what is the strangest dream you have ever had?

LimpingFish · Thu 07/12/2006 01:08:58

Happens to me all the time. I've been stabbed, sliced, eaten (see above), crashed into, shot, decompressed in space...lots of stuff.

All in explicit Feel-O-Vision (tm).

Of course, having never experienced these sensations in real life, I'm sure my subconcious is only extrapolating how each would feel from my conciousness's(!) experience of everyday pain (paper cuts, pulled muscles, etc, etc).

I recommend feeling pain in dreams.

Domino · Thu 07/12/2006 01:10:44

Nobody has yet mentioned anything about wet dreams.

LimpingFish · Thu 07/12/2006 01:13:12

Ah. Feel-O-Sex-O-Vision (tm).

A dangerous game to play. Jessica Alba can morph into Madeline Albright SO easily.

Ashen · Thu 07/12/2006 01:16:29

As I edited above, I don't feel pain unless it's a minor thing I've actually experienced (I've had dream pins and needles a few times). I DO experiece every other sense though (at times anyway), something I'm told isn't overly common.

LimpingFish · Thu 07/12/2006 01:27:17

Physical sensations are a rarer occurance, within the Dreamscape(!), than mental ones (fear, sadness, happiness, etc.).

I would believe this is because they require the mind to compensate for lack of actual tactile response from the body.

As for triggering the pleasure center of the brain, most people would consider sexual arousal
to be heavily influenced by the mind, rather than the genitals, anyway.

Disco · Thu 07/12/2006 01:37:56

For me, flying dreams (or other fantastical activities...I once did a very long handstand) happen only when I am aware I am dreaming, which does not happen as often as I'd like. When I realise I'm dreaming, my first thought is "OMG I'm going to try to fly!!" and then I dance with glee. It is not that easy as just doing it however, because I try to make myself do it with the power of will, but it doesn't always work perfectly. It also doesn't help that I typically start to wake moments after realising I'm dreaming, and can't just keep myself from waking.

Though as I mentioned before, I pulled off this sweet handstand once. It was really badass, and I even went on to shift so I was at a 45 degree angle. I guess it must be the notion of flying that excites you to the point where your dream stop. I suppose this is a lesson for us all to dream big, but start small

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Erenan · Thu 07/12/2006 06:28:19

My wet dreams are lame. Once it happens, I realize it and immediately awaken. It doesn't feel the same as when awake. There's no pleasurable sensation. It's basically just an "oh, there it goes again" kind of thing.

Flying is fun, but usually I can only fly if I have some measure of awareness that I am in fact just dreaming. There was this one time, though, when I realized I was actually awake and was really flying. That was pretty cool.

skyfire2 · Thu 07/12/2006 07:05:23

Whenever I have dreams it's usually about killing. Last night, I had a dream that my brother started shooting at me with a smg so I ran into the woods. I tried to shoot him with a revolver but I missed six times and all of my revolver bullets turned into AK rounds. Thinking quick I flanked him, grabbed his gun, and shot him in the chest. After going through all that uncalled for shit I felt bad for killing him

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eddie hitler · Thu 07/12/2006 12:30:55

domino, I get tha deja vu feeling as well. I have also had it when I have the same dream several nights in a row.I once had the same dream every night for a whole week! It was quite a good dream too :)Also, when it was a few days till my seventh birthday, I kept on dreaming that it was my birthday and that I got loads of really cool shit.When I woke from these dreams I was always overwhelmed with disppointment.My actual seventh birthday was a bit of a let down because I had the flu.I am never aware that I am actually dreaming.My bro says he always knows he is dreaming and says he can control the events.Can any of you do this?

lo_res_man · Thu 07/12/2006 16:59:15

I've done that a few times, I figured out I was dreaming. ( in the dream, I was dead, and I was going through this office building, with a whole bunch of other people, and I saw a sign, "this way heaven" and another "this way hell" the idea of the choice being so simple, made me realise it was a dream) anyway, being horny little basterd, I went up to the nearest woman I saw, and erm... started doing the dirty deed.

then I heard my mom, yell in a high and mighty, pissed off old school marm, voice from the clouds, "shame, SHAME!" and it tossed me out of the lucid state. The dream went on, but I don't remember it much, I woke up some time after. I was smirking.

Ghost · Fri 08/12/2006 04:54:31

Here's one I don't mind sharing

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It was shortly after I had my first "Day of Doom". The original shareware episode, heck, YOU know. Had it played all day, and everyone knows that such a thing can leave you seeing the stuff... like playing Tetris and seeing bricks when you close your eyes.

Okay, here comes: I was running around the spaceport, in full armour, clenching my sidearm, and there were demons everywhere. It was all blurry- in the dream it was all looking real, not low-res, but with cheesy special effects... and suddenly a group of tourists came in through a secret door I was just about to open. Tourists. Elderly men and women, some of them carrying picnic baskets, all of them holding cameras. And suddenly some old women screeched: "Oooo, look, that young man over there killing that imp, Frank (I still remember that name!!!), quick, take a photo!"
All of a sudden the whole thing turned into something really strange; I had to get those tourists out of the level, there were even more freaked monsters around, and even today I can remember how I woke up grinning.

I didn't touch that game for another day, though.

Bubbles · Fri 08/12/2006 05:10:12

Quote from: eddie hitler on Thu 07/12/2006 12:30:55
My bro says he always knows he is dreaming and says he can control the events.Can any of you do this?

Yes, when I realize that i am dreaming I can alter stuff and my dreams simply by thinking. Its pretty fun.
I remember as a kid that whenever I was dreaming I would usually realize it and try to escape the dream for some reason. I didn't like the dreams, so in my dreams I would try to find an exit. I thought I was awake and that my family was eating breakfast so I woked up and ate with them but later I woke up for real and realized that the family wasnt awake.

Phemar · Fri 08/12/2006 08:37:37

Lucid Dreams are the best kind. I had one last night, it was seriously awesome. I can't remember much about it, but it involved kidnapping, fence jumping and a large amount of guns in my pocket.

Tom S. Fox · Fri 08/12/2006 15:56:11

Oh man, Ghost, your dream had me LOL.

However, not long ago, I dreamed Meg from Family Guy was my girlfriend.
And I think the cast of Drawn Together also appeared in some form.
Ah, animated sitcoms, destroyers of my mind.

I had more strange dreams, but nothing I would remember right now.
Maybe I'll post another one as soon I remember one.

lo_res_man · Fri 08/12/2006 16:52:56

I have had star trek dreams, as well as a few simpsons dreams, does it mean anything

Tom S. Fox · Fri 08/12/2006 18:17:23

Yes!!!

skyfire2 · Fri 08/12/2006 20:20:06

Quote from: lo_res_man on Fri 08/12/2006 16:52:56
I have had star trek dreams, as well as a few simpsons dreams, does it mean anything

It means that one of your your kids will inherit your dreams of becoming a star trek deep space 15 fan while hating on simpson fans.

Bubbles · Sat 09/12/2006 17:33:03

I've had some dreams of cartoon characters. ANd sometimes I can't tell the cartoons from noncartoons in my dreams, but I realize it when I wake up. Or what about those dreams of espionage? The creepy feelings I have, such as one where I was trying to kill the cops with my niper rifle and pistol in a series of abandoned warehouses at night.

deletethisprofile · Sat 09/12/2006 21:14:29

I can dream every night, How I do this is just by mere influence, in my mind I think in captitol letters :" I AM GOING TO DREAM TONIGHT" I think it about 5 times, and when I sleep I can dream, although I've never been able to create my own, nor control the occurance...

Phemar · Sun 10/12/2006 04:54:22

Pmdee: You can train yourself to have Lucid dreams. Everyone dreams at least 3-4 times a night, it's just often that people don't remember their dreams. The fact that you can recall at least one dream a night is pretty good.
Lucid dreaming is the act of becoming aware that you're dreaming once you're dreaming. There are several ways to do this, including reality checks etc. You can read more about it on wikipedia and other sites from Google.

I've been training myself for lucidity and had my first lucid dream about 3 nights ago after about a month of training. It's rewarding and is actually one the best experiences ever! I highly recommend it to anyone.