A recurring dream has just happened. And I was awake!

Yes, yes.. very close already. It's like those miniature things where you can hang near your bedroom window.. they say the dream-catchers will suck up bad dreams. But I don't believe it so far though.. but I must say the things are cute..

Thanks for the tip, Thea.. I wonder about dream-catchers too, though I don't believe, just as I don't believe in those dream myths.. What's your take on dream-catchers?

Okay I confess Zed, haven't got a clue what dream catchers are, it sounds like it could be in line with crystals and horoscopes, if it is I'm a complete sceptic

Hi sunny, I don't know if it's better not to dream at all or not, everyone does dream but those who sleep deeper tend to recall them less. I don't interpet them or anything like that but found it ironic that a regular nasty dream of mine did come true, I'd much rather have pleasant dreams. I don't believe in the tooth fairy either

I'm only smiling with my mouth closed tight until next week Sunny

good to see your smile. no harm in believing in tooth fairy. you never know when you get a good news....LOL

Yassou, bless your heart, i'm again sorry that this has happened & tht your plans have been spoiled but ur teeth are more important than any plans u could have & this is a voice of evperience speaking to u so don't take offense. U don't want to end up like i have w/two partials in my mouth to worry with just because i didn't go to the dentist like i should have, U need to be a big girl, put that fear aside & get those teeth fixed like they need to be. Listen to your aunty.

I'm listening Aunty really, I even did try to go today thinking if he could fix it early I could have still had my day away but it was not to be. Anyway it's raining where we were heading and it's now torrential here so a bit dodgy on the roads after being dry so long. I was looking forward to being taken out to dinner though and now all I'll be able to eat is some clear chicken soup I made and kept in the freezer for an emergency. So I'll be there at 10 in the morning Aunty, though shaking with fear.

Yassou Aunty, it seems as I expected that this tooth dream is not at all uncommon and also has the rather nasty habit of coming true. My fear of the dentist makes my heart race when I'm in that chair and I won't let poor Kostas anywhere near me until he's given me an injection. Actually Kostas is the best dentist I've ever had but he speaks not a word of English but I do feel more at ease with him than with any other dentist. I phoned him the second he opened this morning but he was just off to town for the day and can't see me until the morning, even though I pleaded my case. I had such lovely plans for today and tomorrow and now they are all spoilt as can't leave the house in case it means opening my mouth and scaring people, and all I'll be able to eat all day is yogurt. And you'll understand the irony here Aunty, this is the first non red hot day all summer, perfect for the plans I had. So now I'll be mylotting instead. My son agrees I'm not allowed to show my face in public which just shows you how horrid it looks.

Well to answer that one I'm certainly used to what I have appearance wise but I wouldn't leave the house in my at home slob out style. I'm perfectly fine with the way I am but not at all fine about venturing out with a broken tooth at the front, it looks horrid and everyone would stare at it. I had the misfortune a few years back to be stuck in one of those hideous surgical collars for a few weeks which did nothing at all to enhance my appearance but I still went outside and people were nice about it. When I complained to my Doc about having to wear the thing outside it wasn't vanity it was the heat underneath the thing.

I have the running slowly but not getting anywhere one too! In addition to the one where I am in a fight but not able to hit as hard as I'd like to!

Hi UK shree, I've never had a fight one at all. Bet you had the one about not knowing anything when you walked into the exam even though you'd studied really hard for it. Was I right to get annoyed with the middle interjection in this box by the way, did you feel too that the implication was one of 'vanity' and out of place, love to hear

Hi Kitty my dear, that sounds horrid, why would you let yourself think horrible things like that when you're awake, you should stamp them right out. Right now my tooth is scaring my son as it's not a pretty sight which means I won't be going anywhere public until it's sorted so now I just have to hope that Kostas can fit me in in the morning which will be a gruelling not to mention expensive business. Kostas speaks not a word of English and when I'm in terror in that chair all the Greek goes out of my head and I can say some really stupid things which amuse Kostas so much he goes out and recounts them to the whole waiting room. Highly amusing I don't think.

Hello my friend Not like I want to think these things it pops into my head whenever I am in a car, I snap out of it but the thought does come to mind I was in a accident once I think that may/may not have something to do with it, it was not bad I was not hurt scared out of my mind because it could have been worse the taxi was speeding I said slow down no need to rush it is raining he did not listen then Bam right into the (thinking) top of the bridge where the underpass was nothing but road/cars we could have went over I have not spoke about this in so long maybe this is why? you just helped me my friend thea therapy how about that, sometimes we have to laugh to keep from crying my friend thanks. I hope all goes well tomorrow tell your dentist to be serious until the job is done, what will he do in one day? remove the tooth? I am in the process of getting work done and it is taking forever grrr

Hi Kitty, I think that's the first time I've been referred to as a therapist though I do often give eminently practical advice. Do you drive yourself? I would think the best way to stop having thoughts about being in car accidents is to take control and take to the wheel yourself. I have been known to be a very bad passenger sometimes but getting in the car with some of the looney drivers around here justifies it, not too keen on hair pin bends at over 100 miles an hour. As to the dentist, I'll save him up for some of these other responses

Hi Xzcess, I rather like the evil plan to rule the world but I rather think my devious ten year old might make it first. You should wake yourself up from your dream and write down the formula if it makes any sense at all when you're actually awake. The tooth itself looks unsightly rather than painful but I'm not risking any solid food, the dentist isn't there until tomorrow

Oh, pffs, silly me, almost forgot. Sorry about your tooth, and hope it starts feeling better soon, and hope the dentist treats you nicely. Take care.

Aww, how about me and him being partners in this adventure, hmm?? The formula, should be around here somewhere. I am sure i noted it down but with my short attention span, i have completely forgotten where it is that i put it. Dentist is not there, so you have to wait a day extra for the appointment ?

Hi gerty, mine was sort of an off and on dream over a few years, not something I consciously thought of, just a pity it had to be that one that came true, especially combined with my total fear of dentists. Well hopefully no chance of dungeons and torture coming true for you thank goodness. I often have one where I'm stuck in the middle of a violent riot but that one is probably just through watching the news as I've never been anywhere near a riot.

Hi Hatley, I expect that you were in pain while you were dreaming and realised whilst you were sleeping that you had a toothache. The thought of an abscessed tooth is making me cringe My dream has been recurring not as in every night but maybe say every few weeks on and off for years. Unfortuantely when I woke this morning I still had a broken tooth so all my lovely plans I had for today and tomorrow have now been ruined.

Hi dawnald, I just don't get why I don't get dreams like that, at least not about anyone I like. Get the kissing but not the nice dreams, what do I get, crumbling teeth dreams. Sweet dreams.

You lucky thing neildc, a recurring dream of the one you love, I hardly ever have nice dreams like that. I'm much more likely to see a man in my dreams in a romantic way that I completely don't expect to see there and then feel embarassed when I see them in real life. The real man never gets a look in in my dreams even when I go to sleep thinking of him.

hi Fortunata, lucky you not having nasty dreams like that coming true but I've actually not been alone here with the very same dream which I rather suspected would be the case. At least it didn't happen to me in public like the poor woman you worked with. No dentist for me today though when I actually want to go as can't leave the house until this unsightly mess is fixed, the dentist isn't opening until tomorrow.

Hi Sweetchariot, well you didn't come through with the ending I expected on there, thank goodness, I thought you were going to say that she did break her neck. Spooky though. The thing that gets me with all this though is its now 9 days since I broke my tooth and I'm still waiting for the dentist to telephone to say the new crown is finally ready, I'm getting fed up of only going out with my hand over my mouth and scaring children

Hi Letran, do you realise that your change of avatar makes your words sound different to usual, true. So you had a bad dream come good at the end, that's different at least. And if you'd taken any notice of the dream you wouldn't have bothered going and lost the job

Oh, you've gone and done it again. Mind you I was going to suggest the last one could do with a shave

well, i have ways to express myself in the avatar. I kept changing because it bores me seeing the same picture everyday. really? how different i can be have a great day

Okay, I didn't see this comment posted at the same time as your first one. The first one made me so cross as I thought you were bringing some feminist agenda into a discussion which is just a bit of frippery and it did make me mad, I thought you were implying I was appearance obsessed so you should know that after answering your comment i was annoyed at myself for doing so as what i should have done was ask you to move your comment to a more appropriate agenda such as feminism or something. So now I presume you didn't mean it in a mean way and I thought you did and immediately posted a discussion about why people feel the need to put this sort of comments on discussions. It did make me mad that I'd answered it though and you probably didn't mean anything by it I hope. Anyway that discusson is up now so if you see it that's the reason why but I you aren't named. I still think the comment should have been left out because you may or may not have realised how it could have been interperted. Anyway it's much nicer to see a pleasant response from you here.

Hi Prash I really don't need to learn to accept reality as I am a very realistic person now facing the harsh reality of not being able to see the dentist until tomorrow when I needed to see him today, calculating the likey costs of the painful encounter to come tomorrow, and accepting of the fact that my lovely plans for today and tomorrow have now had to be cancelled all over a stupid tooth. And I really am getting hungry as don't want to risk biting anything. Real enough my dear Prash?

Hi Andrew, well I'll wish you luck for Thursday Andrew and you can do the same for me for tomorrow. I presume if you go every six months you are one of that minute and select people who have managed to retain a NHS dentist. I believe there is great difficulty in the UK in even being able to see a dentist? Here it is easy to find a good dentist once you know which ones to avoid and mine will always fit me in if he can which he can't today as he isn't there until tomorrow. Once he was kind enough to ask a packed waiting room if they minded if I went in before them all when he saw I was in great pain.

Hi doglady, you are the second person so far to also share this dream, I knew it must be the sort of thing other people had to. Beware it could come true for you as it has for me, nasty thought. And I'm one of those people who hates the dentists chair so if I know I have to go the fear builds up in me first and I have to force myself to make that call. I certainly won't be doing any grinning today as it's a horrible sight and the dentist informed me he won't be there until tomorrow.

Hi jackie, so your dreams are clearly influenced by external factors such as action films, I suppose that if you enjoy watching that kind of thing then you'd be quite happy for them to feature in your dreams. Just hope they don't influence you enought to send you out on the lookout for bare handed fights with the bad guys, you could end up losing

So your recurring dream has not in fact happened in reality.