I had a dream where I was talking to friends, and I looked down and tiny black insects were burying into my arms, and I could see them under my skin as they moved up my veins. Scared the poop outta me, am I a mental case?
2007-01-19 05:26:39 · 4 answers · asked by Stephen J 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Usually a dream like that means that you feel powerless about something that has been bothering you. Dreams come from the self-conscious so try to think about how you felt during the dream. That may give you a clue. How you felt about the friends with you in the dream?. It may just be that those the friends are making you feel uncomfortable about yourself - but you can't seem to give them up as friends. Anytime you feel really uncomfortable with a group of people - something is wrong!
Try to analyze your thoughts as you think them. Follow them back like a chain -- what made me think of that?, etc. and what was I thinking before that? That will give you some perspective on what if anything may be bothering you.
2007-01-19 05:49:52 · answer #1 · answered by Katydid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To understand a dream, it’s helpful to keep in mind why and how we dream. When we sleep, the body and perception systems are shut down, but the brain remains active. The brain thinks about what has recently been most active during waking hours—experiences, thoughts and feelings accessed recently whether consciously or not. The brain is still active, so it works on this content, but not in a familiar, rational way. During sleep, this material is not related using input from the external real world, but rather by the brain connections already established in the cortex. So the story connectedness isn’t like everyday experience, but rather a strange, circuitous flow from one image to the next. So dreams aren’t magical messages to guide our life, but dream imagery is taken from everyday experiences, thoughts and feelings that matter most to us during our waking life. So it’s a mistake to apply standard symbol definitions, such as Freudian meanings. All you need to do is think about what kind of imagery it is and how it relates to your daily life.
Your dream reflects concerns about tiny life-forms, like bugs, microbes and germs. You're concerned that you could get sick, maybe even that being around your friends could result in your getting sick. So you see, no...you're not a mental case. Just an ordinary person with ordinary life concerns. Happy dreams!
2007-01-19 15:59:17 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that'd be it.
that or you were overdosed on DXM... that stuff gives you the worst most graphic nightmares youll ever imagine.
2007-01-19 13:33:17 · answer #3 · answered by Corey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you only have been really affected by watching "The Mummy".
2007-01-19 13:33:31 · answer #4 · answered by Buchyex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋