[Oxidopamine]

As the title says, I haven't been able to remember anything about my dreams in years. The only thing I did different was go to a party and get drunk, then come back home, which probably explains why it makes little sense.

I was in a series of bare-knuckle fights (I do full-contact sparring in reality) to get some sort of initiation. There were a bunch of people, half dressed in red (I was in red), the other dressed in blue and a few in white which were medical attendants. I won against everyone, then somehow it faded out into an old-school Mario video game where I was a character in it. I had to fight Warrio, only he was dressed in both blue and red, instead of his traditional colours. I beat him as well. The scene then went to a wild party with a good deal of sex, ironically it resembled the party I was just at.

When I went in my house, I somehow became a cartoon part of Family Guy. This faded out to a school setting that had bits and pieces from the university I attended, the college I will attend and my previous high-schools. The Family Guy scene was still with me all as cartoons and we basically toured around, then went to the research labs that I worked in. We were mixing chemicals when it zoomed in like how CSI does to a tiny particle. I was mingling with the other chemical particles, got airborne and went inside someone. The scene changed as I was no longer a Family Guy character but a human in the cartoon movie of Osmosis Jones but only briefly.

Somehow I ended up in a few music videos of bands that I love but mostly as a by-stander. When I went to approach the band members, the security guards wouldn't let me and they were wearing all red, tore off my clothes and apparently I had on all-red clothes. Again there was a large bare knuckle brawl and once I got the upper hand, I got autographs from the band members.

I was cheering and somehow ended up in WWE/WWF with The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin, both of which were in their usual personas. They took me to a gym where there was Mark Henry in an arm-wrestling match and wanted to challenge me. I was reluctant but Stone Cold shoved me and I tried but miserably lost. I wanted to get an autograph from Mark Henry but he pushed me through a door and I fell into Halo 2 Slayer mode, where the other Halo characters were random people or my friends. We went back and forth between being inside the game to playing the game, and I sometimes won, sometimes lost (which is typical when we play in reality). Each time I won, there was a party with hot semi-naked ladies but the losing friends couldn't participate unless they were waved in by Austin Powers. Same thing if I lost, I had to be waved in by Austin Powers to join. There was a large scene where all of my ex-girlfriends were, some were happy, sad, angry or in the mood, but for some reason it was in the scene of Two and a Half Men with Austin Powers and Charlie Harper. This ended back in the Osmosis Jones scene but we were traveling through the heart, blood vessels and went through a bunch of synapses in the brain. Each synapse had a friend, ex-girlfriend and oddly enough Gordon Ramsay. He started to cook some stuff while going through a bunch of synapses when I woke up.

[medkev13]

This sounds like a conglomeration of interests and memories. Probably brought out by the alcohol in your system. The theme I see is the sparring people to get by in life. How are you using your sparring as a means to an end irl? Is it a healthy and procuctive means to this end? (If it's a stress release, then sure it's productive. If it's a means to money, not as much. If it's bludgeoning someone to give you what you want then not at all...just as examples). It seems you're confident in your ability to face things, but you fear that you will meet your match. Remember though that in dreams you are everyone in the dream, so this means you're facing yourself in every fight. Can you handle yourself? (Side note for clarity, is Mark Henry a heel or a hero in the dream and which is he irl at this point in the plotline?) Since Mark Henry is the opponent you can't beat, what parts of him do you identify with and how are you unable to control or handle those traits?

[Oxidopamine]

Originally Posted by medkev13

How are you using your sparring as a means to an end irl? Is it a healthy and procuctive means to this end? (If it's a stress release, then sure it's productive. If it's a means to money, not as much. If it's bludgeoning someone to give you what you want then not at all...just as examples).

For me, sparring is a combination of exercise, stress release and means to improve socialization. The first and second are probably self-explanatory. The third is important for me as I'm on good terms with all the people I spar with and since the dojo isn't terribly large, I tend to spar the same people over and over. For example, if I see a technique used in MMA, action-stunt movies, in the dojo or where ever else, sometimes I'll try it out when sparring to see if it's effective for me. The end result is I can share with everyone else where I saw it and perhaps they also saw it, so we can discuss how effective it was for us, how we liked the MMA match, movie, etc... .

I don't spar for money since I currently already hold a job and coming to work battered and bruised wouldn't be a good thing . Assuming I didn't have a job, I still wouldn't spar for money as it's just a side-interest, it's not something I can see myself doing to make a living or even want to do to make a living. Bludgeoning someone to give what I want doesn't satisfy me in that I didn't earn it legitimately. If I want it, I should put myself to see if I can earn it. If not, then oh well, I move on and may even congradulate the person.

Originally Posted by medkev13

Can you handle yourself? (Side note for clarity, is Mark Henry a heel or a hero in the dream and which is he irl at this point in the plotline?) Since Mark Henry is the opponent you can't beat, what parts of him do you identify with and how are you unable to control or handle those traits?

In the dream, Mark Henry was a heel in real life. The trait I cant handle that he displays is his incredible strength. In real-life, I identify mostly with his determination, given he has been in the WWE/WWF for 10+ years but has won only a few titles. If I were in his shoes, I would consider whether it would be worth while to continue as there's limited success but he chooses to continue and I find that admirable.

To give some context, while I was completing my Bachelor's, I was looking around on various job websites and there weren't that many jobs that I was qualified for. Two of my best friends were 2 years behind me and they chose an area that I really liked, however, I was in my 4th year and couldn't abandon everything I worked for. I decided to see if perhaps I could land a job but for months nothing was happening. I delved into studying computer science (which is what they were studying) on my own time and found that I enjoyed it quite a lot, to the point where I'm going to earn my 2nd degree in that area. On the other hand, if Mark were in my shoes, I imagine that he would continue to try and prevail without getting an additional degree. For me, my passion is split into both areas, but I imagine for Mark, it isn't.

[medkev13]

I think you just answered the Mark Henry part of your dream completely :P

The sparring part, well that's just a reflection of that your sparring is working well for you, and since it's a healthy use of sparring it's more just about satisfaction. Sometimes dreams are just the expression of a good thing