Is Dreaming a good idea…

They say that we all have dreams, whether we remember them or not.

When I was very young, I had the same dream repeatedly: I had to escape through all these metal poles that barred my way, but I never did. Looking back, this makes perfect sense, for my childhood was miserable, one I wanted desperately to run away from.

The dream I remember best, is where all my teeth fall out. What can that mean?

“What do dreams mean if your teeth fall out? Penney Peirce, the author of “Dream Dictionary for Dummies,” suggests that dreaming about losing teeth can have multiple meanings.

It might mean that you are worried about your attractiveness or appearance, for instance. It may also indicate that you are concerned about your ability to communicate, or that you are concerned that you might have said something embarrassing.”

I have often wondered if our dreams are some kind of message, although understanding them can sometimes be difficult.

“Famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud described dreams as the “royal road” to the unconscious and suggested that by studying the obvious content of dreams, we could bring to light the hidden and unconscious desires that lead to neurosis.

Analyzing dream symbols and ascribing meaning to them has become a source of both entertainment and self-reflection in popular culture. Do dreams mean anything? Can you learn your unconscious wishes and desires by interpreting your dreams?”

An interesting idea from Freud there. I wonder what he would have made out of the one Anita had recently. In this dream, she has a penny coin stuck onto her tongue.

Could this be to do with her poetry, or her writing?

If anyone has any thoughts about this, we would love to hear them!

To dream, or not to dream… that is the question!


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  1. Jennie Avatar

    Dreaming is definitely a good idea, although I had a recurring dream as a child that wasn’t so good.

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    1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      I had some bad dreams when I was a child, I wouldn’t like to have any like that now…

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  2. John W. Howell Avatar

    Always love to dream. They make me wonder sometimes.

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  3. Michael Sammut Avatar

    I too had a repeated dream when I was young full of symbolism. Later in life that dream became reality.

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    1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      I have always thought that our dreams are a kind of message, but we don’t always understand them…

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      1. Michael Sammut Avatar

        I would agree.

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  4. Author Jan Sikes Avatar

    I’ve always had vivid dreams. Sometimes they make sense and are simply processing events from the day and other times they are about people and places I don’t know. Those are the ones I find most interesting. I think dreaming is healthy and some great stories can come from dreams.

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  5. Tofino Photography Avatar

    dreaming is a perquisite to a healthy mind

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    1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      Oh Lord, what does that say about mine then, as I rarely dream?

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      1. Tofino Photography Avatar

        I’m not a expert on this stuff.
        Dreams happen during REM sleep and those cycles are roughly 90 minutes.
        Whatever you dream,It happens during that 90 minutes and then it loops. You have the same dream again and again.
        Divide the 90 into the length of time you slept and that’ll be the number of times you had the same dream.
        So when you wait up you remember what you dreamed.
        Why you do not remember what you’ve dreamed is an unknown?
        You may be dreaming a different dream every 90 minutes and so do not remember it.
        You can go to a professional to get checked over.
        They put this bathing hat like device on your head. It has many wires hooked up to it. Small probes penetrate your scalp. You sleep there for the night. They record your brain output.
        They can tell you more about what’s going on.

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        1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

          An interesting solution, thank you…

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  6. Esther Chilton Avatar

    I have lots of dreams. Occasionally I remember them and they’re always strange!

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    1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      I worry about dreaming too much, as surely our brains need a rest?

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  7. Violet Lentz Avatar

    I’m not much on the interpretations, but I do love to dream. Some of mine I still think about and wonder what might have happened if I was able to continue on.

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    1. V.M.Sang Avatar

      But not the scary ones. I’m always glad to wake from them.

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      1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

        Not too scary, I hope, Vivienne…

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        1. V.M.Sang Avatar

          No. I don’t often have nightmares.

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