Recurring dreams
Apr. 27th, 2004 01:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
This is more curiosity than anything else. Does anyone reading this have recurring dreams? Or have you had them in the past? By this I mean dreams that have the same, or similar, setting (and the same players, if there are players).
I ask because I've just realized I've started on a second recurring dream. The first one showed up sporadically for about four years, and ended two years ago or so, and involved me trying to navigate my way out of a huge stone building that proved to be the warrens under a cathedral. The dream series ended when I found my way out of the cathedral. The current one so far involves a 36-story building on a waterfront, with an elevator akin to the one in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory -- except the controls are both hidden, and not obvious in their use. I have no idea what the end state of this dream series will be.
So: have you had recurring dreams? If so, and you're willing to share, what is your recurring dream?
I ask because I've just realized I've started on a second recurring dream. The first one showed up sporadically for about four years, and ended two years ago or so, and involved me trying to navigate my way out of a huge stone building that proved to be the warrens under a cathedral. The dream series ended when I found my way out of the cathedral. The current one so far involves a 36-story building on a waterfront, with an elevator akin to the one in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory -- except the controls are both hidden, and not obvious in their use. I have no idea what the end state of this dream series will be.
So: have you had recurring dreams? If so, and you're willing to share, what is your recurring dream?
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Date: 2004-04-27 06:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-27 06:53 am (UTC)Although you would not know it from the wacky dreams I've been having this week. One night I'm shooing wheelchair gangstahs out from my store doorway, the next night I'm buying a shawl/scarf thing from Cher at a craft fair....
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Date: 2004-04-27 08:57 am (UTC)Your recurring dreams sound very Myst like. :}
I hope you figure out whatever it is that's got you puzzled.
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Date: 2004-04-27 01:55 pm (UTC)Sharing... offline :)
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Date: 2004-04-27 07:35 pm (UTC)One of the longest running is about being sent back to high school as a punishment for being unemployed.
I had nightmares about monsters chasing me after some threatening incidents that happened while I was studying at M.I.T. These continued for several years afterward until I finally got sufficiently sick of running to stand and fight. Within a few weeks, I had figured out that the dream always stopped immediately if I turned around to face the monster and fight, trained myself to do this consistently in my sleep, and then the nightmares stopped for good.
There was another series about having gotten a new job and forgotten to quit the old job.
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Date: 2004-05-04 06:18 pm (UTC)Recently the dreams have been me (and sometimes someone I care about) trying to take a train somewhere. I'm very confused about which is the right train, which is the right direction, will I have the fare, can I make it on time, will I be separated from my travelling companion... odd that I'm still having this dream now that I am employed, hrm.