I want to know how everyone here views dreams, do they or can they actually affect your every day life?
492282
yes it all depends on what kind of dream or nightmare you are having... if its a nightmare it could be a warning for you to be careful... if its a dream it may be that it can come true.... and it can only be a curse if you let it be...
326511
Concentrate on this: There are some things in our life that we want them to happen. For eg. one may wish to be married to a person of his choice. So what we want to happen with us is something which is always there in our sub-conscious mind. And since we have no control over the inactive part of our brain (almost 90%) we see our wishes in our dreams.\n\nOtherwise, dreams may also be te fears or fancies in our sub-conscious mind. eg. the fear of ghosts etc. \n\nIn no way they are related to our future. But yes, if you convert your dreams to reality, they better are.
56751
dream interrpetation has held alot of people spellbound for a long time and, depending on who you talk to meanings will vary.  But from a psych point of view the standard answer is this...whatever you don't deal with while you are awake, either conciously or unconciously, you deal with in your dreams.  Dreams are sometimes very literal and sometimes more sybollic but they are always about and deal with stuff in your life.  Some are warnings some are answers and some are nothing.  Depends on YOU and what is going on in YOUR life.
659795
Dreams do not mean anything. Dreams are just your mind experimenting with your thoughts. There are people making a fortune out of mugs who think that having their drems interpreted will be worthwhile, when it isnt.
1105167
Almost anything is possible or can be encountered in dreams. It is important not to overrate the significance of it and to analyse each dream carefully (or have it analysed by a trained expert).
214695
I've become a fan of trying to listen to my dreams.  I really do think though that you're the only one that can apply real meaning to your dream.  I'd just be guessing.
432252
Dreams are a reflection of your thoughts and feelings. They give an insight into your passions, desires and fears on a sub-consciuos level. Dreams are very significant, they tell you a lot, but you must know how to distinguish the pathetic ones from the 'real' ones.
735657
Dreams ARE often a result of something physical. but sometimes the aura of a dream won't leave you and you get the feeling that it is somehow prophetic. I don't claim to be an interpreter of dreams, but sometimes think maybe the Lord has given me that  gift. I only think that the people in your "pit" are all the people you will encounter in life. It is your job to "process" whatever these people have to offer you. There is no with-holding on their part or malice or shame on yours. It is simply a dream telling you to accept life, use it, and make the most of everything you've been given! You are in control of what you do with what you are handed.\n                                   God Bless You!!
405631
ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!  I wake all night long about every 45 minutes and know what I have been dreaming about.  I can easily go back into the dream by telling myself that it is not finished.  And  yes,,,,very often  I turn the dream into the result that I want.  I am  a heavy dreamer, perhaps because I am a light sleeper, or not.  All I know is that I remember every single dream, every day, and there are many of them.  And I can control them.  It is fabulous!!
44962
This is such a thought-provoking question. Mmmm...there have been several and I've been thinking about dreaming lately quite a bit. It seems that many of my dreams are about events that usually do take place in my life or in the lives of people I know. Since I'm 49 I've had ample time to test the theory... :) \n\nIt's a bit difficult for me to write them out in a public forum, though. Suffice it to say, they normally involve areas in my life that need to be addressed or worked on, deep things in my spirit that need resolving, etc. Once I had a dream about my cousin's family, and it was particularly strange because there was one vacant seat and placesetting. When I mentioned it to her, she reacted quite emotionally and told me that one of her five kids has recently become estranged from the family. Stuff like that. I don't want to be weird about it or anything...but sometimes I have warnings like that.\n\nMany times they are very happy and loving dreams, filled with a rich significance to me spiritually or otherwise. I do know that when I dream vividly, I always wake with an invigorated spirit and a definite physical sense of rest and peace. Dreams seems very healing, in fact.
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For one you dont need to be able to hear to think, and thats what you essentially do when your talking inside your head.  Secondly your thoughts while you dream are not connected to your sense of sight.  From what I have heard your brain is wired to allow people to see what they dream, the one thing different would be that what those people see in their dreams wouldnt be influenced by what they see in the outside world
546025
Yes and no.\n\nMost the time when we dream the mind is taking our thoughts, memories, and informtion our minds have gathered... and working them out some. Tring to make sence of it all.\n\nAlso things going on in your life that are out of the ordinary will usaly have an impact on your dreams as you mind tries to cope with it in your sleep.....  If your having a realy realy stressfull day, then that night your mind will try and work some of that stress off through dreams.\n\nThis is VERY imporant for the mind, it's a proven fact that if deprived of dreams some one will lose there sanity. While most people only remember a hand full of there dreams, or none at all, the mind NEEDS them to make sence of things and work things out!\n\n\n.... Then some times dreams are bit more than that, but thats not very offten.
260504
Yes I do go to http://www.dreammoods.com/dreamdictionary/\nIf you want more information on your dreams just remember look up everything in your dreams. Then put your analyzes together. Good site to check out. Have fun with it
491041
One of the things I do is dream interpretation. And a rule of thumb in so far as dreams go and are they significant is ... IF you have the same dream over and over, or IF you have it only once but it has a real impact on you, like you can't get it out of your head, in these two cases the dream has significance. Other wise its just being overly tired prior to sleeping, the subconscious at work for what ever reason, something you ate prior to bed time, etc. And a good book on dream interpretation, and by "good book" I don't mean one of those that gives you lottery numbers based on symbols lol, might help you better understand the significance of YOURS. Or you might talk with someone well versed in symbolism, like a good psychological counselor or psychic reader. Hope this helps. :-) ~ Peace & Blessings ~
797927
Good question, and I'm glad you asked.  Yeah, I have an odd, recurring dream.\n\nAnd I've had it so often, now, that within the dream, I know that I'm there, again, and it excites me, all while asleep, I anticipate.\n\nI am in a large house, and exploring the rooms therein.  I realize that it is the same house that I've been in before.  Sometimes, I am the owner of this house, sometimes I'm visiting relatives who own the house, and once, I was the butler in this same house.\n\nAND ODDLY, it's always got the following, each time:  an indoor, basement swimming pool, which is always to the right of the front door, and down a slope, meaning a split level house.  \nUsually, I am exploring the various rooms of this house, and they are decorated in resplendant colours and trappings, or they are barren, having trash or a musty feel to them.\n\nBut my "dream" house, always has many rooms, mostly filled with lovely, expensive furniture, along with a more dingy side, like a basketball court, in a cold, dirty place near the basement, or a room or two with lots of dust, and cardboard boxes strewn about.\n\nLike I said, this dream comes often enough, and is vivid enough, for me to realize within the dream that, "wow, here I am again", and I look forward to this recurring dream.
184753
Sounds almost like a plot from the movie "They Live". \n\nDreams can be so abstract yet seem so real at times.  I have vivid dreams at times and they stay with me at times long after I wake up.  Sometimes dreams are just reflection of our Id...our inner psyche...they some time reflect our emotions and our deep inner thoughts.  Sometimes I like it when I have weird dreams...it helps me with my creativity.
136863
Our brain keeps track of everything we ever see or hear, whether or not it's important to us. I've had some very strange dreams sometimes involving things I've never in my life thought of doing. Your brain can only compartmentalize everything it's seen when it's not being distracted by everyday life. During the day we're busy interacting with people, working, doing chores, even now as I'm typing, Im distracting my brain. When we sleep, it gets to deal with everything that's come our way. So what I'm saying is, don't worry about your dream. It's just a big ol' jumble of things you've encountered in your life, whether on tv or for real. I do empathize with your problems sleeping though. That's happened to me when I've had strange, bad or weird dreams. It'll go away fairly soon though.\n\nGood luck and sweet dreams tonight! :)\n\nP.S. I included a link to a show archive from Dr. Phil that you might find interesting. Last week he had a show dealing with sleep problems. One of the women on there had a HORRIBLE dream for the last 18 years.