Dreams.

[Zalkhatann]

I was looking for a forum thread discussing dreams earlier this morning, when I realized that none currently seem to be active. So, here this is, a revival of those threads, where you can describe your most recent, interesting, or strange dreams, discuss dreaming in general, or just read up on what strange shenanigans are going on in everyone else's heads. Feel free to post paragraphs and paragraphs going into thorough detail on everything you can remember about a certain dream, I find that it helps improve my ability to remember dreams if I do so.

[Floofybit]

I only ever have dreams when I'm in bad health. Maybe that's why they're usually all nightmares.

[Zalkhatann]

Last night I had a quite interesting dream that went on for a good long while before being mercilessly cut short by my alarm. It took place in a post-apocalyptic wasteland in which everything was ruined and the vast majority of the population was long-dead (though I never could find out why). Much of the world was desert, and what wasn't seemed to have its climactic conditions amplified. The oceans all had towering waves that made it almost impossible to fish on them (much less use them for recreation, found that out the hard way), the snowy areas suffered near-constant extreme blizzards, etc. Despite this, small pockets of humanity did manage to survive, although they really had to work hard to cling to what little they had. Because of this, humanity was at real risk of extinction at all times since each one of these populations was so small and basically didn't grow.

In this dream my family and I travelled around the land, searching for a way to re-ignite the old age of humanity. We catalogued the different people we found, the different environments, and anywhere that looked suitable for long-term habitation. There were monsters like zombies in some places too, although why this was was never explained. Eventually we stumbled upon this civilization carved into the side of a mountain, and the dream switched from first-person adventure to a sort of top-down Dwarf Fortress-style city management game where I was leading the group of people in the mountain to expand their society and overcome the challenges of the dark age to found a new bastion of humanity. This... didn't really work, particularly because my people kept getting killed by the zombies they unearthed while digging in the mountain for some reason. Thus, we eventually moved on.

After a few more days of travelling, we came across an enormous ruined mansion-fortress thing. Despite being dilapidated on the outside, due to the sheer size of the thing much of the inside was perfectly intact, with working electronics and even a jellyfish tank full of tiny bioluminescent jellyfish. We decided that this would be the perfect centerpiece for a new civilization, and so returned to where we had originally started the dream (on a small village sandwiched in between the roaring ocean and a ruined city) and tried to convince those people to journey with us to the new land. They agreed, but stated that they needed more food to survive the journey. This was a problem, as they existed in mere subsistence, scavenging their food from the ruins of the city and whatever happened to wash up on the shores - fishing was far too dangerous in the treacherous waters. I decided to try and go into the ocean anyways (as there were a lot of fish there), and immediately learned my lesson as the huge waves threw me clean out of the water and back onto the beach. Upon seeing my abject failure one of the survivalist experts from the community decided to join my family and try to perform a great heist in the city, bringing back enough food to make the journey instead of just finding whatever needed to survive the day like the residents of the city usually did. And then I woke up before I could do that. Rats.

[Zalkhatann]

I only ever have dreams when I'm in bad health. Maybe that's why they're usually all nightmares.

Man sick dreams do really suck, when I'm sick I usually have dreams where I'm endlessly moving units around in whatever strategy game I've been playing lately, which gets so unbelievably boring that I eventually force myself to wake up, only to have the exact same dream again when I fall back asleep. Ah the joys of the unconscious mind.

[Vikanias]

All of my dreams make no sense. One day it’s Master chief’s in pink doing a sonic level to me getting my head smashed in by Wario.

[The Seven levels of Heaven]

My dreams are weird. If I'm overall good and in a positive emotional place, my dreams are almost hyper unrealistic and sometimes trippy af. If I'm struggling somewhere emotionally, my dreams end up being more realistic, sometimes to where I'm wondering if I'm even dreaming because it just seems so real...or I get something weirdly apocalyptic.

My favorites are the continuing dreams...meaning you wake up for some reason, and when you go back to sleep the dream continues exactly where it left off. My least favorite are the repeating ones, usually because it's only the "bad" dreams that tend to repeat. On the flipside though, I can count the amount of times I've had a nightmare barely on 2 hands (and I'll be 37 next month), and the amount of night terrors to like 1-2 fingers.

[Floofybit]

I remember having a dream where me and a couple other people my age got on a bus and drove off towards a city hall looking building. We were all wearing red and black uniforms. When I entered the building, we all stood uniform in a line and I learned that it was a patriot camp where we were to be taught to love the country. I don't remember if I liked it or not.

[Bradfordville]

I dreamt we were at a motel party and then a horrific lovecraftian abomination appeared out of the sky, and the world began ending.

[Cannot think of a name]

I dreamt we were at a motel party and then a horrific lovecraftian abomination appeared out of the sky, and the world began ending.

That wasn't a dream, that was last Tuesday. It's just taking its time to get around to finishing us all off.

[Valles Marineris Mining co]

Some of my most terrifying dreams:

”Kingdom of Heaven”

In my dream I was a devout Christian, prayed 2 times a day, went to church very week, read the Bible when I was stressed out, etc. Then one day I got shot or stabbed in an alleyway. I ended up dying. I felt my self ascending to another plane until I opened my eyes in the dream and saw I was standing on a floor of clouds. It was your stereotypical rendition of heaven, clouds, pearly gates, gold staircase, etc. However something was off. There was nobody standing in line at the staircase, and the Pearly gates were bent right open. I climbed the massive golden stairs, nearly collapsing from exhaustion, I reached the top, there was a golden hall, similar to the Greek pantheon building with white pillars extending out for miles and upwards forever. Silent, nobody was there. I was alone. I kept walking forward, I heard music, very faint but most certainly audible. As I walked further down the hall of pillars the music grew louder. Eventually after walking for what seemed like hours a massive golden throne came into view. It was empty. In front of the the throne was a massive corpse of an old man, presumably god, being feasting on and eaten by angels. Hundreds of them, chewing at his corpse like hyenas. I then look around, I saw bodies, countless bodies all chewed on and with bite marks, some of the bodies I even recognized as famous historical figures. Then I woke up.

This was the song that was playing: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rznMFf1Ljz8

[Astridr]

I was looking for a forum thread discussing dreams earlier this morning, when I realized that none currently seem to be active. So, here this is, a revival of those threads, where you can describe your most recent, interesting, or strange dreams, discuss dreaming in general, or just read up on what strange shenanigans are going on in everyone else's heads. Feel free to post paragraphs and paragraphs going into thorough detail on everything you can remember about a certain dream, I find that it helps improve my ability to remember dreams if I do so.

I used to have really vivid dreams when I was younger. A few have always stuck with me, mainly because they seemed and felt so real. Here's one of them:

The Bridge Dream:

I was alone as I made a left turn onto the bridge going across the highway. It had recently rained, the air was cool, and there was fog with the lights of my city melting through. Early in the morning like this, it wasn't uncommon for the city streets to be almost completely dead. Another car was sitting on the bridge and two men stood outside waiting. I stopped my car a few yards away and watched them, I was anxious because I was told to meet here, it was the only way. My wife had been taken from me and they wanted me here.

I ran my hands along the steering wheel in thought before exiting my car. The men didn't move. I looked around, I could tell there was a light mist coming, but no traffic in sight. The spot where this bridge was located sat across the loop, and for a small city, it was pretty secluded this far up from the center of town. I felt the chill of the air as I inhaled every breath and cautiously approached the men. They wore black jackets and jeans, the one tended to a cigarette, but otherwise, they said nothing.

I felt the hair on my neck bristle, something was wrong. I had a gun tucked away in my belt just in case. It was heavy, pulling on the waistband of my jeans, and I hoped I could reach back fast enough to grab it if I needed it. But it didn't matter. I watched the two men as I drew closer, 'Where is she?' I asked, 'Where is my wife? You said if I came you'd take me to her!' Silence was their reply and for good reason. I didn't notice the third man near the light post when I pulled onto the bridge.

I felt it. There was no pain, just a deepness in my chest, a sinking feeling that began near my sternum and felt like a weight pulling me down to the pavement. I could feel water running down my chest and the mist as it speckled my face. I tumbled over on my side, my eyes still locked on the two men. What had happened? I couldn't understand, I couldn't move. The sinking feeling grew worse and the chill set in, creeping over my body, and binding my limbs as I heard the footsteps behind me. Then I understood. The third man stopped right behind my head, I could hear the road scraping underneath his shoes, and the sound of the gun's hammer cocking.

And then I woke up. I grabbed my chest when I did because I could still feel the coldness and the weight, it lingered for several minutes and then subsided. And that was it, I never had that dream again, but I still remember it. The feeling of being shot and dying. It disturbed me for a long time.

[Osmauri]

My dreams frequently involve some amazingly life-like depictions of fictional places I've created like Auroris, Marainta and Arkania.

Or it's alternate versions of historical events. Or future events. I might read too many history books...

Oh, some of the worst dreams? They aren't that outlandish and they were hella lucid, part of what made them terrifying.

Two of them involved the immediate aftermath of a full nuclear exchange. I had to survive that aftermath. You can probably guess how fun that must've been when waking up.

The entire time for those two dreams, I woke up thinking that we were actually in a nuclear war. I was jittery for weeks.

[Dantek]

I had a dream where Humpty Dumpty pulled out a fucking rocket launcher and obliterated those below him
And then followers of the Church of Humpty Dumpty appeared and started to pray to their almighty Humpty Dumpty God
(I swear this was a real dream)

[North Freachikion]

I have lucid dreams

[Osmauri]

I had a dream where Humpty Dumpty pulled out a fucking rocket launcher and obliterated those below him
And then followers of the Church of Humpty Dumpty appeared and started to pray to their almighty Humpty Dumpty God
(I swear this was a real dream)

Our Egg God has forsworn and forsaken gravity!

[Port Carverton]

I rarely have dreams, and when I do, they make no sense.

[Valles Marineris Mining co]

Another terrifying dream. I can’t even begin to describe it. Like sleep paralysis, kind of?

Essentially I get like I wasn’t dreaming, got out of bed, everything was blurry, stumbling and numbing into everything, walked downstairs, realized I was dreaming and time reversed on itself and I woke, same thing happened, got a little farther and opened the fridge, realized it was a dream again. Repeat this again and again at least 100 times (I’m not even joking it felt like days) of me getting out of bed, stumbling around blindly and then realizing it’s a dream and time reversing again.

This video kinda describes (yes I know it’s a meme video, but it really encapsulates the surreal feeling): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf1tx8XT8 ... YWxscyA%3D

[North Freachikion]

I had a dream where every second the stuff around me moved one year into the future. I saw aliens, ufos, flying cars, “pleasure cubes”, cyborgs, war, destruction in a matter of seconds.

[Valles Marineris Mining co]

I had a dream where every second the stuff around me moved one year into the future. I saw aliens, ufos, flying cars, “pleasure cubes”, cyborgs, war, destruction in a matter of seconds.

“Pleasure cubes”

Care to elaborate?

[North Freachikion]

I had a dream where every second the stuff around me moved one year into the future. I saw aliens, ufos, flying cars, “pleasure cubes”, cyborgs, war, destruction in a matter of seconds.

“Pleasure cubes”

Care to elaborate?

Watch this video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GxZSpsaTL2c

[Valles Marineris Mining co]

“Pleasure cubes”

Care to elaborate?

Watch this video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GxZSpsaTL2c

Ah, ok. Thought it was some sexual thing, in reality it’s far more terrifying.

Thoughts on my god nightmare? Is there some meaning to it or is it just nonsense my fucked up brain came up with?

[North Freachikion]

Watch this video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GxZSpsaTL2c

Ah, ok. Thought it was some sexual thing, in reality it’s far more terrifying.

Thoughts on my god nightmare? Is there some meaning to it or is it just nonsense my fucked up brain came up with?

“Sexual Thing?”

You dirty minded?

[Osmauri]

Ah, ok. Thought it was some sexual thing, in reality it’s far more terrifying.

Thoughts on my god nightmare? Is there some meaning to it or is it just nonsense my fucked up brain came up with?

“Sexual Thing?”

You dirty minded?

Tbf, "pleasure cubes" doesn't sound very halal

[Australian rePublic]

When I was in primary school, I had a dream that my school went to the USA to compete against an other school which looked exactly like mine in a foot race, when all of a sudden, a giant pink wave (of what I was too young to understand must have been acid) washed over the entire school, desolving everything in its path, leading to countless deaths and missing body parts

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I had a dream that my family and I were chased by a serial killer along with an other family, then it eventually became a game where the attractive of the other family was pretending to be a serial killer and the rest of us had to run away from her. Whilst running away from her, I had to give her an impromptu script and impromptu avting lessons. I've contemplated editting it and turning it into a horror story

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When John Howard was prime minister of Australia (prior to 2007), I had a dream that John Howard somehow discovered that I liked trains, so he stored his backpack in my backyard in order to build a train line running through it (with his own hands)

[Kubra]

Oh, I had a dream I was gassed on the western front. It nearly made me believe in the idea of past lives. However, upon waking and reflection I realised there were too many historical discrepancies and I had simply played too many video games.