other people get naked dreams. I get dreams where a giant bat tells me that I desperately need to read a copy of the popal vuh and where i'm leading a group of friends out of the woods during a blizzard while we're all being stalked by a wendigo.

the worst part? I feel asleep reading a book on naval tactics during the age of sail. so my brain went from 'naval tactics' to 'giant talking bat god' all on its own. And that, children, is why I don't talk to my subconscious. it's a cracked out weirdo that I'd rather not visit unless I have no other choice.

Weaver95: And that, children, is why I don't talk to my subconscious. i

You have to go *deeper*.

"Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sun-god robes on a pyramid with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you?"

Rustico: Weaver95: And that, children, is why I don't talk to my subconscious. i

You have to go *deeper*.

no thanks. the cannibal spirit dream was quite deep enough for me.

naval tactics during the age of sail

I haven't dreamed about that in a long time, since the 1990s. That was one of the few dreams where I was flying. I think it was also a rare third person dream, watching myself instead of being myself.

Last night I dreamed of squirrels and buses. One of my neighborhood squirrels is careless and takes a shortcut across a driveway to carry nuts home. I worry about her.

I should resume writing down dreams regularly. I used to.

The two biggest settings for my dreams seem to be malls and a college campus. These dreams not infrequently involve zombies.

Lately my brain has been very concerned about my college class schedule and how the class I need to graduate isn't being offered in the spring. Good thing I got my degree 12 years ago.

BigTuna: Lately my brain has been very concerned about my college class schedule and how the class I need to graduate isn't being offered in the spring.

I have dreams where I'm in the middle of the semester, and realize there was some important class I completely forgot I was in, and I'm failing it because I missed every test.

People tell me that you can't read in dreams, but I distinctly remember having dreams where I was in an IRC room and I was reading and typing back responses.

I wonder if that's uncommon or something.

impaler: BigTuna: Lately my brain has been very concerned about my college class schedule and how the class I need to graduate isn't being offered in the spring.

I have dreams where I'm in the middle of the semester, and realize there was some important class I completely forgot I was in, and I'm failing it because I missed every test.



I haven't had it in a while.

See last night just after I fell asleep I was dreaming I was out fishing with my dog.

I got in the boat, but realized I had forgotten the paddles. Luckily, the stream was just a little ditch, and I got a running start and kinda body surfed the boat back to the car.

I then climbed on top of my car and was watching the dog play, just in time to hear rustling in the undergrowth. The car had increased in size (or I had shrunk) at this point with me on the roof only about 2-3 feet tall, looking at the bushes parting and what initially looked like a bear morph into a mountain lion and the last thing before I screamed was jumping and it's teeth and mouth closing on my head.

My wife freaked out because I made some strange stifled scream in real life, and she said it was the most disturbing noise she had ever heard anyone make.

impaler: BigTuna: Lately my brain has been very concerned about my college class schedule and how the class I need to graduate isn't being offered in the spring.

I have dreams where I'm in the middle of the semester, and realize there was some important class I completely forgot I was in, and I'm failing it because I missed every test.

It's just as bad when you dream you're the teacher, trust me.

My dreams are highly detailed and usually involve me and my friends fighting zombies/becoming Yakuza/fighting our way through the apocalypse. Oh, and I often dream of being late to work because my room has changed around and I cannot find my clothes or there are mice everywhere.

And then there was a time when I lived on a small moon with my friends and I was tasked with taking care of a mutant lizard kid. Luckily Magic Johnson came along and helped her feel better about her hideous appearance.

/doesn't even drink much

JerseyTim: impaler: BigTuna: Lately my brain has been very concerned about my college class schedule and how the class I need to graduate isn't being offered in the spring.

I have dreams where I'm in the middle of the semester, and realize there was some important class I completely forgot I was in, and I'm failing it because I missed every test.

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I haven't had it in a while.

Get out of my head!

/had that dream a few months ago. Graduated 12 years ago.

I sometimes have the teeth dream, but more often, I have a dream where my face is spongy and decomposed and I'm ripping the putrid remains of my face off of my own skull with my fingers.

I also had a recurring dream when I was a kid where I was watching a man stretched out in a rack being executed by having parts of his face cut off one at a time, ending with with the removing of his internal organs. That one was odd.

A Leaf in Fall: I dream in third person omniscient.

Even my subconscious believes that I am a god.

I sometimes dream in first and third person omniscient.

impaler: I haven't had it in a while.

Get out of my head!

/had that dream a few months ago. Graduated 12 years ago.

I still have it too, and I'm 10 years out. It seems to be if I'm anxious about anything it crops back up. You'd think by now it would change from school to work, but nope, its still college.

I don't have any clear memories of my dreams and I don't recall having any dreams at all until I got my sleep apnea machine.

RexTalionis: People tell me that you can't read in dreams, but I distinctly remember having dreams where I was in an IRC room and I was reading and typing back responses.

I wonder if that's uncommon or something.

I've heard that its because the part of your brain that recognizes letters is turned off. So you can see text, but you can't make meaning of it.

Near the end of my sleep I tend to have some control of my dreams. Not lucid dreaming, but I can actually remember to "check" to see if I can read. Thus far it seems I can't.

There's nothing in that list I didn't know and I also never saw Inception.

I've also never dreamed (that I remember anyway) about being chased or having my teeth fall out or running in place).

Can Fark just stop with the stupid i09 links?

downstairs: RexTalionis: People tell me that you can't read in dreams, but I distinctly remember having dreams where I was in an IRC room and I was reading and typing back responses.

I wonder if that's uncommon or something.

I've heard that its because the part of your brain that recognizes letters is turned off. So you can see text, but you can't make meaning of it.

Near the end of my sleep I tend to have some control of my dreams. Not lucid dreaming, but I can actually remember to "check" to see if I can read. Thus far it seems I can't.

Apparently, I've done it at least twice. My dream consist of me sitting at my computer chatting with people on IRC. I can read the text, too, it wasn't a generalized impression of what they were saying. Also tells you that I'm a pretty dull person.

The majority of dreams I can remember take place in the same spot- a sidewalk around my old middle school. The dreams are always wholly unremarkable too. Like just walking.

I've also died in my dreams, as in, being stabbed and feeling the life flowing out of me, seeing me floating above my corpse at the funeral.

Of course, one time I was killed and then turned into a vampire by Alicia Witt.

Most of my dreams are normal. Sure I get a few weird things, but it seems like every one of them happens on TV or in a movie. I'm going to work. I'm riding a bike. Whetever. Nearly every one of them is just me acting. Heck, if it's a TV show, sometimes there are commercials. It always strikes me as odd that I know that my dreams aren't real. I guess I'm watching them and/or acting in them. That seems real to me.

One of my buddies was telling me he had a dream once where he was in a UFC fight and he woke up punching his now ex wife.