What Are the Strangest Dreams You've Ever Had?

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The discussion revolves around the nature of dreams, particularly odd or bizarre ones, and the frequency with which individuals experience them. Participants share personal anecdotes about their dreams, highlighting their strange and surreal qualities. Some express that they rarely remember their dreams, while others recount vivid, unusual scenarios, such as being a detective on another planet or experiencing nightmarish situations involving spiders and elevators. The conversation touches on the psychological aspects of dreams, suggesting that they may reflect repressed fears or emotions. Participants explore the symbolism behind recurring themes in their dreams, such as spiders representing fears and elevators symbolizing transitions or promotions. There is also a mention of "astral wandering," a concept some find intriguing. Overall, the thread emphasizes the uniqueness of individual dream experiences and the potential insights they may provide into one's subconscious mind. The dialogue fosters a sense of community as members share their dream experiences and interpretations, often with humor and curiosity.
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astral wandering

Math Is Hard said:
Sometimes I dream and sometimes I do my "astral wandering". *yawn* Think I'll go do some of that now. Do not be frightened if you see me, Woolie. :smile:

When you "astral wander" do you feel or hear a slurping/popping noise when you exit your body? I have had "several out of body" dreams where I float out of my body. If I realize I am dreaming, then I try to float out of the house. One time, I made it through the crack in the door and outside to the top of the hill, in the back yard, where I was met by others who told me it was time to go back. Then I was sucked(same slurping noise) back into my body and woke up with my heart racing.
That was the only time I remember the slurping noise.
Anybody else experience "Out of Body" dreams?
 
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  • #93
larkspur said:
When you "astral wander" do you feel or hear a slurping/popping noise when you exit your body? I have had "several out of body" dreams where I float out of my body. If I realize I am dreaming, then I try to float out of the house. One time, I made it through the crack in the door and outside to the top of the hill, in the back yard, where I was met by others who told me it was time to go back. Then I was sucked(same slurping noise) back into my body and woke up with my heart racing.
That was the only time I remember the slurping noise.
Anybody else experience "Out of Body" dreams?
That's really interesting. I don't hear any noise. I just suddenly look over at my sleeping body, and it's like "oh, dear, I'm out again". Sometimes I fly or go places. Sometimes I don't leave the room. It used to always happen if I would try to make myself sleep when I wasn't tired. What's weird is last weekend, I distinctly heard the word "larkspur" in a dream. I tried and tried to remember the context but couldn't. I thought it was odd, but figured maybe I had just read one of your posts and that influenced my subconscious. So now it is really funny that you replied to a comment I made in a thread about strange dreams!
 
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  • #94
zoobyshoe said:
I once dreampt I was out-of-coffee:
I thought it was an out-of-jelly experience that you had?
 
  • #95
Math Is Hard said:
I thought it was an out-of-jelly experience that you had?
And I thought an out-of-jelly experience was what you had when your cat, Jellyroll ran away.
 
  • #96
What I had in mind was post #1021 of the stupid quetion thread, when you mentioned that you had an authentic out-of-jelly experience during your visit to the refrigerator.
 
  • #97
Math Is Hard said:
What I had in mind was post #1021 of the stupid quetion thread, when you mentioned that you had an authentic out-of-jelly experience during your visit to the refrigerator.
That was authentic. Several para-jelly investigators and refridgerator repairmen to whom I've related the tale have confirmed it. My out-of-coffee experience was a whole different ball of jelly.
 
  • #98
Math Is Hard said:
It used to always happen if I would try to make myself sleep when I wasn't tired.
Come to think of it, all of my OOB dreams have occurred when I was napping during the day.

Math Is Hard said:
What's weird is last weekend, I distinctly heard the word "larkspur" in a dream. I tried and tried to remember the context but couldn't. I thought it was odd, but figured maybe I had just read one of your posts and that influenced my subconscious. So now it is really funny that you replied to a comment I made in a thread about strange dreams!
Cool!
 
  • #99
zoobyshoe said:
I once dreampt I was out-of-coffee:

post #14
Did you ever get your coffee and did it make a slurping noise?:-p
 
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  • #100
larkspur said:
Did you ever get your coffee and did it make a slurping noise?:-p
Slurping noise?
 
  • #101
Just kidding...When I had my out of body dream, I heard a slurping/suction noise when I went back into my body.
 
  • #102
larkspur said:
Did you ever get your coffee and did it make a slurping noise?:-p
:smile: I was slurping coffee when I read this.
 
  • #103
larkspur said:
Just kidding...When I had my out of body dream, I heard a slurping/suction noise when I went back into my body.
Sounds like you may have underhydrated ectoplasm. Drink more coffee.
 
  • #104
Math Is Hard said:
:smile: I was slurping coffee when I read this.
You may have crossed ectoplasm with an astral fly on one of your wanderings and be turning into one.
 
  • #105
So does anyone think that they have had a prophetic dream?
 
  • #106
Ivan Seeking said:
So does anyone think that they have had a prophetic dream?

Not that I remember....
 
  • #107
Ivan Seeking said:
So does anyone think that they have had a prophetic dream?
Zooby has had at least one prophetic dream that I can verify. I think it is time to call the amazing Randi. :wink:
 
  • #108
Math Is Hard said:
Zooby has had at least one prophetic dream that I can verify. I think it is time to call the amazing Randi. :wink:
It's a true fact. And I don't believe in that sort of thing. This dream, though, had a vivid, unusual, special quality.
 
  • #109
zoobyshoe said:
It's a true fact. And I don't believe in that sort of thing. This dream, though, had a vivid, unusual, special quality.
I've had several dreams like this. It's was this "vivid, unusual, special quality" that allowed me to recognize the last three as carrying information about the immediate future, so that I told someone about them before the events appeared in the media (within one day).
 
  • #110
Aether said:
I've had several dreams like this. It's was this "vivid, unusual, special quality" that allowed me to recognize the last three as carrying information about the immediate future, so that I told someone about them before the events appeared in the media (within one day).
Somehow, though, I sense there is a difference between you're prophetic dreams and mine. I'm sensing there's a signifigance to the little winky smiley Math Is Hard tacked onto the end of her post. Yes, the force is strong within me. It is signifigant!
 
  • #111
zoobyshoe said:
Somehow, though, I sense there is a difference between you're prophetic dreams and mine. I'm sensing there's a signifigance to the little winky smiley Math Is Hard tacked onto the end of her post. Yes, the force is strong within me. It is signifigant!
When you told me of your dream I was highly skeptical. You very clearly saw that I would find three little orphans on my doorstep and adopt them. Preposterous! Yet I came home that very night to find a rain-soaked box at my front door, and inside, three tiny fledgelings!
 
  • #112
Yes, I told you I had a funny dream that someone left orphans in a box on your doorstep.

Lo and behold, it came to pass!
 
  • #113
zoobyshoe said:
Yes, I told you I had a funny dream that someone left orphans in a box on your doorstep.

Lo and behold, it came to pass!
You mentioned that your dream had a "vivid, unusual, special quality". Does that have anything to do with why you told MIH about the dream? Why did you mention that?
 
  • #114
Maybe the dream just had a certain truthiness about it.
 
  • #115
Aether said:
You mentioned that your dream had a "vivid, unusual, special quality". Does that have anything to do with why you told MIH about the dream? Why did you mention that?
Naw. I'll spill the beans:

I sent her some surprise stuffed penguin chicks I found at the San Diego zoo cause I know she likes penguin chicks. The clerk at the Post Office said it would take three days, so on the third day I sent her an e-mail mentioning I'd had this funny dream that someone had left a box of orphans on her doorstep. It caught her interest and she wrote back a couple times trying to get me to remember what kind of orphans they were. Kittens? Actual human babies? I said I wasn't sure, just that I had a vivid image of her looking into a box which I sensed contained "orphans" and that I had a strange feeling this particular dream was going to come true.

The timing turned out to be perfect cause the box had arrived exactly that day and was waiting for her when she got home from work.
 
  • #116
zoobyshoe said:
Naw. I'll spill the beans:

I sent her some surprise stuffed penguin chicks I found at the San Diego zoo cause I know she likes penguin chicks. The clerk at the Post Office said it would take three days, so on the third day I sent her an e-mail mentioning I'd had this funny dream that someone had left a box of orphans on her doorstep. It caught her interest and she wrote back a couple times trying to get me to remember what kind of orphans they were. Kittens? Actual human babies? I said I wasn't sure, just that I had a vivid image of her looking into a box which I sensed contained "orphans" and that I had a strange feeling this particular dream was going to come true.

The timing turned out to be perfect cause the box had arrived exactly that day and was waiting for her when she got home from work.
What a cool gift. :approve:
 
  • #117
Aether said:
What a cool gift. :approve:
Yeah, a dream come true!
 
  • #118
It was an extremely cool gift! The best ever! Except I've had several knocks at my door by persons claiming to be officials from the San Diego Zoo wanting to know details of my acquaintance with a Mr. Z. Shoe and the whereabouts of the missing little ones. I've had to be very evasive with them. I hope they are not reading these posts. Rest assured, I am keeping the penguinitos "stuffed" with daily salmon smoothies and rigorous courses in differential calculus.:approve:
 
  • #119
zoobyshoe said:
I sent her some surprise stuffed penguin chicks I found at the San Diego zoo cause I know she likes penguin chicks.
Oh, and thanks for outing me, Zoob. Now everyone at PF knows I like chicks! :smile:
 
  • #120
Math Is Hard said:
It was an extremely cool gift! The best ever! Except I've had several knocks at my door by persons claiming to be officials from the San Diego Zoo wanting to know details of my acquaintance with a Mr. Z. Shoe and the whereabouts of the missing little ones. I've had to be very evasive with them. I hope they are not reading these posts.
They leaned on me too. Sleep deprivation, rubber hose. I said nothing. All I admitted to is having heard a rumor of a vague scheme to get some illegal aliens north to L.A. They must have gotten your address by meticulously piecing together strips from my shredder bin while I was in the "interview" room.

Math Is Hard said:
Oh, and thanks for outing me, Zoob. Now everyone at PF knows I like chicks! :smile:
Yeah, and when you come down to San Diego I'm taking you to see a performer we'll both enjoy:

http://www.youthink.com/quiz_images/quiz304outcome3.jpg
 
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