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What are dreams?

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  • 15-03-2010 11:01pm
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    veryangryman
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    Im having alot of them lately, and have gone like absolute years without them previously.

    They range from stuff i plan to do to work-related things to relationships past and present to new hobbies id like to get into.

    I used to think its related to the last thing you think about before falling asleep but that aint the case here. What do you fine people think? :pac:


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    Blazer
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    Dreams are things that don't come true.

    Like winning the lotto, blagging Cheryl Cole..watching Mary Harney suffer a massive heart attack and having to lie on a trolley for 24 hours without any attention, the Goverment gob****es being shot for treason etc...you know..all the kind of stuff that'll never happen in a million years :mad:


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    bazmaiden
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    veryangryman wrote: »
    Im having alot of them lately, and have gone like absolute years without them previously.

    have you quit smoking weed lately?


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    veryangryman
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    bazmaiden wrote: »
    have you quit smoking weed lately?

    Quiet you


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    CreepingDeath
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    veryangryman wrote: »
    ...have gone like absolute years without them previously.

    Unlikely, you're probably only remembering them now.
    Have you moved house recently, a new environment, strange sounds waking you up more ?


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    bazmaiden
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    veryangryman wrote: »
    Quiet you

    Happens everyone that quits


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    Latchy
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    '' Dreams are nothing more than wishes and a wish is just a dream you wish to come true, woo woo ''

    Harry Nilsson - The Puppy Song


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    Woow_Aqualung
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    Freud says is that dreams express tensions that your mind wants you to get rid of. Although weed is another likely candidate....


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    El Weirdo
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    Woow_Aqualung wrote: »
    Freud says is that dreams express tensions that your mind wants you to get rid of. Although weed is another likely candidate....
    Still? Thought he'd been dead for years...


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    m@cc@
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    veryangryman wrote: »
    Im having alot of them lately, and have gone like absolute years without them previously.

    They range from stuff i plan to do to work-related things to relationships past and present to new hobbies id like to get into.

    I used to think its related to the last thing you think about before falling asleep but that aint the case here. What do you fine people think? :pac:

    Well the mistake a lot of people make is taking them literally. OP, be more specific about the strange ones.


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    veryangryman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,562 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    m@cc@ wrote: »
    OP, be more specific about the strange ones.

    Thanks but no

    Thats for Personal Issues. :DOn a more general level though, its good to get a handle on why our mind works these strange ways during unconsciousness


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    My name is URL
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    It's your brain defragging


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    Corkfeen
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    Woow_Aqualung wrote: »
    Freud says is that dreams express tensions that your mind wants you to get rid of. Although weed is another likely candidate....
    He also says that its wish fulfillment but I thought he was essentially a nice framework although incorrect in assumptions. :D
    I was discussing this exact topic 20 minutes ago. Basically nobody has decided what the definitive purpose is of our dreams. They may be there to keep us sane (through expressing desires etc..) or serve no purpose at all.


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    abrr1000
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    I dreamed the other night that I cheated on my boyfriend with Eminem...go figure :confused: and then today I heard someone listening to his music on the bus....coincidence?:rolleyes:


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    rich1874
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    Just ask Kevin Costner, he had a field full of them. Actually, what a poor movie, not as bad as Tin Cup though. Just take the drop next to the green you idiot! He sure did make a lot of poor movies.

    I'm going to watch the Lion King so that hopefully i'll dream of being a Lion. That basically sums up what a dream is.


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    Latchy
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    Suppose it might depend on what filtered through to our subconciousness before sleepytime . I know if I eat cheese an hr or two before bedtime I will usually have odd , strange , or totally weird dreams .


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    Irish_wolf
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    This sums it up pretty nicely


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    Corkfeen
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    Latchy wrote: »
    Suppose it might depend on what filtered through to our subconciousness before sleepytime . I know if I eat cheese an hr or two before bedtime I will usually have odd , strange , or totally weird dreams .

    Shall eat half a kilo of cheese to see if it has effect. :D


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    Latchy
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    Corkfeen wrote: »
    Shall eat half a kilo of cheese to see if it has effect. :D

    Well it can swing either way , at least if you get pounced upon by some sex starved naked vamp ;) or chased around the bedroom by some monster from hell :eek:

    ....you can always blame it on thank the cheese :pac:



    :D


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    TanG411
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    I had a dream where I could fly if I did three karate kicks with my right leg and two kicks with my left to maintain my flight.

    I went onto my roof :cool:


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    Co45
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    I have the same dream every night. I'm sitting in a field and a person with no face approaches me and just stands in front of me for what seems like hours. I am frozen to the spot. Go figure.


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    epgc3fyqirnbsx
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    The only time I dream is when I'm half awake and half asleep and then I can have fulll blown conversations with people that I dont realise aren't there until I open my eyes
    Happens pretty much every morning now cos I'm on *holidays


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    Woow_Aqualung
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    Co45 wrote: »
    I have the same dream every night. I'm sitting in a field and a person with no face approaches me and just stands in front of me for what seems like hours. I am frozen to the spot. Go figure.

    Yeah I had a dream where I was being murdered by myself but with no face.


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