I Had A Nightmare

So last night, I had a terrible nightmare.  I won't get into it, partially because I don't even want to think about it, partially because it was a dream so some parts of it don't make sense when explained.  Anyhow.  When I woke up, it took a couple seconds for me to realize the horrible things I'd thought happened didn't actually happen and that it was, indeed, just a dream.

The moment one realizes that a nightmare was just, indeed, a dream - is that the best moment, or the worst moment ever?  I'm debating.  I felt an extreme sense of relief, but also a little twinge of something else.  I'm not sure what - anger?  Trauma?  I don't know.  But I still feel a little shaken from it, even though it's been around 12 hours later.

Your thoughts?  That moment when you realize a nightmare was, indeed, just simply a dream and not reality - is that a good feeling or a quasi-bad one?

Recurring Nightmare

I know everyone has them.  I had one other other night.

In this specific dream, I was trying to complete a simple task (check if my dance class was canceled on its website).   In this dream, I thought class was canceled, so I wasn't planning on going, but then my friend Rachel texted me saying she thought it wasn't canceled.  It was right at the time I would have needed to leave, and I wasn't dressed or ready.  So, I began a race against the clock trying to check online if it was canceled.  However, I kept having simple little problems.  I was mistyping the website.  Then I was clicking and it wasn't going through.  Then my phone froze.  Then, finally, in a flurry of frustration, I woke up.

However, in my constant recurring nightmares, I am trying to complete a simple task (like change the channel on the tv or put on a sweater) and I, for some reason, can't.  I keep running into roadblocks.

Does anyone else have this kind of recurring nightmare?  What do you all have for recurring nightmares?  Naked in public dreams?  (I used to have those too.)   Is one of your nightmares that this blog turns back into 'Jaime's dream analysis'?  Don't answer that.  

Jaime's Dream Diary

So, as a break from the Lee Dewyze mayhem - back to my personal dream diary.

I was back in high school, AGAIN.  It was the day of prom and I was freaking out because I didn't have a dress.  I was at the store and I couldn't find a dress I liked.  This is like me not finding a nail polish or wine I like.  Anyhow, I was scrambling in the middle of the mall, desperately looking for a dress, I was also realizing that I hadn't planned out who my date and I would be taking pictures with and sitting with.  An interesting sidenote is, in this dream, I was going to prom with a specific guy from my high school (not the guy I actually went with way back in the day) - I won't mention him by name because that could be creepy with the world of google-stalking and all, but anyhow - it was a guy I very vaguely knew and I don't think I spoke to once - so I found it odd that he was specifically my date.  Odd.

Anyhow.  So then I woke up from said dream because I was so frantic/panicked - however, then I fell back asleep and went back into the same dream.   Does that ever happen?  Only, the strangest thing is, instead of prom dresses, all the girls, myself included, were wearing wedding dresses.  Anyhow, I'd found my date and we were in his car, together (he picked me up straight from the mall) in transit to prom.  That's when I woke up.

What does it all mean?

For Those of you Following my Nightly Dreams....

Last night was dachshunds.

I'll let you make the connection.

Dream Analysis, Part 813

What does it mean when one dreams of food/eating? Does it mean one went to bed hungry? I go through spurts of having 'eating' dreams - right now I am smack dab in the middle of one.

Last night, I dreamt of eating a hotdog. Why a hotdog, I don't know. If anyone could enlighten me, I'd truly appreciate it. What does it mean to dream of eating a hotdog? Anyone know? Anyone have any ideas?

(Sigmund Freud, please sit down and shut up.)

It Happened Again....

I was back in high school...AGAIN...I was a senior and I had to choreograph a dance for my high school orchesis (dance team) show. I was going through my ipod looking for the right song. Gosh, I feel so old, back when I was in high school, ipods hadn't even been invented!!!!! Eek! I guess this tradition of dreams of being back in high school is going to continue into the new year....

Weird Dream, Part 893

Ok, so I had a dream last night that I was shopping for art (perhaps for my new apartment). This isn't odd in the least of ways because I was just thinking about the fact that I really have no artwork whatsoever and I'm going to need to put SOMETHING on my wall. So I have been thinking about buying a piece or two. Anyhow.

In the dream, right before I woke up, I was holding a piece that was bright pink and purple and glitterly - highly, highly gaudy. Actually, I personally thought it was pretty, but not appropriate for an adult apartment. It kind of reminded me of something I would like back in high school.

Now, again, the only thing about this dream that really stuck with me was the fact that I remember it very clearly. I decided to do some research on dreams about art. Here's what I found (per google).

Art Gallery

To dream that you are in an art gallery (well, it was a place with multiple pieces of art, so close enough), represents your past experiences. Something in your past is having an impact in your current situation. Alternatively, the dream may be telling you that you need to capture some moment and preserve it.

HMM.

Weird Dream, Part 85?

So now, I am someone who happens to believe there are meanings, etc., to dreams. Well, I have been going in a 'having dreams' spurt lately. (Sidenote: What causes spurts of having dreams? Or, I suppose, as the 'experts' would say - what causes spurts of remembering one's dreams?)

Anyhow. Last night - I dreamt I was in my high school parking lot. I was driving a car (actually, I was driving the car of a girl I used to work with, whom I didn't meet until after high school and haven't seen in years). Somehow, the car started going in reverse (not to my doing) and I tried to stop it, but it sideswiped another car and left quite a bit of damage on both cars. I got out of the car and tried to examine the damage. However, when I looked closer, it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected. Randomly, the owner of the car I hit came running up, but she wasn't at all upset, like one would expect a person to be.

So, naturally, I googled 'dream interpretation - car crash'. Here's what I got:

Dreams of cars are symbols of how you are progressing towards your ambitions and emotions experienced with traveling through life. A car can also be symbolic of our bodies.

To dream of a Car Crash indicates that you feel aspects of your life are out of control. Was someone else driving the car? If so you need to gain control over your life which is being dominated by another person.

Hmm.

There are a couple things I note about this bizarre dream that may appear to be significant:

1) I was in my high school parking lot
2) I was going in reverse
3) I couldn't stop the car by my own doing
4) The damage didn't end up being as bad as I expected it to be

Hmm. What does this all mean? I almost think I might know....