Found myself in a really horrible situation...I was doing pick-up & delivery work for a print shop...the boss was handing me all kinds of orders, & I didn't seem to understand what I was supposed to do...

Then I slowly came to the realization that this was vaguely familiar, this was a job I left behind 30 years ago, & it was all just a

bad dream!!!

How about you? Had any really bad flashbacks to a time & place you thought was way back in your rearview mirror? Wake up in a panic, or cold sweats?

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If the theory does not conform to the facts, then the facts must be discarded.

No good deed ever goes unpunished

Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level, & beat you with experience.

Yeah, been there done that.

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Happily not for a long time now.

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Funny enough I don't dream the past. I end up dreaming the future. It's never useful and always some insignificant part of my day, but it always comes true. I can also tell when it's a "future" dream. Although the last dream I remember had zombies in it. Don't ask.

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"BOY: On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? GIRL: Will he offer me his mouth? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his teeth? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his jaws? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his hunger? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Again, will he offer me his hunger? BOY: Yes! GIRL: Yes. BOY: On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? GIRL: Yes. BOY: I bet you say that to all the boys!" -Meatloaf

No, when I confront my past, it's in the cold hard light of day.

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Calm, quiet, smooth, devastating

I quite often wake up with a jolt and hear myself shout out loud, clinging on to the bed, when I've dreamed I've been falling. Feels very real, and it freaks me out.

I dream about my late father (1943-2001). It feels like he comes to see me in my dreams and we chat and it's like he's still with me. I've woken up on more than one occasion thinking his death was all a bad dream but then realise it wasn't and I lose him all over again.

I often wake up crying from dreams that I remember for the split second upon waking and then my mind clears and I can't understand why I'm sobbing as the dream has vanished - I've done this ever since I was a child.

To balance things out, I have woken up laughing before, too

It wasn't a flash back but once I dreamed that my Dad was dead. It was such a vivid dream that it was lunch time before I could convince myself that he was still alive.

I think everybody does that, I know I have.


Had the same kind of dream about my brother (1949-94) recently, we were talking about this & that, & only as the dream was almost over did I realize that he wasn't supposed to be here anymore. Very disturbing.

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Plug me into somethin'

If the theory does not conform to the facts, then the facts must be discarded.

No good deed ever goes unpunished

Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level, & beat you with experience.

Once in a while, I dream that I am still my church's sacristan, and the mass has started and I'm not done preparing everything, and I forget what I need to get ready, and I'm just running around trying to get everything done...

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Si à travers nos veines coule encore le sang...
Si dans les jeux d'enfants on entend encore l'accent...
Si nous sentons encore l'espoir de nos grands-parents...
Si dans les voiles du large souffle encore le vent...
Y'a jamais eu de Grand Dérangement.

i used to have dreams of being in the weeds when i was waiting tables.

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Trees give peace to the souls of men * Nora Waln

The forest would be very quiet if no other birds sang than those who sing the best * Henry van Dyke

some fairly sordid tales, rambles, and anecdotes
Hypothetically Speaking * Something More * Cammy Interrupted * An Experimental Vacation * Masked * so..damn..hot * Thank You * My toy, his idea * no.19 Maple Lane * I Have A Surprise For You * Yesterday * In a Quiet Kitchen * help me decide * untitled prose * more untitled prose

I dreamt last night that I was giving a high school level class and ripped this smart ass kid a new asshole. Must be all the whiners, selfish, and ego laden people I deal with in every aspect of my day. I am not sure if it was a nightmare or a tension reliever.

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The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
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One man's dream is another man's nightmare~~~~> §¤ Lilith ¤§
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==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
What Did You Do Today? Self Defense Class ~Short Sweet Snippets~ § Summer Spin § Story Challenge Submission Pajamas

I asked for examples of when you woke up screaming, not laughing your ass off

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Plug me into somethin'

If the theory does not conform to the facts, then the facts must be discarded.

No good deed ever goes unpunished

Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level, & beat you with experience.

I've dreamed about old jobs mixed with new ones.............is scary.

That's sorta what got me started with this thread...there are elements of my current work that are eerily similar to a job I had during the disco era

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Plug me into somethin'

If the theory does not conform to the facts, then the facts must be discarded.

No good deed ever goes unpunished

Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level, & beat you with experience.

Awoke from an on-going nightmare in which I was back at work in the printing business...kept screwing up a job because I had forgotten everything I used to know about film assembly, & checking the time clock because I was getting into OT trying to fix my fuck-ups. Finally the phone rang & woke me up...


...and it was yet another pre-recorded spam call saying this was my "final chance" to lower my credit card rates.

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Plug me into somethin'

If the theory does not conform to the facts, then the facts must be discarded.

No good deed ever goes unpunished

Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level, & beat you with experience.