My family always asks me for help interpreting their dreams. Most of mine are fairly obvious. I dream a lot about being able to not so much fly as levitate. I also dream about finding new rooms in houses that I’m familiar with. I’ve had visitations in dreams but I don’t remember ever having a premonition. The dreams I have if I wake up in the morning for a bit and then fall back to sleep are always upsetting in some way and usually involve me fighting with my mother.
I’ve definitely had the finding doors in my house that lead to other rooms dream. And the teeth dream of course. I still have piano lesson dreams (forgot to practice etc) and waiter dreams (five tables sat at once). My mother just related a dream she had about me where I was a kid again and I was chasing a man away from the house with a stick. When people have told me their dreams I’ve found it can be illuminating if you ask small basic questions around describing things. Like just the smallest inquiry can lead to a whole bunch of things that their brain is leaving out.
Oh that’s a good one. How did you feel? Yes. I usually ask them to describe the person. They’ll say “a man was knocking on the door” for example. And I’ll ask “what was he wearing” and they may not be able to answer that question but it always leads to more details.
Oh yeah, I have the all my teeth are falling out dream quite often. Or my teeth are loose and I’m trying not to push on them but do it anyway and they start falling out. Isn’t anxiety great?!
I've had the levitation dreams. Or, when I've had a flying dream, I'm annoyed because my rate of climb is verrrrry slow. Also, I know it's a dream because bugs aren't smoothed against my unprotected face.
A lot of my dreams are either reruns of older dreams, or have very similar settings with minor details differing. That probably means that my brain's writer's room is lazy or smokes too much weed (IRL, I am sober, for reasons) or doesn't believe they're paid enough. Or all of the above. The similar settings are the newsroom of a place where I worked as a news assistant for 22 years of a hybrid of high school/college where I'm up against a deadline and trying to move out of a dorm. I think it all refers to unattainable ambitions. Also, there are the same Special Guest Stars: my late mother, a toxic boss, a narcissistic ex, or a best friend I lost 25 years due to my anger issues then.
My family always asks me for help interpreting their dreams. Most of mine are fairly obvious. I dream a lot about being able to not so much fly as levitate. I also dream about finding new rooms in houses that I’m familiar with. I’ve had visitations in dreams but I don’t remember ever having a premonition. The dreams I have if I wake up in the morning for a bit and then fall back to sleep are always upsetting in some way and usually involve me fighting with my mother.
Ooh I feel like discovering new rooms could be about exploring aspects of yourself that have always been there but have not been brought to light yet.
Yep! Always discovering new things about myself. Any recurring themes in your dreams?
I’ve definitely had the finding doors in my house that lead to other rooms dream. And the teeth dream of course. I still have piano lesson dreams (forgot to practice etc) and waiter dreams (five tables sat at once). My mother just related a dream she had about me where I was a kid again and I was chasing a man away from the house with a stick. When people have told me their dreams I’ve found it can be illuminating if you ask small basic questions around describing things. Like just the smallest inquiry can lead to a whole bunch of things that their brain is leaving out.
Yes. Usually the first question I ask is how did you feel during the dream. I think that’s a huge indicator for what’s at work under the surface.
The school dreams where I’m not ready for the test or I’m late for the class - UGH, I hate those!
Oh that’s a good one. How did you feel? Yes. I usually ask them to describe the person. They’ll say “a man was knocking on the door” for example. And I’ll ask “what was he wearing” and they may not be able to answer that question but it always leads to more details.
Absolutely, yes to the teeth dream!
I’d say anxiety and self-confidence
Oh yeah, I have the all my teeth are falling out dream quite often. Or my teeth are loose and I’m trying not to push on them but do it anyway and they start falling out. Isn’t anxiety great?!
I've had the levitation dreams. Or, when I've had a flying dream, I'm annoyed because my rate of climb is verrrrry slow. Also, I know it's a dream because bugs aren't smoothed against my unprotected face.
*smooshed, not smoothed
A lot of my dreams are either reruns of older dreams, or have very similar settings with minor details differing. That probably means that my brain's writer's room is lazy or smokes too much weed (IRL, I am sober, for reasons) or doesn't believe they're paid enough. Or all of the above. The similar settings are the newsroom of a place where I worked as a news assistant for 22 years of a hybrid of high school/college where I'm up against a deadline and trying to move out of a dorm. I think it all refers to unattainable ambitions. Also, there are the same Special Guest Stars: my late mother, a toxic boss, a narcissistic ex, or a best friend I lost 25 years due to my anger issues then.
*or a hybrid...
Just here to say that headshot is fire