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fieryredqueen

In Dreams

Apr 17, 2012 21:10

I had one of the most violent dreams I've had in a long time this afternoon during my old-person nap. Apparently I was running a gauntlet of some kind, and in order to get something I needed--some weird balloon filled with fluid--I had to fight this guy. He was kind of gangly and skinny, with a cocky attitude. As soon as they said "Fight!" I ran ( Read more... )

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bleedtoblue April 18 2012, 01:57:41 UTC

I don't have violent dreams, I have no idea how I'd cope with real life violence, but I suspect I'd be a WIMP. I have dreams that upset me terribly an I don't know why they do. Other dreams seem like they'd be upsetting, but aren't. I don't interpret dreams, but occasionally I have one that's so strange I try looking things up to see what it might mean.

fieryredqueen April 18 2012, 22:23:50 UTC

Yeah, dream interpretation is completely dodgy. We might, as humans, have some sort of collective subconscious memory, but trying to make any real world application of that--especially for something as convoluted and personal as a dream--is almost entirely nonsensical, I think. You'd be better off trying to use it to explain why some people prefer mayonnaise on their fries.

The most disturbing dream I've ever had was one where all my friends stopped what they were doing and turned to stare at me, and I got the sudden certainty that nothing I was sensing was what it seemed to be, and then I woke up suddenly with that feeling just lingering on for hours afterward. Compared to that, dreaming of stabbing a guy to pulp was positively charming.

anonymous April 18 2012, 19:21:09 UTC

I have read that your brain must close out stress cycles and if you go to sleep before reaching closure on a stressfull situation you may have a violent dream. The violence and triumph are your brain's way of defeating your stressful real life event. Your brain gets closure and your body can finally rest. Violent dreams can be an idicator that you feel powerless in a real life situation. To resolve just identify and fix that real life issue!

fieryredqueen April 18 2012, 22:28:44 UTC

Well, that's very logical and reasonable. Makes sense. Which, I find, is almost impossible to apply to dreams. Plus, I have no unusual stress on me from any corner, except for maybe the lingering stress of grief. Dreams are not that easy to put in a box, which I'm grateful for. I definitely don't need to be looking to my subconscious for guidance.

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fieryredqueen April 20 2012, 17:10:26 UTC

I might buy that in my case if I was or had been feeling stressed or disturbed, but that just wasn't the case. I didn't mind the dream at all, it was just unusual enough I though I would relate it. And I'm pretty settled with Jesse's death, though of course there are times I still miss him acutely. I'm not really feeling stress from other quarters, except maybe financial. Not feeling much of anything, really ( ... )