Anyone have any recurring dreams? I was thinking about it recently, I've had one pretty often in the past but haven't had it recently (probably will tonight, now).

Every few months or so I would have a dream where I was back in college and I would essentially forget to go to class for the entire semester, and realize at the end and start panicking about my grade. 

i had alot when I was younger. 

posted by justincredible

Anyone have any recurring dreams? I was thinking about it recently, I've had one pretty often in the past but haven't had it recently (probably will tonight, now).

Every few months or so I would have a dream where I was back in college and I would essentially forget to go to class for the entire semester, and realize at the end and start panicking about my grade. 

I have the same one .............. miss about six weeks of class, and then the final is tomorrow; wake up shaking :) 

Probably happens twice a year; crazy. 

I away fly in my dreams ... I have out of body experiences  

I visit people and places ... 

I have some version of the school one 2-3X a year.

Haven't had any in some time, but another frequent one is getting hit by a train.  That one makes no sense to me - never had a fear of trains and don't regularly cross tracks.

I have a similar one to the school one, but about work. Not getting everything I need done before show day, and waking up in a panic every few hours. Unfortunately, this is too recurring. Its every few events (1-2 times a month).

posted by justincredible

Anyone have any recurring dreams? I was thinking about it recently, I've had one pretty often in the past but haven't had it recently (probably will tonight, now).

Every few months or so I would have a dream where I was back in college and I would essentially forget to go to class for the entire semester, and realize at the end and start panicking about my grade. 

I think those are the "insecurity" dreams. When I was a lot younger, I had a few of them where I was in high school, going to my locker and realizing I couldn't remember my combination. I had the college one you're describing occasionally, but not much anymore. Now, it's that somehow, I'm hooked up with my ex-wife in some sort of "she's back living with me, I don't think I like this, but what can I do?" way.

It's not always the same exact dream, but sometimes I have one where I need to run to something or away from something/someone, and I cannot do it. My legs will move, but it's very slowly, they feel really heavy and I don't get far.

I've also had dreams where I need to get hair and makeup done for an event but it just never happens. I don't even know how they end. I just know I am never fully ready for whatever thing I'm supposed to be doing.

I used to dream I was a teepee then I would dream the next night I was a wigwam.  Talked to the doctor.  He said  I was two tents.  

Say it out loud.

Wait for it.

I'll see myself out now.

I had a strange one as a kid where I was on a mountain and huge rock slides were happening around me but it never hit me.  I could feel the ground shake in my dream. That's how I knew it was starting. 

posted by superman

I used to dream I was a teepee then I would dream the next night I was a wigwam.  Talked to the doctor.  He said  I was two tents.  

 

 

Say it out loud.

 

 

Wait for it.

 

I'll see myself out now.

Did this joke come with a pair of white velcro sneakers?

I frequently have the back at college dreams and missing class and when's the final. I also have frequent dreams of being back at school as a teacher. I sometimes have those dreams of trying to get to or away and my legs are so heavy. 

I also used to have dreams (none like this in a long time) where I would try to be running away from something, or just trying to move fast in general, but I would basically be unable to walk/run and would basically be crawling.

posted by Belly35

I away fly in my dreams ... 

 

/Belly'd

posted by justincredible

Anyone have any recurring dreams? I was thinking about it recently, I've had one pretty often in the past but haven't had it recently (probably will tonight, now).

Every few months or so I would have a dream where I was back in college and I would essentially forget to go to class for the entire semester, and realize at the end and start panicking about my grade. 

Probably due to the syrup. 

Probably.

In high school i was a dishwasher for a couple of years. I still have dreams about not being able to keep up with all the dirty dishes and the waitresses are yelling. 

I used to have a recurring dream of driving eastbound on Bethel Road in Columbus right around sawmill.  This was when Bethel was only two lanes.  It is a dark stormy afternoon - black thunderstorm looking sky.  A huge 747 plane is taking off to the south from Don Scott (even though there isn't a runway that faces that direction).  It is so big and it is practically in slow motion.  The plane starts up, but just as it goes over the road, it stalls and crashes.  I am about a quarter a mile away from it while it happens.

I used to have this dream on a monthly basis for years.  I no longer do.  I have no idea why it stopped, although it may have coincided with  my quitting drinking.  It wasn't a scary dream, but it did haunt me.

posted by justincredible

Anyone have any recurring dreams? I was thinking about it recently, I've had one pretty often in the past but haven't had it recently (probably will tonight, now).

Every few months or so I would have a dream where I was back in college and I would essentially forget to go to class for the entire semester, and realize at the end and start panicking about my grade. 

I have that one about 1x a year and it’s not a good feeling

My favorite dreams are "real" dreams, where everything seems like you are living in the moment, and everyone in the dream is someone you know very well.  Especially real sex dreams...

I work in retail management and although it is not the same dream,I do have dreams several times a year that involve my workplace.

I've had that school dream as well. Used to have one often about it was game time and I coild not find my uniform for the game.

When I was taking anti malaria medication it gives extremely vivid dreams.  One I routinely had asmi would start walking to our ready room.....and would walk..and walk...and ndver get there.  Id look at the time and it woipd take 8 hours to get there..then I'd turn around and walk back.

posted by superman

I used to dream I was a teepee then I would dream the next night I was a wigwam.  Talked to the doctor.  He said  I was two tents.  

 

 

Say it out loud.

 

 

Wait for it.

 

I'll see myself out now.

posted by cat_lover

I work in retail management and although it is not the same dream,I do have dreams several times a year that involve my workplace.

I've had stretches where I worked 80+ hours a week for several weeks, and that was ALL I dreamed about because basically all I was doing was eat, sleep and work.  Not even any downtime to relax and unwind.

I've had the school dreams forgetting a class until the end of the semester in college or I don't know which locker is mine in high school.  I'm in a gun battle and my gun does not fire is another.

You can sum this thread up as your brain enjoys fucking with you at night.

The first time I remember dreaming, I was probably 3 and a half, and and it seemed they were in black and white back then.  Probably switched to color between 4 and 5.

I studied the dreaming mechanism in college.  The thing that made the most sense was that our brain uses dreams to "de-fragment" memory storage, so we dream more during periods of intensive learning.  Babies dream almost non-stop during the first year of life, an incredibly intense learning period.  

It's interesting to see how many folks have similar type dreams as me.  In my younger days, repetitive work on the job would show up in a dream, and I'd wake up exhausted because I'd already put in 8 hours on the job - in my sleep.

I have the same problem when I'm sick from a cold or other virus - if the virus really has me in its grip and my head is fuzzy, any dream time is spent stuck in a mindless activity loop, and I'm trapped.  Miserable feeling.

Interestingly, if I fall asleep without putting my CPAP on, and my airway starts constricting, I will dream about being in a claustrophobic space.  I do not like to be without my CPAP.

I used to have the "running in wet cement" type dreams - I believe it's because during REM sleep your brain paralyzes your muscles from being able to actually move substantially, so you have that sensation in the dream that your legs are stuck.

I don't have a "recurring dream", but I have several recurring themes.  In one of them, my house morphs into my parents' house, and the front and back yard sometimes have these deep holes or trenches dug into the lawn, and everyone acts like it's normal.  I haven't figured out where that comes from.  Freud might have a field day with that one.