Recurring Dreams

[RushLeader08]

one time i had a recurring dream that my closet caught on fire and all i had to wear were sweatpants from my grandma!!!
but it stopped when rush week was over!!!

[sageofages]

Originally Posted by carnation

Does anyone here have dreams that recur for several years?

For about 20 years, I've frequently had this dream that our family goes to Disney and we really want to go to the Haunted Mansion but can't seem to find it. It's making me crazy! I don't know why I have it, it's not even my favorite ride!

I used to have another recurring dream for years after my grandmother died--that my mother and I were hunting around her house for her and couldn't find her, but it was kinda obvious why I was having that. Finally, I dreamed that we found her and told her she was dead and the dreams stopped.

I can't figure it out.

My sister had a dream where she was in a house we lived in about 30 years ago. She said she was in the bathroom talking with our grandmother (who died during the time we lived in that house) when my parents dog showed up to see her. The dog is passed in the last few years. My sister said she didn't really "react" in her dream until a quite beloved cat that passed while we lived in that house showed up in her dream as well. She said she freaked in the dream because she realized that all those with her were DEAD! That must mean she was DEAD! She said she started shouting in her dream "I have to call Pam. I have to call Pam! She will know what to do." and woke up shouting that. She called me the next day to tell me about the dream.

We laughed about it a little. Three weeks later, she called me to tell me about her cancer. I was the first person she called. "I have to call Pam." was what her husband said was the first things out of her mouth after they got in the car from the hospital.

Sometimes dreams prepare us for scary things too.

[jmagnus]

At least once a month I have dreams where I'm falling. Except, right as I hit the ground I wake up. It's hard as hell to go back to sleep after one of those...

[AlethiaSi]

Originally Posted by jmagnus

At least once a month I have dreams where I'm falling. Except, right as I hit the ground I wake up. It's hard as hell to go back to sleep after one of those...

I have those quite frequently, usually once a month, I feel like my whole body is squished and I can't breathe.

I also have dreams that I'm on a college campus, and I know I'm supposed to know where I am or where I'm going, but i'm lost, and I can't find anyone to ask for directions, and it's dark and raining and I can't yell for help, like it just comes out as a whisper. Yeah, try reading into that one, lol

[33girl]

School dreams where you're lost/unprepared are among the most common dreams (recurring or otherwise) that people have. It's because school is a universal experience.

When I was 8 or 9 I used to dream about being trapped in a car and going backwards down a hill by my house - it was awful - I've had it a couple times since I've been older. I think it has to do with not feeling like you have any control over your life.

[OtterXO]

Originally Posted by AlethiaSi

I have those quite frequently, usually once a month, I feel like my whole body is squished and I can't breathe.

I also have dreams that I'm on a college campus, and I know I'm supposed to know where I am or where I'm going, but i'm lost, and I can't find anyone to ask for directions, and it's dark and raining and I can't yell for help, like it just comes out as a whisper. Yeah, try reading into that one, lol

I have the yelling thing in my dreams too! Anytime there's someone after me or I'm hurt in a dream I try to yell and can't. Since i started having that dream I've been paranoid that if something bad happened I wouldn't be able to scream. haha

[AlethiaSi]

Originally Posted by OtterXO

I have the yelling thing in my dreams too! Anytime there's someone after me or I'm hurt in a dream I try to yell and can't. Since i started having that dream I've been paranoid that if something bad happened I wouldn't be able to scream. haha

ME TOO!!! omg, that really freaks me out, i'm glad i'm not the only one lol

[AKA_Monet]

I have a running away from something bad dream, then I fall off a cliff and fly, only to jump into the water and swim... It is a very weird dream when it happens and I can stop and restart it whenever I want for a different outcome...

There is no spoon

[Kappamd]

I've had a recurring dream where all my teeth start falling out. It doesn't sound all that scary, but it FREAKS ME OUT. I wake up everytime in a panic and have to check to see if I have all my teeth before I even begin to calm down. No clue what it means.....

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by Kappamd

I've had a recurring dream where all my teeth start falling out. It doesn't sound all that scary, but it FREAKS ME OUT. I wake up everytime in a panic and have to check to see if I have all my teeth before I even begin to calm down. No clue what it means.....

i used to have one where they were really loose, all of them at the same time, and when i tried to bite/eat something in the dream they all wiggled and made each other move

it freaked me out too

[GphiBGirl10]

that teeth thing is creepy

[skylark]

When I was little I had a lot more recurring dreams.

The ability to fly/jump over an entire house was a cool one... sometimes flying over canyons.

The one that was pretty strange/unique was my shoplifting dream. I'd be in a supermarket, go to the produce section and steal some type of fruit (pinneapple, orange, banana etc.) and then someone grabs my arm and I wake up. I would have this dream over and over, but always taking a different fruit.

[FireFetus]

No.