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Post by ironhold on Jul 29, 2019 6:09:10 GMT
IRL, some exes *will* make it a point to try and poison any remaining relationships their exes still have.
You might want to check in with your friends to see how they're doing and feel out if there's anything going on.
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Post by rmc on Jul 29, 2019 10:55:30 GMT
3 a.m. here and I just woke from a recurring dream I've had on and off for a few months now. The details change from time to time and are a bit hazy, but the common thread to all of them is that my ex-girlfriend teams up with a group of my old friends and they all gang up on me to tell and show me in any way they can think of how much they all hate me. In each and every one of these it starts off slow, but eventually gets to a point where they won't leave me alone and I end up having to flee town to get away from them. And it's never just "I get in my car and go without telling anyone and that's it". They actively follow me and I have to make an honest-to-goodness escape, distracting, obstructing and preventing them from pursuing me in various ways. I always wake up at the same point: Finally having shaken them off and finding myself all alone in the middle of nowhere, wanting to call someone for help or even just a sympathetic ear, but fearing it's spread so everyone I've ever known hates me now and I have no idea who I can trust. When I started writing this about 10 minutes ago, I was hoping someone here might be able to help me interpret what it could mean, but I think I just figured it out myself with that last line... So often "they" explain dreams as the brain's way of "describing" or "explaining" feelings one gets as the brain cycles through built up chemicals or even built up thoughts, I suppose... during sleep. Anyway, if the feeling the brain was dealing with feels like scrutiny and skepticism, or even down right hatred, (possibly a build up of these thoughts from precieved internet scrutiny -- obviously not scrutiny here on TC, but perhaps somewhere else in life or internet?) Obviously, I have no idea. But it seems like the brain could have been purging some built up sensations and they came through as dreams about people being hateful, perhaps??? I just had a dream where a person found a dollar or two and was showing it off. I felt a bit left out, but then I found a bunch more money in a box and pulled it out into view. Ultimately, however, this angered this individual and he attempted to steal the loot from me. Gah! How fair is that!? |
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Post by the light works on Jul 29, 2019 14:41:39 GMT
strange sequence of events: woke up and realized that there had been a power blip which threw my alarm clock off. fell asleep just long enough to dream I had checked the time on my phone, and so I reset my clock to that time - then I got up to go to the bathroom, and luckily checked the time on that clock, and then reset the clock to the CORRECT time.
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Post by WhutScreenName on Jul 31, 2019 16:52:16 GMT
Dreams are a funny thing, and doing things half awake can sometimes seem real, or seem like the dream.
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Post by GTCGreg on Jul 31, 2019 22:14:35 GMT
The one recurring dream I have always involves some type of puzzle problem where all the pieces have to go together correctly and I can never get them to fit right. And no, I haven't purchased anything from Ikea recently.
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Post by OziRiS on Aug 1, 2019 4:35:33 GMT
IRL, some exes *will* make it a point to try and poison any remaining relationships their exes still have. You might want to check in with your friends to see how they're doing and feel out if there's anything going on. Not a bad theory and pretty good advice too, except you came to it based on a misunderstanding. Entirely my fault though. I could have been clearer on what I meant by "old friends". What I probably should have said was "former friends". Of the three people in question, the one I've had the most recent contact with was almost four years ago and I'm not planning on bringing any of them back into my life. Not that I wouldn't say hi to them if we passed each other on the street. We didn't have a falling out or anything. We just grew apart. That said, if they had been "old friends" in the way you understood it, it's entirely possible that you could have been right. Especially since my ex actually does hate me, she knows all three of these people and I know for a fact that she's talked to at least one of them since we broke up (she told me as much when she and I were still on speaking terms). If I'd still had contact with these guys, this dream could very well have been a product of my subconscious picking up on signs my conscious mind wasn't, so thanks for your hypothetically useful insight  3 a.m. here and I just woke from a recurring dream I've had on and off for a few months now. The details change from time to time and are a bit hazy, but the common thread to all of them is that my ex-girlfriend teams up with a group of my old friends and they all gang up on me to tell and show me in any way they can think of how much they all hate me. In each and every one of these it starts off slow, but eventually gets to a point where they won't leave me alone and I end up having to flee town to get away from them. And it's never just "I get in my car and go without telling anyone and that's it". They actively follow me and I have to make an honest-to-goodness escape, distracting, obstructing and preventing them from pursuing me in various ways. I always wake up at the same point: Finally having shaken them off and finding myself all alone in the middle of nowhere, wanting to call someone for help or even just a sympathetic ear, but fearing it's spread so everyone I've ever known hates me now and I have no idea who I can trust. When I started writing this about 10 minutes ago, I was hoping someone here might be able to help me interpret what it could mean, but I think I just figured it out myself with that last line... So often "they" explain dreams as the brain's way of "describing" or "explaining" feelings one gets as the brain cycles through built up chemicals or even built up thoughts, I suppose... during sleep. Anyway, if the feeling the brain was dealing with feels like scrutiny and skepticism, or even down right hatred, (possibly a build up of these thoughts from precieved internet scrutiny -- obviously not scrutiny here on TC, but perhaps somewhere else in life or internet?) Obviously, I have no idea. But it seems like the brain could have been purging some built up sensations and they came through as dreams about people being hateful, perhaps??? I just had a dream where a person found a dollar or two and was showing it off. I felt a bit left out, but then I found a bunch more money in a box and pulled it out into view. Ultimately, however, this angered this individual and he attempted to steal the loot from me. Gah! How fair is that!? Also not a bad interpretation, but like I said, I think I've figured out what it's all about. It's probably less about the specific people in the dream and more about myself and my general reactions to being stabbed in the back by people I thought I could trust - something I'm sadly no stranger to. A literal interpretation naturally following that assumption is my subconscious telling me that if I keep running from these past betrayals, I'll eventually find myself completely alone and incapable of trusting anyone. I've been there and it's obviously not a great place to be. This dream could both be a warning to watch for possible betrayal looming somewhere in my life and a reminder to face it head on rather than running away from it and ending up isolated and paranoid. As for your dream, it sounds to me like something your mind might come up with if you feel unappreciated and unfairly treated. Perhaps you feel passed over by or in favor of someone with less talent or skill than you, propping themselves up to be more than they actually are at your expense...? Maybe it's a specific person or maybe it's a manifestation of a more general experience of this having happened to you repeatedly...? |
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Post by OziRiS on Aug 1, 2019 5:10:11 GMT
Next time you have that dream, call us. You can trust us and while sometimes we disagree, we don't hate anybody. Thanks man The one recurring dream I have always involves some type of puzzle problem where all the pieces have to go together correctly and I can never get them to fit right. And no, I haven't purchased anything from Ikea recently. Makes sense, doesn't it...? You're an engineer. "Solving puzzles" is what you do, so if you're struggling with something - whether it's work or personal - it seems natural to me that your brain would feel like it's having trouble "making the pieces fit" and have a need to express that frustration. |
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Post by the light works on Aug 1, 2019 14:21:26 GMT
It's entirely common for me to have "work dreams" when things get too stressful - one of the remarks I used to make about how I knew it was time to move on from the gas station was that I would work an eight hour day, and then go to sleep and work another one.
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Post by WhutScreenName on Aug 1, 2019 14:30:33 GMT
A literal interpretation naturally following that assumption is my subconscious telling me that if I keep running from these past betrayals, I'll eventually find myself completely alone and incapable of trusting anyone. I've been there and it's obviously not a great place to be. This dream could both be a warning to watch for possible betrayal looming somewhere in my life and a reminder to face it head on rather than running away from it and ending up isolated and paranoid. I think the dream is more about you moving beyond your past. It's your minds way of justifying your own self change this past year. Many things in dreams aren't literal at all, but rather symbolize something. Example, you may dream of a child, which might have absolutely nothing to do with that specific person, but rather symbolizes vulnerability or innocence etc... I think this was you realizing you've made significant change in yourself, and coming to terms with that. |
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Post by the light works on Sept 10, 2019 7:25:53 GMT
been pushing hard and long days on vacation,which has resulted in some pretty bizarre dreams - one recent one of note was that I was part of a group trying to apprehend a "super" who had the power to mind control people and distort reality - and her powers were strengthened, the more people's mental states were increased - meaning the more chaos she created, the more chaos she could create. I woke up with the idea the only person who could consistently get her under control was a relative whose power was essentially being immune to excitement. which refers back to a duo I knew in college we referred to "lady chaos and her sidekick, apathy"
if I get the spare time to do so, I might see if it will turn into a short story.
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Post by ironhold on Sept 10, 2019 16:21:01 GMT
if I get the spare time to do so, I might see if it will turn into a short story. Indie market for comics is hot right now. A lot of people have given up on the major publishers, and so are looking for alternatives. |
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Post by the light works on Sept 10, 2019 16:57:49 GMT
if I get the spare time to do so, I might see if it will turn into a short story. Indie market for comics is hot right now. A lot of people have given up on the major publishers, and so are looking for alternatives. got no real emotional need to be published. |
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Post by ironhold on Sept 10, 2019 17:19:42 GMT
Indie market for comics is hot right now. A lot of people have given up on the major publishers, and so are looking for alternatives. got no real emotional need to be published. $5,000 in crowd-funding is slow for an indie book right now. If you're good at self-promotion, $7,500 to $10,000 is a reasonable goal. Look at it that way. |
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Post by the light works on Sept 10, 2019 20:01:31 GMT
got no real emotional need to be published. $5,000 in crowd-funding is slow for an indie book right now. If you're good at self-promotion, $7,500 to $10,000 is a reasonable goal. Look at it that way. but what does that net and how many hours have to go into it? |
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Post by ironhold on Sept 11, 2019 1:07:19 GMT
$5,000 in crowd-funding is slow for an indie book right now. If you're good at self-promotion, $7,500 to $10,000 is a reasonable goal. Look at it that way. but what does that net and how many hours have to go into it? If memory serves, Alterna will do a print run for $250 or so via their printing program; other companies should give you a similar quote. So from there it's what value you place on your time, the cost of the writer, and estimated cost of shipping. |
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Post by the light works on Sept 11, 2019 6:31:07 GMT
but what does that net and how many hours have to go into it? If memory serves, Alterna will do a print run for $250 or so via their printing program; other companies should give you a similar quote. So from there it's what value you place on your time, the cost of the writer, and estimated cost of shipping. to put it into perspective, I felt it was worth my while to put 5 hours into collecting a share of approximately $10,000.00 which went to help children with muscular dystrophy. I feel it is worth my while to drop things to help people whose lives have been turned upside down by a fire or crash or other emergency. spending time and money on a vanity press project doesn't quite meet that standard. If someone else sought me out and wanted to put THEIR time and money into publishing my writing, I might feel differently. |
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Post by ironhold on Apr 16, 2020 21:12:05 GMT
Two odd dreams in a row this morning, likely due to stress.
#1 -
A celebrity I'm somehow on fair terms with has chosen to retire and open up his own clothing store. But the store isn't doing very well, and he taps me to help figure out what's going on.
Long story short, he got so distracted dealing with a bunch of defective product sent to him by a supplier that he wasn't paying attention to his books like he should have been and wasn't doing a proper job of self-marketing. This disrupted everything and now his numbers are funky.
I encounter an elderly couple - the husband being a retired accountant and the wife being a retired marketing representative - who are willing to take things on for a nominal fee, and so things slowly get back to business.
#2 -
Due to some random nonsense reason I don't remember, my parents and I are being forced to move out. Cue me having to try and round up all of the boxes I can find so that we have enough to pack everything up in for when we go.
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Post by GTCGreg on Apr 16, 2020 21:18:21 GMT
Two odd dreams in a row this morning, likely due to stress. #1 - A celebrity I'm somehow on fair terms with has chosen to retire and open up his own clothing store. But the store isn't doing very well, and he taps me to help figure out what's going on. Long story short, he got so distracted dealing with a bunch of defective product sent to him by a supplier that he wasn't paying attention to his books like he should have been and wasn't doing a proper job of self-marketing. This disrupted everything and now his numbers are funky. I encounter an elderly couple - the husband being a retired accountant and the wife being a retired marketing representative - who are willing to take things on for a nominal fee, and so things slowly get back to business. #2 - Due to some random nonsense reason I don't remember, my parents and I are being forced to move out. Cue me having to try and round up all of the boxes I can find so that we have enough to pack everything up in for when we go. Those sound like real life situational dreams to me. My dreams, at least the ones I remember, are all really strange events that could never happen in real life. I wouldn't say they are nightmares or anything upsetting, just strange. When I do remember them, they are actually quite entertaining. |
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Post by ironhold on Sept 25, 2020 18:08:09 GMT
Starting in the late 1980s / early 1990s, the people who did the "Battletech" tabletop role-playing game began licensing the game for a series of "Mechwarrior" - branded video games. In a dream I had this morning, I was playing the most recent one of these games. It's incredibly immersive and well-written, such that I legitimately feel like I'm in the cockpit of a giant battle robot. The premise of the game is that my character is part of his planet's military. His unit was on maneuvers when the planet was invaded, and so his commander rounded everyone up to serve as a guerilla force against the invaders. The specific mission I'm on involves my character doing a solo suicide run in the hopes of liberating his mountainside home town, as a military base on a high plateau is being used by the enemy as a chokepoint. We don't have the resources to do a full assault, but the entire town is at the mercy of the base commander. Even though the commander is in a machine far heavier than mine, and is flanked by a #2 and a pair of escorts whose machines are also heavier than mine, I have to risk it. My machine has some powerful lasers and a good blend of self-reloading missile launchers going, so I'm able to sweep the tanks and helicopters that are locking the city down. They just go up like chumps. Not only is the main part of the city quickly liberated, I've captured a giant robot repair facility that was set up on the far edge of town for use by the escorts as they do their patrols. All that's left is to assault the base itself. The game goes to a scripted cut scene in which the #2 and their escort appear at the top of the plateau. The #2 is out for my blood, and so charges in. ...Slamming into the slow-moving escort as they go, leading to the both of them going right off the side of the plateau. Game control turns back to me, and I quickly kill both machines by shooting them in the back as they lay prone. I quickly sweep the helicopter escort, then run like the wind back to the repair bay before the big boss and their escort can get their machines ready. It's as if someone on the design team realized they'd unbalanced the game a bit and did that to bring it back to what the average player could reasonably handle. |
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Post by ironhold on Oct 19, 2020 16:13:01 GMT
One of the more memorable moments from the cacophony last night ->
In the dream, I'd decided to go back and get my doctorate. I was having to do most of it online, however, and so kept having to deal with so many interruptions that I was having to question whether or not I was going to continue as it was getting to be incredibly difficult to get things done while dealing with everything. It was so bad that I was having to sit down and talk with my parents about matters.
...Then space aliens invaded while I was trying to make pizza...
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