar, and both of them have said when they first take it it makes them dizzy...so I kinda wondered.

If it doesn't help when you have your attacks, be sure and let him know! Oh that's right, you have another appt. Well, be sure to let him know how it works for you when you do have an anxiety attack. Those things are just awful.

Be sure and baby yourself and do soothing things to make yourself feel better too. :hug:

i want a big ice cream sandwich or a chocolate shake or any of the cakes being posted in the betetr then sex thread so badly.i feel like today was a big step for me and i deserve a pat on the back, or an overload of calories. haha

Pats megveg on the back....it was a big step! :hug:

it feels like a misstep but im trying.

Can't ask for more than that dear girl. :hug:

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