Hello peeps,
Well, I had a ... rotten .... dream last night.
It started off really nice. Lots of happiness, laughter. Can't remember what ws happening at that point in the dream unfortunately but it resulted in me driving my car (going to work actually).
I could see the morning sun, the blue sky, the green fields. Smell the cut grass at the side of the road. I could feel the movement of the car as I drove round the bends and down the dips - back up the other side. I was really happy... wrong word.. content more like.
Then i was on the main road (still countryside), I went round a bend onto the straight and suddenly a gold/beige car (bit like an old cortina shape only squarer), intentionally turned right in front of me (there's no turning for it to go into at this point on the road) and, of course, impact.
I woke on impact but not fully. The next flash through my mind was my body in mid air, horizontal, as if on a stretcher but there was no-one and nothing to support me.
That's when I came fully awake! The emotion that wnet through me during that dream was .. hmm ... difficult to say. I remember feeling free, content, shocked, scared, hurt and then just a void.
Needless to say, i took a different route to work this morning and i'm left feeling confused by this dream - which is unusal for me as I don't normally remember them at all.
Anybody got any ideas or opinions they'd like to share with me on this one?
Lorraine
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RE: What did this mean?
Hi Lorraine
It sounds as if you had a partial out of body experience (OOB).
A very visual and colourful dreaming landscape, such as you describe, can induce a lucid state within the dream where everything appears to be real.
The next stage can then lead to an OOB.
Not everyone experiences these different stages, but may just experience one or two.
If you've never experienced an OOB then it may be disturbing or frightening...the 'dream crash' could have corresponded to this fear state so the experience would not have been wholly pleasurable.
Here's a link on "Out-of-body experiences, dreams, and REM sleep" that may help explain it further:
http://sy.cowiki.org/1536.html
astra
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RE: What did this mean?
Oooer! Thanks Astra - Somehow, I didn't even consider that and therefore the answer surprised me somewhat.
It does make sense though because the 'dream crash' was certainly unexpected - no rhyme or reason for it.
I did drive that way yesterday - felt really happy and relaxed - just like in the dream actually - fortunately, I didn't see a gold coloured car coming towards me - that probably would have freaked me out!
Had a quick look at the link but haven't time to read it now - the boss is summoning me for dictation - ho hum - life goes on in the same hum drum way eh?
Appreciate your reply - thank you
L
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