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Ok, there's something I can't help but notice. Every single time I have a nightmare, no matter what its about, there is one thing thats in all of 'em. I believe its been there for the past few years, but its been bothering me a lot more lately cause I've been having more nightmares. Its hard to explain how it feels, cause sometimes its the feeling that goes with something that makes you remember it, but in all my nightmares I find myself, at some point, in a large public bathroom. They're always really huge, they seem to go on and on forever, and its always dirty and smells disgusting. In my dreams, this is kinda embarrasing but oh well, I'm always looking for a stall to use but I don't want to, because they're all really dirty, and exposed, too. Like, I'll go in one and suddenly there's lots of people around and they can all see me so I don't want to use the toilet. I always end up in the dream-bathrooms for extended periods of time, sometimes I'll get lost, or get cornered by some shadowy figure, but they're ALWAYS there and its beginning to freak me out!
Any comments, thoughts, hateful insults would be appreciated.
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Well, if your dream was a novel, I guess I'd analyze it like this: the main character is subject to a lot criticism and feels s/he can't do anything without the whole world commenting on it. The main character feels trapped, and maybe regrets a past mistake.
However, your dream isn't a novel, and I'm no psychologist. If your nightmares bother you, maybe it would be best to talk to a counselor. S/he might not analyze your dream itself, but maybe by talking about yourself you can pinpoint what is causing you distress.
I hope you feel better and stop having nightmares. I only have nightmares, and I know they suck.
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Kite - thanks for replying. I can see what you're saying...I suppose I am usually under a lot of criticism, these days especially what with ACTs and SATs and all that fun stuff coming up. I just read some dream dictionary website, and it said that feeling like you're being watched by strangers in a bathroom reflects you not wanting others to know about your private life (which doesn't apply to me, heh heh, I'm too boring for skeletons in the closet) and clogged toilets and filth mean you're trying to control your emotions too much.
I don't know. I hate trying to fit my dream into little dictionary definitions. *le sigh* I just wish I could convey the feeling those dreams give me...its awful, like being lost and trapped amongst all this disgusting filth, and there's not even any privacy, or anything. Agh. Oh well.
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i don't get much symbolism in my dreams. the weirdest have been described in the other dreams thread (the fishes, the Vietnamese).
but some dreams i get are pretty clear and blatant. do you feel that dreams are real and honest thoughts and feelings? or are they just as fleeting and nonsensical as the dreamworld itself?
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You know...I really don't know. I mean, I think people look too much into the smallest details of dreams sometimes, to the point where its just like they need to step back and take a break from the whole process. I think that dreams are sensory feedback, stuff we've seen and observed at one time or another, just mushed together and twisted around by our imaginations and subconcious. But I think they can reflect things we don't want to admit to ourselves, or we don't even know we're thinking. Sometimes, anyway.
I wish I'd realized there was another dream thread already...bleh. I did a search and everything! Oh well.
------------------ "I speak of the truth, the truth of the heart, like a desperate thirst in a raging drought/Hey youth, time flies by, its an everlasting battle for eternal life/I love a man from California, he's the prettiest thing we got the same disorder/The way you feel, its OK, its never gonna change, anyway/It hit me I got everything I need/I got freedom and my youth!" -The Distillers-
"I'm alright, I'm gonna make it, even if I gotta fake it..." "I'm trying to be someone else today, ohh, I'm fooling everyone but me this way, ohh..." -Sugarcult-
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Honestly, i don't think dreams mean that much. I've had some pretty wild ones, and i've never tried to analyse them, that would be nutsy. I think what happens is what you've thought about gets jumbled around and thrown into a weird, and i do mean weird, situation.
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Have you considered the possibility that it's not so much what happens in the dream that has significance, but perhaps just the fact that you have it at all? For the past two years, I've had on and off reoccuring dreams about breaking my teeth (I'm very paranoid about breaking my teeth due to the fact that I have some very expensive cosmetic dental work). When I have those dreams, I'll grind my teeth at night, and consequently have had problems in the past with actually breaking my rather expensive dental work.
I started writing down when that theme occured in my dreams and connecting it to the rest of my life and discovered that it only happens when I'm very anxious or stressed. It's not so much the teeth bit that has significance, it's just that that theme comes to the surface as a manifestation of my anxiety or stress level. By lowering my stress level and working through anxiety (and therapy), I can better control things and thus have those types of dreams far less often.
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I tend to think that dreams can have meaning, but not necessarily- only you can say if they do, and you are the best person to find that meaning. I believe that often the meaning is found in your interpretation, rather than something intrinsically in the dream itself, if that makes any sense. If you get other people to interpret your dreams, it can only be a guideline- if what they say rings true to you, then they might be onto something, but if it doesn't ring true, then discard the idea.
What I thought, when I read your dream was that you might be dealing with fear of exposure- that you might be in a situation where you feel vulnerable to the general public, and this vulnerability in some way makes you feel bad about yourself, (hence the dirty toilets). Possibly a fear of judgement, although not necessarily.
Remember though, I could be way off- only you can say if the interpretation works for you.
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You know, its so bizarre, the bathrooms haven't appeared in any of my dreams since I posted this thread. I swear, I'll never understand the human brain...
I've figured something out, though. Having a good dream can be far worse than having a nightmare. At least with nightmares, when they're over, they're over (for the most part), and on some level when you're having them (this is true for me, at least) you *know* its a dream. I'm usually able to wake myself up from my nightmares. But when you have a good dream...its an altogether different story. I had the BEST dream last night, even though the events didn't make a lot of linear sense while I was having it I really believed it was real. When I woke up, I was still thinking that all that stuff just happened, and I was SO happy. Then I came back to my senses and realized it was just a dream. Thats the most devastating feeling.
------------------ "I speak of the truth, the truth of the heart, like a desperate thirst in a raging drought/Hey youth, time flies by, its an everlasting battle for eternal life/I love a man from California, he's the prettiest thing we got the same disorder/The way you feel, its OK, its never gonna change, anyway/It hit me I got everything I need/I got freedom and my youth!" -The Distillers-
"I'm alright, I'm gonna make it, even if I gotta fake it..." "I'm trying to be someone else today, ohh, I'm fooling everyone but me this way, ohh..." -Sugarcult-
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I can see what you're saying...I suppose I am usually under a lot of criticism, these days especially what with ACTs and SATs and all that fun stuff coming up. I just read some dream dictionary website, and it said that feeling like you're being watched by strangers in a bathroom reflects you not wanting others to know about your private life (which doesn't apply to me, heh heh, I'm too boring for skeletons in the closet) and clogged toilets and filth mean you're trying to control your emotions too much.
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