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Topic: Not in my wildest dreams.
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FistOfLegend
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posted January 30, 2009 10:56 AM
I had the weirdest dream last night. It was focused on a girl I used to like.
I went to the girl's house to contact her. She lived right across the street. She was up in her room, many, many stairs away, so I left a message to her brother to call me back.
The next thing that happens is she's up in my attic with a friend in her underwear. During our talk, she grabbed a peanut under my thigh and ate it. Something about her was so boring, and she gave me a gut feeling that something was not right. She wasn't the person I thought she was. I sent her away, told her to never come back, and that's when the phone calls started.
It was back and forth, insulting each other, making each other feel bad. Basically a whole lot of criticism.
One day the phone rang and I picked it up, expecting it to be her. When I answered it, my phone had died. All of the letters on the screen turned red. Then, suddenly I heard a man's voice in my house. He claimed he had a rifle, and he was looking for me. He was pointing it at my mother's face. He explained to her how I was hurting his daughter. I was in the bathroom, so I battled on and on in my mind about what I needed to do. I climbed out of the window and ran towards my neighbor's house, hoping to make a 911 call. That's where the dream ends.
I was hoping you could interpret it for me because this is making no sense. IP: Logged |
Lucia23
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posted January 30, 2009 12:21 PM
Quickie interpretation--hopefully the magical Ra will take a stab--Your issues with your dad (or father figure(s), male authority, and your superego--society's ideas about what it means to be a man) are interfering with the spontaneous, happy, natural, RIGHT expression of your romantic and sexual impulses and emotions. I think that the girl represents your feelings about women, and also the romantic part of yourself--you're hurting her! And, you've banished her, rather than getting to know her. Peanuts in a dream often symbolize getting to the truth or core of something. I think the dream is telling you to take a deep look at your feelings and motivations about love, and also to reach out and communicate to get help and insights (such as by posting on a dream forum! After all, you wanted to try to call 911 for help.) The dream indicates that your communication about these issues has been hurt or blocked. Family pain, deep-rooted pain, and old situations ("a girl I used to like") are unconsciously effecting your life. IP: Logged |
FistOfLegend
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posted January 30, 2009 12:47 PM
Not really. I don't view women the way I view her. With her, in real life, I can't stand her.
In real life, I've been expecting her to call, or wishing she would. It's a love-hate sort of thing.
In the dream, she was sort of egging me on, joking about my feelings, not taking them seriously. I grew to resent it.
I had liked her in the past, idealizing her and placing her with some sort of supervision. With the peanut and underwear incident (with her not taking me seriously), my feelings just plummeted. I lost all respect for her.
The incident with the gun just perplexed me. I can distinctly remember thinking, "Why is she taking it this far? I thought she didn't care."
I was also torn with what to do with the gun at my mother's face. "What if I open this door and appear? Maybe he'll shoot me, and what good will that do?"
I didn't want to leave her there, but it seemed like the best way to keep everyone alive.
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good girl
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posted January 30, 2009 03:15 PM
I think this reflects your feelings for this girl. The attic represents the mind/brain/head. (houses represent bodies)
So this girl is "in your head".
Since you say in real life you were expecting/hoping she would call, I think your giving yourself a warning that maybe this isn't such a good idea.
Perhaps in real life you are able to pick up on an attraction she has for you, despite an appearance of otherwise.
I think the man in the dream represents a part of you that feels your relationship to your mother is in jepordy if you pursue this girl. Or rather the man in you wants to destroy (ties to) the mother. [hey, don't ask me where I get this stuff]
I think there is more between the 2 of you than you are willing to admit to yourself. You were upset she didn't take you serious and although it surprised you, you said yourself that she was "taking this so far"uh, yeah, that's all I got, bye. IP: Logged |
Peri
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posted January 30, 2009 04:50 PM
I am not sure I am right here but could be that you both did not part well and you had bad feelings about her and maybe deep inside you felt somehow guilty for it? guilty for either exaggerating the negative you saw in her or guilty for the fact that you even liked her.IP: Logged |
FistOfLegend
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posted January 30, 2009 05:08 PM
Yada yada yada yada yada.
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FistOfLegend
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posted February 06, 2009 12:51 PM
Hey Ra, can you take a stab at this?IP: Logged |
Ra
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posted February 07, 2009 01:09 AM
Hello FistOfLegend  Ummm, I don't really want to sound like someone's old fart father here, but your response to Peri and good girl came off sounding rather rude. Did I misunderstand you? I hope so. They both deserve much more respect than that. What's the deal?  Tell me you didn't mean anything by it. IP: Logged |
Ra
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posted February 07, 2009 01:11 AM
And of course, I'll have a look at your dream. IP: Logged |
FistOfLegend
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posted February 07, 2009 01:31 AM
Which parts sound rude? I definitely didn't mean to offend anyone. Maybe the strength of the dream or the amount of feeling I have for the person came through my responses.
Anyway, thanks for taking the time. I respect all of your opinions.IP: Logged |
FistOfLegend
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posted February 07, 2009 01:32 AM
Oh, and I replaced my old, emotional response with 'yada, yada, yada". That's probably why you think I'm rude.
That wasn't directed at Peri. IP: Logged |
Ra
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posted February 09, 2009 10:41 AM
That was it. Thanks for making that clear. Sorry I accused you of rudeness. ... back soon!  IP: Logged |
Ra
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posted February 10, 2009 02:09 AM
My thoughts echo some of what each of the others have already said.The dream suggests that this girl is "in your head", as good girl said, but also points to some underlying internal issues. Perhaps this girl being "in your head" is bringing some of this to the surface. It could be that this situation with her is revealing a hidden aspect (underwear) concerning the way you relate to/with others. This particular situation with her is "nutty"/crazy to you in some way (peanut) which leads to confusion, which leads to a jab at your emotional or mental stability (thigh). There is obviously some breakdown in communication with this girl, as Lucia stated, which is connected to a personal issue or problem with communication and/or expression in a more general sense (phone dead), which in turn leads to anger, resentment, (red) and possibly even guilt, as Peri suggested. At this point the dream symbology seems to shift away from how external situations may be connected with internal issues, to a more internal emphasis. It could be suggested that there is a conflict within you between masculine and feminine aspects of yourself (man holding gun on mother), possibly indicating that your emotional security (a feminine aspect symbolized by your mother) is at risk or threatened. It could be indicated that there is a need to cleanse/purge (bathroom) your mind of confusion (not sure what to do), but the "fight or flight" instinct takes over and you choose to avoid this process (climb out window) while at the same time you are looking for help or understanding (call 911), underscoring the conflict which is within you. Are you fighting with yourself inside for some reason? Do you think this could be affecting the way in which you relate to others? What is going on in your life that may be causing confusion, anger, and problems communicating or expressing yourself? What do you think? Does anything strike a chord? 
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Ra
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posted February 23, 2009 11:53 AM
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