How much stock do you put into dreams and their interpretations?

[19magic]

Majority of the time I do think you dream to either express a fear or worry to try and get over it, or to relive something horrible in a safe and almost comforting way. Of course that doesn't always work I've had the night terrors before which always followed with me jumping up almost in a full blown panic and hyperventilating. Thankfully I've managed to mostly make peace with that memory, but there's been many times I've been struck by how insightful dreams are.

I've just started a dream journal app and might share more thoughts into it later and see if my stance changes on it or not.

[Andres77]

I can still remember my first epic dream. I’ve been fortunate enough to dream almost every night of my life. I’ve only had a few nightmares ever. Most are like movies. I’ll wake up and tell my kids what I dreamt. Good times.

Most of the times a dream is just a dream. But occasionally I’ve been warned about upcoming events (hurricanes and other storms), I’ve learned how to do something in my dream that was challenging me at work, I was made aware of my then wife cheating on me (I’d suspected but the dream pushed me so I investigated and found it was true).

my daughter was supposed to be at a sleepover and I dreamt that her friend was killed and she was kidnapped. Turns out she was Smokin weed with friends behind a store at 1 am. I called her just as another guy was starting a fight. He was going to his car to get his gun. She said she froze. My call snapped her out of it and they ran.

I think dreams are powerful and educational and fun. I love my dreams. It’s like I get to watch tv all night without the guilt.

[19magic]

Yes that's how I feel about my dreams as well, I either get realistic support ones or dreams where I swear I could write a fictional novel on them and they'd be sellers - not that I have the time for that lol.

I can't remember why I was doing this, but in one of mine I was captain of a big sail/row boat. I was normal in pirate garb but my crew were all marinette dolls. There was an evil witch who drank a giant growth potion and was guarding this island with a giant octopus. We were sailing round the back where there was a collapsed cave entrance and since the waves were super treacherous and the octopus kept splashing the water it dislodged the rocks and just as we were turning to go ahead into the cave the witch found us and shrank us small. Which actually worked to our advantage a little since the wind and waves were so strong we actually glided though the air and landed into the witch's hair on her oversized head... only to wake up 🙄

As for warnings, I'm not sure I've got those yet.

[Andres77]

That sounds like a blast. I love those whacky dreams

[19magic]

I have them way more than the realistic ones that's for sure, it got to the point where having a realistic one is more scary than a whacky one lol

[Leapfrog00]

I think there are some meanings to dreams. I was living with a narcissistic aunt, who would belittle me, diminish me, and humiliate me, and also try to control everything I did. Then to make a long story short, she tried to poison me, and since I left last year, I have nightmares where she has locked me in the house.

Another dream I often have is one where I'm in a grocery store, but usually when I have this dream, I didn't eat much the day before or I wake up hungry, so I'm guessing dreaming of food maybe means you're undernourished. I've noticed some connections like that.

I recently had a sleep study done and next month I have to get a bi-cap machine for obstructive sleep apnea, and today i saw the sleep doctor, and she explained to me in detail, dreams can often play a role from your day-to-day activities, especially because of your mental health. She also explained vivid dreams are usually due to your daily routine.

Sometimes I have random dreams about random things, for example, this one night I had this dream I was at this small restaurant with only four tables and a bar with four bar stools, and there were two pretty girls sitting at the bar I was talking to, and I have no idea where that dream came from, lol. Maybe I'm lonely or something, lol.

So, maybe I put some stock into them. Dreams are definitely a questionable conundrum!

[etsylo]

most of my dreams seem to be unhealthy to me. it's often either gruesome acts done to me or being left behind, forgotten, or replaced. it might be fears and insecurities i have deep within myself. these dreams get so bad that sometimes i wake up with tears streaming down my face as soon as i open my eyes.

throughout the day, my brain seems to make up hurtful scenarios in my head without me meaning to or wanting to. they repeat over and over, intrusive thoughts maybe? just a lot of thoughts that make me cry. maybe these things have a big impact on how my dreams manifest too. i should keep a dream journal to write down what i dreamt and hopefully try to rewrite the scenario for a better outcome.

[PBandJ_Nerd]

Sometimes I look up what something in a dream means. But I'm a pretty vivid dreamer, and remember the majority of my dreams. I've been told I might be a clairvoyant dreamer due to how vivid my dreams can be.

[PBandJ_Nerd]

But since not every search matches a dream, I sometimes have to interpret myself what I think the dream might mean.

[JacobJordan]

generally none though sometimes I have dreams of events that have not happened and then they do. I had a dream a friend was calling me I woke up shortly after and a couple seconds after my phone rang. it was the same friend. could have been a coincidence.

[Massageman]

It's just a way for your brain to sort things out while your body rests.

As I aged, so did various components of my dreams. When I was kid, a bad dream would possibly have me being attacked by a "killer vacuum" or "angry phonograph tonearm". As I grew up, planes might show up in random- and quite impossible- ways, threatening the people. Lately, I've been having a few that are giving me insight in how to handle a particular individual in my life.

[NathanDavis]

nope, none... but I've had at least 4000 and as many as 6000 dreams, lol...

that would be a lot to interpret...

[RedInnocent68]

There’s definitely something to it. Sometimes anxiety, sometimes aspirational, but always truthful. Great at understanding yourself, just not future gazing or predicting.

[OddBeMe]

Not much. I’d say iceberg level. If you keep having stressful drowning or dreams about a particular person that may be something to figure out.

But ultimately it’s just the brain venting. Serisouly that’s what dreams are.

[strateguy632]

a dream is exactly a dream. not real. not repeat relive.

[normalice]

None whatsoever. Dreams don't tell me anything I didn't already know.

[DJB72]

Dream journals can be helpful if you're trying to deal with emotional health. Dreams can be your mind's way of trying to deal with deep trauma.

[collie22]

Most of my dream are just stuff from my day. Some dreams are working things out I need to solve. Not to often I have a biblical kind of dream. Those dreams are special.

[BarryLiverstone]

I see dreams as a manifestation of our subconscious minds. The times I’ve been naked at school usually have meant I have an insecurity as an example.

[Anonymous]

Well the last dream I had was about a fish flying around my old apartment so…I don’t put too much thought into them 😅

[ThrillSeeker01]

I put stock in some dreams, when they're powerful

[BLP11520]

Not much at all