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In Your Dreams

In Your Dreams

Date: May 08 2007

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What did you dream about last night? We usually dream of people and things that are familiar to us. But sometimes we dream of people we just met or things that just happened. Scientists aren’t really sure what causes certain things to appear in our dreams and certain things to be left out.

Kevin recently dreamed very clearly of a person he had just met. It was a little off putting, but not exactly a nightmare. When Kevin tells Marni about his dream, she describes a nightmare she has to him.

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Kevin

Kevin

Marni

Marni

Kevin:  I woke up the other day having had a very vivid dream of a person I had met the night before at a party, but I had just met the first time.

Marni:  Really?

Kevin:  It was a little bit creepy.

Marni:  Why was it creepy?

Kevin:  Well, just because I didn’t know that person and I feel like it’s sort of an intimate space…

Marni:  Yeah!

Kevin:  ...because it was a dream and it was very vivid because it was the kind of thing that I had just before I woke up, so it was very clear throughout the day and it made me a little uncomfortable.

Marni:  I have recurring dreams actually about an ex-boyfriend...

Kevin:  Oh…

Marni:  ...and we’re still together and in my dream I’m wondering, “Why are we still together? I don’t want to be with this person.” But constantly I’m going back to that previous relationship.

Kevin:  Like how often? In terms of like, once a month?

Marni:  I would say probably once a month.

Kevin:  Interesting.

Marni:  Yeah. And I, you know, I’m wondering if I…You think about your subconscious and all that but, I don’t know, it just keeps coming up and I wish it would stop.

Kevin:  Well, I can understand. So is that dream the same, or it’s just he’s in a dream again and again?

Marni:  Variation on a same theme of being with this person and not wanting to be and trying to get away from him and yeah…

Kevin:  A little bit scary…

Marni:  But do you find that we talk about our dreams a lot?

Kevin:  All the time.

Marni:  Oh, it’s great.

Kevin:  Even with people we don’t really know well.

 

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Discussion

Kevin had a dream about someone he had just met. It made him a little uncomfortable, but Marni has a dream over and over that really bothers her. She dreams that she is still with an ex-boyfriend who she’s glad she broke up with. It’s not exactly the same dream every time, but the ex is always there and she is unable to get away from him.

Kevin and Marni like to talk about their dreams. Do you? Do you have any recurring dreams? What’s the scariest nightmare you’ve ever had?

 

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moonbeam

moonbeam

China

I've had the same dream for three times.Is that strange?

 

10:10 AM Nov 12 2007 |

Lenaaa

Lenaaa

Russian Federation

I had the alike dream.Once I had a dream that I have sex with a woman. Although I’m not a lisbian. Really strange. Till now can’t understand what was that?

08:35 PM Nov 07 2007 |

rol

rol

China

yes ,like the dearms  too.

06:53 AM Nov 07 2007 |

jianer666

jianer666

China

reminds me of a nightmare in which i had sex with a another guy. i'm not gay,anyway,and how could that happen in a dream? it's  so vomiting and disgusting !!!

somebady can explain this ?

04:37 PM Nov 06 2007 |

puppys2black

Philippines

somebody says,DREAMING IS THE MEANING OF THE REALITY. i dont think soo,if it is true….. but maybe that is defend on what our beliefs.right!

we have a diffirent dreams,happy,sad,scary,bored, action,drama.etc but sometimes we can remember but sometimes we forget or not to recall in our mind.

ive always experience about dream.the most i like is about romantic scence.maybe cause im in love or im exciting in everyday.

09:01 AM Nov 06 2007 |

jasminekhan

India

i agree with you that dream gives you a clue about future. i believe in dreams beause my dreams comes true though it doesn't matter it day dream or night dream.

 

 

08:27 AM Nov 06 2007 |

mayzheng

China

When I was a child, I was told that if you have a dream on Friday, anything happen in your dream will come true.  Do you believe that?

12:50 PM May 30 2007 |

Jolina

Jolina

China

quite right.I didin't think one would dream of the person who was always in his mind.But now i believe.When i always  think of someone in my daytime he would appear in my dream.Sometimes we dream of something that we really want to happen while it can't be ture in the real life.

05:05 PM May 26 2007 |

susanliu71

susanliu71

China

when people are nervous in the daytime or have lmuch stress comes from their work like:salary,promotion,etc,they are liable to dream,sometimes even are sort of scary,sweat emerges on the temple,i have experienced this  before.Cool

08:37 AM May 22 2007 |

Frick

China

I greet with you, I agree with your mind,some time I have some dream, in the future dream, you should keep you in life.

 

11:56 PM May 14 2007 |

ozmenyasemin

Turkey

i usually dream but i had a really interesting dream the other day.It was about a little girl whose name had been 'ceylan' and she was killed by me in my dream and she was identical to my little sister,Sude

03:17 PM May 14 2007 |

Tara101

Tara101

Nepal

Hhhmmmm ….... i often fly in my dream which is so weird to me !!!! but sometime I enjoy it..  Does it mean anything???

02:28 PM May 14 2007 |

maximus999

Germany

I see in my draems people that I forgot them ???

and faces have been seen it befour i really see it.

08:02 AM May 13 2007 |

longmeiling0829

China

i am often see my father ,my mather and my brother in my dreams. i think that mean i am very miss them.

02:07 PM May 12 2007 |

poutchi

Switzerland

I never remember my dreams…

09:26 PM May 11 2007 |

eternal_84

eternal_84

Turkey

some people believe dreams will give us clues abaout future..

04:31 PM May 11 2007 |

love english

China

All right!

01:06 PM May 11 2007 |

qincan

Hong Kong

I like to dream,because i think when  you  miss sh or sb,you will have a dream

07:20 AM May 11 2007 |

john

johnSuper Member!

United States

What's the craziest dream you've ever had?

10:22 PM May 10 2007 |

Lukas915

Austria

not bad, but it’s impossible to hear the last sentence correctly…

05:16 PM May 09 2007 |

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