Anyone have recurring dreams?

Here's my recurring dream, and I think this is a common one for many guys.

Basically I am about to hook up with some dream girl - the girl changes in each dream. Sometimes it's a supermodel, sometimes its some random girl I knew in high school or college who I haven't thought of in ages. It always starts out with her letting me know she wants me. This is always great news. For some reason, I never stop to think about how strange it is that someone like Elizabeth Hurley wants me.

Usually I'm supposed to go to her house or we're to meet at some location to solidify the act, yet I am presented with dozens of obstacles along the way. It NEVER happens. I fight my way through obstacle after obstacle, yet I always wake up right before we're about to 'get it on'.

Sometimes I will be in a half awake, half sleep state, and I KNOW that I'm dreaming this, but I just want to get back to sleep in hopes that I can continue on with my dream, yet I eventually realize how silly this is, and I wake up feeling hopeless. This is a horrible nightmare!

How does that make you feel?

In all seriousness, are there any links to this in your life? Do you feel as if you've never found the right person to be with? Are you sexually frustrated? Dreams can often be the subconscious manifestation of conscious thought. Maybe you have deep concerns about this in the back of your mind.

An early-mornin-5-knuckle-shuffle will solve this.

lol. It won't solve it, but it might satisfy it for a bit.

well to be honest I said I felt hopeless but I think it makes me feel disappointed more than anything else. You know, like thinking you won the lottery and then finding out you read the numbers wrong. I am happily married though. Yet, I am still 'attracted' to other women. It's hard not to be, and sometimes I get the "grass is greener on the other side" feeling. But I would never cheat on her in real life, yet for some reason in my dreams my wife isn't in the picture at all. It's very strange.

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Originally Posted by robbmcaulay

An early-mornin-5-knuckle-shuffle will solve this.

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lol, never heard that one before. :D

There's a place I visit maybe once each year in my dreams. The place is always the same, but not one that actually exits (well, not that I know). The people I meet there are always the same but as with the place, I don't know them outside of those dreams. When I have those dreams, they last very long, it feels like hours and I mostly have a pretty good memory of them after I wake up. The place and people isn't something weird or special, almost like a normal live, a little bit like if I would remember a past life or something.

Fredi

Sounds pretty sweet Subway. Vision, you talk to her about this?

Clearly I wasn't ever or am not married, but I dated my last gf for a number of years and we broke up essentially because I just wasn't thinking of her all the time anymore.

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Originally Posted by Subway

There's a place I visit maybe once each year in my dreams. The place is always the same, but not one that actually exits (well, not that I know). The people I meet there are always the same but as with the place, I don't know them outside of those dreams. When I have those dreams, they last very long, it feels like hours and I mostly have a pretty good memory of them after I wake up. The place and people isn't something weird or special, almost like a normal live, a little bit like if I would remember a past life or something.

Fredi

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the same exact happens to me. almost to a tee. i usually have this same dream twice a year though.

I used to have a few recurring dreams.
mostly of riding my bike around town here.

The only other one i remember very well is:
I am driving down a winding road into a wooded area in spring time.
I pull of the road, and begin walking towards an old two story red brick building set about thirty feet back near where the tree line begins.
Once inside the decrepit old building i remember why i am there, and what this building is.
I am visiting a friend i don't know in real life, and the building is an insane asylum.

All of the other recurring dreams I've had involved me going to places I've never been before.
So far i have found myself in all of these places later in real life, except for the red brick asylum.
I expect to come across this place in real life sometime before i die, maybe I'll start having normal dreams again after i find this place.

I tend to have a similar dream, although it is never the same, so it cannot be called 'recurring'

Essentially, I tend to be either with the gf, or out somewhere at night, when people start causing trouble for her (or another girl). I ask them politely to leave her alone, and they refuse. Then they usually start coming after me, to which I have to again ask them to just leave, as it is not appropriate behaviour. Then I pull out my cell and dial 911 and kindly let the operator know that there are people here who have just attacked me with either a knife or a gun, and that any help by the police would be appreciated (all very calmly, as if nothing is wrong).

Then these guys start coming after me, and I have to start defending myself, but I never hurt them, I just push them away, or spin them off. The cops show up, but instead of doing anything, they just sit and watch. I ask them why they won't help, and they say that they can't do anything because no crime has been committed until someone gets wounded.

Not wanting to hurt them, and vigorously defending myself, this continues until I knock them all down, get the gf, and walk away. Then I wake up..

I dunno what the deal is, but this happens every couple of months.

Yep... I have 5 dreams that recur damn near monthly. Two are the standard nightmares, they scare the **** out of me usually. One... it's weird. It's been revealing itself slowly to me for the past 10 years. It plays out much like a movie and I get perhaps an extra few minutes of the dream per time I dream it... I think it's the idea that I'm supposed to write down as a book or something.

And one... I'm always finding money in my clothing... jackets, et al are usually suspect. Odd thing, it's so damn realistic that I usually get up and search my pockets... have led to some money actually being in my pockets usually in clothing I haven't worn for years.

And the last one... pretty damn close to yours. Always starts at a store... ends up at a bed. Then poof... the girl is gone or I wake up.

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Originally Posted by gerbick

Then poof... the girl is gone or I wake up.

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Just get piece :).

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Originally Posted by gerbick

Yep... I have 5 dreams that recur damn near monthly. Two are the standard nightmares, they scare the **** out of me usually. One... it's weird. It's been revealing itself slowly to me for the past 10 years. It plays out much like a movie and I get perhaps an extra few minutes of the dream per time I dream it... I think it's the idea that I'm supposed to write down as a book or something.

And one... I'm always finding money in my clothing... jackets, et al are usually suspect. Odd thing, it's so damn realistic that I usually get up and search my pockets... have led to some money actually being in my pockets usually in clothing I haven't worn for years.

And the last one... pretty damn close to yours. Always starts at a store... ends up at a bed. Then poof... the girl is gone or I wake up.

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No Silver... but nice try. Don't push your dreams off onto me.

every since i was a child, i've had recurring dreams about tornadoes. it's always nearby, and i'm always in danger, but it never gets me.

I love fog and nighttime.

That is all.

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Originally Posted by nordberg

every since i was a child, i've had recurring dreams about tornadoes. it's always nearby, and i'm always in danger, but it never gets me.

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Come visit me during tornado season here in Oklahoma, and I'll take you storm chasing.

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Originally Posted by random25

Come visit me during tornado season here in Oklahoma, and I'll take you storm chasing.

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i grew up in indiana, and have actually been in 2 tornadoes. one of which ripped through my grandparents farm while we were in the root cellar...oh yeah!!!

I've lived in Kansas, tornado alley, for nearing 22 years now... I have yet to be in a tornado or even see one. Every time i try to go out chasing I never see one.

But I have had a few recurring dreams that always seem to be very odd. I don't get them very often, occasionally a few years apart, sometimes I'll get them a couple times a week. I can't really remember ANY details except right after I wake up. I think "hey i dreamed that before" then the next day I completely forget what it was.

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Originally Posted by Visionray

Here's my recurring dream, and I think this is a common one for many guys.

............................., yet I am presented with dozens of obstacles along the way. It NEVER happens. I fight my way through obstacle after obstacle, yet I always wake up right before we're about to 'get it on'. ....................

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Stop Playing Super Mario before bed time you nerd :p

I either dream sporadically or remember them sporadically but I only remember about one a month.
I used to have a recurring dream as a kid but that stopped before I was a teenager. It was my real neighborhood but the inside of my house looked like an old castle, straw on the floor, stacked stones for walls etc. I was always being chased by some mix of Frankenstein and the hulk. The weirdest thing was barely being able to move, like I was in gravity times ten.

The only dreams I remember these days are of that obstacle nature. Only, I don't have a problem closing the deal, but for some reason I can't feel anything.

I've died twice in my sleep, actually "died" and lain in darkness thinking about what the hell happened... then I freak out and wake up.

The other thing that happens alot is falling asleep in my dreams. I'll be doing something and fall asleep, or I'm so drowsy I can't keep my eyes opened. I think it's alittle weird!

I was reading up about lucid dreaming awhile ago, I'm really keen to try it regularly but I always end up forgetting!

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Originally Posted by Speed85

I've lived in Kansas, tornado alley, for nearing 22 years now... I have yet to be in a tornado or even see one. Every time i try to go out chasing I never see one.

But I have had a few recurring dreams that always seem to be very odd. I don't get them very often, occasionally a few years apart, sometimes I'll get them a couple times a week. I can't really remember ANY details except right after I wake up. I think "hey i dreamed that before" then the next day I completely forget what it was.

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Really? In Wichita we get them all the time.

Ever have the dream that you have to pee, and you dream that you keep going to the bathroom, but you still feel like you have to go again, no matter how many times you go?
Then you finally wake up and realize that you were just dreaming and you still need to go use the bathroom, and you hope you're not still dreaming.

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Originally Posted by random25

Ever have the dream that you have to pee, and you dream that you keep going to the bathroom, but you still feel like you have to go again, no matter how many times you go?
Then you finally wake up and realize that you were just dreaming and you still need to go use the bathroom, and you hope you're not still dreaming.

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hahahaha! yes i've had that dream!

I Friggn' hate those dreams more than anything,
but they do seem more "real" and detailed than my regular dreams do.

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Originally Posted by random25

here in Oklahoma

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that explains a lot ;)

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I am visiting a friend i don't know in real life, and the building is an insane asylum.

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i wonder if somewhere there is a guy in a mental hospital who tells people that some guy visits him in his dreams.......

you might be the reason people don't think he is 'well' enough to be released.

Ok... somebody answer me this then...

In each and every dream I have, it's now become a "sport" for me to look around and locate thick pieces of glass. Walls maybe made of the stuff, but it's always some thick glass in each and every one of my dreams. It's like it's always present... just glass thick enough to know there's movement on the other side of it, but too thick to see what it is...

you feel like your being left out of something. you know someone(s) are doing something without you, but you dont know what it is,

the think glass represents friendship, the fact that its think means its been a long one, but its still glass and can shatter at anytime.

Deep man... Deep.

I had a recurring where I walk up a steep hill, crunching crickets all the way to the top. When I get there I overlook a huge valley teeming with English redcoat soldiers. Next to me is Shaka Zulu. Apparently I'm his military adviser. As I look down they start storming up the hill. I then lift up my arms to the heavens, and red telephone booths starts raining from the sky, imprisoning everyone off them.

Analyze that :D

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Originally Posted by lefteyewilly

that explains a lot ;)

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Oh...
Thanks :p

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Originally Posted by carly1979

i wonder if somewhere there is a guy in a mental hospital who tells people that some guy visits him in his dreams.......

you might be the reason people don't think he is 'well' enough to be released.

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That would be awesome,
the friend is a girl, and there are twin boys in the room next to her and an old guy in the room on the other side of the hall, they always stop me and want to talk and play when i go to visit her.

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Originally Posted by silverx2

you feel like your being left out of something. you know someone(s) are doing something without you, but you dont know what it is,

the think glass represents friendship, the fact that its think means its been a long one, but its still glass and can shatter at anytime.

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hehe, trying to be subliminal?

@Gerbick, perhaps that's your true calling/purpose back there? I'd try to examine the rest of the room. You might find an explanation to the glass spelled out clearly.

@Random, any chance each of those people are splintered pieces of you? Maybe look for a commonality and see if that's not missing from your real life.

Napalm reminded me of another recurring I have but very rare.
I always start out conducting big business or on a date in an upscale restaurant. Always in some exotic location. I then find myself careening down a mountain where an entire city has been built. Not out of control, but actually skiing on my feet and look like an extreme downhill skier except I'm tricking off of everything and anything like its a game of tony hawk.
I get to the bottom and reset a few times before I wake up. They're actually quite fun and I'm thrilled when I realize I'm having one.

remember... you are more alive than ever when you are 'dreaming'

it's all about context. these are not 'strange' or 'random' things you remember... on the contrary... they are VERY real occurances.

once you 'wake' your brain has a hard time evaluating what has happened in IT's terms... but that doesn't mean the experience itself is any less valid

i recommend to anyone interested to read a bit from this link about dreams and reality

here's a small quote

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That dream world has its own reality, its own time, which is different from your concept of time, and its own inner organization. As the entity is only partially concerned with its personalities after setting them into motion, so you are unconcerned with this dream world which you have set into motion. But it exists.

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Wow, I didn't notice those thinks stuck in there. lol.
On the subject of psychology has anyone seen Darren Browns: Trick or Treat on Channel 4?

derren brown.

i saw a bit of one where they got this guy to sit in a photo booth in london(?) and then hypnotised him and transported him to somewhere in the far east, put him back into the photo booth in some random street there and woke him up.

that was freaky. and i wasn't totally sober whilst watching it which made it even freakier (and i might have got some of this facts wrong)..........

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Originally Posted by silverx2

you feel like your being left out of something. you know someone(s) are doing something without you, but you dont know what it is,

the think glass represents friendship, the fact that its think means its been a long one, but its still glass and can shatter at anytime.

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Nice try... and thanks. But you know what? The glass makes up odd things in the dreams. From the entire wall being made into glass or cars made out of glass... sturdiness is nothing in the dream. I think the symbolism - which has been interpreted pretty much the same, but I totally disagree with - is that I'm sure of a future, but I just can't quite make it out. I mean, there's always movement behind the glass... I just can't see what.

There's shapes and people, but I can't see what or who.

But it's always in my dreams. Annoys me because it's just... odd.

maby you should break the glass with your helmet.