Last night I had a long and rambling dream about being at a party in an old abandoned building. Throughout the dream, groups of party-goers and I set out to explore the building, which was dilapidated and structurally unsound: at times we had to climb ladders and crawl through windows to move from one floor to another, and we took care to warn one another whenever we found a loose floorboard or (in one instance) open trapdoor.
At one point we stopped our explorations to have a Secret Santa-style gift exchange. I had brought a handful of gifts to contribute to the swap, figuring there might be people who would show up without a gift. When the gifts were distributed, however, there wasn’t anything left for me, and I tried not to act disappointed. After another round of wandering through the house, though, someone gave me a gift they had found: an audiobook narrated by Ellen Degeneres.
After the gift swap, we resumed our wandering, and in one of the rooms I met and briefly talked with Magic Johnson. He had just gotten a new phone, and he wanted to add me to his contacts. Magic wanted me to take a picture of him so I could add it to his contact information, but I told him I had to explore the building and would take his picture later. Through several rounds of wandering in circles through the maze-like building, I saw Magic patiently waiting for me, but when I finally returned to take his picture, he was gone.
Nov 18, 2019 at 7:17 am
Roger. Dr Freud here. This kind of group explore is a recurring dream for me. It’s sometimes set in that sort of building and sometimes at a brutalist residential facility in my hometown. It’s always cloudy for the former and sunny for the latter. A couple of other recurring settings. For me, though, no celebrities and no gifts, so it’s a different dream. Here’s the dream analysis challenge question for you: were there any feelings at any point that were strong? Lots of interesting puzzly dreams. The ones with feeling are much rarer for me. And some would argue those are the important ones.
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Nov 18, 2019 at 7:42 am
I often have dreams about discovering new rooms/wings in a space I thought I knew. I’ve always interpreted that as an acknowledgment that there is always more to explore in one’s everyday life: basically, dig deeper, because you don’t fully comprehend what you think you know.
The group/celebrity aspect is new for me…but then again, I so rarely remember my dreams, it’s hard to generalize. The main emotion behind the Magic Johnson part was regret: here was someone who was reaching out to me, and I was too busy to fully engage with him. 😔
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