My subconscious has been busy while I am sleeping. I have always been a dreamer, but recently my REM cycle has been very intense. About a month ago, I woke myself up screaming because a big dog with sharp teeth was attacking me. Then the other night I dreamt that I dove in a body of water. Instead of popping up out of the water, I kept trying but I couldn't reach the surface. Then last night.............
I dreamt I was in my parents backyard and they had three big beautiful fruit trees. One bore shiny red apples, one shiny green apples, and the last had big gorgeous peaches. There was also a swimming pool. I wanted to go for a swim but there was a storm with lightning in the distance.
Instead , I decided to pick fruit from the trees.
I started to pick the apples from the tree but I couldn't reach them. I walked out with several pieces of fruit(about three) in my arms to get a ladder. As I walked out of the gate I saw three men dressed in Halloween costumes working in the street. About the same time three big monkeys were coming my direction. One monkey came up to me in my face and opened his mouth to attack me. He had feces on his mouth. I screamed and woke up my husband and myself.
I am laughing while I am writing this because at 5 am in the morning I was telling my husband a monkey with poop on his mouth was attacking me. We were laughing hysterically! Then I told him the rest of the dream. We were in tears from laughter for about ten minutes. We laughed about it all day.
So why am I sharing this with you? My husband said this is probably something I shouldn't tell anyone about. Then later he told me I should write about this in my blog. What's up with that?
I am so curious about the subconscious and dreams. I have always been interested in analyzing my dreams. I have had some real doozies over the years.
My plan is to find an interesting book and do some dream research. If anyone has any suggestion, that would be quite helpful. Maybe some of you are expert dream interpreters? Maybe some of you have had monkey dreams like mine? Dreams with a recurring set of three items? Dreams where animals are attacking you? Maybe you would like to share some of your dreams with me?
When I learn something...... I will update you! I hope to learn some insightful information about myself.
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Peg,
I find your last dream very interesting.
I think you have had a desire to acquire something that's brighter, bigger and nicer like the fruit from the trees. But like the lightning stopping you from swimming, something is holding you back.
You tried to reach an abundance of the forbidden fruit but it's was out of reach. It sounds like you have some of that forbidden fruit, but you want more from life so your searching for that ladder to bridge the gap. With renewed confidence in how you feel and look, you open that gate to see what was on the other side and to find that ladder.
What did you see? Three familiar guys in your life who like to dress up, have fun and work hard at making your road of life enjoyable.
Then, the monkeys startle you and you realize that there needs to be excitement in life also. In dreams, monkeys symbolize wild out of control nights. Since you were going to get a ladder, it sounds like those three wild out of control nights haven't happened yet. Even if a wild night(or life)gets out of control (or someone gets &?$!-faced)and you feel threatened to the point of screaming, just wake your husband up. He will be there to always protect you.
Looking forward to hearing more!
Thanks Anonymous! That was very insightful! I think you are right about many of your observations. I really appreciate your input!
Peg
Dear Anonymous,
I am curious - how do you know that monkeys are symbolic of wild ,out of control nights? Are you an expert in this subject?
Peg
Here's a link to the "dream interpreter" ... LINK. You might find it helpful?
Hi Peg and thanks for checking out my blog. I've enjoyed reading about your boys and the Amazing Race, and this bit on dreams made me laugh. I warned my husband before we got married I had recurring dreams about spiders and bugs (I'm afraid of neither) attacking me,and I wake up screaming. I told him if it happened to simply wake me up and I'd be fine. A few weeks after our honeymoon, I woke up one night to find him crawling frantically around on the bed. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "You were screaming there were ants in the bed! I'm trying to kill them!" I reminded him about my dreams and we both laughed ourselves back to sleep.
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