Forums · Interesting dream - thoughts?
I rarely have dreams worth remembering, but this one, that I had the other night, is worthy of mention. Look out, because my "worth remembering" dreams can get pretty weird.
It starts out, that I'm in a restaurant with a group of people. I don't recall who offhand, maybe co-workers, maybe friends, but the restaurant is in this really old, dilapidated house, and the thought of it being haunted crosses my mind. (this is probably because I enjoy going to haunted restaurants and have been planning to take my sister to the Country Tavern).
Anyway, back to the dream. I'm sitting at the table, and when I let go, the chair, with me in it, rolls to the corner of the room, because the floor isn't level. Oh yeah, the chair was an office chair with wheels. When I'm in the corner of the room, I look out the window, and notice it's getting stormy outside. The clouds are dark, the wind is picking up, and it starts to rain and lightning. Although the lightning is hitting everything around the house, including the house itself, I don't hear any thunder. The wind picks up even stronger and the walls of the house are creaking, and it starts to hail outside. Basically my dream "storm machine" just pulled out all the stops, with wind, rain, hail, lightning. I had the sensation of the house moving off the foundation from the wind and flooding, then I woke up shortly afterward.
Just some other random thoughts... when I moved to one side of the house, there was a garage door there, even though there was just one big room in the house. Looking out the windows of the garage door, I could see another run-down house being hammered with rain and lightning.
I don't remember any tornadoes though, and I often dream of them when I have "storm dreams".
Any thoughts? I wonder if the storm was related to stresses I've been having this week, in particular supporting my wife through the death of her uncle. I rarely have "storm dreams" but they are often my favorite and most memorable dreams. And sometimes the most bizarre!![[Nutty]](graemlins/nutty.gif)
[ June 18, 2004, 07:48 AM: Message edited by: Kevin P ]
It starts out, that I'm in a restaurant with a group of people. I don't recall who offhand, maybe co-workers, maybe friends, but the restaurant is in this really old, dilapidated house, and the thought of it being haunted crosses my mind. (this is probably because I enjoy going to haunted restaurants and have been planning to take my sister to the Country Tavern).
Anyway, back to the dream. I'm sitting at the table, and when I let go, the chair, with me in it, rolls to the corner of the room, because the floor isn't level. Oh yeah, the chair was an office chair with wheels. When I'm in the corner of the room, I look out the window, and notice it's getting stormy outside. The clouds are dark, the wind is picking up, and it starts to rain and lightning. Although the lightning is hitting everything around the house, including the house itself, I don't hear any thunder. The wind picks up even stronger and the walls of the house are creaking, and it starts to hail outside. Basically my dream "storm machine" just pulled out all the stops, with wind, rain, hail, lightning. I had the sensation of the house moving off the foundation from the wind and flooding, then I woke up shortly afterward.
Just some other random thoughts... when I moved to one side of the house, there was a garage door there, even though there was just one big room in the house. Looking out the windows of the garage door, I could see another run-down house being hammered with rain and lightning.
I don't remember any tornadoes though, and I often dream of them when I have "storm dreams".
Any thoughts? I wonder if the storm was related to stresses I've been having this week, in particular supporting my wife through the death of her uncle. I rarely have "storm dreams" but they are often my favorite and most memorable dreams. And sometimes the most bizarre!
[ June 18, 2004, 07:48 AM: Message edited by: Kevin P ]
Kevin, I'm not the best at interpreting dreams, but I would think that the stress you've been under might be the key to this. Perhaps the storm represents unrest? I think the dilapidated houses are significant too.
When you mentioned the co-workers possibly in the dream, I immediately thought that you are in a relatively new job, and probably just getting the feel of things, even getting tossed around a bit by a figurative storm. If it is like most new jobs I've been on, you are having to "re-build" something. Thus, the re-building of the house? Just a thought!
When you mentioned the co-workers possibly in the dream, I immediately thought that you are in a relatively new job, and probably just getting the feel of things, even getting tossed around a bit by a figurative storm. If it is like most new jobs I've been on, you are having to "re-build" something. Thus, the re-building of the house? Just a thought!
As I read the dream I kept getting the feeling of anxiety and danger. Not danger as immediate threat to life but danger of something threatening your world.
I've found that dreams of storms occuring outside indicate that you are feeling threatened by something you at least perceive as powerful. Something is threatening your emotional and mental security. Your world.
The other house probably represented your wife. Having the garage door open most likely represented your wide open view (closeness) to your wife (as opposed to say a window). She also being besieged by the storm.
I've found that dreams of storms occuring outside indicate that you are feeling threatened by something you at least perceive as powerful. Something is threatening your emotional and mental security. Your world.
The other house probably represented your wife. Having the garage door open most likely represented your wide open view (closeness) to your wife (as opposed to say a window). She also being besieged by the storm.