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theartofwar

theartofwar

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How much merit do you guys put into your dreams ? I'm very curious about this , I want to know any and all opinions.
 
Interesting you say that OD , if I am using I never ever dream .. when I'm clean I have very vivid recurring dreams that are all real life scenarios, not ones where im talking to papa smurf or some shit for a day.
 
Whenever I analyze a dream, I try to remember the feelings more than the plot. I think dreams can show repressed and subconscious feelings.

But sometimes dreams can be insignificant. For example, after watching a horror movie at age 4 with my older brother and sister, I had a nightmare about scenes from the movie.

I think to thoroughly answer your question more context and specificity would help. Like is it a reoccurring dream? Is it a realistic dream? Is all in text or black and white? Was there audio? Did it feel real? Did it contain people you know? Were u lucid dreaming? or experiencing a night terror of any kind? Was your dream obviously triggered by an event that transpired recently? Did you take any kind of psychoactive substance that may have brought on a dream-- like ambien and nicotine patches?

I followed a dream once - meaning I dreamt about doing something realistic and the next day, I skipped school to enact the dream (I didn't get the desire result right away, but later I did).
 
Believe me or not but I guess being psychic runs in my family. At least that is what my mother told me. She experiences, my aunt and me but I do not know who else. I have had so many dreams that come true the exact way it happened or dreams that relate to something that will happen. Its hard to explain. Even this one time I had a dream my best friend was upset and I didn't know why then she told me it was because of someone she loved...in that dream it told me the exact persons name who I never met before. The day I had the dream I confronted my friend and asked her what was wrong before telling her about the dream. She told me exactly what I dreamed about and she then said the persons name she liked cause she never did before and it was the same name that was in my dream. I also had a dream that a certain tooth of mine fell out and when I was trying to tell my mom and step dad about it one of his fake tooth fell out and it was like the exact shape/kind in my dream. I had so many dreams like this and even I had a dream recently about shopping with my mother and she picked out a sweater type dress to wear the next day she goes to get dressed for court and is wearing a sweater dress..... I really can't control when this happens though.

I also believe I'm a medium of some sort and I don't care if you think I'm crazy. But one day I went to the park with my sister and we were dumb and sat on the little kids side on the swings. There was no wind what so ever but over by the things little kids sit on and rock back and forth out of the four only one was moving. So my sister and I decided to walk to it and we put our hand on it at the same time. Right away I got a vision of a little boy who was killed by his mother and it showed a knife then the woods right near us. His name also popped up. I got so scared and I looked at my sister...she had this look on her face like did you just see what I did. Then we both asked to say the name we saw at the same time which we did because I didn't know if it was just my mind or if she was joking but it ended up we said the same name.....at the exact same time. I also played the ouija board and when my friends would play with me the piece would move fast but then when they just did it wouldn't move as fast or crazy. Also they thought I was just doing it so I had my friends bf write down his favorite nascar driver and what its number was...he didn't play that round nor did his girlfriend and the truth is I know nothing about nascar but once I asked the board that it went to the exact answer that was written on the paper....a lot more crazy things have happened. I also see ghosts sometimes ect.

You may be wondering what this has to do with anything but its the reason why I put more thought/merit into my dreams. Also this started before drugs so this isn't some side effect. Pretty weird I hope one day I can understand why I'm like this.
 
^yo, I totally believe you yet nd think that is so awesome. Did you ever meet someone who has the same gift yet has mastered more control or honed the skill more, like a mentor. Depending on ur age, u could be on that show, psychic kids, for real.

I have had similar experiences not with predicting the future, but with the supernatural. I have experienced a disproportionate number of unconventional type dreams in my life regardless of drug use -- like lucid dreaming, night terrors/hauntings as shared experiences with friends, teleportation dreams (when I have been straight sober or not), auditory-dominated dreams like it seems like I am awake hearing these ppl talk. And to not stray off topic, this is just the dreaming side of my supernatural type experiences.
 
I haven't met anyone with the ability to do what I can. I kind of keep it to myself anyways because I usually get the your crazy vibe if I tell anyone but glad you actually believe me. I just hope one day I can find someone who can share this with me and maybe teach me more about how I can control these abilities.

I had all of those dreams you mentioned before. One crazy thing I would like to add is one time my sister and I were in the same dream at the same time...I thought I was just dreaming it but then the next day like usual my mom, sister and I talk about our dreams. I was starting to tell the dream and my sister goes whoa and stopped me. She was like I had the dream too I think so again to know it was true we wrote down on paper separately everything that happened and the dreams matched up in the exact way. So I don't know what that was? We are super close in age thirteen months apart so maybe we have some connection?

I also lucid dream a lot and that's without trying. Maybe pm about your supernatural experiences unless the thread poster doesn't mind if you post it here?

Oh yeah I'm seventeen but doubt I'd be able to go on that show depending on the age cut off.
 
i have the same reocurring dream and its sickening - i know the statistics but its just me in a shrinks room being asked why im not a pedophile. It makes me want to fucking snap. I hate it so much. I know that people who have been abused sometimes turn around do it, and while I have been asked that question many times I always have just dealt with it, it's part of dealing with being abused i suppose. I just give them honest answer (obv no) and try to move on asap.
 
theartofwar said:
i have the same reocurring dream and its sickening - i know the statistics but its just me in a shrinks room being asked why im not a pedophile. It makes me want to fucking snap. I hate it so much. I know that people who have been abused sometimes turn around do it, and while I have been asked that question many times I always have just dealt with it, it's part of dealing with being abused i suppose. I just give them honest answer (obv no) and try to move on asap.
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Its just a dream. Don't worry I have had dreams like this that meant nothing but its just me trying to confront my past. I was abused when I was three but I'm not going to let the statistics decide on who I'm going to be. Our dreams usually are our deep conscious speaking to us and trying to answer things we wonder about or do not know.
 
tAoW, that sounds nerve-racking and tense. Just reading about it made me cringe. Dude, that sucks. How often does it happen? Like is it every single night? If not, do u know what happens during the day to trigger it? Because maybe if u knew that, you could find a preventative solution.

When u have this reoccurring dream, does it reoccur multiple times a night? And does it feel lengthy timewise? Is there any filler other than the scene u described? Do u notice any minor or major changes within having the same dream (meaning is it exactly exact all the time)?

Sorry for this onslaught of questions, but Im just trying to help.

Have u discussed this with our therapist, psychiatrist, counselors, etc...? If so, what did they say?

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Interesting sidenote, I heard this week (sorry i dont have the source, that the only other addiction that is more difficult than heroin is pedophilia. I was like wow, that must really suck. and I do believe that relationships are about spirits (I just happen to pick guys over 18 8), so i guess the "about spirits" could be a pedophile's defense. jezzz....
 
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haha, yeah, I was a big dreamer before drugs entered my life.

when I was a kid I could "control" my dreams, make myself fly and stuff. it was great, but I can't do that now, too much anxiety I think. the other day though I dreamed I was on a drug and totally let go -- didn't give a shit and gave into the craze. it was incredible, the feelings and emotions and disorder were so intense I was throwing up in my dream but totally beyond it all. I don't know how else to explain, sorry.

and yeah, about the physic thing... when I was kid, there were some tv shows I could predict. sounds silly, but it'd be half an hour before an episode of spongebob and I'd go, "I bet they're gonna play such-and-such episode!" they always did too. then I remember the day my grandma died, which was my first real experience of death. my dad picked me up after school and told me the news, and when I asked when she died he said early in the morning around 3. that morning I had woken up suddenly and sat straight up feeling this intensity, looked around the room and saw it was 3 in the morning, blinked a few times and wondered if something had happened but then went back to sleep. I kinda wish I was still a kid. =/
 
Depends on what type of dream. Some dreams stick with me through the morning while others I forget right away. The ones that stick are normally me getting a hold of drugs and getting really fucked up. Like others have said I believe those "drug" dreams is just my subconscious talking/playing out a sceniro to see how I truely feel about it.

I feel like most of my dreams are just my brain filing away memories and at the same time its playing it in a dream for me. But occasionally ill have a dream that comes out of no where and dosent make much sense intitially. ill look it up on one of those dream analysis and get a idea what the different symbols mean. I feel like its on traget but I also feel like its very broad and can apply to almost anyone. Lucid dreaming is awesome although I haven't done it in a while. I've only been able to fly on my invisable body board! I can go very fast and stop suddenly without concequence, besides that I haven't been able to manipulate anyother parts of the dream. I think its cuz I'm to excited to be flyinf around. I've learned how to end my dream by crashing and this is normally cuz I realize I need to get up for work or I'm late for something
 
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@more wow that's sad about your grandmother but yeah sometimes our bodies can sense when something is happening. Also the controlling of your dreams are called lucid dreaming and you can reteach yourself on how to do it.
 
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tAoW, that sounds nerve-racking and tense. Just reading about it made me cringe. Dude, that sucks. How often does it happen? Like is it every single night? If not, do u know what happens during the day to trigger it? Because maybe if u knew that, you could find a preventative solution.

When u have this reoccurring dream, does it reoccur multiple times a night? And does it feel lengthy timewise? Is there any filler other than the scene u described? Do u notice any minor or major changes within having the same dream (meaning is it exactly exact all the time)?

Sorry for this onslaught of questions, but Im just trying to help.

Have u discussed this with our therapist, psychiatrist, counselors, etc...? If so, what did they say?

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Interesting sidenote, I heard this week (sorry i dont have the source, that the only other addiction that is more difficult than heroin is pedophilia. I was like wow, that must really suck. and I do believe that relationships are about spirits (I just happen to pick guys over 18 8), so i guess the "about spirits" could be a pedophile's defense. jezzz....
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Honestly having clinical insomnia bouts means that I don't really have a great way to compare it to a normal sleep schedule. Recently I have been sleeping again, last night sucked but I was having bad anxiety attacks. I found that on weeks when I sleep - I usually have very lucid dreams and yes, the same exact room inthe dream with my first psychiatrist..he was the first person i ever admitted being sexually abused too, and he also was a complete prick, when i told him i used opiates more or less because it numbed me he responded that he had provided therapy for a lady who had survived the holocaust and she wasn't using opiates ..... which made zero sense to me. PTSD / addiction are separate mental conditions - while i certainly used then to cover up the former, being an addict on it's own sucks, I don't need to be told that I suck at life and compared to a war crime victim. I've never had any change in the dream, the only thing that is weird is that the room has one of those couches to lie on like you see in a movie with a therapist. He just had seats. That is the only difference from the office in my dream and reality.

As for as pedophilia goes, i have zero empathy. I have seen it first hand and i would literally kill myself if the choice were uncontrollable urges taht lead to the demise of god knows how many children. Shooting heroin i made money for, and while it hurt those who loved me it is not even comparable to the damages done by rape. I know you aren't comparing and justifying it - i just get real tense surrounding these issues as I'm sure you can imagine.
 
Yo sorry to hear u get lucid dreams about reliving a shitty time in ur life. I laughed when I read "I don't need to be told that I suck at life and compared to a war crime victim." For sure, how is that therapeutic?

How long have u had this dream for? Ever hear of these lucid dreaming technique where u wear these goggle with a blinking red light that u learn to incorporate into ur dreams to control ur dreams.

What do sleeping pills or nicotine patches do anything for u?
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I remarked about the pedophilia bc usually im like poor my im a long term iv heroin addict me, my life cant b worse. then i hear that news about pedophiles and i am like oh god I guess life cud be worse. I already feel like a jerk/scum as an addict who always needing money, imagine if I were addicted to that?!? that would be a real hassle. I mean I dont know any, but like I dont think they ask for their addiction just like I didnt want to get hopelessly hooked on multiple drugs families.
 
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This is a really interesting thread. Iam fascinated with dreams and the significance they have to your life. I have lucid dreams almost every night. Always have done. I think you can interpret dreams how ever you want. If you dreams of a lottery ticket ( which I did a couple of weeks ago!!! , but can only remember 3 numbers! , not yet tried them out tho! ) It might not mean go and play the lotto, the numbers might have a different meaning. I'm 30 now and still get night terrors and horrific nightmares... Although I have basically trained myself to wake myself up during the nightmare. I believe anyone has this capability. Sometime after I wake up , take a breather, then drift back off I step right back into the same dream! Can be abit annoying but I can also do this with good dreams as well. I have a question for you all.. Have you ever heard of hypnogogic hallucinations ( I think that's how you spell it ) . ??? If not then look it up. I regularly get this and it can be really terrifying. Its a semi-concious dream state where you actually see , hear and feel things. There have been many reports of this, and its more common than people think... Here a thought... Many ghost sitings have been reported in the bedroom , are these hypnogogic hallucinations ? Anyway peace out for now .. I'm off to do the lottery !! :)
 
I mentioned this to someone recently (it might have been you, taow) but I read something recently that was kind of a cool way of describing dreams -- it said dreams are metaphors, so they very rarely mean what they are actually about. For example, you dont use a metaphor of a sunset to describe a sunset, you cant use something as a metaphor to itself, and thats how dreams are. If you have a dream that you are drowning, obviously that doesnt mean you are going to drown the next day, it likely means something completely different, like maybe you feel like you are being drowned by the events in your life. Sort of random, but I just thought it was a good description. :)

Anyway, taow, in your case its obviously trauma, things that are on your mind a lot. Those likely arent metaphors for anything, just bad memories... I hope over time that decreases. I'm sure it will, but it will take time. Until then, it might be time to look for a new therapist. :\ If you arent comfortable or happy with them, its going to make things a lot tougher and sort of defies the whole point of going to see them. Your therapist should be someone who you trust to not make you feel even worse about yourself.
 
Ty guys for the input , a lot of really good stuff.

@Opi - Had this dream for a few months now - I consistently have the same dream for a period of time. I think w addiction as we know - addicts obsess , I may take that to a really new level lol. I have tried every sleeping pill out there, right now I am using lunesta which I do not really like. They've never affect my dreams one way or the other.
@OneVerse - definetly going to look into that , ty.
@fizzle - ٩(•̮̮̃•̃)۶ ٩(-̮̮̃-̃)۶ ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶ ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ ٩(-̮̮̃•̃) hahahahaha
 
taow, i've always had lucid dreams but after shit happened i started having nightmares i didn't wanna have so i either got too loaded to dream or stayed awake which probably explains why i prefer to work all night and sleep an hour or so here and there during the day.

anyway-
that way of dealing doesn't work out real well esp after a few decades of doing it.
surviving the surviving is a whole lot tougher than just getting through which is what i was doing... just getting through a minute at a time.

i had to let the nightmares and the fear i was either gonna go totally, locked up crazy or die to just roll over me in dreams. it wasn't an option to let the past ruin both the present and future.
the only option for me was to survive surviving, y'know?

told you before, you are so far ahead of where i was at your age. hang in, my friend :)
-izzy
 
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