I had a bad dream that haunts me at times .....

[Bullwinkle925]

Seems there is a room in my house that is filled with cats. Literally FILLED with them. Only problem is, my husband isn't an 'animal' person, so I've kept the cats secretly locked up for years. Haven't been in there to feed or water them. Now I know there are dozens of cat carcasses behind that door and I can't bear to open it up and face what I've done.

WHAT IN THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN????

WHERE IN THE HELL DOES THIS STUFF COME FROM???

sigh

[anti-everything]

1. Maybe it doesn't mean anything.

I believe that dreams don't necessarily mean anything at all.

[Bullwinkle925]

2. Phew - I hope so .....

I still feel terribly guilty for my irresponsibility over those poor cats.

[anti-everything]

4. You shouldn't. We all have strange dreams sometimes

[Bullwinkle925]

6. Welcome to DU!!!!

Thanks for the good vibes.

[anti-everything]

7. Thank you.

Anytime.

[u4ic]

3. I have a similar recurring dream

that I find my (now deceased) parrot barely alive, that I had forgotten about him and hadn't fed or watered him for weeks, maybe years. He's barely hanging on and eventually dies in front of me.

One interpretation that I mused on is there is a part of me (represented by what a bird is) that I've kept locked up, or haven't been able to express, and I'm now starting to realize it through these dreams. :shrug:

[Bullwinkle925]

5. hmmmmmm ....

it's such a horrid feeling, isn't it? Plus, the cats in my dream never make a sound - so only I know they are in there.

[u4ic]

9. It is

just seeing any animal in a dream in that state is awful, but when it's one you were (or are) very attached to, it's much, much worse. :(

Have you been needing some space? Some independence? To do your own thing? To stick your nose up at anything you don't want to do, anyone you don't want to be around? Just some ideas as to what cats represent...I'm sure you can think of more.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

14. oh i hate those dreams. they leave me feeling so sick inside.

I have them someimes too...beaks falling off, eyes slowing closing...i always wake up in a cold sweat. its awful.

[u4ic]

17. Yes, yes

I've had dreams about beaks falling off, too. Wings or legs snapping as well. :(

I had one where he died right in my hands. I could feel him struggling a bit and then...nothing.:cry:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

18. I have totally had that awful dream too!!!

:hug:

we need a bird support group :grouphug:

[femmocrat]

24. I have one like that about farm animals. In the dream,

I have a horse, or cow, or even a pig, out back in the barn, and have forgotten to feed it for weeks.

I have never had a horse, cow, or pig, so I don't have any idea why I would dream this. I do live in a rural area, but we don't even have a barn.

[Bullwinkle925]

25. I wonder why so many of us dream of animals?

Bizarre.

[SPKrazy]

8. I Have Had A Couple Of Recurring Dreams

one is that I am at the end of the semester and I haven't been to class and I have to take the final but I don't know when it is!

(actually that happened once)

The other is related to past use of pot, I haven't partaken in over 25 years of that particular herb. But I will dream that I've been smoking it all along and I am trying to explain it to people.

Both seem to have the theme of loss of control and related to actual experiences I've had in the past.

Meh, I don't usually place much around them, but I notice they occur more when I'm under stress. Maybe they are a warning to my conscious mind to pay attention?

Like I said, I usually shrug them off and go on.

:hi:

[Bullwinkle925]

15. It's weird ...

even though I know it was just a dream - I still feel awful about it. Regoddamneddiculous.!!

[SPKrazy]

20. Yes!

Regoddamneddiculous.!!

:pals: :rofl: :rofl:

[Whoa_Nelly]

10. Sounds pretty damn deep and calls for a lot of introspection, Bwink...

...right after Christmas! :hug:


Here! Focus on this yard ornament instead. Think lovely thoughts of whirled peas...

[Bullwinkle925]

12. Thanks for that.

You're right. I don't know why the bad feelings stay with me over that dream. Maybe I'm channeling *
but that can't be right - I don't think he has any feelings for anything he has destroyed - or even any recognition that he HAS destroyed anything.

[SPKrazy]

38. It Is Alfred E. Newman You Speak Of

* that is

[Courtesy Flush]

11. Anxieties come out in dreams

I have been restoring an old house for years. In actuality, I've spent a coulple years resoring it enough to be comfortable, and many years avoiding finishing the parts we'll probably never use.

My recurring dream (almost nightly!) is that we're in our huge house (it's always really big in the dream), when one day we notice a door that we didn't know was there. We open it, and see that the house is MANY times larger than we knew, and it ALL needs restoration. Usually there are huge ballrooms, like 60 feet long, and full of cobwebs and decay. Just when we thought we had a handle on the project, it turns out to be bigger than we ever imagined.

In reality, this is pretty true to life. The house doesn't get bigger, but we definitely didn't know what we were getting into when we bought it.

[Whoa_Nelly]

13. If I ever heard of a dream that's about guilt born of procrastination

This one has to be it! :eyes:

[S n o w b a l l]

19. I'd almost agree

but why cats? When her husband is not an animal lover? That specifically stood out in her mind which tells me there's more meaning there.

[Whoa_Nelly]

21. Um....

...was like kinda referring to kdsusa's recurring dream..? :yoiks:

[S n o w b a l l]

23. Oh so sorry...

I misread your post.... so excuse me maam. I'll make sure I don't do it again.

[Whoa_Nelly]

26. Engi, you just go and post away, babycakes!

You are tout sweet!

[S n o w b a l l]

28. What is your problem?

What did I do to piss you off? I posted under the wrong thread is all I know.

[Name removed]

30. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[S n o w b a l l]

35. would you lik,e to talk about this whoa nelly? cause I truly don't understand you're hostility...

[Whoa_Nelly]

36. Hope all is well with you Engi

Sent you a PM

Peace
Nelly

[S n o w b a l l]

16. Wow...that's interesting...

I used to be very good at analyzing dreams. I kept a dream journal and researched a lot. It's been awhile though so I couldn't tell you right off.

I would think the obvious thing is that there's a part of you that you're hiding from your husband & afraid to reveal thinking he may not approve and because of that there's a part of you that's starving. I don't know...sometimes the obvious is the answer and sometimes there's no meaning at all.

I find dreams fascinating though and I do believe the unconscious mind can teach us things. We just have to be open to tapping into it.

[haf216]

22. The "haunting" dreams must be because of the time of year.

I have been having bad dreams about a friend of my that died about 5 years ago. The are the kind that you shake in the morning.

[SPKrazy]

27. Okay, So I Dreamt Last Night That I Went To Work And They'd Changed Everything

do you think it means that I shouldn't go back?

:shrug:

I did dream that and it was weird but I woke up laughing about it!

[caty]

29. Check out.....

http://www.freakydreams.com/freaky.htm

[otherlander]

31. Wow... maybe

something you want, but you feel that having it would hurt someone else? :shrug: I'm not very good at abstract stuff.

I had a disturbing dream a few nights backthat was sort of similar. My mom told me that Lisa was dead. Lisa was my cat and she died two years ago, so I wasn't suprised. But then Lisa was my dog who I have now (you know how things just change in dreams) so it was the dog that was dead. I went outside and saw bulldozers knocking down all the houses. I found a man who seemed to be in charge, and I said, "What are you doing? People live there!" and he said, "You hired me remember?"

And then I just feel really guilty, because I remember that I DID hire him. And I try to tell him, "We only hired you to fix the leaky roof!" but he says that after I hired him he became the new Mayor, so now he can do whatever he wants to.

What the fuck, right?

[Bullwinkle925]

32. It is interesting how images in dreams morph into other things.

We understand the central theme of the dream but there can be a lot of stuff going on that doesn't make any sense at all. It seems like I'm dreaming more as I age.

[BlueStorm]

33. Funny how you should mention that...

Because my sis's cat just passed away tonight, not because of negiliance but because of suspected maliciousness, not on the part of my sister though.

But yeah dreams can be pretty f'ed up. I have dreams about DU and Skinner at times that make me go "huh?"

Blue

[Bullwinkle925]

34. I was reading your post. That's too bad. I feel for your sister's kids.

I hope it turns out not to be a case of deliberate poisoning.
BW925

[Der Blaue Engel]

37. I've had similar dreams a number of times

with the theme of "forgotten animals I haven't fed in weeks/months/years." It is a horrible feeling. I think Engi's interpretation makes a lot of sense regarding the specifics of yours, but I'm never sure what the "neglect" guilt is about in mine.

My most recent one was about a pug puppy named Buddy that I'd forgotten I owned. I apparently had another apartment I was paying rent on but had forgotten to go there, and had left the puppy there without food or water for weeks. Luckily I realized it before it was too late (in the logic of the dream anyway), and even though he was very skinny, he was still healthy and happy, and I felt so happy to have him, that I actually felt sad when I woke up and realized Buddy didn't exist.

[chknltl]

39. Metaphysical interpretation:

Perhaps in a previous life you were a person who owned a great many cats and lived the life of a hermit. You knew that should anything happen to you your precious companions would be left alone to fend for themselves. When you passed on, that is exactly what did happen. The guilt from that has followed you into this life. If you were to make sacrifices in this life toward a great many cats perhaps your Karma can balance out and the dreams will disappear.


That'll be $5 please... (you are allowed to donate my fee to your Christmas present fund for your favorite kitty)
c

[Zhade]

47. Don't charlatans espousing mystical nonsense usually charge more?

:evilgrin:

[Rosemary2205]

40. It means you gotta stop eating onions at bedtime.

I keep dreaming a giant pickle is chasing me down the sidewalk with one of those ball on a string and paddle games in his hand saying "pinch me pinch me".

Happens every time I eat chocolate. :)

[Bullwinkle925]

42. Get OUT.

Tell me you're just pulling my leg.

[Rosemary2205]

45. Nope

if I have hot chocolate, or anything with chocolate less than 3 hours before I go to bed I have all sorts of wild and crazy dreams. I've had the pickle one quite a lot and I only have that dream after chocolate.

[Bullwinkle925]

46. Okay - I'm going to do a scientific experiment tonight -

I'll have something chocolatey a couple of hours before going to bed and see if I experience any wild dreams as well.

Damn - what I do for the sake of science!!

[Connonym]

49. with me it's peanuts

If I eat any form of peanut within a few hours of bed my dreams are way more trippy than normal. I've noticed this relationship for well over 15 years now. Yet it doesn't stop me from eating peanuts (usally in the form of pbj) before bed. What do you suppose the intepretation of THAT is?

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

41. I'm shocked - SHOCKED!

You know I ADORE cats, and you want one badly. This is merely an expression of unfulfilled desires and the consequences of not fulfilling them. Go thee and get that blue-eyed love you've always wanted!

[Bullwinkle925]

48. Would if I could.

sigh

[GenDem]

43. Fascinating

I have the animal dreams, but it usually is that I've lost them.

When my kids were young I had recurring dreams that I lost my kids.

I have the recurring dream that I'm back in high school, that I can't remember my locker combination, don't know my schedule and sometimes I am either partially or totally naked.

I also have a recurring dream that I'm piloting a large passenger airplane and I have to figure out how to land it. This one is always frightening

My favorite "happy" recurring dream is that I can fly effortlessly any where I want to go (without an air craft).

[Danger Mouse]

44. I've had dreams and nightmares like...

you wouldn't believe...I've given up on trying to understand them...if there's any meaning to them, then I'm a very very twisted person, psychologically... :P