rob2 wrote:How about dreams - not just bad-dreams of the boogey man, naked on a bus variety - but I've had a couple of dreams where someone I know just busts my balls, poiting out my short-comings etc., to the point where I'm asleep and I feel demoralised and upset, and it carries into the next day and beyond. In the dream I remember clearest, the person ragging on me wasn't a loved one or close friend, or someone whose opinion really matters to me, so I don't attach much importance to 'who' it is. Anyone else experienced anything like this?
The boogeyman naked on the bus, yeah that would be quite the nightmare
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There could be a few reasons for such dreams. The first reason being your subconscious trying to help you out and get you past those things *or*, you have some guilt or worries about your imperfections. Things that we don't deal with during the day can sometimes haunt you at night.
The other possibility is more along the spooky stuff lines..... it can be your intuition picking up on what they think or say about you. You know how when someone says one thing to you and you just *know* they are thinking something completely different... that sort of thing. Or some spirit can be messing with you. This is less likely if the shortcomings are accurate though. I have found when something outside of myself goes on about my shortcomings, they tend to miss a bunch of them, and come up with ones which aren't one of mine.
When you should wonder about a dream is when they are extremely vivid and stand out more then all of your other dreams. Or the ones where you wake up wondering if that was a dream or not. Especially take note of the ones you become lucid in (have conscious control of your actions in a dream, it feels sort of like waking up in the dream).
If you get them often, try the salt around the bed trick and see if you get less of them.
For dreams you wonder about you can also go back into the dream. While awake, start to meditate and "journey" back into the dream, with as many vivid details as you can remember, then start to ask questions... it's not easy at first, but gets easier with some practice.
BKA