The most common dream... / myLot

February 9, 2007 7:25pm CST

I kept on having this dream since I was a child. Every now and then, I would just fall asleep and then dream that I am falling from a high building (there are always stairways in this dream) just to wake up with a sudden shock (like muscles contraction). This shock is like a simulation to the impact between me and the ground inside the dream. I've searched for information about this dream and found that it was one of the so called "common dreams". It is said to be because of anxiety in real life or something like that. What surprises me is that I stopped having this dream for 3 years, but I had it again last week. Exactly the same dream at the beginning of my sleep. Other forms of common dreams are flying, falling teeth....etc. Anyone had any of these common dreams?

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Eiloin

@Eiloin (327)

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12 Feb 07

I 've never dreamt that I am falling. I use to dream that I can fly about until my 16 or 17, then I never saw this dream again except once like 3 or 4 years ago. I read somewhere that dreaming that you are flying suggest you are too confident that you can solve very easily your problems, or that you tend to escape from them. I kind of seem to have lost this self-confidence by the years. A dream I have very frequently, especially when I am stressed, is that I enter in an elevator, but the elevator does not stop where it is supposed to. A few times it goes through the roof and keeps going up, but most of the times it goes down in the interior of the earth. Actually many times I dream I want to go upstairs but the elevator goes downwards, once I even dreamt that I am approaching to hell, and I woke up with a dry mouth. I think its about my fear of situations that I cannot control them and with a slight claustrophobia I have

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cerium

@cerium (689)

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12 Feb 07

I agree. I think that we dream according to our mental state. I think it depends (in a way) on our personalities. So, it's a good thing that there was no falling in your dreams :) Thank you for your response.

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suedarr

@suedarr (2382)

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19 Feb 07

Yes, I have had these common dreams. While dreaming of flying can be fun, I have had the dream of my teeth breaking and falling out and those are more like nightmares in that I find them disturbing!

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cerium

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19 Feb 07

I never had the flying or falling teeth dreams, though I know they are quite common. Only the dream in which I fall of this type which I have frequently. It's interesting to know how dreams works. I think it's kinda connected to what we feel (or our state) in our real life. Thank you for the response.

piggy0713

@piggy0713 (41)

• Malaysia

11 Feb 07

or mayb this is a sign??

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cerium

@cerium (689)

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12 Feb 07

I am not sure. It is just too common to be a sign! Maybe it's a reaction of my mental state like anxiety or fear from something. Maybe. Thank you for your response.

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ShaneA

@ShaneA (18)

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10 Feb 07

What do you mean by falling teeth? Why do you think that it is common? I think the falling dream and flying dream is common I have them all the time.

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cerium

@cerium (689)

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10 Feb 07

I read about it and heard from some people that they sometimes have their teeth falling during a dream. As for me, I never dreamt that I was flying nor that my teeth were falling. Only myself falling. Thank you for your response.