Afternoon Dreams

March 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Have you been dreaming that there is an elephant sleeping in your garden? Or that you are trying to construct a satellite tracking dish from a banana? Or perhaps that you keep meeting Madonna at the dentist or in a car park? No matter how crazy or scary your dreams might seem to be, they are full of information that can help you to make more sense of your waking life.

On Friday 26th March, I will be analysing your dreams with the wonderful Steve Wright on Steve Wright in the Afternoon. If you have a dream that you would like to have analysed, please send it in at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/steve-wright-in-the-afternoon/dream-analysis/

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Bedrooms and Bathrooms

March 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Dream
Hello Ian
I was desperate to use the bathroom whilst wandering around an office block full of multi-bed rooms and large ablution facilities i.e. rows of sinks toilets showers etc. I am constantly meeting people and therefore never get to use the bathroom.
Thanks, Jim

Meaning
Dreaming about different rooms usually indicates that you are thinking different aspects of your own character. Bathrooms are where you go to get rid of what is no longer healthy or sustaining for you and to clean up any situations that might be getting a bit messy. A bedroom is often where you are most relaxed and aware of who you really are and what you really need.

Wandering around the office block shows that you are desperate to express your own needs in your workplace but you are wondering how to do it. All the beds and the bathrooms suggest that you often have the opportunity to tell others what you need but you never actually manage to do this. This is because you are constantly meeting the needs of other people rather than looking after your own needs.

Although you hope that your own needs will be met if you look after the needs of your colleagues, they usually just end up dumping their problems on you. The best way to resolve this tension is to establish some personal boundaries by making sure that you put your own needs before the needs of others now and again.

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Buying the Farm

March 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Dream
Hello Ian,
I dreamt that I had bought a big new farm property and I was wandering around the farm. I kept getting startled by huge machines suddenly roaring to life. I thought of my two young daughters. I thought I should look for them to make sure they didn’t get near to the machines. I saw them at the edge of a huge pit, throwing their pocket money into it. I tried to talk to them calmly to come away from the edge. They began to step into the pit. I quickly pulled them to safety and they gave me a whole lot of bread loaves that they had found. What on earth can this possibly mean?
Thank you, Eric

Meaning
The purchase of the farm in your dream suggests that you have recently invested in a business that will provide the opportunity for you to cultivate a great deal of personal wealth. As you explore your new business in greater detail, you are surprised at the unfamiliar processes and procedures that are needed to make the business a going concern.

Your two young daughters symbolise a couple of business ideas that are very close to your heart but are still at an early stage in their commercial development. You are keen to incorporate these ideas in your new business venture but are worried that they will be compromised by the machinery of corporate reality. You are also anxious that these two ideas might end up being of little commercial value and you will have to keep throwing money at them.

Although you try and keep calm in your business discussions, you are concerned that your own ideas might just disappear into a financial black hole. You understand that you have to act quickly to avert a commercial disaster and ensure their future viability. By protecting your ideas, you realise they have the potential to make you a lot of bread.

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Downstairs Visitor

March 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Dream
Hi Ian
I am upstairs in my detached house, looking out to some distant hills. I can hear water running down the side of the house. Some one comes in to the house with a key but I pretend that I’m not there. They go about making lunch – I can smell food cooking I worry that they may come upstairs so I try to close the door to the room that I am in – but it is only a piece of fabric – no door.
Robert

Meaning
Dreaming of being upstairs in a house shows that you are looking at your life from a rational and theoretical perspective. You are spending a lot of time thinking about ideas and concepts that will help you to make sense of your current situation. This lofty viewpoint helps you to distance yourself from other people and to remain emotionally detached.

The visitor with the key is someone who is making you aware of more emotional aspects of your character that you usually keep locked away and hidden from view. Cooking lunch often symbolises an opportunity for shared fulfilment and you are instinctively attracted towards this. However, the presence of this person is making you question your rational views of the world and that is making you quite anxious.

Even though you try to close yourself away from the influence of this person, you realise that you cannot avoid them even though you are trying to give the appearance of being unavailable. There is  no solid reason to ignore this person who has come into your life. You know deep inside that your best option is to stop hiding behind your intellect and begin coming to terms with your feelings for them.

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Dreams on The Hour

March 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Should you leave your iPhone out of the bedroom? What does it mean when you dream that you keep finding your cat in your bag at the supermarket checkout? Can a lettuce sandwich before bedtime really promote a better sleep?*

All these questions and more were answered during a chat with the lovely Michelle McManus and the charming Stephen Jardine on STV’s The Hour. You can catch the whole interview here on the STV Player.

*Although some people are big fans of the pre-bedtime lettuce sandwich, its effectiveness  still remains to be fully tested under laboratory conditions. For further insight on snacks and sleep, there is some more information in the Dream Dairy diary entry.

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Earthquakes and Eruptions

March 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Dream
Hello Ian
I don’t know if it’s because of the recent earthquake in Chile and the volcano in Iceland, but I keep having a dream where I am just walking down the street and suddenly everything starts to shake. Big gaps start appearing in the roads and hot gases start erupting out of a big hole that has opened up in front of me. A big flow of boiling lava is heading towards me but instead of running away, I manage to arrange some uprooted paving slabs into a channel and direct the lava into the hole to fill it up and smooth it over.
James

Meaning
Our dreams use our past and present experiences to express thoughts and feelings that we find difficult to articulate in waking life, so we often incorporate current events into them. Dreaming of walking down the street indicates that your life seems to have been proceeding quite routinely. However, something has happened recently that has shaken you up a bit and you are trying to navigate your way through all the disruptions.

Earthquakes occur when two apparently stable areas collide and this suggests that one area of your life is beginning to severely impact another area. This might be that your work life is starting to affect your home life and is causing a lot of friction. This conflict is creating a lot of unseen tension under the surface and starts to erupt as you feel the need to vent your frustrations.

Although this situation is potentially quite destructive, you have the presence of mind to try and make the most of this frustrating experience. Rather than trying to run away from the situation and avoid it, you are channelling your energies into finding a way to patch things up. This will help to resolve these underlying tensions in your life.

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Expert Ko Poocho

March 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The charming Gagan Grewal has a great show on the BBC Asian network. He has a very interesting part of his show where he invites listeners to send in questions that they would like answered by an expert. This particular question was ‘Why do we sometimes forget our dreams?‘ and you can listen my expert reply in this nodcast…

 
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Flying Fish

March 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Dream
Hi Ian
I have been having a dream where I seem to be a flying fish. I feel myself swimming along just below the surface and then suddenly I am flying through the air above the waves. I dive back into the sea and start swimming again. For some reason I start going deeper but it begins to feel really uncomfortable. It’s like the whole ocean is oppressively weighing down on me. There is a small treasure chest lying on the sea floor, like you would find in a goldfish bowl. It has a key in the lock and when I open it up, it’s full of gold coins.
Thanks, Debbi

Meaning
When you dream of flying, it often indicates that you are experiencing a sense of freedom and exhilaration in your waking life. Dreaming of being a fish shows that you are reflecting on your instincts and how easily you find it to navigate your feelings. This suggests that you are currently  feeling liberated and excited, as if you are falling in love.

You are anxious to know how long this exciting period will last so you start to explore your feelings more deeply. Although you are happy to experience your emotions as they rise up to the surface, it makes you feel really uncomfortable when you examine them in more depth. As well as symbolising feelings, water often represents past experiences and memories.

You feel as if the past is weighing down oppressively on you and preventing your continued contentment. However, the small treasure chest represents a valuable emotional experience that has made a deep impression on you and holds the key to future happiness. This experience shows that you will find it valuable to really open up your emotions and get them off your chest, rather than just skimming along the surface and hoping that everything will be alright.

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Fur Coat Factory

March 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Dream
Hi Ian
I dreamt that I was hurrying across the road to a factory where I used to work when young. The bus was coming  and several other people were going for the same bus. For some reason I looked over my shoulder  I saw the Queen fall backwards into a muddy puddle.  I needed to catch the bus  but I felt that I should go to help her.  Her beautiful ermine coat was covered in mud.  I felt really upset  because I knew that it was ruined. There was really nothing that I could do  no one spoke. When I awoke  I felt as though I ought to have done something to help  but felt powerless to assist.  What could this mean?
Laura

Meaning
In your dream, hurrying to the factory indicates that there is some new situation happening in your workplace. The approaching bus suggests that you have the chance for promotion and this opportunity is being pursued by several other people. However, your rush to be promoted is causing some tension between you and your workmates. The Queen symbolises one of your colleagues who takes great pride in their work and has always been well respected by others.

Although she is the obvious candidate to succeed to the new post, she has become involved in an emotional issue at work and this has turned into quite a messy situation. A coat often symbolises how we behave in the workplace and her fur coat shows her to be powerful with a spotless character. Even though this lady has a great track record, her enviable reputation has become muddied.

You would really like to help your colleague because you know that her indiscretion will probably ruin her career, but you also realise that helping her will prejudice your own chances of promotion. The powerlessness you feel in the dream reflects your frustration at having to choose between forwarding your career or helping your friend.

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iPhone Inferno

March 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Dream
Hey Ian
I keep dreaming that I am sitting in a big comfy chair at my desk in the office. Everything seems fine but I cannot get my iPhone to work properly – it just shows a big clock ticking away. I try to get my messages but the clock won’t go away. I suddenly think that it might be a bomb ticking away and it bursts into flames in my hand. I quickly let go of it and it sets fire to my desk and then the whole office. I manage to escape outside and am relieved to still be alive.
Michael

Meaning
When you dream of sitting at your desk in the office, it indicates that you are considering the various aspects of your career in waking life and the professional direction that you are taking. Although you seem to be very comfortable in your position and everything seems fine, there is something about your job that is unsettling you in some way.

Your iPhone is a device that you use to communicate with the world around you and it symbolises that you are trying to communicate an important message to yourself. For some reason, you feel that time is running out for you and this suggests that you have recently become aware of a potential opportunity and are scared that you will miss out on it.

The fact that you think that your phone might be a bomb shows that this opportunity has the potential to create a lot of power and energy for you. However, the flames in your hand suggest that you need to take immediate action to make the most of this chance. You know that if you let this opportunity go, it could affect your whole career and you might find yourself stuck in the same job forever.

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