Everyones Nightmare: Everyones Dream

We stopped at a point that was far out, where the water was so calm it was almost still. We were in the middle of a conversation, when all of the sudden I looked up and saw a massive wave coming towards us. It was so big, it was as tall as a skyscraper. I've never seen a tsunami before, but I just knew that's what it was. What happened next doesn't really make sense, but the wave came crashing down and we somehow survived it.

The water became calm again, but the sky remained kind of dark. I was feeling really scared, but relieved that I still had my sister next to me. We could tell from where we were on the water that the beach was a wreck. Then, out of nowhere, a black mass that kind of looks like ink came towards us. It was swimming like an animal, kind of like how snake moves, but I was sure it wasn't a living thing. It swam towards the man first, and as soon as it got to him, he disappeared. Just the board remained. It came for my sister next and within seconds, she was also gone.

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At this point, the dream is a full-on nightmare and I swam back to the shore as fast as I can. When I got there, I was frantically looking for my sister and asking people if they'd seen her anywhere. No one really knew what I was talking about, and they were so focused on their own survival that they barely listened to me. It was only a few minutes after I woke up that I remembered it wasn't my dad in the dream, but an unknown man. Dang, this is an incredibly intense one, and in many ways a classic anxiety dream.

In traditional dream interpretation, large waves or tsunamis represent emotional turmoil or the bottling up of some sort of major feeling or fear. They often show up at major turning points in our lives, points at which we know we need to make some decisions that involve us and our loved ones. The fact that this happened while you were on what you thought was a vacation with your sister suggests that you see yourself as her protector, and that her wellbeing is implicated in the decisions that are weighing on you.

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You have appointed yourself as the person who is responsible for your family, even if that duty sometimes comes at your own expense. You mentioned that you assumed the man was your father; it could be as literal as that. But he could also represent something more abstract, some sort of indicator of stability — be it a wise career choice, a safe romantic partner, a house that you are tied to — that led you astray. You are coming to realize that the people and things in life that you were assured would deliver comfort and happiness aren't guaranteed to do that; in fact, sometimes those things wind up being the sources of your troubles.

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The black mass here, the fact that it was amorphous but clearly dangerous, is your intuitive awareness that not even following all the rules can protect you. Someone, a man who was sort of a magician character, was dipping people I know into dark water. They were coming out coated in a kind of gold film, like amber or honey.

They either turned out sticky or the gold film had hardened already. Then he put them up around the water as though they were sculptures. I generally dream about water a lot. This is largely due to the fact that the vast majority of humans think in abstract ways through nonlinear cycles.

We like to believe we are logical beings; however, we spend most of our waking hours moving in illogical patterns. Therefore, our dreams are a reflection of this unconscious splatter of thoughts and actions. If you can control everything you do, say and think during your waking life then you have a great shot at controlling your dreams. There are, however, a number of people who have the ability to influence their dreams. I can focus my thoughts and intentions surrounding my sleep to inject my consciousness with particular thoughts and ideas and therefore imprint my unconscious mind. We can typically return to a favorable or curious dream from the past by lying in bed before sleep and replaying as much of the old dream as we remember.

The key in this process, however, is to identify oneself with the feeling of the former dream and fall into a similar place before falling into sleep. Most of us dream every night and most of us dream throughout our various sleep cycles; however, researchers have suggested that the most vivid and memorable dreams occur during the REM cycle. This death dream is more about our overall anxiety and confusion about death and less to do with any reality about dreaming. Always pay attention to how you are feeling before, during and after a significant dream.

Also, take careful note of who are the main figures in a dream and ask yourself what your relationship with these figures are in the dream and outside of the dream.

Be careful when relying on dream books to interpret your own dreams as there are many misconceptions to be had with regard to the collective unconscious. For more on dream analysis, check out this article , where Sumber offers additional insight. She blogs regularly about body and self-image issues on her own blog, Weightless , and about creativity on her second blog Make a Mess.

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