Recurring Dreams
I think it’s somewhat important to note that I usually dream in the third person, like I’m controlling a character in a video game. Sometimes I am myself, sometimes I’m not. Sometimes
it’s even more like I’m just watching a movie, with me and my input being almost totally inconsequential. Unfortunately my nightmares are more often than not first person. I’ve been
told this is unusual, but I’m sure it’s not as uncommon as one would think.
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Probably the dream I have the most frequently and one I’ve had as long as I can remember involves my oldest friend. We’ve been friends since age 5,
both of us in our late twenties now. These dreams always revolve around her and myself going on a roadtrip somewhere. Often the destination is nowhere, but we’ve ended up at extravagant
theme parks (which I also dream about a lot), malls to shop, other people’s houses, etc. These trips are very similar to ones we would take when we were kids, although in my dreams now
it’s always just the two of us. Sometimes we fight over directions, or what to do next. These dreams turn into nightmares a lot, but not always. This friend lives in another city now,
and I don’t see her much, so these dreams always make me feel nostalgic when I wake.
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I dream about shopping a lot. I will openly admit to being a rather materialistic person, so I suppose this makes sense. I had these dreams more
frequently when I worked at a mall, and just shopped more in general. In these dreams it’s almost always a fictional store I’m at, and somewhere new to me or somewhere I don’t visit
often. Sometimes I’m with friends who also enjoy shopping, or my siblings who just infiltrate my dreams often, but a lot of the time I’m alone. I’m almost always shopping for makeup or
other cosmetics, which does stand out to me as significant although I couldn’t say why. I like makeup, I have a lot of it, but I like lots of other things as well. It’s strange to me
that I don't dream about shopping for clothes or shoes, or technology which I’m also a sucker for. Someone who knows more than me could probably glean something about me from this.
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This one is silly but if I happen to be on a Minecraft kick I will dream about it A LOT. So ever since it’s come out, I’ve had regular Minecraft dreams. They’re often
related to whatever I’d been focused on in the game at the time, but a lot of the time it feels like I’m just in the game. These are difficult to describe, as I don’t feel like I’m actually in the game,
but more like playing an extremely immersive version of it. The POV is first person which is strange for me, but it’s because that’s how I play the game. Even though I don’t feel like myself I still feel
scared of dying as if it were real. I’m sure none of this makes sense to anyone but me, and that’s ok.
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Ever since my dad passed away in 2009, I’ve dreamt about him being alive again. These dreams usually play out as if he’d just been gone away for a very long time
and has now returned, or has inexplicably just returned to life. They never, ever feel like he’s been there the whole time. These dreams are very emotional usually, but as I get older they become
more mundane. Like, “Hey! You’re back! I missed you! Wanna go get something to eat and catch up?” rather than a weepy reunion. When I was younger I would often wake myself up crying, but this
happens less now.
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