dying in my dreams?

[OzzyOz]

ok
well it's odd
i've been having different dreams of me falling off cliffs
weird....
like i can receall 3 dreams ( i've probablly had more; but i can't remember them ) where i'm in a car, and i just go over the side of a cliff...
What's odd is that it's always in a mountain area, and theres always water below me...
When i fall, i wake up...
It's frightening


any comments? Should i be worried about these dreams?

[PureEvil760]

Falling dreams are another theme that is quite common in the world of dreams. Contrary to a popular myth, you will not actually die if you do not wake up before your hit the ground during a fall.

As with most common dream themes, falling is an indication of insecurities, instabilities, and anxieties. You are feeling overwhelmed and out of control in some situation in your waking life. This may reflect the way you feel in your relationship or in your work environment. You have lost your foothold and can not hang on or keep up with the hustle and bustle of daily life. When you fall, there is nothing that you can hold on to. You more or less are forced toward this downward motion without any control. This lost of control may parallel a waking situation in your life.

Falling dreams also often reflect a sense of failure or inferiority in some circumstance or situation. It may be the fear of failing in your job/school, loss of status, or failure in love. You feel shameful and lack a sense of pride. You are unable to keep up with the status quo or that you don't measure up.

According to Freudian theory, dreams of falling indicate that you are contemplating giving into a sexual urge or impulse. You maybe lacking indiscretion.

Falling dreams typically occur during the first stage of sleep. Dreams in this stage are often accompanied by muscle spasms of the arms, legs, and the whole body. These sudden contractions, also known as myclonic jerks. Sometimes when we have these falling dreams, we feel our whole body jerk or twitch and we awaken from this jerk. It is thought that this jerking action is part of an arousal mechanism that allows the sleeper to awaken and become quickly alert and responsive to possible threats in the environment.

According to biblical interpretations, dreams about falling have a negative overtone and suggest that man is acting and walking according to his own way of thinking and not those of the Lord.

[braddog10]

ok
well it's odd
i've been having different dreams of me falling off cliffs
weird....
like i can receall 3 dreams ( i've probablly had more; but i can't remember them ) where i'm in a car, and i just go over the side of a cliff...
What's odd is that it's always in a mountain area, and theres always water below me...
When i fall, i wake up...
It's frightening


any comments? Should i be worried about these dreams?

No, don't worry about it. Once over a cliff, you are no longer in control, of anything. It is revelation, that in many ways ~ you are not in control.

Sorry, I am not trying to force my views, but just reflecting on what I know for myself, as I see It. I had constant dreams, especially when I was going over material about dream interpretation.

God loves to put us in situations, in this life, that are much bigger than we are. Much like the mountain. What do people generally do that fall off a cliff, other than call out to Him.

Water is a sign of the spirit of God, constantly threw scripture. Don't be affraid, you are in good company. All those that had visions of God, in whatever fashion - recorded,............ freaked out!!!

TAKE THE PLUNGE, BABY!!! once you are in, you'll realize that He's much better than you have deemed posible. Life is too. especially when you settle into the fact that He leads you, and the blessings you will enjoy, exceed your capacity to get there.

It's natural to fear. Don't sweat it.........May you enjoy them now.

[OzzyOz]

Falling dreams are another theme that is quite common in the world of dreams. Contrary to a popular myth, you will not actually die if you do not wake up before your hit the ground during a fall.

As with most common dream themes, falling is an indication of insecurities, instabilities, and anxieties. You are feeling overwhelmed and out of control in some situation in your waking life. This may reflect the way you feel in your relationship or in your work environment. You have lost your foothold and can not hang on or keep up with the hustle and bustle of daily life. When you fall, there is nothing that you can hold on to. You more or less are forced toward this downward motion without any control. This lost of control may parallel a waking situation in your life.

Falling dreams also often reflect a sense of failure or inferiority in some circumstance or situation. It may be the fear of failing in your job/school, loss of status, or failure in love. You feel shameful and lack a sense of pride. You are unable to keep up with the status quo or that you don't measure up.

According to Freudian theory, dreams of falling indicate that you are contemplating giving into a sexual urge or impulse. You maybe lacking indiscretion.

Falling dreams typically occur during the first stage of sleep. Dreams in this stage are often accompanied by muscle spasms of the arms, legs, and the whole body. These sudden contractions, also known as myclonic jerks. Sometimes when we have these falling dreams, we feel our whole body jerk or twitch and we awaken from this jerk. It is thought that this jerking action is part of an arousal mechanism that allows the sleeper to awaken and become quickly alert and responsive to possible threats in the environment.

According to biblical interpretations, dreams about falling have a negative overtone and suggest that man is acting and walking according to his own way of thinking and not those of the Lord.


yeah
i've been really stressed out recently
just about school, and i kinda wanna lose 10 pounds lol

[graymatter]

What happens if you get a "naked on the school bus" while it "falls from a cliff" dream... that ones gonna leave a mark.

[braddog10]

What happens if you get a "naked on the school bus" while it "falls from a cliff" dream... that ones gonna leave a mark.

Are U haveing dreams about being naked, on a school bus etc.... ..Gray?
I was wondering, this mark, is it in the dream, or on the sheets when you wake up.

Just wonder'n
Juuuuust wonder'n

[braddog10]

yeah
i've been really stressed out recently
just about school, and i kinda wanna lose 10 pounds lol


Hey Oz, Be careful, things can get cloudy in this area. Depending on the spiritual orientation, things can be interpreted, radically different. A snake in a dream can be healing, Jesus made a comparison of himself and a snake held up in the desert, During the Exodus. The medical symbol of a snake coiled around a stick refers to the same.

Falling for example, To a "Demonic" perspective, is bad. It is out of control.
To a Christian It can represent the same but have a critical difference.
It's kind of like a death, often referred to. We must die to our control to enjoy the fullness that he has for us. We keep control to our own harm.

One of Jesus' hard sayings "if a man losses his life, he will keep it, But Whoever keeps his life, will lose it".

Look, you remember 3 dreams that stood out. 3 is the number for God - in scripture. That is not irrelevant. The spirit of God wastes nothing.

Something else....Rat poison is only 5% poison by volume. Somethings might sound right but,.It''s that 5% that Kills.......
... DON'T let a Demon prophecy over you. If you agree It gives them entitlements. Jesus often, forbid them to speak.

This guys been spewing his poison a long time. I question.......its not a who but, a what, and how many.

[yoda]

ive had many falling dreams, but only once did i actually crash. few months ago had a dream i was in a car with a few of my friends, and we drove off a huge cliff. hit the ground with a thud, and i woke up then with a feeling of schock throughout my body.

[Its a Plant]

I heard somewhere to when you die in your dream, depending on how you actually died, people can have heart attacks in their sleep b/c the shock of their own death was too much for them. Like when your falling off a cliff, and you usuall wake up right before you hit, only in your dream you hit the bottom.

I don't even know if that's true, but it sure is interesting.

[birdgirl73]

From everything I've ever read about dream interpretation, PureEvil certainly hit the nail on the head. You're feeling out of control somehow and like you may be at risk of something bad happening. If you've been stressed, that makes sense.

[harmonicminor]

many people's souls leave thier body every night without them even realizing it.
falling dreams can be your soul reentering your body, hence you usually wake up at the bottom. your soul is attatched with a silver cord at the solar plexus. also I have died in my dreams plenty of times ..... still kickin :-)

[braddog10]

From everything I've ever read about dream interpretation, PureEvil certainly hit the nail on the head. You're feeling out of control somehow and like you may be at risk of something bad happening. If you've been stressed, that makes sense.

Hi Birdgirl, What PureEvil said is right off of Dream int. websites. They vary greatly tho, depending on their orientation. especially where it comes to number significance.

I reread his post, I realized that where I thought he was declaring weaknesses, It was just info from the source of information he got.

I needed to correct, Very Sorry. Other concerns notwithstanding.

[braddog10]

many people's souls leave thier body every night without them even realizing it.
falling dreams can be your soul reentering your body, hence you usually wake up at the bottom. your soul is attatched with a silver cord at the solar plexus. also I have died in my dreams plenty of times ..... still kickin :-)

Wow, Harmonic!..........The Silver cord. Have you seen it?

[poorprincess]

when you get good advice, pass it on

ok here goes......
theres a method that involves waking yourself from a dream state and realizing you are dreaming. the knowing you are dreaming or in astral form is key and without it you arent truly astral travelling. and no pot doesnt help in the least.
this method is a form of self hypnosis combined with a dream hook to help you
every night before you go to bed look at your hands and tell yourself that if you look at your hands in your dream then you will know you are dreaming
once you know you are dreaming you will have a spontaneous awakening and then be astral and be able to controll it
this method takes about 2 or 3 months of telling yourself every night
it will program you to do it
I am sure you can program yourself to do it every single night also
maybe change the words to something like " if I look at my hands in my dream I will realize I am dreaming and once I do realize I am dreaming I can do that in every dream from then on out"
but yeah do this EVERY night and be positive about it
be persistent and you WILL succeed

[beachguy in thongs]

Gan Ji (? â?? 200), a Taoist priest, was walking around the Wu castle, talking with soldiers and civilians. The current Wu king, Sun Ce, had heard of his magic and grew suspicious of this magician. Sun Ce thought that Yu Ji was putting spells on everyone. Soon Sun Ce decided to kill Gan Ji and did. But killing the innocent Gan Ji cursed Sun Ce in his dreams and eventually led him to his death.

[willystylle]

Contrary to a popular myth, you will not actually die if you do not wake up before your hit the ground during a fall.

QFT

True. The myth is that while you are falling in your sleep you actually hold your breath, and when you hit the ground you suffocate - but it is impossible to die from holding your breath.

[moeburn]

Smoke some salvia, then you will really see what its like to die. I hope that will remove the anxiety from the dreams.

[moeburn]

QFT

True. The myth is that while you are falling in your sleep you actually hold your breath, and when you hit the ground you suffocate - but it is impossible to die from holding your breath.

Sleep apnea dreams suck ass, I've had quite a few where I'm literally holding my breath and suffocating, and I can tell in my dream, so I struggle to get out of the dream and back into the real world (by this point i'm well aware that I'm dreaming), and often wake up gasping for air. I can't die from it, but they still suck ass.

[willystylle]

I've had it once - I dreamt I was jumping off a waterfall and when I hit the bottom I was underwater for what felt like hours - I woke up panting for breath so damn hard it took about 30mins to get my heart rate back to normal. At the time I didn't know that it couldn't be fatal, so I didn't sleep for 3 days after that, I was scared that I might have the same dream and die...

Now I know different but like you said moeburn it still sucks.

[OzzyOz]

Smoke some salvia, then you will really see what its like to die. I hope that will remove the anxiety from the dreams.
been there, done that


not a "Crazy" experience on salvia; just made me picture the world as a dark place...
not fun

[braddog10]

I've had it once - I dreamt I was jumping off a waterfall and when I hit the bottom I was underwater for what felt like hours - I woke up panting for breath so damn hard it took about 30mins to get my heart rate back to normal. At the time I didn't know that it couldn't be fatal, so I didn't sleep for 3 days after that, I was scared that I might have the same dream and die...

Now I know different but like you said moeburn it still sucks.


I can't imagine that....willy..........What a drag.
I understand what moeburns talking about, somewhat. Sleeping high in the Rockies, I found myself waking up to catch my breath, due to thin air, but still quite different than his.

My nightmares from a very young age,..... I would start to lift off the ground, flying, but I would start getting very anxious because I would never lift off fast enough, and this big monster, would always get me, and catch me by the ankles. I do not know how many of these I had.........too damn many. Man I was young.......Preschool I think.

We have had a few scrapes Willy, It's alright. We both would leave a little bloody, But it's cool........ Ok?

[FunkyMonkey]

In my experiences dream interperetation is a deeply personal thing. I dont agree that you can interperate your dreams according to someone elses formula in accordance with what they identify different symbolysms to mean.
Each aspect of your dream is relating to a personal feeling,thought, desire, memory etc and your associations with each character, scene, feeling are all very much different than those of any other person.
Your associations are a result of your experiences in life and your spiritual and mental personality.
In my beliefs and experience dreams are a deeply spiritual and personal state of learning from yourself and your guides. They are messages from yourself to yourself....from one level of awareness to another.
They are cryptical in nature so you must "decode" them to understand them.
Every dream is a sacred gift. You can interperate this gift best by yourself by first bringing as much of it into your consciousness as possible by writing them down complete with how they felt.
How many details you remember directly affects your success at getting the full message out of them.
Ask yourself questions and answer them. If there are blanks dont fill them in with maybes, leave them blank and they will fill in later.
Then for each important point of your dream write what feeling or memory you associate with each moment or event or word.What does each thing mean to you personally?
Then re-read it replacing each symbol with its connection and see if it makes more sense to you.
You will find that with practice you will be able to eventually awaken with the understanding without the process of conscious interperatation.
Once you realise the importance of recieving the message they will come clearer and frequently and guide you through your life with more confidance.
Hard to cram my views into a quick post but thats the short of it.
Dont rely on anything but your 'gut' to interperate your dreams or you will never get the underlying personal gift.

peace, and happy travels

[braddog10]

when you get good advice, pass it on

That is a powerful sig. poorprincess,..........powerful sig.

[Ganjasaurusrex]

No dreams of dying personally.

Dreams of falling, flying, fighting, underwater/holding breath, running but going no where, having sex, relatives no longer living, my past dog no longer living, unrecognizable beings with no faces that talk and have profound things to say, many things that have actually come true within minutes, days, weeks or months.

I dont think some dreams are our's exclusively and that from my experience I am picking up on tramatic events of someone else, groups of people etc.
or fears that these people felt at their death. I think that certain frequencies of light connect with others of that frequency who can hear it.

[FunkyMonkey]

I dont think some dreams are our's exclusively and that from my experience I am picking up on tramatic events of someone else, groups of people etc.
or fears that these people felt at their death. I think that certain frequencies of light connect with others of that frequency who can hear it.


Good point. I feel where you are coming from but I dont consider that state dreaming. My belief is that as we descend through levels of consciousness we shed the interferance we accumulate in waking life making us better able to pick up on these frequencies. As we detatch from this waking reality we enter a plane wherein it is possible to tune in on the messages, thoughts, emotions of others. We are constantly releasing these things into the energy field that surrounds us. Some people can tune in at will while some people have too much they need to shed before they can 'hear'. As we descend we have the ability to listen in or to turn the dial to find a specific frequency to communicate with others via this plane.
Our own 'dreams' occurr at a deeper level.
With several levels of consciousness most people do not differentiate and refer to it all as dreams.

From your post I can see that you are no stranger to the concepts I am expressing. You have gifts that will aide you well on your journey when focused and understood.
Your premonitions are a powerful tool.

peace.

[poorprincess]

QFT

True. The myth is that while you are falling in your sleep you actually hold your breath, and when you hit the ground you suffocate - but it is impossible to die from holding your breath.

sleep apnea

[poorprincess]

unless you have a history of sleep apnea, or you sleep walk and sometimes wake up with a knife in your hand or in the car or something, OR you live with people who really hate you, dont worry about dying in your sleep. I die in my dreams quite often.
Side note:
Sometimes when i have falling dreams my body siezures and I wake up falling onto my bed. Kinda fun actually.

[FunkyMonkey]

Sometimes when i have falling dreams my body siezures and I wake up falling onto my bed. Kinda fun actually.


In my beliefs this is the sudden return of the soul into the body.
If you are aware of the return you are close to being aware of the journey.
Have fun.


peace.

[OzzyOz]

No dreams of dying personally.

Dreams of falling, flying, fighting, underwater/holding breath, running but going no where, having sex, relatives no longer living, my past dog no longer living, unrecognizable beings with no faces that talk and have profound things to say, many things that have actually come true within minutes, days, weeks or months.

I dont think some dreams are our's exclusively and that from my experience I am picking up on tramatic events of someone else, groups of people etc.
or fears that these people felt at their death. I think that certain frequencies of light connect with others of that frequency who can hear it.

i had a dream of having sex once, and umm... yeeah
it felt so reallllll and if i remember; felt good
the mind is amazing
I <3 the mind

[braddog10]

i had a dream of having sex once, and umm... yeeah
it felt so reallllll and if i remember; felt good
the mind is amazing
I <3 the mind


I know this is a bit bizarre; http://paranormal.about.com/library/weekly/aa092099.htm?terms=incubus

Not to be confused with the Rock band, Incubis (spelled differently)

[braddog10]

unless you have a history of sleep apnea, or you sleep walk and sometimes wake up with a knife in your hand or in the car or something, OR you live with people who really hate you, dont worry about dying in your sleep. I die in my dreams quite often.
Side note:
Sometimes when i have falling dreams my body siezures and I wake up falling onto my bed. Kinda fun actually.


Die in your dreams?....What a drag!

[StOneD.aS.FuK]

u dont die in your dreams!!!!

u wake up when your about to!