Well I do but I would love to know what it is that they mean. If it is something about the past, present, or future it has to mean somthing. Is there any websites that can help out? Please let me know.
2007-04-30 04:52:54 · 11 answers · asked by mandy 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Your dreams do 'mean' something ... but you can't 'figure it out' from any 'dream symbology site' because a person's 'dreams' are just their 'subconscious mind' trying to 'sort out what has happened' in the day ... not in a 'thinking way' but in 'feelings' ... if you are 'afraid' or 'lonely' or 'really really happy' it will 'show most strongly' in your dreams ... and you CAN NOT remember 'all of your dreams' because a person has HUNDREDS of dreams every night ... we can only remember a few that happen right before we wake up. If we can't 'remember all of them' we can't 'interpret them' ... and 'symbology' will only be part of them if 'symbology' is a 'regular part of your regular life.'
2007-04-30 05:02:04 · answer #1 · answered by Kris L 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The obvious answer, Cupcake, is that OF COURSE they mean something.
The question is -WHAT?
Don't be misled by feedback telling you they predict the future or other such clap-trap. They might do that, but no more so than using your noodle consciously while you're awake. That said, a dream is a possible venue to sort through the clutter that might otherwise hide a solution to a problem.
While you're awake, your brain is receiving "inputs" from all around you and also actively working on those inputs: everything from figuring out your grocery list to subconsciously evaluating that strange noise coming from behind the refrigerator. Since you are awake, you are aware of some of this and take active -but not always effective- control of what you are observing, thinking about, etc.
But when you are asleep, Toots, there is less going on around you and you've sort of shut down the mental front office for the day. The brain, therefore, has more of its own internal stuff to deal with. This is sort of like the sickening music in the mall seeming louder when the place shuts down for the day. Sometimes, our dream material has an obvious connection to recent, conscious events, and sometimes it simply spins out imagery and/or feelings which are difficult to associate easily with waking life. But obviously, the ONLY place that stuff ultimately CAN come from is "out there" in your life somewhere. "Out there" may include material from years ago or the last thing you saw on TV but it is always from some exposure you've had for the simple reason that it can NOT be from anywhere else. I'm leaving out such things as visits from spirits, messages from departed loved ones for which there is precious little actual evidence, OK?
There is a great deal of discussion among the egg-heads who deal with this for a living as to what the most seemingly incomprehensible dreams may mean, but the meaning in every case must be taken in the context of everything else that's gone before, awake or asleep. My conjecture is that what your noggin' is doing when you dream is not awfully different than what you do when you are awake. Sometimes you are actively working a problem, sometimes you are unconsciously fiddling with an ear lobe and sometimes a memory of a funny event makes you start laughing in the middle of a funeral. And you have probably noticed how a certain odor, location or sound can evoke strong feelings while you are awake.
There is no reason I am aware of to think this same kind of thing doesn't also happen while you sleep. The difference is that the conscious, controlling mind doesn't play as great a part -doesn't censure your thoughts- so you have a glimpse of what you're up to when even YOU are not watching.
I think the exercise of thinking about out our dreams -of attempting to "interpret" them -is useful, simply because it makes us think about how we are. Some psychiatrists tell me that there mere act of thinking about a dream is really an extension of the dream itself. Therefore, the meaning of any given dream ultimately is the meaning we give to it.
Sleep on that and lemme know what you think.
2007-04-30 05:26:13 · answer #2 · answered by JSGeare 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't look too much into it..are you pregnant? If you are, it probably just means that your mother either thinks or wishes for you to have a girl. Or maybe or not pregnant but suspects, fears, or wants you to be pregnant. I mean there some truth to dreams sometimes but I think the dreamer would truly know deep down what the dream is all about. Sometimes I think dreams can be a reflection of a person's subconscious, but again I wouldn't rely on it 100%.
2016-05-17 08:56:48 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dreams CAN mean something, your subconscious' way of sorting through problems or a reflection of something you are worried about. Sometimes dreams are just dreams, people are just obsessed with finding the meaning to everything when sometimes there is no meaning to be found. I find real life more challenging and rewarding. I would just type in "dreams" in web search box above and select from there.
2007-04-30 05:07:24 · answer #4 · answered by foodieNY 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that your dreams mean something....My mom once had a dream that my grampa was dying and in the middle of the night she got a call from my aunt(her sister) saying that he was dying and that she needed to fly down there immideatly. She left that night and me my dad my sis and my little brother left the next morning. He died that morning. See!!! Dreams do mean something, and me and my mom have had many other dreams like this... Below is a link to a website that will show you what your dreams mean.
2007-04-30 05:12:06 · answer #5 · answered by Denvir 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes dreams are just our way of working things out, be it problems, emotions or whatever else is going on in your head. Sometimes dreams are simply nighttime entertainment. The rare occasion, dreams have deeper meaning, but dream dictionaries are general in nature and don't necessarily apply to your specific dreams. It all depends on what the images signify to you.
2007-04-30 05:08:46 · answer #6 · answered by Erin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes, dreams are just dreams and they don't mean anything. Especially if they are obscure and don't have any real path or connections between one to the next.
Sigmund Freud is one who believed that our dreams were how we figured ourselves out. That we are ruled by our subconscious mind.
2007-04-30 04:57:30 · answer #7 · answered by Lillian M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they mean..............you are........sleeping........ ok ok ok , sorry they might mean something for certain type of people , and I say certain because some people thinks in certain way that they can almost interact with dreams , Alva Edison used to sleep in a chair with a empty can in his hand ...at certain point he loosed the can and the noise woke him up in the middle of a invention in his dreams ... believe it or not many of his inventions were mere dreams ... ( built true ) , there are oter ways to see dreams .... if you think it means something about your future or past ....there are many web sites about that ..... just type dream meaning and wham!!! plenty of places to visit.
2007-04-30 05:04:50 · answer #8 · answered by robertman30s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your dreams do mean something but most times not what you are dreaming, usually the total opposite .it is all from the back of your mind, your sub conscience
2007-04-30 05:00:26 · answer #9 · answered by whateverbabe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.dreammoods.com
I always use this website when I have very detailed dreams. And it usually makes sense after I read up on them.
2007-04-30 04:59:19 · answer #10 · answered by dianexlynn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋