Delightfully disturbing dream

BruisedWeasel · Mon 29/03/2004 08:15:15

No, it's not related to ags in any way.

I was getting dressed, and I happen to look down to pull up my pants, when I noticed my belly button had popped out. It's wasn't the normal bellybutton you'd expect, but actually the nasty dark dried-up umbilical cord, with a ribbon tied at the end. I was a bit disturbed by it, so I tucked it into my underwear, hoping my pants and shirt would hide any lumps.

I'm certain this has something to do with my failure to grow up, or my failure to desire to grow up, or some other such thing. I'm a bit disturbed by the ribbon. I wonder what would have happened if I had untied it?

Nacho · Mon 29/03/2004 08:27:36

Sleep more, Bruised ^_^.

Nine Toes · Mon 29/03/2004 09:29:57

Melly, you need to stop taking acid before you go to sleep.

Maybe I can dig out that "Dream Dictionary" that my mom has, and tell you what the dream might mean.

BruisedWeasel · Mon 29/03/2004 09:56:13

Dream dictionaries don't mean poo. It's rare I ever have any really abstract symbolism. If my 'cord' is showing, it's bound to be linked to my inability to part from my infant-like need for my parents, and the resulting embarassment and desire to hide from it or deny it.

If I'm ever chased by large pink mongooses down a twisting tunnel made of Colorforms and sprites, I'll call for your stupid dictionary.

Mr_Frisby · Mon 29/03/2004 10:57:46

I believe in profound dream symbolism - 90% of dreams you go - uh it was a dream , but every now and again theres one that gets ya - your like WTF!
I think these can sometimes be profetic about changes about to be untertaken or or guided stimulation of things you should be thinking towards.

What colour was the ribbon - this is probably highly significant to what sort of experience you will have to look forward to or look out for. Each colour is supposed to represent an aspect of human being.

Evil · Mon 29/03/2004 22:31:53

If our brains are to dumb to determin what they mean are we really smart enough to think up such a complex plot to a dream knowing that we wont be smart enough to figure it out?

Kweepa · Tue 30/03/2004 00:10:49

Well said Evil.
If my brain wants to tell me something I wish it would have the courage to just come out and say it. I've had enough of subliminal messages disguised as dreams of sleeping with sheep.

Mr_Frisby · Tue 30/03/2004 00:41:40

What if it isn't yoer brain - but someoutside influence trying to express itself ? :o Then again maybe not.

Peter Thomas · Tue 30/03/2004 10:09:45

Assuming that dream symbolism is real, here is one fair interpretation:

The umbilical chord is particularly important for women, pertaining to shackles (read: entrapment) or a dependance for love (often from the mother).

The fact that it is shrivelled represents your need to move on/progress from a current situation. Alternatively, it could symbolise your change of emotions about one ideology.

Clothes represent femininity. Underwear represents your raw emotions (often the emotions you aren't aware of).

Ribbon symbolises fragility. The act of tying symbolises some sort of bond.

So....... one could assume that you are a woman who has some sort of bond with your subconscious emotions, although the link is fragile, so equillibrium is important. It appears you are trying to hide your emotions by keeping them tucked within yourself so that nobody else will see them.

However while this bond does indeed exist, it appears that you are ready to move on in some aspects, leaving behind your dependance for love from a (motherly?) figure.

There are some things, though, which you feel are keeping you trapped in a certain place/stage/mindframe.

I, personally, don't believe that dream symbolism can be THIS specific (though I do believe there is some relevance in certain things), but if you DO believe it, then you may now all form premature judgements about Bruised's true self. Have fun!

BruisedWeasel · Tue 30/03/2004 10:40:52

Pete, you could have saved yourself a shitload of effort and just quoted me. Oh, I suppose I didn't type enough filler to make myself sound like I knew what I was talking about. Excuse me while I write 3 more paragraphs quoting everyone on this thread, and thus make myself out to be an enlightened geniuos.

Peter Thomas · Tue 30/03/2004 10:42:21

[/dies]

Me = idiot.

Do NOT agree

Andail · Tue 30/03/2004 11:26:48

Play the very exciting family game Reply to the Weasel's thread!
You alternate writing replies, and you never know just which reply will make the Weasel explode in anger!

BruisedWeasel · Tue 30/03/2004 11:38:50

Oh Andail, you know I can't reply to you in anger. You make the funny message, and I laugh with much glee. Haha!

Mr_Frisby · Wed 31/03/2004 10:52:19

It's probably less about your faliure to grow up and more to do with how you feel about your level of maturations/growth and that you probably, on some level - don't feel that you are coping with the level of responsability that you have aquired in a mature enough way to do justice to your peers. (please don't hit me $:-\$ ) you are subconciously ashamed of the way you handle situations infront of people you respect/admire.

By the way what colour was the ribbon - my guess would be that it was red as this colour has alot to do with your strengths and abilities - it is the legs you walk on - or some crap like that.

BruisedWeasel · Thu 01/04/2004 04:22:06

Hit you? Why would I hit you? Only Maribelle hits.

Forget about the color of the ribbon. It didn't have a color, because I don't operate on color.

shbaz · Thu 01/04/2004 05:55:09

Quote from: Evil on Mon 29/03/2004 22:31:53
If our brains are to dumb to determin what they mean are we really smart enough to think up such a complex plot to a dream knowing that we wont be smart enough to figure it out?

Do you remember when you were very young, how time always passed oh-so-slowly? Well, as you get older it always seems to get faster and faster. When we are children our minds are working twice as hard, learning to speak, learning to use your body, learning to survive, and then there's school. It's a proven fact that young humans have many times the brain power of adults. I'm not saying that they're smarter, mind you, but they can think harder than adults can. As you get older your brain stops working so hard and so time passes faster.

Why?

Imagine that the brain is activated when a single impulse arises, and it is shut off when there are no impulses. More impulses in a shorter amount of time mean higher thought density, and less impulses in that same amount of time mean a lower thought density. Your thoughts are less dense as an adult and so time is faster.. more time between thoughts means less perceived change in time. If there are more thoughts in a given period of time (higher density of thoughts) then there is a lot less time between thoughts, the brain is shut off a lot less and so you percieve more time than someone with a low thought density whose brain is "on" a smaller amount of time. This has nothing to do with actual time, of course actual time passes at the same rate (machinery measures it and it is undeniable) but your perception of it (how long it seems to your mind) changes.

This all relates to how your brain works during sleep too. Your brain is no longer worrying about processing sight, it isn't moving your body, it isn't processing pain, smell, taste, noise, happiness, sadness, or anything.. so all of that power that isn't being used is delegated soley to thinking (dreaming). Your thoughts are denser during sleep, that's why you can go to sleep and have a dream that seems like it took hours and you wake up to find only 10 minutes have passed.

In conclusion, because of all this I don't think it improbable that my brain is thinking up things in my sleep that I wouldn't comprehend while I was awake.

I didn't read any of this in a book, it's just something I've discussed with my friends a lot before I left them for college. It makes sense to me.

Gfunkera · Thu 01/04/2004 10:42:33

Check the HyperDictionary it has a dream dictionary too, great resource! 8)