[kjv2acts]

While there is really no need to ask what one thinks my dreams mean, I would like to know if anyone else has recurring dreams night after night about failure. Mine go like this:

I have either a new job or I'm dreaming of my past jobs as a Legal Assistant (which I did for 20 years) and I have no idea what I'm supposed to be doing. I'm praying that I figure it out before anyone realizes it and fires me. I am pretending to be busy until it comes to me; or

I am at the theatre on opening night, I have the lead (which I did for thirty years) and I do not know the lines, or the music or the blocking and I'm trying to learn it all before the curtain goes up; or

I'm anywhere trying to do anything and my legs simply will not allow me to stand up or walk. Now, a year ago last week I broke my foot, ankle and leg, but I had this dream for several years before that. Then my legs were numb, not painful, now they hurt.

I guess I'm wondering if anyone has successfully stopped having these nasty dreams and how.

Hello Kjv2acts: Well, yes I have them, not every night (that I know of), but often. One type involves having a big argument with family members & leaving with the knowledge that I can never return... wondering what I will do because I have no family, no friends & no money. The other type involves being in college, being far behind in my work, having skipped many classes, & thinking that I might just as well quit because there's no way I can ever catch up... & not really wanting to either.

I haven't done anything to try to get rid of them. I'm don't know how one would go about that. Dreams are involuntary. I guess some people practice what's called: "lucid dreaming". I've never looked into that. My dreams just come-&-go as they will.

Originally Posted by The Skeezyks

Hello Kjv2acts: Well, yes I have them, not every night (that I know of), but often. One type involves having a big argument with family members & leaving with the knowledge that I can never return... wondering what I will do because I have no family, no friends & no money. The other type involves being in college, being far behind in my work, having skipped many classes, & thinking that I might just as well quit because there's no way I can ever catch up... & not really wanting to either.

I haven't done anything to try to get rid of them. I'm don't know how one would go about that. Dreams are involuntary. I guess some people practice what's called: "lucid dreaming". I've never looked into that. My dreams just come-&-go as they will.

I don't even know if it's possible to "practice" lucid dreaming. I think they also just come and go.

I seem to recall that there was at least one book that was published perhaps 10 or 15 years ago that purported to teach readers how to lucid dream. I never read any of them.

Originally Posted by The Skeezyks

I seem to recall that there was at least one book that was published perhaps 10 or 15 years ago that purported to teach readers how to lucid dream. I never read any of them.

Oh ok, sorry, I seem to be misinformed. It must also feel quite powerful to be able to willingly control your dreams, especially in the almost "helpless" state of sleep we are in. But, if someone can practice how to control that, imagine how one could control the outcome of nightmares or the like. I think I've only had a few lucid dreams, but have had more of what they call false awakening. I remember, rather embarrassingly, how I would dream of going to the toilet and urinating, only to wake up for real and find I wet myself . I've also experienced the "late for work" false awakening.

Yes, I don't know if the techniques taught in the book(s) actually worked. I never tried it. It sounded like a great idea, but I always figured I wouldn't be able to do it even if it was real. So I never made the effort. I've had the urinating dream too. But I've never actually awakened to a wet bed, thankfully. I used to experience sleep paralysis, which is terrifying. I haven't had this in several years now, also thankfully!