[MichaelSacha]

So I came across this thread on dream interpretation and sleep issues, but it's the interpretating part that interests me . Something about studying the unconscious has always fascinated me and I suppose dreams are an effective way of doing that. So I just wanted to share a dream I had, I rarely dream/remember dreams, and so I was curious of people's opinions .

So if I recall it correctly, it began with me talking to one of my few friends. I don't know what the conversation was about but it was something bad. I looked down for a moment and when I looked up my friend was gone. I was suddenly searching for this person in the midst of my school, I'm a student, and for some reason I was limping, I wasn't actually injured and was just pretending. So I kept searching and calling out their name but I than suddenly woke up, in my dream. When I awoke, I had seen both the friend I was searching for and another friend as manicans, the dolls that wear the clothes in shops, and I knew that I had killed the both of them. So in my mind I had murdered both my friends and turned them into manicans, just lifeless things. When I realised this, I recall feeling empty and just went back to sleep.

So this is one of the only dreams I ever actually remembered, so any opinions would be greatly appreciated . Oh.... And no I don't want to nor will I ever actually kill someone and turn them into a manican....

[mackbain]

To me, a lot of dreams just seem to be parts of our life that string together. I think that this dream is trying to say that you would feel empty without your friends, and that maybe you feel that they are slipping away from you(because you were looking for her). The fact that you knew you had killed them might suggest that you feel guilty about something or would feel guilty if you lost their friendship.
Also remember that I'm not an expert by any means, so take my interpretations or throw them out the window, it's your dream and it's up to you

[MichaelSacha]

An opinion is an opinion, so it's nice just to get one that isn't my own. It's more or less the same conclusion I had come to so it definitely supports my own conclusions, thanks .

[djesse551]

"but I than suddenly woke up, in my dream." - Do you mean you're dreaming within a dream or something like that? I too experience it.

Let me ask one thing, have you hurt one of your friends lately? Somehow what we dream is a sort of a "result" of what had happened in the real life.

We can live without friends, but if we live with many friends, life is more fun and enjoyable.

[MichaelSacha]

"but I than suddenly woke up, in my dream." - Do you mean you're dreaming within a dream or something like that? I too experience it.

Yes, if I recall correctly, I did wake up within my dream. So like a dream within a dream. I don't really know what that means but it's there nonetheless.
As to whether or not I had hurt someone, yes I guess so, though not intentionally. This was in a time of my life where I was in a very nast breakup as a result of my fears and therefore manipulations. It had me feeling very dead inside and just switched off.

[Thunder Bow]

Don't kill your emotions, other wise you are killing yourself and be like those store dummies.

Originally Posted by MichaelSacha

So I came across this thread on dream interpretation and sleep issues, but it's the interpretating part that interests me . Something about studying the unconscious has always fascinated me and I suppose dreams are an effective way of doing that. So I just wanted to share a dream I had, I rarely dream/remember dreams, and so I was curious of people's opinions .

So if I recall it correctly, it began with me talking to one of my few friends. I don't know what the conversation was about but it was something bad. I looked down for a moment and when I looked up my friend was gone. I was suddenly searching for this person in the midst of my school, I'm a student, and for some reason I was limping, I wasn't actually injured and was just pretending. So I kept searching and calling out their name but I than suddenly woke up, in my dream. When I awoke, I had seen both the friend I was searching for and another friend as manicans, the dolls that wear the clothes in shops, and I knew that I had killed the both of them. So in my mind I had murdered both my friends and turned them into manicans, just lifeless things. When I realised this, I recall feeling empty and just went back to sleep.

So this is one of the only dreams I ever actually remembered, so any opinions would be greatly appreciated . Oh.... And no I don't want to nor will I ever actually kill someone and turn them into a manican....

hello there first let me say that I do readings and what i am picking up on that dream is that you want your friends to stay your friends in that time period not wanting anything to chiange about them keeping them just as they are now as the years go by ,,, or if you are a person who is more of a follower not a leader in real life then by making them manicans you are able to controll them more that is only my apinyon

[Eyes of Blue]

If we look at the dream from a physical point of view, we can see the “friends” as simply representing the idea of friends. The dream scene would thus appear to suggest first of all that there might be some emotional uneasiness pertaining to the number of friends you see yourself as having. Note how you particularly mention “talking to one of my few friends”. The scene also suggests that where conversations with a friend are involved, the communication may not be very satisfying. (conversation about something bad) When things are looking down for you – a bit discouraging or depressing – the friend or the friendship is gone.

You are searching for “a friend” within the context of your own “school of thought” or philosophy – one probably pertaining to the issue of “friends” as if expecting to find the friend within this context. (searching for this person in the midst of my school) For some unknown reason, you have chosen to see the principles you stand on (the legs) in relation to friendships as being unsound. (for some reason I was limping .. pretending to limp) You keep searching as if the friend – one who leaves you when things are not going well for you – as if that “friend” or kind of friendship would be “a find”, i.e. a friendship to be valued or treasured. You seem to have a call for, or need for, this friend as being very significant or important to you. (calling out their name)

By waking up within the dream, it is implied that you are seeing a situation with a heightened sense of conscious awareness. What you see in this state of mind are 2 friends as manikins. The 2 friends are an indication of some wrong and negative thinking pertaining to “friends”. As these manikins are recognized as being your friends, it can suggest that in your mind you have created a statue to honour these friends – but this image is obviously not a living image. This view of your friends is not one you can actually live with. It is not an idea of friendship that gives you life either. You also assume that you have murdered or terminated the friendships; that you have turned your friends into people who cannot make a move on their own. But – your friends are not in reality “dummies”. It is these assumptions made while thinking you are seeing a situation with great awareness (as if wide awake) that is leaving you feeling empty or depressed.

The problem as shown by this dream is that where you think you are seeing a situation regarding friends with full awareness, you are actually seeing it from a perspective coming of your own Dream World or overly imaginative and emotional thinking. Your response to the assumptions made when not thinking with full clarity of thought is to go back to sleep, i.e. you simply continue on in the same state of unawareness. You go on living in your own Dream World. [It is not the number of friends you have that is important but rather the quality of those friendships. Friends who leave when you are having difficulties cannot be classified as friends. Good riddance.]

[MichaelSacha]

Well now, Eyes of Blue.... I don't really know what to say because that was very good. So to try and summarise, I'm not happy with my friends.... I feel that was reiterated enough to be a core factor.
I quite like your opinion too, LostSoul666, as the part referencing control hits home.
Thanks for the answers.

[Permanent Pajamas]

I won't presume to say I know what your dream means, but it was interesting to read about it.