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Do dreams have meaning?

radcen said:
Do dreams have meaning?

Not all psychological theories agree. What think you?
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I don't think specific things in dreams have meaning. I think when someone has a nightmare, it can be the result of dietary or drink indiscretions. Consistent nightmares, colorful ones, may indicate a mental illness of some sort, in my opinion. And I think those frustrating ones, where I'm trying to run away from something and can't quite run fast enough indicate something in my life I'm wrestling with . . . or just plain old stress.

Beyond that? I don't think so.
 
I guess it depends on the person and the dream. Some of my dreams very clearly are manifestations of things going on in my life; sometimes they clearly are drawn from various things I have seen, heard, discussed in the day; and sometimes, well, they are just nocturnal acid trips.
 
Personally, I think they do. I suspect dreams are the way in which the subconscious mind communicates with the conscious. Some dreams just seem to be stress-related or fear-related, and I don't really put much stock in dreams predicting anything, but I do tend to think that paying attention to them can help us be more aware of the part of ourselves we usually ignore.
 
I think it's a mixture of both.
 
I sure hope not:eek:

I can say for sure that they sometimes have something to do with leaving the TV on.
 
Lutherf said:
I sure hope not:eek:

I can say for sure that they sometimes have something to do with leaving the TV on.
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Man if I fall asleep with CNN or HLN on, I have the most whacked out dreams.
 
Ehh. I dont think so. I just think its a combination of thoughts and images.
No real "meaning" behind them.
 
Some dreams are merely stories.

Other dreams however, clearly relate to issues that one is dealing with on a conscious or sub-conscious level.
 
Depends on the dream I think. But I doubt dreams have any consistent meaning, just stresses and things like that.
 
I think sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. It probably depends on a lot of things.
 
I think all dreams have a meaning. That meaning isn't going to be consistent from person to person. For example, a talking duck in one person's dream may indicate they see human value in animals while in another person a talking duck might mean they've been watching to many cartoons. So I think there is meaning in everything you dream about, even if the meaning is just entertainment.
 
You know those falling dreams that you have, when you're just starting to doze off and you jump because you have that falling feeling, I've heard those are due to too much stress, and it is actually your nervous system trying to relax.
 
ChrisL said:
You know those falling dreams that you have, when you're just starting to doze off and you jump because you have that falling feeling, I've heard those are due to too much stress, and it is actually your nervous system trying to relax.
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That's funny, because I used to get them a lot when I took Benadryl. I think it has more to do with the inner ear.
 
ksu_aviator said:
That's funny, because I used to get them a lot when I took Benadryl. I think it has more to do with the inner ear.
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I get them when I'm under extra stress. :mrgreen: I get them so bad that I almost jump right out of bed sometimes! :2razz:
 
I wonder what it means when you have the same dream over and over again? I'm thinking about getting one of those dream interpretation books. I think it's kind of interesting.
 
ChrisL said:
You know those falling dreams that you have, when you're just starting to doze off and you jump because you have that falling feeling, I've heard those are due to too much stress, and it is actually your nervous system trying to relax.
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The falling dream is a symptom of a sleeping disorder if it happens regularly. But if it only happens occasionally thats normal.
 
FreedomFromAll said:
The falling dream is a symptom of a sleeping disorder if it happens regularly. But if it only happens occasionally thats normal.
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That's interesting. It usually only happens to me when I'm stressed about something. It sometimes happens if I have coffee to close to bedtime too. It sometimes isn't even a dream because it happens before I actually fall asleep, like when I'm in that in between state of sleep and wakefulness and is actually sometimes more of a sensation than an actual dream. It's just really weird. ;)
 
ChrisL said:
I wonder what it means when you have the same dream over and over again? I'm thinking about getting one of those dream interpretation books. I think it's kind of interesting.
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giggle - that's your subconscious obsessive compulsive disorder. :)

Every night I have some sort of horrific dream about the kids dying - I've had these since our son was in the hospital.
 
Aunt Spiker said:
giggle - that's your subconscious obsessive compulsive disorder. :)

Every night I have some sort of horrific dream about the kids dying - I've had these since our son was in the hospital.
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:lol: I wouldn't doubt it.

I used to have those kinds of dreams about my son when he was small too. Those are HORRIBLE. I definitely think that worrying about things causes us to have some crazy dreams.
 
ChrisL said:
:lol: I wouldn't doubt it.

I used to have those kinds of dreams about my son when he was small too. Those are HORRIBLE. I definitely think that worrying about things causes us to have some crazy dreams.
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Well - I think these dreams serve a purpose. . . my body doesn't want to sleep. He almost died because it happened at night. I was asleep thus naturally now my subconscious sees sleep as a bad thing and goes out of it's way to make sure I aint getting none.

You know - sleep dep - right on right on. because that's safer :roll:
 
Aunt Spiker said:
Well - I think these dreams serve a purpose. . . my body doesn't want to sleep. He almost died because it happened at night. I was asleep thus naturally now my subconscious sees sleep as a bad thing and goes out of it's way to make sure I aint getting none.

You know - sleep dep - right on right on. because that's safer :roll:
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That sounds terrible AS. Hope things get better.
 
Aunt Spiker said:
Well - I think these dreams serve a purpose. . . my body doesn't want to sleep. He almost died because it happened at night. I was asleep thus naturally now my subconscious sees sleep as a bad thing and goes out of it's way to make sure I aint getting none.

You know - sleep dep - right on right on. because that's safer :roll:
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I had no idea. I'm sorry to hear that AS.

You sound a lot like my ex. He used to get up in the night and put his finger in front of our son's nose to make sure he was still breathing sometimes. My son is 17 now, so I'm kind of over that stage though.
 
Your Star said:
That sounds terrible AS. Hope things get better.
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So do I.

But I sleep like a baby when hubbs is home so for the next week I'll be racked out . . . and then he has to go away again. :(
 
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