[bracalea]

Could someone interpret this dream for me? Just to give a bit of background to help understand the dream: I'm a classical singer living in London who is currently studying but who sings in different choirs and does solo engagements too to pay my way through music college.

Part 1: I was in a hotel bar celebrating a party. I don't know who's birthday it was. It could have been mine but i think it might have been someone else's. I was dancing wth a group of friends ... friends from when I was in secondary school (5 years ago) so I don't think it was set in the present. We all used to go out dancing and drinking when we were that age but I don't really enjoy doing that stuff anymore. A guy from my secondary school was there who I haven't seen since I left school. At school I got on ok with him but I didn't really understand him and don't think he really understood me either. I always felt he chose friends for social status gain as opposed to just getting to know everyone. He was drunk and dancing but hitting people quite strongly on the back. The back hitting started in me first and it was really stingy! Think this might signify something but not too sure.
Now all of a sudden, a conductor who I worked with last week dropped my nice formally/casual jacket and there was vomit on it. I don't get angry at people and in real life I would have probably laughed and said it was ok, shoved it in a corner, picked it up at the end of the night and put it in the wash but in the dream I became so venomous and yelled, "You d**k! You f**king d**k!" The conductor was such a great guy and I really respect him so don't know why I reacted like he was a piece of dirt in the dream. Immediately the music stopped and everyone was quiet. I was really upset and proceeded to gather my things. I could sense that people were shocked. I was quite popular in school because I was nice to people and I think people were shocked that I had had an unexpected outburst. I looked up and the lights were on and there was only 5 or 6 people now sitting at the bar, looking really scared ... of me ... but I didn't really care. They looked at each other afraid to I felt that my anger was justified. Later I apologised to the conductor. But he didn't really seem to mind and apologised to me for the state of he jacket. The next part is a bit blurry but I looked at my diary and realised that I had to make a train to somewhere in Europe the next morning to go on tour with another choir I had been on tour in Europe with at the beginning of September so went home.

Part 2:
The home was not my home. It was a strange house on a farm or some sort of American ranch type thing. I can't remember fully but I was running from people in the house. I think they might have been related to me. I was really afraid of what they would do to me. I think they had abused me in the past. I was with someone else, I think it was my younger brother ... in real life I don't have a brother. We were both trying to hide from them but we were struggling to do so. I think my 'character' in this part felt a lot younger than the previous part. I was maybe 13/14. I can't remember too much of the hiding but I ended up on my own and finding a secret part of the house that I had never discovered before. There was a bathroom etc and I came across a room that was in an attic space. There were cobwebs and dust everywhere so felt like it wasn't cleaned or cared for or maybe it had been unoccupied for a while but it did look like someone had been living there. There were clothes getting dried on ropes in the room (although they were dry so could have been there for a while). I realised that a lot of my old clothes that I no longer wear/have given them away were there and had no idea how they got there. My luggage bag that I use every time I travel and have used for 8years was there which was really strange. It was open and in it were two old jackets of mine. I can't remember what happened to them in real life actually. I used to wear them and then I stopped wearing them. In the dream they were nice and neatly folded. Also in the luggage bag was a shirt that I have now and wear regularly but it that was really wrinkled and needed ironing. Don't know if this means anything ... it felt like there were juxtapositions again between past and present.

I can't really remember what happened next but I think I realised that I had forgotten about getting my train and somehow transported to part 3:

Part 3:
I was running to the train station, wearing one of the jackets I had found in my luggage bag. I was so late and was hoping to get the next train or get a flight or something. I ended up running into the group who were going on tour and thankfully the train had been cancelled and they were about to board a replacement bus service. I didn't have my luggage with me and I was in a bit of a panic so I decided to run back to my house to pack and hopefully make it back in time. I couldn't get through to choir manager to let her know what I was doing and my phone was almost out of battery so had to run back to the group to tel them. The bus was about to leave however so I just had to go with them. I didn't have my music and didn't have luggage and for some reason, wasn't wearing any shoes either! I was a bit annoyed at myself but just went with it and said "oh well, this is going to be an expensive weekend isn't it?" End of dream

Hope you can interpret it/analyse it for me!

[Skeezyks]

Hello bracalea: I'm sorry I cannot interpret your dream for you. There are others, here on PC, who are into dream interpretation. Perhaps they will yet reply to your post. However I see this is your first post here on PC. So... welcome to PsychCentral… from the Skeezyks! I hope you find the time you spend here to be of benefit.

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[Thunder Bow]

These dreams are about leaving your old emotional baggage behind, as you move forward in life. Also you are allowing yourself to express your feelings.

[yugh]

Hi!
Wow! You have excellent dream recall abilities!!!! I'd be happy to give you an interpretation of your dream as if it was mine. HOWEVER....

If you go back and read some of my interpretations on this board, you'll realize I have a somewhat different frame of reference than many others. i've learnt lots about myself from my own dreams that has substantially changed me.

i tell you all of this because I "feel" you could relatively easily do what I do for yourself and then help others. There are two main components to what I do...

There is a masculine component of analysis. I use a framework of location, lighting, objects, people/animals and thoughts/feelings for my framework.

Then there's the feminine component. I access my "higher self/over soul" to ask questions about my dreams. This has lead me into a understanding of the multiverse we live in, virtual realities, etc.

If you'd like to learn more about this before you do the work I'm going to ask you below, go to "learningfrommydreams" dot com. There you'll find a free website I created with lots of different resources, meditation techniques, dream discussion papers, a story about the multiverse we live in and some sample dream interpretations.

If I have intrigued you, then here's what I'd like you to do, i.e. the "work part"...

FOR EACH SCENE I want you to tell me the following:

Location:
I want you to look in your mind, as the observer, in the following directions and tell me what you see:
1. To your left.
2. To your right.
3. In front of you.
4. Behind you.
5. Above you.
6. Below you.

It’s all right if you can’t recall much. Simply tell me what you see and make sure I know what direction it is from you the dreamer. In my interpretation, you’ll see how this is a symbol itself.

When you are describing what you see, tell me in as much detail as you can recall about it. So things I am very interested in is what are walls, doors, windows, stairs, tables, etc. made of, age/style, colour, etc. The same goes for anything outside. You’ll see in my interpretations how all of this tells us lots about ourselves.

Lighting:
1. Tell me what the lighting was like, i.e. bright, dull, black, cloudy etc.
2. Then tell me where the light was coming from.
3. Can you tell the time of day or season?
Lighting is important in a dream because it’s a symbol of vibrational state. I’ll explain this during my interpretation for you.

Objects:
If there are any objects in a dream scene, then tell me about them as follows:
1. Shape, size, colour and what they were made of.
2. Where the object is in the dream relative to you, i.e. left, right, etc.

I’ve found objects in dreams are usually symbols of things we first need to concentrate on spiritually. I’ll explain this in the interpretation if you had any objects in any of the scenes.

People:
For each person in a dream scene I want you to do the following:
1. Describe them to me in as much detail as you can recall. This includes age, gender, clothes, colour of the clothes, what the clothes were made of.
2. Tell me where they were in the dream scene relative to you, i.e. left, right, below, etc.
3. Tell me if they were lying down, sitting, standing, walking, etc.
4. Tell me what they did with you. Don’t skip the details. Simply tell me exactly what happened.
5. If there are any conversations or thoughts between you and the person or others, then tell me EXACTLY WHAT WAS SAID. This is important.
6. If there were others you couldn’t see but felt, then let me know where you felt they were in a scene relative to you the dreamer, i.e. left, right, etc.

Animals. Etc.:
If there were any animals, insects, birds, reptiles, fish or whatever in any of the scenes, then tell me. Describe them in as great as detail as you can recall. Also let me know where they were in the dream scene relative to you, i.e. left, right, etc. Then let me know of any thoughts that passed between you and them.

Thoughts/Feelings:
This is a very important part of every dream scene. Take your time, go back and tell me the following for each scene:
1. What was your first thought/feeling as the dream scene began.
2. Tell me of any thoughts/feeling changes as the dream scene progressed and let me know where in the scene this occurred.
3. Tell me your last thought/feeling as the dream ended.

Yes it will take some time and effort. if you do this and reply, then I will happily provide you with an interpretation of your dream as if it was mine. I think you might be surprised about what you can learn about yourself.

With kind regards,
Guy

[wetremember]

I'm not a dream interpreter but in my point of view, you are having some grudges in the past that you want to get rid about. Your dream seems to tell those things.

[Douglas MacNeill]

Originally Posted by bracalea

Could someone interpret this dream for me? Just to give a bit of background to help understand the dream: I'm a classical singer living in London who is currently studying but who sings in different choirs and does solo engagements too to pay my way through music college.

Part 1: I was in a hotel bar celebrating a party. I don't know who's birthday it was. It could have been mine but i think it might have been someone else's. I was dancing wth a group of friends ... friends from when I was in secondary school (5 years ago) so I don't think it was set in the present. We all used to go out dancing and drinking when we were that age but I don't really enjoy doing that stuff anymore. A guy from my secondary school was there who I haven't seen since I left school. At school I got on ok with him but I didn't really understand him and don't think he really understood me either. I always felt he chose friends for social status gain as opposed to just getting to know everyone. He was drunk and dancing but hitting people quite strongly on the back. The back hitting started in me first and it was really stingy! Think this might signify something but not too sure.
Now all of a sudden, a conductor who I worked with last week dropped my nice formally/casual jacket and there was vomit on it. I don't get angry at people and in real life I would have probably laughed and said it was ok, shoved it in a corner, picked it up at the end of the night and put it in the wash but in the dream I became so venomous and yelled, "You d**k! You f**king d**k!" The conductor was such a great guy and I really respect him so don't know why I reacted like he was a piece of dirt in the dream. Immediately the music stopped and everyone was quiet. I was really upset and proceeded to gather my things. I could sense that people were shocked. I was quite popular in school because I was nice to people and I think people were shocked that I had had an unexpected outburst. I looked up and the lights were on and there was only 5 or 6 people now sitting at the bar, looking really scared ... of me ... but I didn't really care. They looked at each other afraid to I felt that my anger was justified. Later I apologised to the conductor. But he didn't really seem to mind and apologised to me for the state of he jacket. The next part is a bit blurry but I looked at my diary and realised that I had to make a train to somewhere in Europe the next morning to go on tour with another choir I had been on tour in Europe with at the beginning of September so went home.

Part 2:
The home was not my home. It was a strange house on a farm or some sort of American ranch type thing. I can't remember fully but I was running from people in the house. I think they might have been related to me. I was really afraid of what they would do to me. I think they had abused me in the past. I was with someone else, I think it was my younger brother ... in real life I don't have a brother. We were both trying to hide from them but we were struggling to do so. I think my 'character' in this part felt a lot younger than the previous part. I was maybe 13/14. I can't remember too much of the hiding but I ended up on my own and finding a secret part of the house that I had never discovered before. There was a bathroom etc and I came across a room that was in an attic space. There were cobwebs and dust everywhere so felt like it wasn't cleaned or cared for or maybe it had been unoccupied for a while but it did look like someone had been living there. There were clothes getting dried on ropes in the room (although they were dry so could have been there for a while). I realised that a lot of my old clothes that I no longer wear/have given them away were there and had no idea how they got there. My luggage bag that I use every time I travel and have used for 8years was there which was really strange. It was open and in it were two old jackets of mine. I can't remember what happened to them in real life actually. I used to wear them and then I stopped wearing them. In the dream they were nice and neatly folded. Also in the luggage bag was a shirt that I have now and wear regularly but it that was really wrinkled and needed ironing. Don't know if this means anything ... it felt like there were juxtapositions again between past and present.

I can't really remember what happened next but I think I realised that I had forgotten about getting my train and somehow transported to part 3:

Part 3:
I was running to the train station, wearing one of the jackets I had found in my luggage bag. I was so late and was hoping to get the next train or get a flight or something. I ended up running into the group who were going on tour and thankfully the train had been cancelled and they were about to board a replacement bus service. I didn't have my luggage with me and I was in a bit of a panic so I decided to run back to my house to pack and hopefully make it back in time. I couldn't get through to choir manager to let her know what I was doing and my phone was almost out of battery so had to run back to the group to tel them. The bus was about to leave however so I just had to go with them. I didn't have my music and didn't have luggage and for some reason, wasn't wearing any shoes either! I was a bit annoyed at myself but just went with it and said "oh well, this is going to be an expensive weekend isn't it?" End of dream

Hope you can interpret it/analyse it for me!

Before I say anything else: Welcome to PsychCentral, bracelea!

Part 1: Jungians often speak of archetypes , including the Shadow, as important organizing principles of the personality. The shadow, by definition, is what you keep hidden from yourself in normal daily life even though its contents are not necessarily evil. In the context of your dream, I would suggest the shadow of your old classmate (his search for real friends and his boisterousness) and something of your own shadow (the explosive anger you so rarely feel) emerged. More than that, I can't say right now.

Part 2: Forgotten aspects of your childhood (the hidden part of the house, the cobweb-strewn attic room) are becoming important enough to start using once again (the old clothes ready to wear, your new favorite blouse that needed ironing). [Freudian as well as Jungian psychoanalysts would read Part 2 of your dream that way--Douglas MacNeill.]

Part 3: Another common Jungian archetype is the Trickster; it may have negative (pure buffoonery, the simply irresponsible) or not-so-negative associations (refusing to take life too seriously, finding the humour in your current situation). In this particular case, I would suggest that the dream is about an unexpected last chance (the train was cancelled, so the travellers are waiting for a replacement bus) to explore fun-loving aspects of your personality outside of your normal situation (joining them on the trip). But there is real conflict within yourself about whether or not you should explore this aspect of yourself (didn't inform your choir director, recognition that the weekend was going to be expensive) that may cost you a lot either in terms of money or in terms of your reputation.

I hope this helps a little.

[Ansley Wyman]

Your dream it quite long. Anyway, I will get back to you soon!