Dream 694

'Prison, Pancakes & Domestic Abuse'

Date: 11 September 2016

Time: 16:00 - 19:30 (Afternoon Nap - I woke up from this dream naturally) 

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Normal recall

This dream is part of my Dream Incubation Experiment - Eminem / Marshall Mathers III Dream - click HERE (post will open in a new window) to see the details of this Dream Incubation Experiment, including the methodology and results of previous Dream Incubation Experiments.

Scene 1: A Prison Interior - Day
I was in an interior which looked like a prison - there were a number of 'cages' for cells, which were in rows in a large dark room. These cells/cages had metal bars, so you could see right into them. I was in a cell in the centre of room, so I could see into each and every cell adjoining mine, and all the way through into those beyond. The other cells were occupied by my work colleagues. Each cell had a flap with a wooden shelf. The flap was about the size of a large letterbox/catflap and could be lifted to pass items to and from each cell - such as food. 

I had a conversation with my friend/colleague NB. 

I then made some chocolate-flavoured pancakes, with whipped cream. I am not sure what I made them from, as I did not see any ingredients or a stove/source of heat - the plate of pancakes just appeared on the small wooden shelf. 

I then started to having a conversation with RBA via Facebook Messenger - I had my mobile phone with me in my cell. RBA said he wanted me to make him strawberry pancakes, so I agreed that I would do this. I cannot recall what else we discussed. I started making the strawberry pancakes - the pancake batter was very bright pink, but there were no 'real' strawberries in it. I knew the pancakes would taste like strawberry Angel Delight. I was aware that someone else - maybe a colleague - had already made the same pancakes and been praised for them by my boss for doing such a good job. Someone (in another cell) was trying to provoke me, saying I wouldn't be able to make the pancakes well enough.

There was more conversation with my colleagues, and some form of disagreement (unrecalled) which led me to feel left out and annoyed. 

I looked into the cell next to mine and saw a young adult female (a dream character, but in the dream she was a 'new colleague'). My boss, DT was hugging her, and looking over her shoulder at me (frowning at me, as if he was angry with me), he said: 'She's been domestically abused!' Other colleagues managed to get out of their cells and joined my boss in the abused female's cell, all hugging her and giving her sympathy and attention. Someone (unrecalled) told me that the female had lied about the domestic abuse to gain sympathy and was a fake. I felt vindicated, as I had thought there was something odd and disingenuous about her when I first saw her. I looked at her again. She had very thin, straight black hair which was shoulder-length and her makeup (eyeliner/mascara) was smeared under her eyes and on her cheeks like she had been crying. My boss DT was still hugging her and looking at me with an angry expression, My colleagues who had joined them in the cell were all talking to her. I then became aware that everyone - other than me - was allowed out of their cells, but I was locked in permanently. I decided to occupy myself with continuing to make strawberry pancakes. 

I cannot recall what else happened in this dream. I know I have forgotten some aspects of this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• RBA as a dream character

Dreamsigns: 

• I was in a weird room full of prison cells occupied by my work colleagues

Day Residue: 

• On the day of this dream (very shortly before I took this nap) I was at a work training session (led by my boss DT) where I met new team members. Part of the training was discussing dispute resolution and communal living
• During the work training session I was messaging RBA on Facebook
• At the work training session (during the break) I was talking to NB about a former female colleague who was annoying to work with and 'fake'

Waking Reactions: 
This dream did not reference my Dream Incubation Experiment or Eminem. This dream seems semi-traumatic, because I was locked in a prison cell, but this was not a nightmare or a particularly negative dream. I know I have forgotten some of the details, but I may recall more of this dream periodically as is often true of situations where I have recalled a dream well immediately upon waking and then forgotten some of it as the day progresses. If I do recall anything else about this dream, I will record it below. 

Dream 693

'Alison Steadman's Lacy Stockings'

Date: 9 September 2016

Time: 23:00 - 06:00 (I woke up from this dream due to an alarm) 

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Weak recall

This dream is part of my Dream Incubation Experiment - Eminem / Marshall Mathers III Dream - click HERE (post will open in a new window) to see the details of this Dream Incubation Experiment, including the methodology and results of previous Dream Incubation Experiments.

Scene 1: An Unknown Interior - Time Unknown
I have forgotten quite a lot of detail about this dream because I did not record it when I first woke up.

I was in a room with some dream characters, standing at a tall desk/counter. The room was pretty dark. One of my childhood friends was present - I think it may have been SVF. She was next to me and other dream characters (unrecalled) were behind me. SVF was showing me pictures of babies in a magazine (which seemed to just feature photographs of babies). I told her I was not interested in it, and she kept showing me, putting the magazine in my face and flicking through the pages, until I lost my temper and shouted at her. 

Scene 2: An Exterior - Day
I was in a car - sitting in the front passenger seat. I am not sure who was driving the car, as I cannot recall. We were on a roadtrip. We passed by Alison Steadman, who was by the side of the road, doing a live performance in which she  put on white and pink frilly lace stockings and did the can-can dance. 

I cannot recall what else happened in this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• None of note

Dreamsigns: 

• I have lost contact with SVF and have not seen or spoken to her in a number of years
• The Alison Steadman performance

Day Residue: 

• A couple of days before this dream, DL and I were talking about Alison Steadman - which inspired me to watch her in the Mike Leigh television play Nuts in May (1975)
• The day before this dream I had read an online news story about a Headteacher who was sending children home for wearing the wrong school uniform items. I specifically recall reading that one of the rules was 'plain socks, no frills'

Waking Reactions: 
This dream did not reference my Dream Incubation Experiment or Eminem. I cannot really recall any interesting detail about this dream at this stage. I may recall more of this dream periodically as is often true of situations where I have recalled a dream well immediately upon waking and then forgotten some of it as the day progresses. If I do recall anything else about this dream, I will record it below. 

Dream 692

'Reluctant Sex & Nude Pix'

Date: 8 September 2016

Time: 22:30 - 08:50 (I woke up from this dream naturally) 

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Normal recall

This dream is part of my Dream Incubation Experiment - Eminem / Marshall Mathers III Dream - click HERE (post will open in a new window) to see the details of this Dream Incubation Experiment, including the methodology and results of previous Dream Incubation Experiments.

Scene 1: An Unknown Interior by Seaside - Day
I have forgotten quite a lot of detail about this dream because I did not record it when I first woke up.

I was in a bedroom which was in a location near the seaside. I was with SW, a male friend from my hometown (Sheringham), who went to my high school. We were laying on a bed together and began to have sex, but SW was reluctant for some reason and did not seem sure that he was doing the right thing. We had some conversation about the situation, but I cannot recall it.

There was something relating to a handbag - which I think belonged to me.

There was some action involving some of my family members - my Mum and Nan and also my aunt CJ and her daughter CJA. I think CJ and CAJ were dressed up in costumes - I recall that they were both wearing a lot of makeup and CJ was wearing a hat with a netted veil across the face. I think they may have been outside by some bushes and I had the sensation of looking up towards them, at an angle, like I was laying on the ground and they were looking downwards. I felt left out of whatever was going on with my family members. There was something relating to a cake. I think I then saw my cousin HM - it was a younger version though and she seemed to have a tan.

I then was looking at my Facebook - either on a mobile or a laptop. I realised - looking at my profile - that someone had hacked my computer and posted hundreds of nude photographs of me online. I was really anxious and felt violated as the images were explicit. I tried to delete them, but I couldn't. In anger and panic I began arguing with someone in the room with me - I cannot recall who it was - because they didn't seem to be taking the matter seriously. I was unable to remove the nude pictures of me from the internet. When I was looking at these images my vision was blurry - but only in relation to the photographs - like they were 'censored' from my view, although I knew they were my photographs and I could see the general outline of my body and the colours of my skin well enough to be able to tell that each photograph basically looked like. I kept trying to focus my eyes to see them better, but I could not. This whole episode of the dream was very frustrating and stressful.

I cannot recall what else happened in this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• None of note

Dreamsigns: 

• None of note

Day Residue: 

• A few days before this dream I received a Facebook message from SW. I had also mentioned him in a real life conversation. SW lives in my hometown (beside the sea) and knows my family - my Mum, Nan and possibly my Stepdad
• My Mum mentioned that CJ and CAJ are coming down to Sheringham to celebrate the 1940s weekend soon - and asked if I was able to also attend
• A couple of days before this dream I realised that while I was in temporary accommodation my spare mobile phone was stolen. The situation was this: I lived in House A, which needed renovations. I moved into House B, leaving many of my belongings in storage in House A. I then found out I would not be living in House A next year, but instead moving to House C. I was in House B for nearly 3 months over the summer. I then moved my belongings from House A and B into House C. My spare mobile had been in a box, inside a drawer in House A while I was temporarily living in House B. I was unable to go into House A for the 3 months during the renovations. During this time many builders and construction workers (from 2 different firms of contractors) had access to my bedroom in House A. I did not notice my spare mobile was missing until I moved into House C and was looking through all of my possessions to find it. I was most annoyed about the fact that this mobile has a lot of explicit nude photographs of me - I would say there could be over 100. There is every chance that these photographs have been viewed - and maybe circulated by the person who now has my phone. There is even the risk they could end up online, although I would not necessarily be aware of it.

Waking Reactions: 
This dream did not reference my Dream Incubation Experiment or Eminem. This dream was a little negative - as SW did not seem to want to have sex with me. This seemed to be the most significant aspect of this dream, other than the fact that my family were celebrating something and I felt left out. I know that I have forgotten much of this dream, and I have some nagging vague memories, which seem to just be out of grasp; I cannot quite reach them. This makes me think that I may recall more of this dream periodically as is often true of situations where I have recalled a dream well immediately upon waking and then forgotten some of it as the day progresses. If I do recall anything else about this dream, I will record it below. 

Dream 691

'Ewan McGregor'

Date: 4 September 2016

Time: 00:30 - 08:45 (I woke up from this dream naturally) 

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Normal recall

This dream is part of my Dream Incubation Experiment - Eminem / Marshall Mathers III Dream - click HERE (post will open in a new window) to see the details of this Dream Incubation Experiment, including the methodology and results of previous Dream Incubation Experiments.

Scene 1: An Unknown Interior - Time Unknown
I was in some kind of interior - no recall of the location/environment. I was with Ewan McGregor, my favourite male actor. I was pleased to be with Ewan, as I really fancy him. However, I was surprised to see that he looked much older than he usually does in his photographs.

I then saw a middle-aged white female, with shoulder length blonde hair. She was average height and slim, I realised that this woman was insane, and she was the subject of a screenplay I was working on with Ewan. I wished we didn't have to write a screenplay about a mad woman, as I would rather just have sex with Ewan, but I knew we had to work instead.

I cannot recall what else happened in this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• None of note

Dreamsigns: 

• I was with Ewan McGregor

Day Residue: 

• Ewan McGregor is my phone screensaver
• A day before this dream I read an online news article which mentioned that Ewan McGregor is making his directorial debut - in American Pastoral (2016)

Waking Reactions: 
This dream did not reference my Dream Incubation Experiment or Eminem. This dream had the potential to be awesome, because it featured my absolute heartthrob as a dream character. However, it was quite a boring dream, as I didn't get to have sex with him and we had to work on a screenplay about an insane woman, which did not please me.

Dream 690

'Red Hair'

Date: 1 September 2016

Time: 21:30 - 06:30 (I woke up from this dream naturally) 

Type of dream: Dream fragments
Dream recall: Weak recall

This dream is part of my Dream Incubation Experiment - Eminem / Marshall Mathers III Dream - click HERE (post will open in a new window) to see the details of this Dream Incubation Experiment, including the methodology and results of previous Dream Incubation Experiments.

Scene 1: An Unknown Interior - Time Unknown
I saw myself in third-person perspective from behind - my hair was dyed an orange-red colour and was very straight.

Playing cards

My university colleagues

I cannot recall what else happened in this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• None of note

Dreamsigns: 

• I saw myself in third-person perspective, with different hair

Day Residue: 

• None of note

Waking Reactions: 
This dream did not reference my Dream Incubation Experiment or Eminem. I cannot recall enough about this dream to comment on it.

Dream 689 (NIGHTMARE, FALSE AWAKENING, SLEEP PARALYSIS, OBE-EXIT TECHNIQUE, LUCID DREAM, DREAM-CHAINING)

'My Weirdest Dream Experience'

Date: 29 August 2016

Time: 02:45 - 06:00 (I woke up from this dream naturally) 

Type of dream: Lucid Dream
Dream recall: Strong recall

Induction technique: None prior. OBE-Exit Technique used during False Awakening/Sleep Paralysis (click for link)
Reality checks: None required
Level of lucidity: Fully-Lucid/Super-Lucid
Approximate time spend lucid: 20 minutes
Clarity: Good
Control: Good
Additional techniques: Dream stabilisation; dream visualisation; dream-chaining/DEILD (Dream-Exit Technique)
Extra information: None of note

Scene 1 (Non-Lucid): An Unknown Interior - Time Unknown

I was in a room, but I did not see any furniture or decoration. I think there was another dream character present, but I am not sure who, because they were behind me and I did not turn around. I think they were male. In front of me was a large screen, suspended in the air - it may have been a TV. On the screen was a male - a normal looking adult white man with brown hair. The image showed just his face, close-up. It was turned at a three-quarter profile, his eyes looking directly at the 'camera'/viewer. I was aware that this male was part of some 'game' I was involved in - something to do with gambling, I think. I looked away from the screen momentarily, and when I looked back, the male had turned into a leering demon/troll-like monster - maybe an evil goblin would also be an accurate description. His features were more pointed and large, other than his eyes, which were now tiny. His skin was a blue/green colour and looked either scaly or wrinkled, and his tiny, pupil-less eyes were a bright green colour. I was really scared. I tried to look away, hoping that when I looked back, he would be human again, but he remained a demon. Every time I looked away and then back at him, he became more evil looking. I was terrified, and this part of the dream experience was a nightmare. 

False Awakening 1: Lucid
I woke up in bed, on my right side, staring at the wooden ledge. I was aware that this was a false awakening, because I had sleep paralysis and I could hear an electronic buzz in the atmosphere. The light was on in the room - as it was in real life. 

I tried to move, worrying that I might see a hallucination. I remembered the demon face in Scene 1 and was really scared that this dream character might be in my room, as I couldn't stop thinking about it. I eventually managed to look up, and saw that my fan (which should have been on in real life) wasn't straight ahead. I could sense something to my side, but the sleep paralysis was preventing me from fully turning or moving the duvet down, even though I was willing my body to break free. 

I tried to use my voice, screaming: 'Someone come and help me!' but my voice would not come out more than a broken whisper. I willed someone I knew to come and save me, hoping that I could use this experience to have a lucid dream if only I could change my immediate circumstances with dream visualisation and control. I felt so tired, like I was on the brink of falling back asleep, and I tried to fight it. I must have fallen asleep. 

False Awakening 2: Lucid 

I had another false awakening, with sleep paralysis. I was now worried, as this was the second in a row. I still felt terrified that something was in the room with me, just to my left side. I had 'false awoken' on my right side again. I struggled to move and also use my voice, but neither were working. I was able to touch the ledge next to me and I tried to do this, but then realised it was only my 'dream body' doing this. I tried to shout: 'Someone come and help me!' Again, my voice was no more than a whisper, which is the most frustrating feeling. One of the other reasons I was so scared was because I felt like I might be trapped in a cycle of false awakenings, which often prevent me from being able to 'really wake up', even though I am fully lucid. I must have fallen asleep again. 

Scene 2 (Non-Lucid): An Unknown Interior, supposedly to be my Bedroom - Time Unknown 

I was looking at the floor of a room, which I guess was supposed to represent my bedroom. On the floor was a huge pile of clothes - taking up most of the available space, and higher than my waist. My Mum was present. I was aware that I was looking at 'my dirty laundry' and wondered how long it would take to wash all these clothes. The task felt insurmountable. 

False Awakening 3: Lucid 

I had a third false awakening with sleep paralysis. Again, I woke on my right side and this time felt another body in the single bed beside me. I only became aware they were in the bed because I felt them lean in a little closer, which meant the thing touched my back. I was so scared, and kept telling myself 'this is a dream, you can change it' - because I was so lucid, I was certain I could use the power of my mind to transform the experience into a more positive dream experience. I called out: 'Someone come and help me!' my voice still very weak - and sleep paralysis stopping me from turning round. I tried to persuade myself that I could make the rules in my dreams, and the volume of my voice didn't matter as I could use my mind to summons someone friendly to come and help me. I started willing someone to come to my rescue. I then heard a voice, which sounded like RBA (Scottish accent), so I called out his name and he said: 'Yeah'. I then found I was able to speak out loud and move. I turned round and saw the chair with my laptop on it beside my bed, where it would be in real life. Behind that and slightly to the side was another chair (not there in real life), on which RBA was seated. At first, my vision was slightly blurry. He was wearing something red. 

I could not get out of bed, no matter how much I tried. I therefore decided the best thing to do would be the OBE-Exit Technique, so I laid on my back and imagined myself leaving my body. I began to float out of my body. 

I then found myself in a hotel room, lucid. The hotel room had fancy decor, most of which was red. RBA was sitting on the edge of the bed, facing an oval mirror on a stand. I was standing next to him. I decided to stabilise the dream, and began to rub mys hands together. The following conversation took place: 

RBA: 'Why are you rubbing your hands?' 

Me: 'To stabilise the lucid dream'. 

RBA: 'What dream?' 

Me: 'This is my dream' (I wondered if he would disagree with this, as some dream characters react unpredictably when they are told they are part of the dreamer's dream). 

RBA: 'Is it my dream?' 

Me: 'No, you're a character in my dream'. 

RBA: 'Should I rub my hands together too?' 

Me: 'No, this is my dream'. 

The lucid dream then became very stable and clear. 

RBA: 'How do you know this is a dream?' He stood up and came close to me. I decided to try and control the dream in a way to prove to him that this must be a dream. 

I turned to the side, where there was an antique floor lamp in front of a window with red curtains. I raised my hand and like Sub-Zero in Mortal Kombat, I made the entire lamp turn to ice. RBA did not look convinced, so I said: 'Look at this' and raised my hand again to make the lamp burst into flames. RBA said: 'You can do that in real life', so I said: 'No, I can't, I don't have super powers' and he seemed to agree with this. I felt the lucid dream then began to fade to black. 

False Awakening 4: Lucid 

I then woke up again in my bed - a lucid false awakening. I decided to use the OBE-Exit Technique again, to return to the same dream scene as before, so I visualised the hotel while I imagined myself leaving my body. 

I found myself in the hotel again, with RBA - but we were in a different part of the hotel. It was a very wide corridor, which had rough black fabric walls, and some partition walls. I could not see much in the corridor - no doors or furniture. It was like being in the inside of a black box. To the right side, there was a partition wall - like the type you get in offices. Mounted on it was a drinking fountain. I then noticed that I was naked, but I did not feel self-conscious about this. I started rubbing my hands again, to stabilise the lucid dream. RBA then tried to push me into a bending over position - so that he could have sex with me from behind, against the drinking fountain. I complied, because I enjoy lucid dream sex. RBA stopped and said: 'Do we need to use contraception?' to which I said: 'Not now'. He started to have sex with me in this position. 

Something from behind us then distracted him, because he stopped. I turned around to see what had made him stop suddenly, and I noticed that behind us was a red leather armchair, on which was a strange double-person (not a conjoined twin) - it looked like 2 naked men who had melted into each other, so there was no distinction between their faces and bodies. I said to RBA: 'That reminds me of a Francis Bacon painting' (although in the lucid dream I could not recall what this painting was called). RBA said: 'I don't know who Francis Bacon is' which did not surprise me. The double melted man was writhing in a scary way - it looked disgusting. RBA said: 'We have to kill it'. I didn't know why we had to kill this thing, so I said I would not do it. RBA was getting annoyed with me, because he knew I had 'super powers' and could do this easily, but I was still refusing. Eventually, I said: 'You have to get the weapon then'. RBA handed me a spade/shovel. I said: 'This is the worst weapon!' I tried to imagine that the spade was a better weapon, but I could not control this aspect of the lucid dream. I then used the spade to beat the thing to death. RBA was laughing and said: 'We could be Ian Brady and Myra Hindley'. This thought disgusted me, but I decided to try and make a joke, rather than argue with him and ruin the lucid dream. I said: 'Because I'm English and you're Scottish?' to which he laughed and said: 'No, because I can make you commit murders'. 

I woke up.

Francis Bacon, Three Studies for a Crucifixion (1962)

Dream 688

'Slander from an Enemy'

Date: 28 August 2016

Time: 22:30 - 07:45 (I woke up from this dream naturally) 

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Normal recall

This dream is part of my Dream Incubation Experiment - Eminem / Marshall Mathers III Dream - click HERE (post will open in a new window) to see the details of this Dream Incubation Experiment, including the methodology and results of previous Dream Incubation Experiments.

Scene 1: An Unknown Interior - Time Unknown
I was with PS (my ex-boyfriend) and he was telling me that AWB (a female who has blocked me on Facebook after she attempted to date PS following our break-up - I have met her in person since then because we have mutual friends) had been slandering me to him. I was very interested to find out what she had said about me, and I was pestering PS to tell me, but he didn't want to. There was a TV in the room we were in - although I cannot recall any other details about the decoration or furniture. On the TV I could see a scene where PS and AWB (and a couple of other unrecalled dream characters who I may or may not have known in real life) were sitting around a circular table. I was aware that I was watching these dream characters discuss me, but there was no audio for me to find out what they were actually saying. AWB was wearing a baggy black hoodie in the TV show. I kept asking PS to tell me.

Eventually PS told me that AWB said I was fat. I found this surprising and funny, since (in real life) I am slimmer than her - we are both curvy, but she is bigger on from the waist up and I have a bigger butt and thighs, with a smaller waistline. I told PS that this was ridiculous, because objectively I am the slimmer one, and he agreed. He then said that AWB made racist jokes about my last name, pronouncing it wrongly and using nonsense words and offensive terms instead of my actual name. This made me angry. 

I then had some kind of conversation with RBA, where he told me he had moved to a new place (in Scotland) which started with 'Port', the second part of the place name beginning with 'L'. I asked him to repeat and then I saw a map with this place pinpointed. RBA asked me to come to this place, but I said I was unavailable and could not travel there. 

I cannot recall what else happened in this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• PS as a dream character

Dreamsigns: 

• I could see an image on the TV screen which illustrated the conversation I was having with PS

Day Residue: 

• On the day of this dream, there was a thread on Facebook where a friend of a friend (who I met in person on the same day I met AWB - at a hip hop festival) was slandered online
• On the day of this dream I heard some lyrics from a female who is part of my broad online/IRL social circle - she was slut-shaming and criticising other females
• A couple of days before this dream I had mentioned I was moving home in a conversation with RBA

Waking Reactions: 
This dream did not reference my Dream Incubation Experiment or Eminem. This dream wasn't negative, despite the theme. 

Dream 687

'Knife Teacher'

Date: 27 August 2016

Time: 02:30 - 10:30 (I woke up from this dream naturally) 

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Normal recall

This dream is part of my Dream Incubation Experiment - Eminem / Marshall Mathers III Dream - click HERE (post will open in a new window) to see the details of this Dream Incubation Experiment, including the methodology and results of previous Dream Incubation Experiments.

Scene 1: An Unknown Interior - Time Unknown
I was in a room - which appeared to be a bedroom, although not my own in real life. I was with another dream character - I think it was a female and someone I know in real life, as in the dream I was aware they were a friend or relative. We were discussing something - and it turned out that we were both students in the same class. 

At one point in this dream, I was hugging a very small baby goat while laying on the bed in the room. The goat was white and pale brown and the size of a kitten. It was laying with it's legs folded under it and it had tiny horns on it's head. It was so sweet and I enjoyed hugging it. I wondered if it would try and get down from the bed, but it seemed to like being stroked and cuddled. 

Other events happened in this room. I saw there was a huge shelving unit which was filled with a number of items - some loose piles of paperwork and boxes and other things which I could not recall. Then my friend showed me 2 massive knives which had been on the shelves - they were more like kitana swords, although one of them had a serrated blade. I wondered why we had these knives, and my friend told me they were 'for protection'. At this stage, I was standing in the room, looking at the knives which my friend had laid on a white plastic-topped table. I got the impression that these knives were 'protection against aliens' although I was not sure. 

My friend and I then walked through to the next room, which was a classroom. Behind a desk was a young white male dream character - in his 20s or 30s. He was very attractive, although in a generic way. I could not say who he looked like, as he was a very typical representation of a handsome man - average build with dark hair and a friendly face. He was wearing a smart outfit, which may have been a business suit. This man was our teacher. I showed him the knives which we had brought into the classroom. He was very impressed and said I had passed the assignment. I knew I was now supposed to have sex with this teacher. In the dream, I was the adult me and this teacher was around my own age, so it didn't seem inappropriate in the context and I was quite happy. I wondered if my friend was jealous. 

I cannot recall what else happened in this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• Classroom/learning environment

Dreamsigns: 

• Knives as protection from aliens
• The assignment set by the teacher and my forthcoming relationship with him

Day Residue: 

• The day before I had Dream 686 which featured my friend CEC - CEC is a big fan of goats and often posts pictures or references to them on Facebook

Waking Reactions: 
This dream did not reference my Dream Incubation Experiment or Eminem. I have forgotten quite a bit of this dream, although it was vivid in my mind when I first woke up and thought about it. I am hoping that I may recall more of this dream at a later stage and I will record it below. I am not sure why, but I really enjoyed this dream - it left me with a positive feeling when I woke up from it and I felt happier than I have (at the point of waking) for a long time - given that recently I have been stressed and anxious and this tends to affect me most when I first wake up. 

Dream 686

'Party Preparations'

Date: 26 August 2016

Time: 22:30 - 07:45 (I woke up from this dream naturally) 

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Normal recall

This dream is part of my Dream Incubation Experiment - Eminem / Marshall Mathers III Dream - click HERE (post will open in a new window) to see the details of this Dream Incubation Experiment, including the methodology and results of previous Dream Incubation Experiments.

Scene 1: An Unknown Interior - Time Unknown
I was with some dream characters which included my female friend, CEC. I cannot recall much about the room we were in, other than it was red - or there was a lot of red in this room - and a big table in the middle, with some items on it. 

CEC told me - or we discussed - a party which was happening that night. CEC was trying to encourage me to get ready for the party - to get dressed and do my hair. Everyone seemed excited about the party, but I was apprehensive for some reason, and did not want to get ready for it. 

There were parts of the dream which happened in this room which I cannot recall.

I was then being rushed into getting ready - CEC told me to stand beside the table which had the objects on it - one of these objects was a large family-sized pepperoni pizza. This was my 'handbag' in the dream and I was pleased that it was laid out for me and I didn't have to go to the hassle of trying to find it.

I cannot recall what else happened in this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• None of note

Dreamsigns: 

• A pizza was a handbag

Day Residue: 

• I interact with CEC most days on Facebook

Waking Reactions: 
This dream did not reference my Dream Incubation Experiment or Eminem. I have forgotten quite a bit of this dream, although it was vivid in my mind when I first woke up and thought about it. It is because I was doing poor dream practice (recording the dream more than 24 hours later) that means the precise memories of this dream have faded considerably. I do recall that this was quite a pleasant and enjoyable dream.

Dreams 680 - 685

Recently, my dream practices have been very disrupted as a result of some personal stress. I have been keeping a record of my dreams when I have been able to (either practically, or in the right frame of mind). My records are quite incomplete however, as I mainly recorded the date and content. I have forgotten a great deal of dreams I have had during this period. Therefore, I have opted to record all recalled dreams on 1 single post, without the usual complimentary analysis. I hope to return to my normal dream practices as soon as possible. 

Dream 680

'Table Sex'

Date: 18 August 2016

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Weak recall

Scene 1: An Unknown Interior - Time Unknown

I was with another person - I think it was my Mum. We were sitting at a table, on which there was a dark haired male dream character (adult), curled into a foetal position, facing away from us. My Mum told me who it was - it was a male who I had known from high school in real life, but I cannot recall who it was. I knew it was not someone I found attractive. My Mum said I had to have a sexual relationship with this male, as he was my 'new husband'. I was not happy about this. 

Dream 681

'Acid Attack'

Date: 20 August 2016
Type of dream: Normal dream

Dream recall: Strong recall

Scene 1: A Warehouse - Time Unknown

I was in a dark warehouse, which looked like it was made of grey concrete. The floor was wet. There was another dream character present - a male, although I cannot recall much about him. I knew he was evil though. On the floor of the warehouse, there was a metal barrel. This male character pushed over the barrel, spilling this pink gunge all over the floor. In the dream, I realised that this was 'acid'. The male dream character somehow managed to rub some of the acid into the thumb of my right hand - without touching me it seemed. This caused me great pain and I was scared. I crouched down on the ground a short distance away. I then saw RBA. He tried to help me clean the acid from my hand with some cloth. Kneeling down beside me on the floor, he turned back to the evil dream character and said: 'She's vulnerable to attacks'. I cannot recall anything else about this dream.

Dream 682

'Spooning PS' Sister'

Date: 21 August 2016
Type of dream: Normal dream

Dream recall: Weak recall

Scene 1: An Unknown Bedroom - Time Unknown

I was laying on the edge of a bed, and PS' younger sister JGH was laying behind me, spooning me. She told me that PS was 'leaving' and I got up in a panic. I handed her a note (folded, I could not read what was written inside it), telling her she needed to pass this on to PS as an emergency - him reading the note would stop him leaving.

Scene 2: Co-op on Unthank Road - Day

I was then in the small Co-op supermarket on Unthank Road. It looked pretty similar to how it does in real life, but in front of the cashiers' tills, there was a table. PS was in front of me, waiting to pay for some items he had in a metal shopping basket. I recall there were 3 items in his basket, although they were not food items and I cannot recall what they were. I was standing behind him, at the table, with a clipboard. I had been making notes on the clipboard, but I am not sure what I was writing. PS turned round and started talking to me, but I cannot recall what he said. I cannot recall anything further about this dream.

Dream 683

'Fried Eggs'

Date: 22 August 2016

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Weak recall

Scene 1: Unknown - Time Unknown

I cannot recall this dream other than it involved me seeing a large fried egg and it featured Mark Hamill and my Mum's friend, CC.

Dream 684

'Broken Laptop'

Date: 23 August 2016
Type of dream: Normal dream

Dream recall: Weak recall

Scene 1: An Unknown Interior - Time Unknown

I saw that my laptop was broken. I was keen to get it fixed. As I lifted it up, I realised that it was shaped like a box-within-a-box, with a cube shaped camera in the centre. The outer box was falling off - this was how it was broken. I cannot recall anything else about this dream, other than it felt negative.

Dream 685

'In the Sink'

Date: 25 August 2016

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Normal recall

Scene 1: My Bedroom in Norwich - Morning

In this dream I was waking up in my own room. A male friend, MSN was present. I 'remembered' that the night before (in the dream), I had been out with MSN and had dropped my phone, smashing the screen. At that moment, my Mum entered my bedroom. She told me that my phone contract was nearly up for renewal and I could get a new phone then, but I just wanted to get my own phone fixed. I looked at my sink/basin and noticed that MSN was laying in it, on his back - there did not appear to be any water in it and even though the sink is regular sized, and MSN is an average-sized adult, he fit in it perfectly. In the dream it did not seem odd that MSN could fit in the sink. He reminded me of the plastic duck bath toys. My Mum asked if I had had sex with MSN. I said: 'No' and we both laughed at the way he was laying in the sink. I cannot recall anything else about this dream.

Violence, Mutilation, Gore, 'Funeralization', Trolling & Crime

Dream 679 (NIGHTMARE)

'Warehouse Horror'

Date: 16 August 2016

Time: 20:30 - 00:30 (I woke up from this dream naturally) 

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Strong recall

This dream is part of my Dream Incubation Experiment - Eminem / Marshall Mathers III Dream - click HERE (post will open in a new window) to see the details of this Dream Incubation Experiment, including the methodology and results of previous Dream Incubation Experiments.

Scene 1: An Unknown Interior - Time Unknown
I was looking at the top of my own head, in third-person perspective. I noticed that my hair was a purply-red (plum) colour and a much silkier, straighter texture than usual (my normal hair is wiry, thick and black). I realised that the black dye I used (in real life) to cover the red/plum dye I had previously used, had faded and now all of my hair was this plum colour and much lighter than it had ever been. I wondered if I should re-dye it black or use some sort of dye remover to restore the colour to my usual darkest brown/black colour as I did not like the plum. 

I then walked over to a desk - now in first-person perspective. I was in a well-lit room which had a yellowish light. The only thing I could see was a desk, which I sat at. I had to do an assignment, which involved marking lines (using a pencil) on fuzzy black and white photographs of cloudy skies - this task had something to do with airplanes and was important, but I did not want to do it. Something felt very scary about what I was doing - as if someone was forcing me to do it. 

Scene 2: A Large Warehouse - Time Unknown
I 'woke up' on the floor of a large empty warehouse. There was another person in the room with me - a female (I think, I am not sure) who was my friend in the dream. This dream character wore a purple scarf around their neck. Like me, they were also on the floor of the warehouse. I felt terrified, but I wasn't sure why. 

Then, a tall figure entered the warehouse - it was male, but I could not see it's face, because it wore a long black cloak with a hood which covered it's face. Other than the fact that it did not have a scythe, I would describe this figure as resembling the Grim Reaper. The man ordered my friend to stand up. My friend must have done something wrong, because the man got angry and shouted something at my friend, telling them to stand up, which they did. He then rushed over to them and started beating and kicking in the most violent way, making my friend scream out in fear and pain. I was even more terrified than before, and now felt scared for my own safety, assuming that I would be next. I wondered if this was something to do with the earlier task I had been performing at the desk. The man - who had a deep and evil sounding voice, said something about 'husband' and 'Mr and Mrs', but I am unaware of the context. When he finished beating and kicking my friend, who was now on the floor again in the crumpled heap, he summonsed a brown dog into the room and encouraged it to savage my friend - basically eat them alive. 

The man then turned his attention to me, getting me to stand up. His voice was a little less evil sounding. I thought to myself: obey him and you will be safe. He told me to spread my arms and hold them out at shoulder level at each side and stand still. I did this. He obviously approved of my submissiveness and compliance as he told me that I was doing a good job. The dog came over to me. The man said I could drop my arms, which I did. I petted the dog, which was very friendly towards me. I no longer had any feelings of fear.

I cannot recall what else happened in this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• Having to perform a quest or challenge of some sort

Dreamsigns: 

• I saw myself in third-person perspective - and I had different hair
• Scene 3 was a dreamsign

Day Residue: 

• On the day of this dream I had been looking at hair dyes in the pharmacy and was wondering if I should dye my roots (I use blue-black hair dye)
• The day before this dream I had seen a Facebook discussion about airplane emissions (or as conspiracy theorists refer to them: chem trails) - lines in the sky. I think this influenced the task I was performing in the dream
• On the day of this dream I had written an online comment about how I grew up not fearing authority figures
• On the day of this dream I had been telling DL about how when my friends and I misbehaved at school, I would always be labelled as the 'bad influence' by teachers, but got away with a lot of my wrongdoing because I was a good student, whereas my friends who achieved lower grades or were less naturally academic than me were seen as being more 'innocent' than me. I also referred to a (slightly Satanic) cult I had started in primary school in relation to the overtly religious (and deeply unpopular) headmistress (cannot recall her name) who replaced the headmaster in the final years of primary school. She taught our maths class and was horrified to discover that at 9/10 years of age I was already reading adult horror books - either ones I got from my Mum, or ones I bought from the horror section of my favourite secondhand book shop on Saturdays when I went there with my Nan. She particularly hated the ones with Satanic themes (being a very outspoken and preachy Christian Bible-basher type, who had a rainbow minivan with 'Jesus Loves You' painted on the side). She told my Mum my reading material was age-inappropriate, but my Mum didn't listen to her anyway and I continued to read these books, before temporarily experimenting with becoming a 'cult leader', telling a small group of my friends that I was the daughter of the devil, and even going as far as writing '666' on my scalp in red felt-tip pen and getting them to 'check' for the 'birthmark'. I think I had 4 -5 followers in my cult. All we really did was perform some silly rituals at break time, and make notes in a notebook and try to scare other kids. It was fairly innocent, as unlikely as that sounds!
• I fell asleep while listening to Creepypasta stories on YouTube

Waking Reactions: 
This dream did not reference my Dream Incubation Experiment or Eminem. This was a terrifying nightmare and I think it was directly caused by the fact that horror stories (audio) were playing on my laptop next to me when I accidentally fell asleep. However, unlike some nightmares that I have had in the past, I did not wake up with negative thoughts or fear in my mind - perhaps because the nightmare ended on a positive note - at least for me. I have to admit that I was not scared or disturbed by what happened to my friend in the dream - the main terror came from thinking the same thing might happen to me. 

Dream 678

'Pokemon Quest'

Date: 15 August 2016

Time: 09:30 - 11:45 (I woke up from this dream due to an alarm) 

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Strong recall

I had 2 very vivid and complex dreams, because I had a period of waking, during which I decided to get out of bed. I then realised that I was still tired and decided to get another 1.5 hours of sleep, so in effect, this was a Wake-Back-to-Bed with very successful results. This is the second dream.

This dream is part of my Dream Incubation Experiment - Eminem / Marshall Mathers III Dream - click HERE (post will open in a new window) to see the details of this Dream Incubation Experiment, including the methodology and results of previous Dream Incubation Experiments.

Scene 1: My Current Temporary Bedroom in Norwich/The Two Lifeboats Hotel, Sheringham  - Day
I was in my bedroom with both DL (next to me at the desk) and AD (a male friend in real life, who used to live in the same accommodation I am in now when we were both undergraduate students in 2003/4). It felt like my bedroom was an office. AD started to have a panic attack. I used a technique I learned in Mental Health First Aid training - the seagulls's wing method, where you get the person with the panic attack to watch you waving an arm slowly up and down. They then should regulate their breathing to the pace of your arm and calm down. This worked. I said to AD: 'I had a panic attack a short while ago when I was thinking about a medical procedure for women I have to go for [pause] a routine smear test. But I've never had one before. I wish someone had been able to use the seagull's wing technique to help me' (note: all of this information is true: I am scheduled for my first ever smear test on 17.08.2016 and I have a valium prescription to help with my medical phobia and panic attacks; in between waking from the first dream (see Dream 677) and then going back to sleep, I had been thinking about this smear test and had a real life panic attack - so these dream events reflected real life waking events from a very short time before). 

I then went to make AD a drink - I found myself - still in the same room, behind the bar in The Two Lifeboats Hotel, Sheringham, where my Mum used to be the manager, and I used to work. I made him a lime cordial and soda and put a straw in it. I wondered how much a lime and soda should cost and remembered it used to cost 30p. I put it on the bar for AD. He then said he had wanted a Coke - so I handed him a can of Coke and said that I would drink the lime and soda. AD said he wanted to drink both drinks.

Scene 2: A Domestic Interior - Time Unknown
I was then in a new house, with DL and AD. This was a house belonging to someone else, although at this point, we did not know who lived here. We did know that we were on a quest to find 'Princess Daisy' from Super Mario Bros, but Daisy was actually a composite between Princess Daisy and Princess Peach. We had to save her, but when we first got to the house, we didn't know who was holding her hostage. We were standing on the second floor landing, at the top of the stairs, beside a window and a towel rail. I then realised that we were saving Princess Daisy from Dr Robotnik, although in the dream I mistakenly thought the character Dr Ivo 'Eggman' Robotnik (the enemy in Sonic the Hedgehog) was from Mario. We saw him briefly on the landing - he looked like he does in Sonic, but in a human form. AD and I ran away, into a bedroom, which looked a lot like the room in my Nan's house, Sheringham which used to be my aunt, VF's room, but is now used to store my possessions. This room was dark. We saw the doors to the slatted wood wardrobe (like the one in the scene from Halloween (1978) - so the worst hiding place) were open, so we decided to hide in the pile of clothes at the bottom. We found that Princess Daisy - also in human form, but very small, like a midget - was already hiding from Dr Robotnik in this wardrobe. I suddenly realised that Robotnik was supposed to find us, and when he did, Princess Daisy would scream, and the 'Daisy Scream' would transport DL, AD and I into our 'real quest' which was a Pokemon adventure challenge. Even though this was all necessary and expected, I still felt terrified of Dr Robotnik finding AD, Princess Daisy and I in the wardrobe. 

Dr Robotnik entered the room, grabbed Princess Daisy - who screamed loudly and piercingly - and suddenly DL, AD and I were transported into the next dream scene. 

Scene 3: A Boat (Location Unknown) - Day
I was then on a boat with DL and AD - we were on our way around the 'Pokemon Map' - so, basically the boat would be transporting us around the area of game play, which were islands in the middle of an ocean. I could see one of the islands in the distance, getting closer as we approached. It was a hot sunny day, and I was enjoying myself, but still anxious about having to do this Pokemon challenge, because we were the players - like live-action players in a computer game which had been recreated in a virtual reality. On the boat were other 'teams' of Pokemon trainers who were competing - one was a pair of uniformed police officers. I shouted at them: 'Fuck the police!' but they ignored me, and DL told me to stop trying to provoke other players, because we didn't yet know who 'Team Rocket' were. I thought Dr Robotnik was part of Team Rocket, but had re-named himself 'Jackson'. 

We approached the island - which looked like Lavender Town, which scared me even more.

I cannot recall anything else about this dream, as I was woken up by my alarm clock.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• Having to perform a quest or challenge of some sort

Dreamsigns: 

• My dream reflected real life events from a very short period of time before this dream took place (less than an hour)
• The events of Scene 2 & 3 were all dreamsigns - all impossible events involving some video game characters as live-action characters

Day Residue: 

• Less than an hour before this dream I had a panic attack, triggered by thinking about the forthcoming smear test and the notion of having to wait for the results
• I have recently written a horror story which refers to a hand which looks like a seagull's wing - see In-Camera (clicking on this link will take you to my second Blog where you can read my fictional horror story which opens in a new window)
• The day before this dream I had been watching the SomeOrdinaryGamers channel on YouTube - obsessively. In the videos I watched, Mutahar, the Youtuber from this channel had either referred to, or shown footage of him playing hacked versions of Mario, Sonic and Pokemon - which his viewers had sent him to play. There was an image file attached to the Mario one, which was of Princess Daisy, but made up of horror-like faces. I listed to a Creepypasta story Muta recorded, called 'Hyper Cola'
• The day before this dream I had been playing the Lavender Town theme music from Pokemon which is surrounded by urban mythology (apparently when playing Pokemon Red or Blue on Gameboys, a number of Japanese children committed suicide after reaching the Lavender Town level - the music contained a pitch only audible to children's ears. This phenomenon is called 'Lavender Town Syndrome'). This is a very creepy piece of music (I have included a video link to it below), and many people say it makes them feel anxious, sick or depressed. However, I often really crave to listen to it - it's like I get an urge to listen to it and it really stimulates my mind
• Due to Pokemon Go being so popular right now, I see mentions to it on social media and offline just about every single day

Waking Reactions: 
This dream did not reference my Dream Incubation Experiment or Eminem. However, this was a very exciting dream to have and I was so surprised that waking events of less than an hour before and a lot of other Day Residue became interlinked in such a way to form a complex and interesting dream narrative, which was heavily influenced by gaming!