Who directs my dreams?

[True Dough]

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I'd like a word with him or her.

Twice within the past week I was engaged in lively conversation in my dreams and I was interested in where things were going. But NO! I wake up without any conclusion.

This is unsatisfactory. I want resolution! The director of my dreams needs to tighten up the dialogue a bit. I need to find out how the conversation ends before I regain consciousness.

Until then, there will be no Oscar nomination!

[Emile]

1. The conclusion to my dream is what woke me up.

I was dreaming my wife and I were playing the one cent slots at the Golden Nugget. A young pretty young women came by and asked us if we wanted something to drink. My wife said she would like water and I shook my head no. A little later the waitress brought her the water. Wife down a few bucks, thanks her and doesn't offer her a tip. She started to walk away and I said hold on. I pulled out my wallet and accidentally gave her a hundred dollar bill. She grinning, waves the bill in my wife's face. I woke up!

[True Dough]

2. Probably good timing, Emile

You might have been about to get an earful!

[Emile]

3. LOL, so true!

[EYESORE 9001]

4. I went through a time where I dreamed about work shit all night

These were recursive and never reached any resolution. I recall feeling intense frustration during these dreams. I was never troubled by dreams like that after moving on from that job.

[Marthe48]

6. Probably anxiety dreams

I have dreams where I'm sorting drawers, or organizing papers, or looking for something. I've linked them to anxiety or worry.

[True Dough]

9. I have many work-related dreams.

Usually they don't bother me. I mostly enjoy my profession, so when I'm puzzling through things in my sleepy work environment, it's just like an extension of my waking hours, but more restful.

[EYESORE 9001]

10. No so with my dreams

I did enjoy that work, but not when dreams send me searching endlessly for information I needed, as one thing led right into another. As I said, frustrating.

[Fla Dem]

5. Well that was certainly an expensive dream!!!

[littlemissmartypants]

7. I used to have a recurring dream. ...

I would be driving and just before I hit a brick wall would slam on the brakes. I'd wake up every time with my right foot pressed firmly against the footboard.

[True Dough]

8. Could you still smell the exhaust, LMSP?

My recurring dream of the past (probably over a 5 to 10 year stretch) was witnessing a passenger jet falling from the sky. It wasn't from the same vantage point every time or the same jet every time, but it was a plane going down. Very troubling. I had that one occur once or twice a year during that period.

More recently, and rather odd considering that I've been removed from academics for decades, I have had a recurring dream that I'm in college with a full course load. Then it dawns on me that I have completely neglected one of those classes. I missed exams and deadlines to submit essays. I feel kind of panicked and wonder if there's any chance of salvaging a passing grade.

That dream has plagued me once or twice a year over the past several years.

Hard to explain.

[Zackzzzz]

11. It's recurring.

I wake up to dreams of the kitchen sink
filled with pots and pans and counters
totally covered in dirty dishes.
Sometimes it's real.

[True Dough]

12. This is no place

to air your dirty laundry, but dirty dishes are welcome.