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In the book of Daniel, the King calls together his most trusted associates to decode his dream, when they are unable to do so, he is pointed in the direction of Daniel who is successful at telling the king what his dream means.

“You, O king, were watching as a great statue – one of impressive size and extraordinary brightness – was standing before you. Its appearance caused alarm. As for that statue, its head was of fine gold, its chest and arms were of silver, its belly and thighs were of bronze. Its legs were of iron; its feet were partly of iron and partly of clay. You were watching as a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its iron and clay feet, breaking them in pieces. Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were broken in pieces without distinction and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors that the wind carries away. Not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a large mountain that filled the entire earth.

now, that's one messed up dream.

I have a lot of dreams that are very messed up, I also have a friend who says that all dreams are about myself, everything that happens in them an aspect of my own personality, each one about my subconcious trying to figure out my own personality flaws. I hate to think I have personality flaws to tell the truth, but I guess it's part of being a human.

Anyway, from the idea that dreams are somehow symbolic I started to think about my most recent really messed up dream, and about my class that I am teaching tomorrow about symbolism, which is my last one, and really figuring out at 9:30-ish tonight that while I can pick out the symbolism in say, The Omen, that I may not have a grip on what some things symbolize.

I would love to echo something I heard the other night on TV "what goes on in my subconcious is none of my business" but really I am intrigued. What if my subconcious mind has picked up on symbols that my concious mind can't grasp? what if the reason this dream is so uncomfortable for me is because I know that I know what it means but I don't want to access the knowledge because I don't want to know?

anyway, before the thread gets off to a bad start...... I will post my dream and you guys pull whatever symbolism that you can from it and explain it to me.

also, if you would like to post your own confusing dreams, maybe we can help you too.

it's late at night and raining, the power is out, someone is at the door and I go to answer, it's my cousin. I let her in and she explains that she is going to spend the night because the storm is too intense for her to be driving home in. I let her in and fix her up in the guest room, she says she is going to take a shower and go to bed. I go to finish up reading by candle light on the couch, but I fall asleep. When I wake up the power is back on, I know this because the TV is static and the clock on the DVR is blinking 12:00 in red. I hear the shower running, I am somewhat disoriented not knowing how long I fell alseep or what time it is, only knowing that it's still night and still raining. I go to knock on the bathroom door and it falls open, the bathroom is full of steam and I call out for my cousin, I hear her call back and say "help me please", and so I go in, I pull open the shower curtain and she isn't there, the water isn't running either (even though I heard it up until that point) the bathroom is empty of steam and seems to be untouched and artificially clean, I hear her again, pleading "please help me" but I can't find her, I search through the whole house, and still can't find her, her car is in the driveway still. I go back to the bathroom and hear her crying, sobbing, and saying "please help me" I go to the sink to wash my face and look up at the mirror and there she is, in the mirror looking at me.....trapped. "Please help me" she says, but I can't figure out how to, then I wake up

I have had this dream every night for 3 weeks. I always wake up about 4am, but my husband says it's because I am coming out of a REM pattern.... background other than that is that I don't speak to this cousin ever, I haven't seen her since 2000 and we weren't close then.

anyone?

You're expressing an unconscious concern for your cousin. I really can't explain why, but that's what I'd imagine you're experiencing. Your unconscious is afraid that your cousin might need you, and you'll not be there, or be able to help, because of how distant you are.

That's what I'd read into it.

Love you, but that's messed up. Pray about three times a day and call me in the morning.

I think that you are either ecperiencing visions, or you could just be so focused on the dream that you are repeating it because you have a fixation with it.

I am browsing a super market, I pick up a harmless looking toy. A fake grenade WWII style, I throw it over to the next isle. I hear a loud popping sound and run in the direction I threw the toy. there is a big splattering of what looks like molten chrome or some other metal, I run over pick up the remains of the nade and run for the exit. An asian looking woman looks at me and says " you better get out of here before you get caught" so I do. Later that night SWAT storms my house, thats when I wake up........


weirdest dream I ever had.

your cousin is you. you are searching for your lost self.

perhaps you are a tad too busy these days and the stress is getting to you?

your cousin is you. you are searching for your lost self.

perhaps you are a tad too busy these days and the stress is getting to you? t
I hear that.

not really a dream but very odd, i fell asleep one night with my door locked and my tv on. the remote was left on my dresser on the other side of my room. no one else in my room, just me. i woke up early one morning and i am still not sure what it is that woke me up but before i woke up i remember in my dream hearing the theme song to a tv show that i recognized. but once i woke up the show of the theme song was on the tv, but the tv was on mute and the remote was still on the other side of the room.

i also often get woken up at times i forget to set my alarm clock at the right time i wanted to get up.

Your dream means that the neurons within your brain are randomly firing off, activating memories and sensory nerves at random. Further, the part of your brain responsible for logic has shut down, but the emotional center is still running.
Meanwhile, the portion of your brain responsible for making sense of sensory input, emotions and thoughts is working overtime, desperately scrambling to make some sense of order out of the completely random signals being fed into it.
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I am browsing a super market, I pick up a harmless looking toy. A fake grenade WWII style, I throw it over to the next isle. I hear a loud popping sound and run in the direction I threw the toy. there is a big splattering of what looks like molten chrome or some other metal, I run over pick up the remains of the nade and run for the exit. An asian looking woman looks at me and says " you better get out of here before you get caught" so I do. Later that night SWAT storms my house, thats when I wake up........


weirdest dream I ever had.

i like that story, very interesting. i have had weird dreams similar to that. my friends try to convince me i need to keep a notepad by my bed to write down all my dreams as soon as i wake up so i remember them all

You should call your cousin. She might need your help.

I have had this dream every night for 3 weeks.

anyone?

You need to slap the side of your head once during the dream. The record in there is skipping

Since we're on the subject of wierd dreams today, I'll share. This isn't a recurring dream, but it's a feature that recurs often. Whenever I am about to have sex in a dream, I wake up.

your cousin is you. you are searching for your lost self.

perhaps you are a tad too busy these days and the stress is getting to you?

/agree. A part of yourself you've been out of touch with lately, represented by your cousin.
But remember, sometimes, a shower is just a shower.

Since we're on the subject of wierd dreams today, I'll share. This isn't a recurring dream, but it's a feature that recurs often. Whenever I am about to have sex in a dream, I wake up.
That's just because your luck is really shitty. I always get woken up just as my dreams are getting "good."

You should call your cousin. She might need your help.

Ditto the calling part.

I have no idea if she needs your help or not, but I know you need hers.

Sounds like you fear that someone is in trouble and asking for your help but you're either missing the signs (or are afraid that you are) and/or are unable to figure out how to help them. The searching part with being unable to find the person calling for help is part a. The trapped in the mirror is part b.

If you keep having it over and over, I'd look around and see what problems or people are currently bugging you, as well as what common events are happening before you sleep to trigger this.

Or it could just be random. My own dreams are usually seriously off the wall and make little to no sense.

I think a reoccuring dream like that definitely means some deep part of your subconcious is trying to tell you something. There's a very good chance that she does need to hear from you, perhaps for moral support or guidance.

I think a reoccuring dream like that definitely means some deep part of your subconcious is trying to tell you something. There's a very good chance that she does need to hear from you, perhaps for moral support or guidance.

Still more likely to be a supressed part of yourself. That it is actually your cousin in trouble, and she's not symbolic, is just a little too "woogie woogie" :rolleyes:

Still more likely to be a supressed part of yourself. That it is actually your cousin in trouble, and she's not symbolic, is just a little too "woogie woogie" :rolleyes:

I never suggested that her cousin was in trouble. Maybe it's "woogie woogie" to you, but it wouldn't be the first time in the history of the world that two people who are close can sense when one or the other is in need.

I am not saying Smunkee's psychic. I'm not saying her cousin is trapped in a mirror. I am just saying that Smunkee probably has a concern about the well-being of her cousin and it might not be too "out there" to say that her cousin could benefit from hearing from her.

I never suggested that her cousin was in trouble. Maybe it's "woogie woogie" to you, but it wouldn't be the first time in the history of the world that two people who are close can sense when one or the other is in need.

I am not saying Smunkee's psychic. I'm not saying her cousin is trapped in a mirror. I am just saying that Smunkee probably has a concern about the well-being of her cousin and it might not be too "out there" to say that her cousin could benefit from hearing from her.

Agreed.

Plus it cant do Smunkee any harm to catch up with her cousin, it isnt as if she has forgotten the cousin, she is on the back of Smunkees mind.

I am not saying Smunkee's psychic. I'm not saying her cousin is trapped in a mirror.
Well, if you won't then I suppose I have to be the one to say so:
Smunkee, you have magickal powers which you must use to rescue your cousin, who has recently been eaten by a peice of decorative, wall-mounted glass.

I never suggested that her cousin was in trouble. Maybe it's "woogie woogie" to you, but it wouldn't be the first time in the history of the world that two people who are close can sense when one or the other is in need.

I am not saying Smunkee's psychic. I'm not saying her cousin is trapped in a mirror. I am just saying that Smunkee probably has a concern about the well-being of her cousin and it might not be too "out there" to say that her cousin could benefit from hearing from her.

According to Smunkee herself, the closeness for such a sense is lacking.

In the book of Daniel, the King calls together his most trusted associates to decode his dream, when they are unable to do so, he is pointed in the direction of Daniel who is successful at telling the king what his dream means.



now, that's one messed up dream.

I have a lot of dreams that are very messed up, I also have a friend who says that all dreams are about myself, everything that happens in them an aspect of my own personality, each one about my subconcious trying to figure out my own personality flaws. I hate to think I have personality flaws to tell the truth, but I guess it's part of being a human.

Anyway, from the idea that dreams are somehow symbolic I started to think about my most recent really messed up dream, and about my class that I am teaching tomorrow about symbolism, which is my last one, and really figuring out at 9:30-ish tonight that while I can pick out the symbolism in say, The Omen, that I may not have a grip on what some things symbolize.

I would love to echo something I heard the other night on TV "what goes on in my subconcious is none of my business" but really I am intrigued. What if my subconcious mind has picked up on symbols that my concious mind can't grasp? what if the reason this dream is so uncomfortable for me is because I know that I know what it means but I don't want to access the knowledge because I don't want to know?

anyway, before the thread gets off to a bad start...... I will post my dream and you guys pull whatever symbolism that you can from it and explain it to me.

also, if you would like to post your own confusing dreams, maybe we can help you too.



I have had this dream every night for 3 weeks. I always wake up about 4am, but my husband says it's because I am coming out of a REM pattern.... background other than that is that I don't speak to this cousin ever, I haven't seen her since 2000 and we weren't close then.

anyone?

I tend to agree that the people in your dreams are aspects of yourself. Your cousin, reflecting back to you from the mirror, is you. Maybe you feel that you are trapped in other people's expectations of you and that you are just a reflection of what others see and want. The help being asked (and the only one who can help is you) is the help in finding the reality that lies in who you really are and what others perceive you to be. I suspect, from reading some of your other posts, that you've overextended yourself in many ways and that you expect too much of yourself and that you think this reflects what others expect of you. Find some space for yourself, clear your mind and meditate, you may find something unexpected.

it's late at night and raining, the power is out, someone is at the door and I go to answer, it's my cousin. I let her in and she explains that she is going to spend the night because the storm is too intense for her to be driving home in. I let her in and fix her up in the guest room, she says she is going to take a shower and go to bed. I go to finish up reading by candle light on the couch, but I fall asleep. When I wake up the power is back on, I know this because the TV is static and the clock on the DVR is blinking 12:00 in red. I hear the shower running, I am somewhat disoriented not knowing how long I fell alseep or what time it is, only knowing that it's still night and still raining. I go to knock on the bathroom door and it falls open, the bathroom is full of steam and I call out for my cousin, I hear her call back and say "help me please", and so I go in, I pull open the shower curtain and she isn't there, the water isn't running either (even though I heard it up until that point) the bathroom is empty of steam and seems to be untouched and artificially clean, I hear her again, pleading "please help me" but I can't find her, I search through the whole house, and still can't find her, her car is in the driveway still. I go back to the bathroom and hear her crying, sobbing, and saying "please help me" I go to the sink to wash my face and look up at the mirror and there she is, in the mirror looking at me.....trapped. "Please help me" she says, but I can't figure out how to, then I wake up

I'm going to have a go at this without checking the dream interpretation glossaries available on line. They tend to screw me up.

The absense of power, the state of darkness means confusion or a lack of knowledge.

Water (both rain, steam, and shower) always represents life. Ironicly even when people are drowning. Not life as in a collection of events, but a process and a force of vitality.

Usually when one dreams of aquaintances they are not dreaming of those individuals, but of a concern they have about themselves. The fact that you're seeing your cousin in a mirror means that next time you're having this dream you'll also see yourself with a sledgehammer. Do not be alarmed, this is yourself being sarcastic about your not getting the hint and in no way represents murderous urges towards your cousin.

To have a dream so full of water, a trapped female cousin crying for help, who represents yourself clearly represents some fear that you yourself are missing important opportunities. There are things that you should be doing to fully explore what you are really capable of and should be doing with your life. Add to that the fact that "your cousin" is there to become inactive... well, there's that sledgehammer again. These things that you're not doing are more than just fun hobbies you're not engaging in. They get to who you are and what would be a fulfilling life for you.

I don't know anything about your cousin, or what she means to you, so I have no idea what it is that you're supposed to be doing that you're not. Is there any particular career option you think is too out of reach? A business plan you've been ignoring. A study course you'd like to undertake at school?

Either that, or it's a sex dream. Is your cousin hot? (probably not really a sex dream if you go to the point of dreaming up a guest room for her).

Are you also reflected in the mirror or does your cousin's image replace yours?

Is there some aspect of your cousin which precluded you from becoming close with her? Is any of this aspect creeping into your life?

I dreamed my matress turned into a bunt cake.....(just saw Last Kiss one hour ago, and had lot's of fun shouting things at the screen...we almost got kicked out).

I find the material in my dreams usually falls into one of the fallowing catagories:

1) Things I'm afriad of happening
2) Things I want to happen
3) random nonsense my brain comes up with to entertain its self when I'm sleeping

most of my dreams are a mixture of the three.

I don't put too much stock in dreams. Once in awhile I have a dream that I know has some significance, other than to tell me what my desires and fears are; but these are very rare indeed.

As for your dream...
recurring dreams are far more likely to have significance in my opinion. Perhaps you should call your cousin, and find out if everything is alright with her?

I had a dream that I was eating tiny pillows and when I woke up, my marshmallows were gone. :(

I had a dream that I was eating tiny pillows and when I woke up, my marshmallows were gone. :(
Sometimes, I have nightmares about Lunatic Goofballs: A being second only to Godzilla in his inability to be moved by pleas for mercy.

Sometimes, I have nightmares about Lunatic Goofballs: A being second only to Godzilla in his inability to be moved by pleas for mercy.

It's true that Godzilla has me beat in that department, but I have minty fresh breath. :)

Sometimes, I have nightmares about Lunatic Goofballs: A being second only to Godzilla in his inability to be moved by pleas for mercy.

And LG has a spork too.


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Are you also reflected in the mirror or does your cousin's image replace yours?

no, it's just her.

Since we're on the subject of wierd dreams today, I'll share. This isn't a recurring dream, but it's a feature that recurs often. Whenever I am about to have sex in a dream, I wake up.
Try looking into Lucid Dreaming of The cognative theory of dreaming.Lucid dreaming if fun but hard to master.

Whenever I think about something a lot, I tend to dream about it. For example, there was this girl I was crushing on last year, and I tended to dream about her. Nothing X-rated, though, I was too deprived.

no, it's just her.

So your cousin from your past and not your present or future came to visit you in the present and became lost. You can hear her faint voice but you cant save her or restore her. But when you see her she is your reflection.


This is a complete guess and should be worth about what you pay for it but heres a try at interpreting:

Sounds like maybe you are actively losing some aspect of who you used to be. That part of your personality is refusing to quietly be abandoned and forgotten.