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Re: The DreamBank, a collection of over 20k dream reports

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Post by tgbugs »

lrossi wrote: post #56

Do you ever dream about programming? I sometimes dream about code or debugging, especially when my team is working on a deadline. A few times I dreamt of solutions to problems we had. It felt good on the spot, calming and relaxing. Unfortunately, after waking up, they don’t make any sense.

When intensely focused on solving a problem, or following a day of uninterrupted implementation, I have had programming dreams that go on all night. The dream is nothing but the text of the code (usually highlighted with my custom theme) in a buffer that takes up the whole of my visual field in the dream. I have never been able to make out any particular details of the code, and it is not clear to me whether such dreams are at all productive since they don't get at the abstract level of the problem.

Re: The DreamBank, a collection of over 20k dream reports

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Post by brtkdotse »

nprz wrote: post #45
as1mov wrote: post #19

Just curious, does anyone here have dreams with some recurring themes? I've tried googling for this but sadly most of the content seems to be related to spiritual/mystical "explanations" of it. And I don't bring it up with anyone in real life so as to not appear like a kook. I don't usually remember my dreams, but when I do there's a great probability that it falls into these 2 categories - 1. I suddenly find myself…

Only recurring dream I have is I'm back in college and it's the end of a semester, suddenly I realize there's some math class I haven't been attending and I have just a few days to cram everything I've missed in time for the final.

Same. And the math is always in-intelligible gobbledygook. Probably my subconscious shaming me for managing to get my M.Sc. without taking Differential Equations and Transforms

Re: The DreamBank, a collection of over 20k dream reports

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Post by brtkdotse »

pdbwimsey wrote: post #42
as1mov wrote: post #19

Just curious, does anyone here have dreams with some recurring themes? I've tried googling for this but sadly most of the content seems to be related to spiritual/mystical "explanations" of it. And I don't bring it up with anyone in real life so as to not appear like a kook. I don't usually remember my dreams, but when I do there's a great probability that it falls into these 2 categories - 1. I suddenly find myself…

Oh yeah, I just assumed everyone saw the green lady. You know, green skin, bald, tusks, too many eyes. She's been visiting for a couple decades, but she just stares, so you get used to her. I figured it was one of those common ones like you have a surprise exam and you forgot your pencils or you have a candy bar for a head.

> you have a candy bar for a head

... go on?

Re: The DreamBank, a collection of over 20k dream reports

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Post by DoreenMichele »

as1mov wrote: post #19

Just curious, does anyone here have dreams with some recurring themes? I've tried googling for this but sadly most of the content seems to be related to spiritual/mystical "explanations" of it. And I don't bring it up with anyone in real life so as to not appear like a kook. I don't usually remember my dreams, but when I do there's a great probability that it falls into these 2 categories - 1. I suddenly find myself…

I did a fair amount of reading about dreams in my youth and kept a dream journal for years.

In most cases, dreams are the subconscious speaking to itself in an idiolect (a dialect of a single person). While certain themes are somewhat common, exact meaning of a dream is rooted in your own personal experiences and what those images mean to you.

Dreams of being naked in public are fairly common. Being naked is generally seen as a symbol of feeling vulnerable and, also, potentially intensely embarrassed about something (because most people would definitely not be comfortable being naked in public).

Snakes are a common symbol of sin in the Western world, which may or may not be pertinent to what it means to you/your subconscious.

Edit: I will add that sometimes dreams are just gibberish, like if you are feverish. "You're drunk, go home" type nonsense.

Re: The DreamBank, a collection of over 20k dream reports

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Post by kreeben »

hellbannedguy wrote: post #100
as1mov wrote: post #19

Just curious, does anyone here have dreams with some recurring themes? I've tried googling for this but sadly most of the content seems to be related to spiritual/mystical "explanations" of it. And I don't bring it up with anyone in real life so as to not appear like a kook. I don't usually remember my dreams, but when I do there's a great probability that it falls into these 2 categories - 1. I suddenly find myself…

In my twenties I had recurring dreams about being in a field of golden wheat during the summer, with a guilty feeling I hurt someone. They really were weird. Maybe testosterone? Maybe Freudian? Maybe it was due to a stint job I had at the Coroner’s Office in high school? Maybe nothing? Those dreams ended in my thirties, after a breakdown in grad school. I pop a gasket (just really bad anxiety), and all those dreams s…

I used to dream vividly at night and while awake I was always the most calm and rational person in the room until a couple of years ago when I ran into financial (and love-related) problems and then struggled for years with extreme anxiety. I lost my capability to dream/remember my dreams.

After having mostly fixed those problems I found that I was still anxious and unwilling to live in the now, always fearing the future or regretting the past. My dreams were nowhere to be found. For the longest time I felt like I was living in a nightmare.

These days, to some degree, I have returned to being somewhat calm and rational. Last week I've been waking up every morning, either in the middle of a vivid dream or at least with some recollection of what my dreams were that night. It's so soothing to have my dreams return. It makes me feel even more calm and rational (my favorite state of mind).

Cognitive therapy for a short while plus meditation helped me, it seems.

Forgive yourself. Love thyself. Take care.

Re: The DreamBank, a collection of over 20k dream reports

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Post by nom »

as1mov wrote: post #19

Just curious, does anyone here have dreams with some recurring themes? I've tried googling for this but sadly most of the content seems to be related to spiritual/mystical "explanations" of it. And I don't bring it up with anyone in real life so as to not appear like a kook. I don't usually remember my dreams, but when I do there's a great probability that it falls into these 2 categories - 1. I suddenly find myself…

There are some themes that are way more common than others. Falling into a void is a very notable one.

The only recurring dream theme I have is this: You try to walk somewhere and it's slow, like moving in tar. It's exhausting and takes ages to e.g. walk down the street to your neighbor. Sometimes I'm even crawling trying to pull myself forward. I've heard similar variations from others too, so seems to be common.

Oh and my late grandmother had the same dream ever night for most of her adult life. Trauma in childhood due to war. I don't want to know how this feels.

Re: The DreamBank, a collection of over 20k dream reports

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Post by malthaus »

warent wrote: post #2

I'm curious to know if frequency of dreaming correlates to anything. Most people I talk to "rarely have dreams" (probably meaning they just dont remember them). For some reason in my case I have a vivid dream every night, sometimes multiple per night, and can't remember the last time my sleep was dreamless. I've heard keeping a dream journal can help you remember/have more vivid dreams, but I only write my dreams dow…

Some anecdata... but I do have aphantasia so my dream experience is probably a bit different from most.

In the past i never much noticed or remembered dreaming, only when waking up agitated from a nightmare (hasn't happened in years)

But i've been a double espresso drinker for years. Since i started cutting out the dinner espresso (e.g. having my last coffee at lunch) i dream almost every night (sometimes 2 distinct storylines) and can remember them for a few minutes after waking but they fade quickly after.

Re: The DreamBank, a collection of over 20k dream reports

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Post by jobigoud »

splittingTimes wrote: post #124
jobigoud wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have this. I always imagine these are bubbling up one last time to the surface and I never experience these thoughts ever again.

If you write them down and actively try to remember, they enter a more permanent state in memory. I can more easily recall them that way and even continue the memory explosion.

But then I always wonder if I'm remembering the original or the remembrance. Like for childhood photos. There is even one for which I still remember exactly where I was when it bubbled up, but I don't recall the topic at all…

Re: The DreamBank, a collection of over 20k dream reports

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Post by wj »

nprz wrote: post #45
as1mov wrote: post #19

Just curious, does anyone here have dreams with some recurring themes? I've tried googling for this but sadly most of the content seems to be related to spiritual/mystical "explanations" of it. And I don't bring it up with anyone in real life so as to not appear like a kook. I don't usually remember my dreams, but when I do there's a great probability that it falls into these 2 categories - 1. I suddenly find myself…

Only recurring dream I have is I'm back in college and it's the end of a semester, suddenly I realize there's some math class I haven't been attending and I have just a few days to cram everything I've missed in time for the final.

I have the exact same dream but the class varies.

Re: The DreamBank, a collection of over 20k dream reports

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Post by benrapscallion »

nprz wrote: post #45
as1mov wrote: post #19

Just curious, does anyone here have dreams with some recurring themes? I've tried googling for this but sadly most of the content seems to be related to spiritual/mystical "explanations" of it. And I don't bring it up with anyone in real life so as to not appear like a kook. I don't usually remember my dreams, but when I do there's a great probability that it falls into these 2 categories - 1. I suddenly find myself…

Only recurring dream I have is I'm back in college and it's the end of a semester, suddenly I realize there's some math class I haven't been attending and I have just a few days to cram everything I've missed in time for the final.

I have this dream too, except it is the English language class and there was a book to be read on our own (Hound of Baskervilles) that I forgot to read.
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