It's a Jungle Out There (15/11/12)

The Dream

I am in the Amazon jungle. I am with a group on a research trip. The group consists of people I know from all different places; good friends, old friends, co-workers and bosses and family members. We are preparing to go on a trip to see the wildlife in the jungle and have to make seeing devices. This includes cutting eye holes in boxes. I try to do it once and am confident I am doing it right. Everyone tells me it is not right and they show me how. I am glad they showed me the correct way and go about making my own box/seeing device for the trip.

During this time many boats full of American tourists start coming up the river. I remark that this increase in traffic must be because the presidential election is over and more people are taking vacations. I look to the river again and see some of my group standing in the river waiting for the boat to take us on the trip. I go to grab my stuff to join them. As I am walking to the river, I see tanks full of animals including snakes and a cat-like creature that lives in water and swims like a fish. I step out into the river. That is all I remember. 

Meanings*

Jungle: To dream that you are in a jungle signifies aspects of yourself and your personality that may be inhibited. You may be experiencing some chaos and unpredictable circumstances in your waking life.

Boxes: To see a box in your dream may symbolize your limitations and restrictions. To dream that you are opening a box indicates an aspect of yourself that was once hidden is now being revealed. It symbolizes self discovery. Consider your feelings as you open the box. To see a cardboard box in your dream indicates a lack of protection against risk.

Boats: To dream that you see a boat signifies your ability to cope with and express your emotions. Alternatively, you may be ready to confront your subconscious and unknown aspects of yourself. 

River: A river symbolizes joyful pleasures, peace, prosperity and fertility. Alternatively, this dream means you are ready to confront life's challenges and life's twists and turns.

Lab Animals: To see lab animals in your dream suggest that an aspect of yourself is being repressed. You feel that you are not able to fully express your desires and emotions. Alternatively, it suggests that you need to experiment with your fears, choices, and beliefs. Try not to limit yourself.

On the Couch 

My dreams are slowly becoming more hopeful. I feel as if I am in the midst of chaos and constantly face unpredictable events. However I am comfortable with this, I don't feel alone and I don't feel useless. I am starting to cut holes in my limitations and restrictions and trying to see through them to find my potential. As this is happening I am finally starting to be able to cope and express my emotions while confronting my subconscious. Now is the time to step out into the river and deal with life's challenges on my way to experiencing more pleasure, peace and prosperity. Before I step out into this new part of life I am reminded of what I am leaving behind, my repressed desires, emotions, beliefs and dreams as I go to find them where they are not repressed, in the wild.

Hmm, these things seem to be startlingly accurate so far. I do feel like my life is a bit chaotic right now. A couple relatively new jobs, being out of school for the first time in 18 years, learning new skills and testing new ventures are all forcing me to throw predictability into the wind. I think I am finally starting to get used to this, to accept my circumstances and trying to grow despite the challenges. I know limitations exists, especially personally inflicted ones like laziness and anxiety, but I am trying to shape these limitations and see through them to accomplish things and move forward. This is being helped because of my desire to read into my subconscious. I mean, what better way to do this than to analyze my dreams.

Or this could simply mean that I should go back to school to become a biologist and remake myself into the Canadian Indiana Jones. Or that catfish are actually cats that are fish. Whoa.

*all analysis is from http://www.dreammoods.com/ 

Crash Landing (12/11/12)

The Dream

I am on a plane. I am watching two passengers. One is asleep and one is very much awake and nervous about the flight. The plane is in a lot of turbulence. It is flying very low and it is stormy out. It is so low it is crashing through the trees which have dark red leaves. The one man is screaming with terror and the other is still asleep next to him. Suddenly when it feels like we’re going to crash we are landed on the tarmac at a small airport and everything is fine. That is all I remember. 

Meanings*  

Airplane (On an Airplaine/Crashing): the crashing airplane represents your lack of confidence, self-defeating attitude and self-doubt. You do not believe in your own ability to achieve your goals.  

Rain: To dream that you are watching the rain from a window indicates that spiritual ideas and insights are being brought to your awareness. It may also symbolize fortune and love.

Trees: To dream that you chop or cut down a tree indicates that you are wasting your energy, time, and money on foolish pursuits.

Red: Red is an indication of raw energy, force, vigor, intense passion, aggression, power, courage, impulsiveness and passion.

Sleeping: To see someone sleeping in your dream is a reflection of yourself and your own subconscious mind. It is telling you that you may not be alert or informed about a particular situation.

Fear: To dream that you feel fear indicates that your achievements will not be as successful as you had anticipated. You are experiencing anxieties in various aspects of your life.

On the Couch

So here is how I see it: One part of me is fearful that my achievements will be not be as great as I imagine them to be, but another part of me doesn't see the reality of this, is oblivious and is in denial. This has led to a self-defeating attitude that has damaged the ability for any actual accomplishments to be achieved. However, there is hope! Outside of my self-defeating attitude there are forces that are attempting to help my personal development. I am on the cusp of realizing I am wasting my time on other pursuits and will soon be aware of amazing insights and be equipped with the passion and energy to go after them. In the end, I must choose between these insights and a new life or staying inside my bubble of denial and self-doubt.

Things are getting different for me. I just got a part time job and I am seeing an increase in my duties in my other position as a magazine editor. I am writing more and being more social these days. I feel like I am on the way to accomplishing things. I guess the question is, are there aspects of my life I have to shed to finally break through, to walk to the end of that path that leads to those accomplishments? Even after the analysis, I'm still puzzled.

Or the dream could just mean that I shouldn't fly on any planes during autumn, which I can say with almost certainty will not be happening soon unless I will the lottery. I guess I'm safe for now. What a relief!

*all analysis is from http://www.dreammoods.com/ 

Class Dismissed (05/11/12)

The Dream

I am in a school. It looks like my high school, but it is a college. I am going back to school for something, but I'm not sure what. 

I go to class and make good friends with 3 or 4 people. I only have three classes a week and they are really easy and I am enjoying my time with the friends I made who are in every class.

One day, in one of our classes, we drink beer and listen to the teacher and take pictures of each other goofing around. The teacher suddenly remembers that we don’t actually have class on Fridays and lets us go. 

I walk one of my friends to another campus across the street to have lunch and walk her to class. After leaving her I cannot find my coat or bag or glasses. I finally find them and realize I am late for a French test.

I run back to the school, but I am lost. I do not remember where any of my classes are. The building looks unfamiliar now. I am really late. I see an old friend of mine and I say hi. I know I am too late to go to class so I lay on a bed in the middle of a hallway and wait for my next class. I don’t remember anymore. 

Meaning*

High School: To dream about high school refers to the bonds and friendships that you made while you were in high school. The dream may also be telling you that you need to start preparing for the real world. To dream that you have to repeat high school suggests that you are doubting your accomplishments and the goals that you have already completed. You feel that you may not be measuring up to the expectation of others.

Alcohol/Beer: To dream that you are consuming alcohol in excess signifies feelings of inadequacy, worries, regrets and fears of being discovered for who you really are. To see or drink beer in your dream represents happiness, fogginess, or inspiration. It also indicates that you have quite a social life.

Lunch: To see or eat lunch in your dream indicates that you are lacking spiritual enrichment and enlightenment in some area of your life.

Foreign Language: To dream that you are studying a foreign language suggests that you are having difficulties expressing your thoughts. You are confronted with some unfamiliar problem that you do not know how to approach and resolve in your waking life.

Being Lost/Losing Things: To dream that you are lost suggests that you have lost your direction in life or that you have lost sight of your goals. You may be feeling worried and insecure about the path you are taking in life. Losing something often coincides with a significant life change or waking issue.

Bed/Sleeping Bag:  If you are in a different and/or unknown bed, then it represents the consequences of the decisions you have made. A sleeping bag may be analogous to regressing back to the womb where you were completely dependent.

Conclusion

Well, my subconscious seems to be telling me things are pretty screwy right now. But really, it's just saying that I'm stressed out about making choices right now and that I am a little afraid of being decisive. Mostly everything in my dream points to being insecure with my choices and fearing the choices that are to come.  

It has been a little bit of a transition for me lately as it has with a lot of people I know. I am entering the "real world" and need to find a big person job. I am taking on more responsibility and maybe I don't feel as if I deserve it or can handle it. Maybe I'm thinking that I should have done things differently or should be doing things differently. And maybe it's saying that I am trying to flee to those things that are safe and comfortable without trying to test myself. 

Then again, maybe it's just saying that I like to party and speak seductive foreign languages before stumbling home to bed without my cell phone and wallet. That rarely happens so I don't think so, but the mind is tricky!

*all analysis is from http://www.dreammoods.com/ 

The Price is Wrong! (25/10/12)

The Dream

I am suddenly on the set of a game show. It seems like Jeopardy only with teams. The question I am tasked with answering is the location of a place called Sueden in the U.S. I say it is in Pennsylvania and so do the two contestants on my team. We get it wrong. The answer is that Sueden is actually Sweden and Sweden is not in the U.S. If we had gotten it right we would have won a million dollars because no other team answered correctly. My sister points out this costly blunder. 

I suddenly find myself watching the conclusion of the game show on a couch with my girlfriend. She alerts me to her cat on the arm rest which she grabs and then I try to grab to pet but the cat runs away. I try to get the cat but she is elusive and finally runs under the couch. My dreams are done.

Meanings* 

Game Show: To dream that you are on a game show suggests that you need to change some aspect of your life around. You may be experiencing feelings of uncertainty and what the future may hold.

Question: To dream that someone is asking you a question suggests that you have information or knowledge that needs to be shared.

Money: To dream that you lose money suggests that you are lacking ambition, power and self-esteem. You are experiencing unhappiness and setbacks in your waking life. You may also be feeling weak, vulnerable, and out of control in your waking life.

Couch: To see or dream that you are on a couch represents rest, relaxation, laziness or boredom. It may also mean you need to clear you mind and thoughts.

Cat: To dream that you cannot find your cat highlights your independent spirit. You need to allow yourself to be free and not let anyone or anything hold you back.

On The Couch

I am uncertain about what the future may hold because I am withholding knowledge, maybe from myself. Because of this, I lose a lot of my ambition, power and self esteem which, in turn, makes me feel weak and out of control. I am watching this happen because I am lazy which seems to be the root cause of my uncertainty. What I really need to do is catch and harness my independent spirit and be free. 

Hmmm. Well I do sit around on my bed most days doing a bit of work from home, applying to the odd job and chipping in on noon hour live chats about the NHL lockout so ya I am a bit lazy right now and bored. Maybe this is why I feel unproductive and uncertain about my future which could really account for some anxiety! Phew, now that I have that figured out all I have to do is move out of my parents' home and I'll be good! Or at least I can sit on my own couch. Or, since I won't have any money, my own piece of cardboard.

Or maybe it just means that if I win a game show I can get my own cat and be happy. Who knows?

*all analysis is from http://www.dreammoods.com/