Dream sign

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A dream sign is a commonly occurring theme found within a person's dreams. Dream signs will vary between individuals. Some common ones are difficulty reading words, the inability to run or use mechanical objects, the ability to breathe underwater and the appearance of dead people.

There are many kinds of dream signs, and they usually reflect the waking life of the person who has the dream. For example, someone who is interested in cars will probably have dreams with many car-related themes. Doctors will probably dream about performing duties in their field of specialization. Video game players report playing games or taking part in games in their dreams. The common, most telling dreaming sign is that something illogical occurs in a completely natural and self-accepted manner.

Dream signs can also reflect wants, fears, things the subject hates, and even embarrassing moments. They can manifest themselves in many different ways, depending on the dreamer.

Recognizing one's dream signs is a technique for achieving lucid dreaming, to become consciously aware of dreaming. After that is achieved it may be possible to steer the dream and mold the dream world.

[edit] Some common dream signs

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Although everyone's dreams and dream signs are different, some common dream signs are:[citation needed]

  • Falling.
  • Flying.
  • Inability to move one's arms and/or legs.
  • Dream taking place in a movie, book or video game. (E.g. recalling a character or voice associated with a video game or a movie, and realizing therefore he or she must be dreaming)
  • Clock faces, directional signs, books, etc., being unintelligible.
  • Mechanical or electrical devices failing to operate in a normal manner.
  • Gravity appearing to be stronger or weaker.
  • Being attacked/chased by a monster.
  • Being in a familiar area that doesn't have the same layout as it does in the real world. For example, being in Grand Central Station, except it has the interior layout of the Gare du Nord.
  • Having sex (see wet dream), especially if the sex is not in your sexuality (for example having gay sex if you're a straight man, or vice versa).
  • Being lost in a building (even in a building that you are familiar with in real life).
  • Familiar sights, such as the faces of others, or of one's own face in a mirror, appearing distorted.
  • Interacting with friends, relatives or family pets that are deceased in reality.
  • Being naked in public, and being the only one who seems to notice.
  • Being impervious to injury (i.e. feeling no pain), especially of the lethal variety (for example, being unharmed by an explosion or a gunshot)
  • Being able to walk across a road without being hit by a car.
  • Falling down the stairs and never reaching the bottom.
  • Running quickly enough for the setting to change in an impossible manner.
  • Sudden inability to run at the worst time possible.
  • Being able to see with your eyes closed.
  • Not being able to feel pain.