Dream 805

'Tre & Darvius'

Date: 11 April 2017

Time: 03:00 - 11:00 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Normal recall 

Scene 1: A Domestic Interior, Sheringham - Time Unknown
I was with my friend from Sheringham, NN. We were in a house, which I assume was in Sheringham. This was a large, very modern family home. Everything was shiny white and black, with very bright lighting. I cannot remember much about the decoration or furniture of the house, but there was a huge open plan kitchen with a lot of gadgets in it. 

On one of the windows was a screen, mounted at head height, which NN was using. It was like an iPad/touchscreen which was suspended on the glass of the window. She was choosing 'a husband' (she has a partner in real life). There were 2 options - both young black men, who were either brothers or best friends. Their names were Tre and Darvius. Both were attractive and I knew they were very well-connected and successful men. NN made her choice between the 2 men; I cannot recall who she picked. 

Some events happened in the dream, which I cannot recall. There was some conversation which led me to strongly believe that NN was racist towards black people (I must note here, that even though she is anonymised in this Dream Report, she is most certainly not racist and has never once given me cause to believe she has any racist beliefs at all, this was just a figment of my dream). I wanted to warn either Tre or Darvius not to marry her. The men arrived at the house. While standing in the kitchen chatting to them both, I told them that NN was racist and they should stay away from her. It turned out that she had selected both men, which was why they had both arrived together. I was enjoying their company a lot and during our discussion found that I had a lot in common with both of them, so when I said NN was racist, they immediately accepted this and said that they would rather spend time with me, because I was involved in anti-hate crime work and not racist. They said we should leave together and avoid NN. 

We left the house.

Scene 2: The Train Station, Sheringham - Day
We were at Sheringham Train Station, where there was a table set up on the small area where cars can be parked. Tre, Darvius and I sat down and started having a nice conversation - I cannot remember what we were talking about, but we were having a good time. I received a text message on my mobile phone. My 'phone' was actually a sphere of plasticine on a lollipop stick. The plasticine was the murky brown colour which occurs when all the other colours become mixed up. The 'text messages' were inscribed into the plasticine. I was 'scrolling' the plasticine sphere with my finger (the sphere was the size of a large marble or gobstopper), thinking the text message might have been from R3A - I could see the top part of some writing (scratched into/inscribed in the plasticine) which showed that the message was from my friend CG - with his Facebook username which is not his actual name. The 'text' was in messy handwriting, not type.

I cannot recall what else happened in this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• NN as a dream character
• R3A as a dream character

Dreamsigns: 

• NN was ordering a husband online
• NN was racist
• There was a table in the parking area of the train station
• My mobile phone was a sphere of plasticine on a stick with words carved into it

Day Residue: 

• I had a recent dream about NN - Dream 802 - 'Incomplete Assignments'
• I have recently been (unsuccessfully) using an online dating app
• I see numerous online stories/references to racism on a daily basis, which hurts me as I have an anti hate crime role - and like any right-minded and normal person - detest racism and discrimination
• On the day of this dream my flatmate SC and I had been discussing someone we felt might have racial prejudice as they had mentioned that a complaint that had with someone was 'not because they are black' - which indicates that skin colour was in fact at the forefront of their mind as no-one else had mentioned race as being a factor or accused the person of being racist

Waking Reactions: 
This dream was quite entertaining, although I felt guilty that in this dream NN was a racist, because I know that she is not racist in real life!

I may have forgotten some aspects of this dream, but if I remember anything else, I will record it below.

Dream 804

'Autistic Spectrum Sarah Jessica Parker & Crocodile Trees'

Date: 10 April 2017

Time: 21:00 - 09:00 (I woke up from this dream due to an alarm)

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Vivid recall 

Scene 1: My Nan's House, Sheringham - Day
I was in my Nan's house, in the 'front room', which is actually facing the back garden of the house and is a second reception room, which is mainly used for storing my Nan's collectable items/photos. I was with RT - a former colleague from my university who used to do the same legal pro bono role as myself. We were standing by the door of the room, looking at a photograph on the sideboard, which was of my friend, R3A (who RT does not know). RT was telling me that she was in love with R3A and I was not happy about this, because I felt she had bad intentions towards him. I was trying to tell her that she did not know him and that because I know him, I wasn't going to let her ruin his life (I am not sure what she was planning to do specifically). The argument between us got heated and I was shouting at her to 'leave him alone'. RT and I then both went outside, planning to go somewhere, which felt like it might be a holiday of some sort. The transport was a white, open-topped vehicle - almost like a motorised carriage, with 2 white padded benches in the back. R3A was sitting there and there was a space beside him. I fought with RT to sit beside R3A, because 'I knew him and she did not' - she relented and I sat beside him in the back of the vehicle.

I found myself in my Nan's house again, in the 'back room', looking out of the window, with DL. It felt like this room was on the first floor, because we were looking 'down' at the garden from a height. It was a sunny day outside. We could see over the hedge into the neighbour's garden on the right. There was a gnarled and falling tree - with no leaves, just rotted and twisted branches, looking very dead - in the neighbour's garden. It looked like it had collapsed. As we watched, this tree turned into a giant crocodile/alligator, of the same colour (light brown) and texture of the tree. This crocodile/alligator (in the dream I did not know which it was) then climbed over the hedge into my Nan's back garden. I shouted out to my Nan to come and see what was happening outside, feeling scared and anxious. 

Scene 2: SJP's Closet, Norwich - Day
I was then aware that I was Sarah Jessica Parker and I was standing in a large walk-in wardrobe, which was the size of 2 adjoining rooms, separated by a small walkway. The wardrobe was filled with shelves of clothing. In the wardrobe was my 'assistant', who was a white transvestite/drag queen, wearing a blonde wig and heavy makeup. She was tall and very thin. I said something to her, and she handed me a yellow mug. 

I left the wardrobe and found that I was on the far side of the lake on my university campus, walking along the walkway, towards an area which has a bench and a jetty. Instead of the bench, there was now a picnic table. I am not sure if I was 'me' or Sarah Jessica Parker at this point. I sat down at the picnic table, joining 2 unknown dream characters who were seated there. We started to have a conversation about Sarah Jessica Parker/me - the dream characters were telling me that she was on the autistic spectrum. Confused as to who I was, I wondered if they were talking about 'me', so I said: 'I might be on the spectrum'. I was still in possession of the yellow mug. 

I think there may have been more content to this dream, which I am unable to recall at present.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• R3A as a dream character

Dreamsigns: 

• Almost all the events of this dream are dreamsigns

Day Residue: 

• On the day of this dream I had watched an episode of Masterchef on which there was a Russian contestant - RT has Russian family and one of the last conversations I had with her was about Russian food
• On the day of this dream I had seen an online photograph of 2 dead-looking trees which had grown into one another, forming a single intertwined tree with 2 trunks
• A short while before this dream, DL and I had been discussing popular/common dream themes and I had mentioned that crocodile/alligator dreams are very popular/common, even though this is quite unusual. Many people search my Blog looking for possible interpretations for this dream theme - I have an article - Interpreting popular dream themes (4) - Crocodiles & Alligators (click on this link and page will open in a new window)
• A short time before this dream I had read an online article about a tourist who had his leg bitten off after swimming in an African lake which was infested with crocodiles
• On the day of this dream I had read an article about Sarah Jessica Parker - and a few days previously had read an article about the 'Russian Barbie' (Valeria Lukyanova) in which she criticised Sarah Jessica Parker for being ugly. I am currently in the process of writing a separate column, slightly parodying that of Sarah Jessica Parker's character ('Carrie Bradshaw') in Sex and the City. In Sex and the City, season 6, Carrie dates an artist who she refers to as 'The Russian'
• On the day of this dream I had been watching a documentary about Michael Alig and the Club Kids and another about Leigh Bowery - both of which contained images of transvestites/drag queens
• DL often tells me that I seem like I am 'on the spectrum'

Waking Reactions: 
This dream was so weird, yet enjoyable. Analysing the content, it is really interesting to see how my Day Residue combined in this vivid and complex dream, where I seem to be questioning my own identity and getting confused. 

I may have forgotten some aspects of this dream, but if I remember anything else, I will record it below.

Dream 803

'Chinese Pagodas & Jedi Padawans'

Date: 8 April 2017

Time: 21:00 - 09:00 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Normal recall 

Scene 1: A School, Sheringham - Day
I was sitting next to my Mum on a sofa or long seat and we were trying to plan something, which I cannot recall.

I then discovered I was in a school, which resembled both my former primary and high school at the same time. There was to be a Jedi training module which we were going to be all participating in. The other students were my peers from real life, who I would have gone to school with, although I cannot specifically recall who they were. I was worried, because we were expecting the arrival of a Padawan from China, who was also a 'gangster' and very dangerous. I was anxious about confronting this new Padawan arrival at the school. 

I discovered that I was sitting in the canteen (which resembled a larger version of the one from my primary school), which had long desks (the width of the room, so more like benches) lined up, filling the whole room. I was sitting towards the back of the room, in the middle of a row, next to a dream character, who was someone I know from real life and a friend in the dream. We had paper in front of us, so it felt like a lesson or an exam. My friend and I were discussing the Chinese Padawan arrival and the Jedi training. I the became aware that the new Padawan was standing at the front of the class, having just arrived. I wondered what I had been scared of, because I was no longer anxious. This dream character was a young Chinese male, wearing a white T-shirt.

I went outside and saw a traditional Chinese Pagoda, which was white, red and black. The sky indicated it was day.

I cannot recall anything else about this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• Star Wars as a dream theme

Dreamsigns: 

• I was back at primary/high school
• I was going to take part in Jedi training
• A new Padawan was arriving
• There was a traditional Chinese house in Sheringham

Day Residue: 

• I see online references to Star Wars every day
• 'Pagoda' rhymes with 'Yoda', who is commonly thought to be of Asian descent (despite being an alien species)

Waking Reactions: 
I cannot recall much about this dream, so there is not much I can say about it. It was unusual how anxious I felt about the new Chinese Padawan arriving - this was the most vivid part of the dream. 

Dream 802

'Incomplete Assignments'

Date: 5 April 2017

Time: 06:00 - 09:40 (I woke up from this dream due to being disturbed by a window cleaner)

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Normal recall 

Scene 1: Location Unknown - Time Unknown
NN and I were both given an assignment to do as part of some course we were both on. The assignments were similar, but different and we had the information on pieces of paper. I think the assignments were related to precious stones of some sort, as there was a drawing of a gemstone on the piece of paper I had. I was a little confused as to when the assignments needed to be handed in. 

NN and I had to travel to a new location (I do not know where) - it was a very nice location which appeared to be a small town where we would be staying until we had completed the assignment. We did some things in this town, which I cannot recall (as I was woken suddenly from this dream). I think we ate some cake and talked to some of the local people. I think my stepdad, GM may also have been present in this town. I think there was a cake involved in part of this dream.

NN prioritised completing her assignment. I think we had to go somewhere specifically so that she could do this, meaning there was not enough time left for me to do my own. I was really angry and was arguing with NN about this, but she was nonchalant and did not care. I asked her when the assignments were to be handed in and she said: '26th June' which in the dream was some time away. She then changed her mind and said '2nd May', which in the dream was the very next day. This made me even more angry as I felt that she just didn't care. I was telling other people how she was being selfish and also lying to me about the deadline for the assignment. 

I had a phone call from R3A. He told me that he was in the same town as NN and I and wanted to meet me. I was telling him that I did not want to meet him as I was too angry about the situation with NN and the assignment, and R3A was surprised that I would not meet him. He shouted at me down the phone and I was trying to remain calm and not get angry at him too. 

I cannot remember what else happened in this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• R3A as a dream character

Dreamsigns: 

• NN and I were on the same course, doing an unusual assignment
• It was May

Day Residue: 

• On the day before this dream I had seen an online article about birthstones
• On the day of this dream I had seen NN post something on her Facebook
• On the day of this dream I had been discussing the holiday my flatmate had just returned from
• I have not completed an assignment I had set out to do

Waking Reactions: 
This dream was very vivid, long and complex - so it is a shame that I have forgotten large amounts of the detail due to the manner in which I was suddenly woken by the window cleaners. The entire dream seemed to be about the assignment and my annoyance at working with NN and not being able to do my own assignment while she completed her own. I am an academic person and NN has never been academic or interested in further education. Due to the fact that this was such a vivid dream, I may recall further details about it throughout the day, as often happens when I have a good initial recall of my dream. If I remember anything else, I will record it below.

Dream 801

'New Puppy'

Date: 5 April 2017

Time: 21:00 - 03:30 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Normal recall 

Scene 1: A Street, Location Unknown - Day
I was with PS (my ex-boyfriend) and we was asking me to go to his home so that I could be introduced to his new puppy, with was black and white. We were walking down a residential street during the conversation about the new puppy, and it was a sunny day. A feeling of dread came over me and I asked if N the Dog had died (hence replacing him with a new puppy). PS told me that N had died and I was angry, asking why he had not called me to tell me this when it happened. PS told me that his new girlfriend had prevented him from doing so. 

Scene 2: Location Unknown - Time Unknown
I was looking at myself in third-person perspective. My hair was dyed a bright yellow blonde colour (the roots were grown out black) and if I moved my hair, you could see bright red streaks dyed into it. I wondered if I could bleach out the red and be left with blonde hair. I was impressed as this was the lightest and brightest my hair had ever been bleached and I wondered why I would have 'ruined' this effect by adding in the bright red. 

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• An ex-boyfriend as a dream character

Dreamsigns: 

• I was with PS
• I could see myself in third-person perspective

Day Residue: 

• On the day of this dream I had been talking about N the Dog with a Facebook friend on his status about dogs
• On the day of this dream I had seen a woman wearing a bright red jacket and a fluorescent backpack and thought those 2 colours worked well together
• On the day of this dream I had been talking to DL about finding the hex-code for the 'perfect red tone' - which to me is an orange-red/ We had discussed that this was not a pure red and it would have yellow mixed into it
• On the day of this dream I had read an article about hair dying online 

Waking Reactions: 
I hate dreams about N the Dog, even positive ones, as I still miss him so much. This dream was even worse, due to the fact I had to find out he had died. 

I find it interesting that this dream involved 'dying' in terms of death and 'dying' in terms of changing the colour of hair. This is an interesting play on words. 

Dream 800

'Stealing Cannabis from Someone's Father Figure'

Date: 3 April 2017

Time: 22:30 - 08:10 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Normal recall 

Scene 1: Location Unknown - Time Unknown
Unfortunately, although I only woke up about 45 minutes before now (the point at which I am starting to record this dream) and had a vivid recall of this dream, I since then received some messages on my phone and was distracted by someone talking loudly right outside my bedroom window, so I have forgotten some aspects of this dream. 

I cannot recall the location of this dream. At one stage it seemed as if we were in a room which was similar to the living-room in my Nan's house, Sheringham. 

At various points in this dream I recall that the main dream characters I was with were SL, my ex-boyfriend and AP, a friend from high school. I saw SL, dressed in very bright shorts and trainers, straddling a wall, trying to get over it. I also saw SL laying on the floor of the room we were in, he was messing around.

While in this room, AP - and another female dream character were present. There was a male dream character who was nearby, but not in the room. He was an older man with longish black hair and a beard. His skin was darker than my own, but not darker than SL's. I would say he looked mixed-race. He wore sunglasses and was tall and skinny. I am not sure how I know what he looked like, as he was not in the room at the time. It was just knowledge, not something I witnessed physically in the dream. 

This 'father figure' had left his belongings in the room. I knew that in one of the bags (a khaki-green duffel bag) he had a large supply of cannabis. I decided to steal the cannabis from his bag and pretend that it was my own. I rummaged through the bag, in full sight of SL and AP. I found the cannabis, and put it in my own bag. Subsequently, I took some of the cannabis and rolled a large joint with it, feeling pleased that I had managed to get away with stealing it.

I think something was going to happen and we were preparing for it - but I cannot recall. I think there was something involving learning or education - attending a class? I have a vague recollection of me wanting to sign up for a class, or change the subject I was due to study, because I was jealous of the subject AP or another dream character was going to study. There is the vague memory of a family function as well - and my Mum as a dream character.

I cannot recall anything else about this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• None of note

Dreamsigns: 

• I was with SL and AP 

Day Residue: 

• I recently saw SL announce his engagement on Facebook. My last interaction with him was him drunk asking me to send him nude photographs and asking if I would ever meet him
• The 'father figure' was based on a man I had been talking to on the internet. He was slightly older than me and was kept assuming that one day I would have kids, which I told him was not going to happen. I blocked him after he kept asking me what my 'dating dysfunction' was and whether I was 'crazy like all other women'. This real life man was of Jamaican heritage, but in the dream, the dream character was light-skinned and possibly mixed-race
• I had been discussing cannabis with DL on the day of this dream
• I had made broccoli and blue cheese soup on the day of this dream and had consciously thought 'blue cheese' is a weird name for a strain of cannabis
• I had been discussing my education and family functions on the day of this dream with online friends
• I had a phone conversation with my Mum on the day of this dream

Waking Reactions: 
It is very frustrating that I have forgotten the majority of this dream. However, since it is so early in the day, and less than an hour after I woke up from this dream, I still have vague memories which feel like they might solidify into more concrete recollections at some point throughout the day. I have experienced this before. It is analogous to the feeling when you are searching for a word/phrase which is just out of reach and you refer to it as 'being on the tip of my tongue'. 

If I recall anything further, I will record it below. 

Dream 799

'My Friend, Hayden Christensen'

Date: 1 April 2017

Time: 21:30 - 00:30 (brief period of wakefulness) & 00:45 - 06:00 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Strong recall 

Scene 1: My Bathroom, Norwich - Time Unknown
I 'woke up' (this was a False Awakening, but I was not consciously aware of this at any stage in the dream). I was in the bath in my home in Norwich. The bathroom door started to open and I shouted out something such as: 'I'm in the bath!' but the person coming into the room did not stop. It seemed to take quite a while for the door to fully open. My flatmate SC came into the bathroom and calmly approached the side of the bath. He was joined by his girlfriend, ML. I kept expecting SC to say: 'We better leave her alone', but he did not. I felt my privacy was being invaded. 

I then woke up briefly.

* After I recorded this dream, I took a bath. I noticed that in real life, the door to my bathroom opens inwards, with the handle on the right side as you enter the bathroom. In my dream, the handle had been on the left, so that the door blocked my view of who was entering from my position in the bath. This contributed to the fact it seemed to take a long time for the door to open inwards and the person entering (SC and later ML) to be visible from behind it. 

Scene 2: A Large Room - Time Unknown
I was then in a large room, but I do not know what kind of room this was, although it did look a bit like a school hall or gym. The room was dominated by a large structure, which was made of stainless steel and looked like a climbing frame or scaffolding of sorts. It seemed to be aligned with the walls/sides of the room and was made of a series of metal bars, with a ladder up the side. People would climb the steps of the ladder and then sit at the top of the structure. on metal bars, which seemed to be quite precarious, as you had to balance and there was only one safety rail, a thin rail of metal which was at waist height when you were seated on the top. 

I climbed to the top of the structure, although I hate heights. I felt scared doing so, because it felt dangerous. The top of the structure was about 15 feet from the ground. At the top, I had to swing my legs over so that I could sit down on the metal bars. At this point, I noticed that I could see grass/bushes below me on the floor of the room. At the top, I felt very unsafe and kept worrying I would lose my balance and fall. I realised I was sitting next to Hayden Christensen, who I actually knew in the dream as a friend. He was trying to reassure me that I would not fall from the top of the structure, but I was panicking - which was a reaction I would imagine I would be having in real life. Hayden kept grabbing my ankles - I was only wearing white socks, no shoes (I noticed at this point) and his actions were making me feel more stressed. Suddenly, we were joined by NB - a female friend from my hometown of Sheringham, who is on my Facebook. She climbed over my outstretched legs (which appeared to be in Hayden's lap) to get to the other side of us, where she balanced. She seemed to be very calm and used to being on top of the structure and was also trying to reassure me that it was safe. The structure then started moving around the perimeter of the room, going up and down. I could see the grass/bushes getting closer and then further away, as if we were dipping down to the ground and then rising into the air again. My stomach leaped and I felt incredibly anxious, panicking. Hayden and NB were trying to calm me down, telling me I was safe, but I kept slipping and struggled to maintain my balance and grip on the metal rail against which I was leaning. I was sure I was going to fall and there was no way I could get down. This was terrifying. 

Scene 3: My High School Foyer, Sheringham - Day
I was then in the foyer of my high school entrance. I was with a female who appeared to be CP, a former friend from my university undergraduate days. We were drinking alcoholic drinks - pink fizzy ones in plastic glasses with straws. I put my finger in my drink to stir it. I noticed CP and I were both wearing short blue pleated tartan skirts and we discussed this, but I cannot recall what was said. I was trying to decide if I should buy £20 of cannabis and could not make up my mind. I cannot recall the context of this part of the dream either, but there was some discussion with another dream character. Through the open doorway I could see that it was a bright sunny day outside.

Scene 4: Sheringham - Day
CP and I then left the school. In the car park, she had a white car and I was designated to drive it, even though I am not able to drive and have never taken a single driving lesson. In the dream, I was aware I could not drive. However, I was shocked at my ability to drive perfectly in the dream. I thought: 'It must be because I've practiced on GTA'. CP - who was sitting in the back seat, leaning forwards - was encouraging me, telling me I was doing great. We were driving on a busy road and I was continuously shocked by how smooth my driving was and how easy I found it. Even when I thought I was oversteering or steering the car recklessly, it turned out that my driving skills were perfect. I was hoping I would not have to go round a roundabout, as this was the part that scared me the most. We parked up - we were in the car park outside The Dunstable Arms Pub, Sheringham, which is very close to my former childhood home in Pine Grove. I was not sure I wanted to do anymore driving because I was aware that I did not have a licence, nor had any teaching, so I had been lucky to be so good at it to this point. I was considering if I should apply to take my test and actually get a licence given I had discovered I could drive. CP was trying to convince me to drive the short remaining distance to where we were heading (location unrecalled). It was still a bright, sunny day. 

I cannot recall anything else about this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• None of note

Dreamsigns: 

• The actions of SC and ML in Scene 1 
• The metal structure in Scene 2
• I was with Hayden Christensen
• I was able to drive perfectly

Day Residue: 

• SC and ML have gone away for a short break, so I have been in the flat alone. When I had a bath on the day of this dream, I consciously thought that I would be able to leave the bathroom door open
• On the day of this dream I had been discussing a conspiracy theory (about 35 foot skeletons) which someone in Facebook had tried to (unsuccessfully) convince me were the ancient remains of Nephilim-human hybrids. I told him the photos he saw (which he would not show me) would be photoshopped and that I could not imagine a single room tall enough to house a 35 ft skeleton
• On the day of this dream I had been discussing Hayden Christensen with DL - and had been looking for recent photographs of him
• On the day of this dream I heard someone quote Ronan Keating 'Life is a Rollercoaster' (2000) - I think it may have been Rob Bryden's character, Bryn from Gavin & Stacey which I had been watching on the day of this dream
• I have recently been chatting to NB's brother, TB on Facebook
• On the day of this dream I had seen a photograph of someone (local) on Facebook - he was wearing a blue kilt and other Scottish clothing
• On the day of this dream I saw a photograph of a former friend from my university undergraduate days - like CP, she is someone I am no longer in contact with and these two friendships ended around the same time, during a bad period in my life
• A couple of days before this dream I had been talking about my Art GCSE with DL and mad a reference to the foyer/entrance of my high school 
• On the day of this dream I had mentioned to someone that I rarely drink alcohol anymore
• I had mentioned playing Grand Theft Auto on the day of this dream
• On the day of this dream I had been listening to a extract from a Chris Morris radio show where he encourages Paul Garner ('Man with a Mobile Phone') to engage in bizarre behaviour/conversations in public places. I had been listening to one where Morris and Garner prank a taxi driver. Morris instructs Garner to tell the taxi driver to go round the roundabout again because 'he didn't like the way he drove onto it'

Waking Reactions: 
This was a bizarre and complex dream which interwove so many different elements of my Day Residue. I found aspects of this dream terrifying, but I would not classify this dream as a nightmare. My responses to a lot of the action in this dream was very realistic - the kind of reactions/responses I would expect to have in real life. I found this dream to be very enjoyable due to how vivid and unusual it was. 

I feel that I may have forgotten some details of this dream. If I remember anything further, I will record it below. 

Popular Posts of the Month

I take an active interest in which 'historical' or past posts have been popular on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. This helps me see what has engaged readers, which online searches bring people to my Blog and gives me ideas to customise content for future posts. 

For this reason, I decided to do a new series of posts which highlights the popular content on my Blog - with the aim of bringing it to new readers who may not wish to search through the entire Blog to find interesting content. 

Here are the most popular posts this month (click on the title and the post will open in a new window):

Interpreting popular dream themes (5) - Knives & Stabbing

This is the most popular post of all time. The most common Google search which brings readers to my Blog - and the dream theme most people ask me to interpret - is undoubtedly dreams about knives or stabbing. This is a very common recurrent dream theme for myself. This article provides some possible interpretations (from a cross-cultural perspective) of dreams about knives and stabbing. I also provide advice on how to interpret dreams using dream symbolism. 

Dream 779 - 'Cancer & Makeup Molestation' (14 February 2017)

This is a very recent dream, as you can see from the date. It was a Vivid/Pre-Lucid Dream which occurred during my most recent Dream Incubation Experiment (which is linked from the post itself).

Dream 781 - 'Ewan is Stuck in a Fence' (19 February 2017)

This was another very recent dream, which was part of the same Dream Incubation Experiment. This dream featured my all-time favourite celebrity male, Ewan McGregor. 

Dream 782 - 'The Omen' (20 February 2017)

Again, another recent Dream Incubation Experiment dream.

Interpreting popular dream themes (2) - Snakes & Serpents

Snakes and serpents is another incredibly common universal dream theme and one which yields a great number of daily Google searches by people seeking interpretations. 

Dream 791 - 'Unrecorded Dreams' (9 March 2017)

Another recent dream which was Pre-Lucid. This dream featured reference to dreaming and recording dreams on this very Blog, so it was quite meta!

Interpreting popular dream themes (6) - Cats

Possible interpretations for dreams about cats.

Interpreting popular dream themes (4) - Crocodiles & Alligators

This is a surprisingly popular/common dream theme experienced by dreamers across the world. 

Dream 795 - 'Bad Hair Dying & Dying' (17 March 2017)

A very recent dream with some sexual themes.

Dream 776 - 'Page 10' (11 February 2017)

As with all the Dream Journal posts on this list, this was a recent dream - and again, it occurred during my Dream Incubation Experiment.

Dream 798

'Things Like This Don't Usually Trigger Me'

Date: 27 March 2017

Time: 17:30 - 23:30 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Strong recall 

Scene 1: Unknown Location - Time Unknown
This was a very abstract scene, involving my thoughts rather than action I can describe. I could see a pile of flat, square objects which appeared to be the size of iPhones, although some were thicker. The objects were white on the top and black on the edges. They were not stacked neatly. I was considering the way they were stacked and thinking about the different thicknesses of these unidentified items. My thoughts were abstract and confused and I was almost aware that these were dream-thoughts or dream-fragments while I was on the edge of sleep, but still partially awake. I thought to myself: 'this does not make sense'. 

Scene 2: My Bedroom, Norwich - Time Unknown
My flatmate, SC came into my room - he was there to either help me with something or tell me about something. He had a mobile phone in his hand. He sat inside the duvet of my bed, while I stood by the side of it. I said: 'Be careful, I spilled coffee in the bed'. 

I was then looking at my laptop, which as it would be in real life, was on the desk chair beside my bed. The laptop screen was 'torn' - a large tear ran from the top of the screen to the bottom, separating it into 2 pieces. I was surprised to see that my laptop still worked despite this massive amount of damage, and I wondered how I would be able to get it fixed. This frustrated me. I started to clean the keyboard of the laptop with a makeup brush, then remembered that I had put aside a 'fan brush' (which I do not use for makeup) for this purpose - which was in my drawers. I am not sure I actually went to get this brush to clean the keyboard.

Scene 4: Location Unknown - Time Unknown
I was then either with - or watching (on a video?) - Youtuber Grav3yardgirl (Bunny Meyer) and her boyfriend Dogman. Bunny was wearing a cropped top, exposing her mid-section and riding on a small rocking toy while laughing (see Dream 797 - 'Playing Horses with Bunny' which actually shows a screenshot from one of her recent Youtube videos in which she is sitting on a dog-shaped children's rocking toy). The colours in this scene were very vivid and saturated - especially dominant were bright pink and orange tones. Even the skin of Bunny and Dogman looked hyper-pigmented, as if exaggerated by photo-manipulation. I was aware that she was pregnant and I was pleased for her and Dogman. I then saw them in an exterior environment - it looked like they were standing outside a building, as all I could see was a brick wall behind them. They were hugging and laughing together. 

Scene 5: A Bedroom, Location Unknown - Time Unknown
I was then in a bedroom, which in the dream was either my bedroom or the bedroom of someone I knew well. It is not a room I recall from real life. There was a large double-bed - it may have been even bigger than a double-bed (king-sized) with a shelving unit at the end. In this scene, the colours were again, were hyper-pigmented and saturated - this time orange and green colours were predominant. I think the carpet and bed covers were orange. I crawled on the floor under the bed to pick up some items - some of which looked like green scraps of crumpled polyethene bag. I am not sure what these items were, but I was performing the task quickly, because I was aware that I was under pressure from something or someone. There was another person in the room with me - I think it may have been a male dream character, but I cannot recall seeing him, as I was crawling under the bed. When I finished picking up all the green items from the floor under the bed, I then found another pile of them on the shelving unit at the end of the bed. 

Scene 6: A Lounge Area - Night
I then was in a lounge area - like a normal home, with the usual furniture, such as sofas and coffee tables. It was quite dark in the room, which indicated to me that it was night. In the room, there was a male - he was white with thick black hair and a round face and appeared to be in his 40s. He was wearing dark coloured, casual clothing - I think it was black trousers and a navy T-shirt. I was aware that he was 'evil' and a 'sex offender'. Also in the room were 2 young white females, both thin with black hair. One of them had her hair in bunches. I was aware that these girls - who were in their late teenage years or early 20s - had been abducted by the sex offender, who was going to abuse them in this home. He was just standing there, laughing while I watched the girls, one of whom was sitting on the sofa in front of the window/curtains, and the other who was sitting in an armchair by the door to the room, which was to my right side. The girls were terrified and crying. The male dream character seemed to actually like me and I got the impression that he assumed we were 'on the same side' and that I might assist him in some way. I was enraged at this and wanted to save the girls. The male dream character, while laughing, said: '1,2,3...pose!' The 2 girls then magically appeared to be in sexual poses - it was as if they didn't need to move in any way, one moment they were seated, and as soon as the word 'pose' was ordered, they appeared in the poses. I only saw the pose of the girl sitting in front of me on the sofa (because this was the direction I was looking towards). She was in the pose of an image I had designed on my laptop recently - a cartoon-like image of a woman (supposed to be a self-portrait), from behind, with her butt, wearing a small pair of bikini bottoms, on display while she bent over, hands on the floor. When I saw the female dream character adopt this pose, she appeared to be a cartoon image, almost identical to my own piece of artwork, and I could only see the butt, nothing more of the body. It almost appeared to hover/float in the air over the sofa. To me, forcing the girls to adopt sexual poses was a criminal offence against them (sexual abuse) and I ordered that the girl on the sofa come with me so that I could save her. I grabbed her hand and told the man that: 'I wasn't part of this'. The other female, on the armchair by the door refused to leave with me and her friend, so I had to leave her behind. 

The female - whose name I either do not recall or never knew in the dream - walked out of the house. I was surprised at how easy this had been - the male dream character had made no attempt to stop us from leaving, even though he was 'evil'. Outside, we were in a suburban residential area - which looked like a typical cul-de-sac or street of houses, some with gardens and cars parked on the drive. It was night and had been raining, so everything looked dark and wet. As we walked along, holding hands, the female started to tell me about being kidnapped by the male I had just saved her from. She was crying and I was aware that she had been previously sexually abused or raped by someone and this had made the current ordeal even more traumatic for her. I was trying to reassure her that everything would be OK now. She seemed to be embarrassed about crying and said: 'Things like this don't usually trigger me'. I thought she was putting on a brave face. 

We came to the end of the road and it now seemed to be daylight. The end of the road led out onto an intersection, which looked much more urban - or at least the buildings were now much bigger and there were traffic lights and a lot of vehicles driving on the wide road, which we were going to cross. 

This location felt familiar, but I cannot recognise it from real life. There was just a strong sense that I knew where this was and I felt slightly unhappy to be here now. There was a strong sense of déjà vu - perhaps from another dream, or perhaps from a (forgotten, but subconsciously remembered) real life experience. The whole scene appeared to be strange and disconcerting to me.

We got to the other side of the road and I saw that the male dream character was there - standing in what looked to be a glass box, raised slightly off the ground, serving as some kind of bus-stop (it wasn't clear what this little area was supposed to be). The male was reading a paperback novel, which had a black,white and grey cover, with a black rose on the front. I saw that everything was quite grey - the sky was greyish and the streets and houses were all grey-toned. It seemed that the rain was still wet on the ground and it was drizzling lightly. 

Somehow I became aware that this book, read by the male, was set in the 1920s or earlier (this was unclear even in the dream as I was trying to decide if it was the 1920s or an earlier period). The book was some kind of crime drama or detective novel and I then became aware (and surprised to find out) that we were actually in the novel itself - the location we were in was in the novel. 

From the glass bus shelter, I looked out at my location and have vivid recall of looking at the streets and buildings; the traffic and other details. I saw that there were traffic lights straight ahead of us, on the other side of the street, and the cars were modern ones. This led me to say: 'This can't be the 1920s'. The male started arguing with me, saying that it was the 1920s, but I knew that logically, if I could see these modern objects, it would be impossible. I then began to doubt that we were 'inside of' or 'part of' the novel he was reading - concluding that we were in the actual real modern world instead. I pointed out the traffic lights (which I can recall had the red light illuminated, with rain visibly blurring the colour) and cars and said: 'At best this would have to be the 1980s' (I couldn't tell the precise decade/year, but I meant that the earliest possible decade it could be, based on what I was seeing, was the 1980s, possibly much later and closer to the contemporary day). I did in fact find it frustrating and confusing that I did not know which decade we were supposed to be in. 

This scene lasted a long time and I cannot recall how it concluded.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• Broken phone screens/laptops
• Grav3yardgirl (Bunny) as a dream character - see Dream 797 - 'Playing Horses with Bunny'

Dreamsigns: 

• The first scene was abstract dream fragments
• I was with Bunny and Dogman - who were expectant parents
• I saved a girl from a sex offender
• One of the girls adopted a pose which transformed her into a strange cartoon which was the same as an image I had designed on my laptop
• I was part of a novel set in the 1920s
• I was unable to recognise which decade/year we were in after challenging the idea we were in the 1920s

Day Residue: 

• I had actually spilled part of a cup of coffee I had been carrying into my own bed, on the bottom sheet
• My last dream before this one featured Bunny. Also, on the day before this dream, I had watched a Youtube video in which Bunny showed old photographs of her from high school and referred to herself as 'Baby Buns'
• Just before I fell asleep I had been watching Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) in which Natalie Portman as Padme Amidala wears a white cropped top in some scenes
• I had recently been offered some glamour modelling jobs which I had applied for on the internet (hence the idea of 'posing'
• I had designed an image of a woman (myself) bending over in a sexy pose, displaying her butt in bikini bottoms towards the viewer. I had posted this image on my Facebook, and my cousin, CAJ had commented on it (she is skilled in graphic design). My Mum and I had subsequently discussed my cousin CAJ - and her mum (my Mum;s sister; my aunt) on the day of this dream. The scene in this dream exactly replicated the image I had designed, even down to the cartoon-like style of the drawing
• I had been discussing rape/sexual assault with a Facebook friend on the day of this dream
• On the day of this dream, a man (who I was not interested in) had been trying to chat to me on Facebook. I was getting bored at his attempts, because he kept asking me pointless questions, such as '1982 or 1985?' and then attempted to tell me that I should be 'proud to be a child of the 1980s' - which I told him was a strange thing to say

Waking Reactions: 
This was a really weird and complex dream, which seemed to last for ages. It was extremely vivid to me and in particular, I noticed distinct colour palettes and the fact that colours were incredibly bright and saturated within the dream. Despite the themes of this dream, I found this a very enjoyable dream experience and upon waking, the recall was extremely strong - much more than usual. 

Dream 797

'Playing Horses with Bunny'

Date: 24 March 2017

Time: 21:00 - 03:30 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Strong recall 

Scene 1: An Institutional Room in a 'Children's Home' - Day
I cannot recall the very first part of this dream. My recall started from a scene in which I was in a very big, empty room which looked very institutional - like classroom from the period of 1980s/1990s (from the way the room appeared in the dream). I was with my favourite Youtuber, Grav3yardgirl (Bunny Meyer). Bunny was running around the perimeter of the room, with her hands held up in front of her (like a T-Rex), pretending to be a horse. I joined her. This was so funny to me that I could not stop laughing. It appeared that we were being filmed for a Youtube video. A male voiceover said: 'Dogman (Bunny's boyfriend) joined in, running around by himself'. 

Bunny and I then went out into a darkish corridor, where there was a single door at the end. A male social worker, dressed in a grey suit came through the door, with a child, who was approximately 8 years old. She was one of the orphans in the children's home and she was to be looked after (for the day) by Bunny and I. She was a white child, wearing a light-coloured party dress. Her brown hair was in bunches, tied with ribbons. 

Scene 2: A Fair/Festival - Day
Bunny, the orphan and I were at some kind of fair/festival or outside summer event. It was a sunny day. I have forgotten some elements of this scene, but something was handed to me (I cannot recall what, other than it was a small object) and I was unsure whether this item was age-appropriate to give to the orphan child. The item seemed to relate to 'education' or school. 

Scene 3: A Field of Corn/Yellow Grass - Day
I was then walking through a field of waist-height corn or yellow grass. It was a hot summer day. I approached Bunny, who was standing in the middle, in a clearing. We had a discussion, which I cannot recall, but it was friendly. I then decided to walk back across the corn/grass. Bunny told me to be careful because there were some creatures living in the corn/grass and I might stand on them. I had a vision of some bald pink baby animals, which somewhat disturbed me. I hoped that I had not stood on any of them when walking across the corn/grass to get to Bunny. I decided to 'crowd surf' or float across the top of the corn/grass and found that this was surprisingly easy to do. 

Scene 4: My Nan's House, Sheringham - Time Unknown
I was then in my Nan's house. My Mum was sitting in an armchair watching TV (at one point I looked at the TV and saw she was watching a TV show about Rolf Harris. Harris was his younger self, before the allegations/convictions for child abuse and rape. I wondered if my Mum was aware he was a sex offender). R3A was sitting at the dining table with me. We were both using our laptops. I was sitting near the living-room door and he was sitting on the other side, near the kitchen door. I could see that we were both looking at the same website - a blog which was designed in a range of bright pink colours, which belonged to a female musician. R3A was messaging her about a musical collaboration and I was just reading her blog. We had a short conversation about this female and I shut down the browser on which I had been reading her blog. 

I then saw a 'projection' of people lined up (sitting cross-legged) against the wall, under the window. It was clearly a 'projection' like a hologram, as the people shown were smaller than they would normally be, and their names were written below each one, Each person was wearing black and white clothing. The only person I recognised was AWB, and in place of her name was the word 'Insight' (which is associated with her). I was not sure if R3A had seen the projection on the wall and I asked him: 'Do you know who I really hate?' He answered: 'Yeah, Insight' to which I was surprised. I asked him how he knew this, and he said that I had told him previously and he remembered. This confused me. 

R3A then asked if he could go into the 'front room' (the second living-room where my Nan keeps her photographs and ornaments) to find some vinyl records. We both went through together to find the records. R3A then said that he wanted to go outside to smoke, and I told him that he was allowed to smoke in the house, so he did. 

There was more conversation back in the living-room. R3A asked me: 'When you saw PS did you stay up later with him than you do with me?' In the dream, this question made sense to me and I answered vaguely that I stayed up late with both of them. I knew I had 'stayed up later with PS' but was aware that R3A was hoping that I would say I stayed up later with him. I then got up from the table and walked over to R3A. I stood behind him and kissed him on the back of the neck. I was aware he was wearing a white New Era hat at this point. 

I cannot recall anything else about this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• R3A as a dream character

Dreamsigns: 

• I was with Grav3yardgirl and Dogman in a children's home
• I was able to crowd surf/float across a cornfield/grass
• R3A was in my Nan's house
• I saw a weird projection in the room
• The conversation with R3A was strange 

Day Residue: 

• I fell asleep while watching a new Grav3yardgirl video - the video was a vlog which included Bunny finding some of her childhood toys from the 1990s. At the start of the video she is shown sitting on a small rocking toy, shaped as a dog (see image, below). Dogman appears in this video and there was a scene where Bunny laughs until she has to lay on the floor, crying
• A couple of days before this dream I had been trying to describe a photograph I had seen online - to DL. I had said it was a 'fair or festival' or 'outside summer event'
• On the day of this dream I had seen some baby rabbits in the grass at my university campus
• I have been in the process of setting up a new blog and was trying to select template colours which were not too pink (i.e. more peach in colour) so that it did not look 'too girly'
• AWB is known to me because of events involving my ex-boyfriend, PS
• On the day of this dream I had mentioned N the Dog to a Facebook friend (in the context of a conversation about dogs smiling). I had said I would look for a photograph of N, and I knew there was a large chance that PS would also be in the photos

Waking Reactions: 
This was a really weird dream and was very vivid. It was clearly influenced heavily by Day Residue. I think I may have forgotten some aspects of this dream because it was so long and complex and upon waking, I struggled to recall the way the dream scenes had started/finished and various conversations which I am aware took place. I had gone to sleep in a very negative, depressed mood and I was not in a particularly positive mood when I first woke up from this dream, although I was pleased to have something to blog about after a few days of not recalling any dreams.

If I remember anything else about this dream. I will record it below. 

Dream 796

'Jobs & Broken Phones'

Date: 22 March 2017

Time: 21:00 - 04:20 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Normal recall 

Scene 1: Location Unknown - Time Unknown
My best friend from high school, SVF, was involved in some kind of scam which related to either work or education.

There were some black gloves, which has the fingertips cut out from them. 

Scene 2: An Exterior Scene - Day
I was then in an outside location - a grassy field in bright sunshine. There was a bench in the middle of the field. CEC and I were standing beside this bench, when we were approached by SW - a boy from our high school. He offered us both a job. I then saw that the bottom of my mobile phone screen was cracked, and I could almost get my finger underneath it. I was confused as to how my phone screen had broken, but I said to CEC: 'I am due to get an upgrade soon anyway'.

Scene 3: My Kitchen/Lounge, Norwich - Time Unknown
I was in my own flat, trying to decide how I could cut cheese thin enough to use it for something which required grated cheese (but in the dream I did not have a grater). I started to cut the cheese in very thin squares and laid them out on the worksurface and chopping board - there were loads, at least 20. I wondered if I had chopped up too much cheese. SC and ML came into the kitchen. They were going to make a lasagne. I started talking to ML, realising that the cheese I cut looked a little like lasagne sheets. I started to walk a short distance away and ML asked SC: 'Should be use the turmeric oil?' I felt jealous because I wanted to use turmeric oil too.

I cannot recall anything else about this dream. 

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• Broken mobile phone screen

Dreamsigns: 

• I have not seen or heard from SVF in years

Day Residue: 

• On the day of this dream I had I had posted on my Facebook profile about a job offer I received and CEC commented 
• I had been telling R3A a story about SW the day before this dream
• The day before this dream DL and I had been discussing mobile phone upgrades and how they were due soon for both of us
• On the day of this dream I had eaten cheese - and cut it rather than grated it - not because I did not have a grater, but because I could not be bothered to grate it
• I saw ML make a lasagne in my kitchen a while ago and we had a conversation about whether you should pre-soak/soften lasagne sheets before constructing the lasagne
• I used to use a homemade turmeric oil (made from the grated root of fresh turmeric) to treat my acne (it worked). I currently have acne and had recently mentioned it to ML
• SVF and ML both have Scottish heritage 

Waking Reactions: 
I have forgotten almost all of this dream - there seemed to be a lot more detail to it than I have been able to recall. If I remember anything else, I will record it below. 

Dream 795

'Bad Hair Dying & Dying'

Date: 17 March 2017

Time: 23:00 - 15:00 (I woke up from this dream naturally after a VERY long sleep!)

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Strong recall - some aspects forgotten due to length of period of sleep

Scene 1: Location Unknown - Time Unknown
I was with an unrecalled dream character. I was trying to bleach my hair so that I could apply a bright (unnatural) colour to it. I applied the bleach to my hair, but not all over - I only recall putting it on the roots of my hair and the ends and some parts of the midsection. I was looking at my hair to see if the colour lifted, and noticed that before my eyes it was turning a coppery colour. I rinsed the bleach off and saw that the very ends of my hair were peroxide blonde, which I liked. However, various parts of my hair were still black and there were also patches of bright pink and blue, which I did not want. I thought my hair looked like a mixed-up mess and wished it just had the blonde parts. I then saw myself from third-person perspective, from behind - so that I could see my hair properly. I was angry.

Scene 2: A Car - Dusk
I was in a car with R3A - who was apparently driving (or no-one was), because I was sat in the right-hand seat, but as a passenger, which leads me to the assumption that this was a left-hand drive car. It was dusk - the sky was a deepening blue shade - and we were driving through an urban city area. I was wearing a black 'tattoo choker' around my neck and I was wondering if this made me look like I had more of a double-chin than usual. I was considering taking it off, but decided that it went well with my outfit (which I cannot recall, or did not actually see in the dream). I cannot recall any conversation with R3A at all.

Scene 3: A House - Time Unknown
I was then in a house - it belonged to JML in the dream, and he was present. He was wearing a towelling dressing gown (in Yves Klein blue), white socks and Adidas slide-on sandals. There was some conversation, which I cannot specifically recall, but the tone was sexual i.e. JML was propositioning me for sex. He led me to another room in the house, which I assumed to be his bedroom. It was very messy, with clothes and books all over the floor and on every surface, other than a sofa which was against the wall. We sat on the sofa. JML started to kiss me and I knew that we were going to have sex. I put my hand inside the robe and found he was wearing underwear and I was trying to get my hand inside that so that I could play with his penis. I could not find a way to get my hand inside and JML was not assisting me, he was running his hands over my (clothed) body. I cannot recall what else happened in this scene. 

Scene 4: The Forest - Day
I found myself in a location in the forest, near my university, which is a place I had been to in real life shortly before this dream. I was wondering what to do with my life - it felt like my life was over. I cannot explain what I mean, other than I thought I had already had my chance at living a productive, enriching life and had failed, so now I was past the point of  trying. I felt like I had wasted my life and not made the most of it by my age. I felt so alone and lonely. In my mind, the only option was suicide, but recognising this option was open to me - a get-out clause - was positive and gave me hope that I would not need to continue living a boring, banal. pointless and lonely existence. I had great optimism about the prospect of ending my life now and the alternative option of continuing to live and improve my circumstances never figured in my decision-making. 

Scene 5: Location Unknown - Time Unknown
There was a scene involving family members - specifically my female cousins HM and CAJ. I cannot recall what was happening. There was something creepy or horror-like about this scene which I have also forgotten. 

I cannot recall anything else about this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• R3A as a dream character
• JML as a romantic/sexual interest - see Dream 794 - 'My Love Rival'

Dreamsigns: 

• I had dyed my hair a variety of different colours
• I saw myself in third-person perspective
• I was involved in some kind of sexual relationship with JML

Day Residue: 

• A few days before this dream I had been discussing hair bleaching (the difficulty in bleaching out the colour of thick, black non-Caucasian hair types) with a Facebook friend in a conversation about dying hair different colours. On the day of this dream I had mentioned this earlier conversation to DL
• I had seen a black tattoo choker on a Grav3yardgirl Youtube video on the day before this dream
• On the day of this dream DL had shown me a hip hop video (artist unrecalled) in which the rapper was wearing a dressing gown
• I saw some Adidas slide-on sandals online shortly before this dream - one of my Facebook friends had posted an image and joked about people wearing them with socks and I had also seen an online advert for some, separately
• I had been looking up the hex code for 'Yves Klein blue'
• My previous dream involving JML - see Dream 794 - 'My Love Rival'
• I had been walking in the forest a couple of days before this dream
• I had been having a Facebook conversation with my cousin CAJ a couple of days before this dream

Waking Reactions: 
This was an incredibly long and complex dream which was very vivid. I have forgotten a great deal of this dream due to the fact that I had such a long sleep and I am not sure exactly when this dream took place (i.e. at what stage of my sleep cycle). It may be that I am able to recall other information about this dream, so if I subsequently remember any other details, I will record it below.

I did not wake up feeling suicidal after this dream, despite the fact that this was a theme in the dream itself. When I was experiencing suicidal ideation (in real life), it would most frequently happen upon waking, in the moments of regaining consciousness. I think my dream was reflecting on these real life memories.