Runaway Train

Sometimes my dreams are so vague that I hardly remember anything, and sometimes they are so epic that it's hard to forget the details. Last night, I had an epic dream. But describing all the connections would turn this entry into a novel, and no one comes to a blog to read a novel.

It's a pretty common theme that I never dream that my home is my actual home. Usually, it's my childhood home. Last night, it was an isolated house on top of a hill, straight out of a horror flick. I know I lived downstairs, and two guys (who I actually know) lived upstairs and were selling their half, and I figured, if I bought it I could have an even bigger house.

To see a house in your dream represents your own soul and self. Specific rooms in the house indicate a specific aspect of your psyche. In general, the attic represents your intellect, the basement represents the unconscious, etc. If the house is empty, then it indicates feelings of insecurity.

I don't know quite how to interpret that definition in relation to my dream, but I guess the gist is that the scary house on the hill is the equivalent to my soul - isolated and scary. Uplifting thought. Anyway, there were actual elements of a horror, or at least suspenseful, film. I knew there was someone in the attic (which apparently represents my intellect?) waiting to kill me (or anyone else really).

To see a killer in your dream suggests that an essential aspect of your emotions have been cut off. You feel that you are losing your identity and your individuality. Alternatively, this dream may represent purification and the healing process. You are standing up for yourself and putting a dramatic end to something.

Okay, in all fairness, I did not actually see the killer. I just knew he existed. Anyway, that was part 1. Part 2, was again about an old childhood friend. I was visiting her, although she was living somewhere different, in a completely time zone and country and continent. Anyway she was shopping for an ornament with pressed flowers in it, and found one for $88.

Eight stands for power of authority, success, karma, material gains, regeneration, and wealth.

Not sure who or what in the dream has the power, but apparently there is a lot of it. Anyway, about the flowers. They were Lily of the Valley:

If the flowers are white, then it symbolizes sadness.

My dreams are really depressing. Seriously.

Anyway, she began fighting with her husband about spending the money on flowers that frankly used to grow all over my parent's garden years ago.

To see others fighting in your dream, suggests that you are unwilling to acknowledge your own problems and turmoil. You are not taking any responsibility or initiative in trying to resolve issues in your waking life.

And that brings me to part 3. There was an incredible amount of déjà vu - I felt like I had been to these places before or experienced them somewhere, maybe in another dream I don't really remember. After I left my friends, I started going up a hill, to go back to my 'house'.

Climbing a hill signifies your struggles in achieving a goal.

The hill, also happened to be the path of a very fast train. I was genuinely scared when the train roared past me.

A railroad signifies that you have laid out a set track toward achieving your goals. Your progress will be slow but steady. You are well disciplined and secure in your life. To dream that you are walking alongside the railroad tracks, signifies much happiness from your skillful completion of your tasks.

A train represents conformity. You are going along with what everyone else is doing. Or you have a need to do things in an orderly and sequential manner.

At the top of the hill, the end of the track, was where everyone was disembarking the trains. There were lots, lined up and getting ready to start their routes all over again. I was hiding under a track. I remember clearly a train went above my head, and a lot of dirt and mud was falling on me.

To dream that you are hiding suggests that you are keeping some secret or withholding some information. You may not be facing up to a situation or not want to deal with some issue. However, you may be getting ready to reveal something and confess before somebody finds out.

Dirt is representative of situations where you have been less than honorable and may have acted in a devious manner. To dream that someone throws dirt at you, denotes that enemies will try to attack your character and harm your reputation.

And that's pretty much when I woke up. I'm starting to wonder if any dream definitions are positive...


All definitions come from Dream Moods.

Friends Will Be Friends

I guess I haven't been so diligent about keeping up with this blog, and I've definitely been slack at looking into my dreams. It's not that there haven't been some bizarre dreams, or that I haven't had anything to say - anyone who knows me knows I always have something to say. I'll just have to be better about typing stuff out.

During my mini-hiatus (I'll get to last night's dream in a bit), one of the only dreams I really remember centered around paper clips. Not just paper clips, but magical paper clips, that had the ability to stop enemies in their tracks. I know, it sounds like I'm reading a line out of 1950's comic books. But seriously, how often have you had a dream about something so commonplace that you hardly ever think about it? Maybe you don't, but it happens to me pretty often. Anyway, I looked it up, and apparently paper clips have a meaning in the Dream Moods dictionary:

To see or use a paper clip in your dream suggests that you feel that you need to hold a relationship together. Perhaps you need to organize certain aspects of your life.

It sounds like a bit of a literal interpretation to me. Anyway, another aspect of this dream is one that I've had many times before. A good portion of the dream took place in a bathroom, trying to hide from people.

To dream that you are in the bathroom, relates to your instinctual urges. You may be experiencing some burdens/feelings and need to "relieve yourself". Alternatively, it may symbolize purification and self-renewal. You need to cleanse yourself, both emotionally and psychologically.

Anyway, on to last night's dream. I couldn't find any way of "defining" this part, but it was the most unusual part. In this dream, I had two very good friends, who I'm not at all friends with. One of them (commence laughing) was Derek Jeter. The other was someone I went to high school with, who I was never ever friends with, and I definitely do not talk to him at all now. I'm pretty sure the reason Derek Jeter was in my dream was because I was just reading about him getting Sport's Illustrated Sportsman of the Year yesterday. I am, as it turns out, a Yankees fan, but I've never actually dreamed about the Yankees, or any of the players. As for the other 'friend', I guess the best thing to look up is Childhood Friend:

To see your childhood friend in your dream signifies regression into your past where you had no responsibilities and things were much simpler and carefree. You may be wanting to escape the the pressures and stresses of adulthood. Consider the relationship you had with this friend and the lessons that were learned.

The relationship we had growing up was pretty non-existent. He was part of that cool group, and I was, well, not. I also doubt that it would signify a regression to a 'simpler and carefree' time - school with him and his friends was actually pretty torturous. At least in elementary school. After that it was bearable. I would probably say that his being in my dream doesn't really represent anything, but he was also in another dream I had - the one with the paper clips.

The next question I have about these odd friendships is, why are they both male? I suppose that could just be reading into it too much, but I feel like that was a point that kept coming up in my dream. They'd hug me and say something like, 'I love you, but as a friend', 'We're best friends', and so on. I also like to hug my friends, but I don't feel the need to distinguish between a platonic love and a let's-run-away-together love. I'm pretty sure that's already established. Apparently, my subconscious thinks otherwise.

So that was one part of the dream. The other part, was some kind of survivor-like game, only it was for an acting job or something. I can't remember exactly what it was, but I do know that it was a big deal. At the time of elimination, it was between me, and my sister. Since she majored in theater, I stepped aside, and let her stay in the 'game'.

To see your sister in your dream symbolizes some aspect of your relationship with her, whether it one of sibling rivalry, caring, protectiveness, etc. Your sister may draw attention to your family role and sense of belonging. It may also serve to remind you that someone in your waking life has characteristics similar to your sister.

I was also crying:

To dream that you are crying signifies a release of negative emotions that is more likely caused by some waking situation rather than the events of the dream itself. Your dream is a way to regain some emotional balance and a way to safely let out your fears and frustrations. In our daily lives, we tend to ignore, deny, or repress our feelings. But in our dream state, our defense mechanisms are no longer on guard and thus allow for the release of such emotions.

On to the third part of the dream. I was driving a car:

To dream that you are driving a vehicle signifies your life's journey and your path in life. The dream is telling of how you are moving and navigating through life.

I wasn't exactly moving, I was at a stop light. And then, the car started moving in reverse, and hit a police car.

To dream that you are driving a car in reverse, suggests that you are experiencing major setbacks in your goals.

To see the police in your dream indicates a failure to perform or to honor obligations and commitments. The police also symbolizes structure, rules, power, authority and control. Perhaps you need to put an end to your reckless behavior or else the law will catch up to you. You fear punishment.

To dream that you are arrested by the police suggests that you feel sexually or emotionally restrained because of guilt. The dream may also be a metaphor that you are feeling apprehensive about something.

It was also raining, and I was in a convertible with the top down, trying to make a call on my phone:

To dream that you get wet from the rain, indicates cleansing from your troubles and problems. Rain also symbolizes fertility and renewal.

To see or use a cell phone in your dream, indicates that you are being receptive to new information. It also represents your mobility.

I know it sounds like three different dreams here, but somehow in my mind, they all made sense together.


All definitions come from Dream Moods.

Dream On

I'd like to thank my sister for waking me up from a very confusing and odd dream last night. Sometimes when I have a strange dream, I find a dream dictionary and see what other people say things in my dream symbolize. Whether they are true or not, I don't really know. But it's still interesting. Makes me feel like I'm not completely crazy. A little, but not completely.

Anyway, last night I had a dream that I was fired from my job.

To dream that you are fired from your job indicates that you are wanting to end some relationship or situation in your waking life. It also suggests that you are repressing what you really desire most.

The person who got me fired was an old friend.

To see friends in your dream signifies aspects of your personality that you have rejected, but are ready to incorporate and acknowledge these rejected aspects of yourself. The relationships you have with those around you are important in learning about yourself.

There was something about email, can't remember what, but there were a lot of emails there.

To dream about email indicates that you need to reach out to people who may not necessarily always physically be around. It could also very well mean that you have been spending too much time in front of the computer and this has carried over into your dreams.

Okay, either of those can be true. I'll admit, my computer is always on.

All of this took place in my parent's old home. I've never had dreams in my parents old home until recently. My sister however has apparently had a lot of dreams in the old house.

...to see your childhood home, your hometown, or a home that you previously lived in, indicates your own desires for building a family. It also reflects aspects of yourself that were prominent or developed during the time you lived in that home. You may experience some feelings or unfinished expression of emotions that are now being triggered by a waking situation.

Not only was it in my parents old house, but it was all in the laundry room. I couldn't find a meaning for just a laundry room (it was all about doing laundry, sorting laundry, etc. And the laundry was just sort of there, so I looked up Laundromat instead).

To dream that you are at a laundromat represents a transformation or cleansing. You are ready to rid yourself of past hurts and looking forward to new changes.

All of the dream definitions are from the Dream Moods Dictionary.