posted January 24, 2010 03:15 PM         

I've had several. I know 4 were past lives, and one during childhood, that I prefer NOT to remember. But I had one, about...maybe five years ago?

I was driving my Toyota under this tunnel, it's a very small tunnel that you have to drive under to get to my old street. There are woods around it, and just a few houses.

I recall the sun shining so brightly, glaring off the snow. As I went through the tunnel, from the left hand side, I saw a gorgeous wolf running from the woods.

It occured to me in a split second that he was going to hit my car.
I felt no desire to swerve or speed up.
The feeling I can recall was total rapture.

As the wolf crashed into my drivers side window, he latched on to my throat. Before that we made eye contact, and his eyes were so blue, and so beautiful. I had no reservations about him biting me.

He bit me, and I died. I suppose I died, because I could see my car, getting smaller and smaller, and the wolf just standing there among the broken glass.

posted January 24, 2010 03:32 PM         

I don't remember the details as well as you, but I do remember the feelings.

One was a repeat dream as a child, when I wasn't well. I was in a race from the earth to the moon, we were racing stud earings and I was terrified. When we came back to earth I landed in a swamp and couldn't get out of it, and I remember being really really scared cos the swamp was dark and things were following me.

The other was about 10 years ago and I was a fighter pilot. I remember flying down through a valley and out over a bay. I got the adrenalin rush that I think you would get in real life, and I'll never forget it. I used to want to be a fighter pilot, but clearly never will be, so that was a real gift.

The final ones - one after my daughter was born and one recently, involved her being with me and something happening where I knew she would die (one she fell off a cliff and the other she was drowning and I coudn't get to her) and both times I followed her. Again I remember the emotion - the shock and extreme sense of loss - such emotion that I could not bear and decide to die with her. Both times I woke up with a racing heart before it concluded. Both times I had days of sadness and guilt afterwards, and also fear that I really would lose her.

I am sure there are tons more, but they are 3 that come straight to mind.

posted January 24, 2010 08:34 PM         

I don't know why people say you can't die in your dreams. I've heard that too. Someone once told me that you can't dream that you've died because you can only dream of something that you could experience in waking/living life. Which is kind of ridiculous when you think about it, as many of us dream of some fantastical things.

posted January 25, 2010 06:57 AM         

My NY resolution to keep a dream diary has fallen by the wayside - I don't have time in the mornings and then I forget what I dreamt.

Though the other night I had one where I went to the beach and PeaceAngel approached me and asked me where my daughter was, I said I didn't know, so she offered to take me to her. It went dark and she set off flying with me on her back. I was gobsmacked because she didn't need to run or flap her arms like I do when I want to fly. That's all I remember really!

posted January 26, 2010 02:26 AM         

Thanks for validating my point that some of us do die in our dreams.

Starkiss;
Was this the only dream you had of the man you eventually met? I'm curious now, you are sure you never saw him at all in any other way, in any other dreams?

Dee;
Your dream could be a childhood anxiety dream. Ocean/water= emotions and nothing solid to hold on to could signify a childs feeling of anxiety or fear.
I ask this because I noticed when studying Psych in college, alot was mentioned about childrens anxiety dreams.

Eskimono;
I think your NY resolution is a great one. If it's too overwhelming for you, keep a small pad and pencil on the bed, or within reach, and devise yourself some type of short hand that you can decipher at a later date, I think you will be amazed at what you can remember later by just a few key words.
AND~
Again, concerning your daughter and the dream with PA, you are flying and there is water nearby.
I DO, indeed think your dreams are suggesting you let go of emotions, let them "fly" off if you will, and try not to rationalize or control whatever these concerns you have with your daughter are.
Is your daughter a child or an adult?

posted January 26, 2010 03:09 PM         

I wonder whether these dreams have come to the fore as I am finally ready to 'love' again (no one to love yet tho!!). There is a nagging guilt about that - that she would not be enough, that I want more for 'me'.

Just out of interest, how do your dreams about this stranger make you feel? Content? Excited? Scared?

posted January 26, 2010 04:43 PM         

I can totally understand about Mother/child anxiety dreams. We all want to do our best, and fear that it isn't enough. But, I'm sure despite your break up, you are doing just fine.
As far as love again, the symbols you describe to me are more anxiety then love related. But you are anxious about finding love/starting over.
As far as if there is a new love on your horizon, I really suggest that dream journal, cause, you COULD be dreaming of that coming, but we wouldn't know to look for the symbols if you aren't remembering them.

I guess my dream of the man makes me sad. Sad that I may never find him. I wake up with a sense of longing.