Freebird

I recently had a dream that seems to have struck me funnier than other dreams in the past. I dreamt I looked down at my left arm because I felt like a few nerves in my forearm were going crazy. when i looked down i saw three parakeet heads poking out of my skin and what appeared to be the rest of them buried under it. They were alive and there were no wounds what so ever around the birds. they were pecking at the skin trying to get free and i thought, there's no way i can get these birds out. If i pull on them i might snap their heads and kill them. So i just continued on in my dream. Later on somehow it came back to that dream where i look down again, and this time there's a black arm warmer covering where the skin was covering on the birds. so i pulled the fabric away from my arm to free the birds and dozens of birds came flying out. as if my whole forearm was packed with birds trapped under an arm warmer.

A few things currently going on in my life... I'm 5 months pregnant, been under a lot of stress at work where i have sharp deadlines. I work as a graphic artist. I have an 8 year old and have been married for 9 years. I've been struggling with relationship issues and carry a lot of regret and guilt that cannot really be explained to many people.

I hope you can tell me what this symbolizes. I remember details down to the texture of the fur on the birds heads and the holes in the beak where the nostrils are... to even the curve of their beaks. Thank you in advance.

Trin

Targeted

I recently had a dream, it was very short, but disturbing. Of what i remember, it started off in a Target store and a younger guy approached me. As he approached me, he said to leave his sister alone. I said, "I don't know you or your sister, so whatever dude." I then walked away, but as I walked away he grabbed my shoulder to turn me around and said that he will show me and proceeded to shoot me 4 times, and the fifth time square in the head...I then woke up. Can you possibly help me with what this may mean, if anything?

Thank you

Tony

Lift Spider

Dear Peregrin,

I'm 24. I dreamt I was in a hotel with my parents. We were trying to take the elevator somewhere. When the lift door closed, I saw my Dad twitch. He quietly told us that there was a spider and told us not to be scared. When the lift door opened, I saw the biggest spider I've ever seen in my life. It was the width of the entire elevator and it was just quietly hidden above the elevator door, with only its big legs and part of its body exposed. My parents ran out and I ran out after them. We had to take the elevator a few more times. The spider did not attempt to jump down and hurt us. It just stayed where it was.

I am so freaked out! This morning when I woke up to take the elevator, I glanced up the lift door, scared to see something, yet scared not to check before I walked under it. =(

Shue

Rosy Street

Hi,

Thank you very much for being so kind as to interpret my dream. I usually do a bit of soul searching after I dream, but this dream was short, quite vivid and made no sense to me.:)

I was in a car (not sure it was mine) and found myself driving down a street in which every house, including woodwork and even the sky was a deep rose color. The houses were quite large, like Victorians, fairly close together. And in one house I could see a lamp in the second-floor window and lamp shade and curtains were also a deep rose. At one point another car came from the right and lightly hit my front passenger door. I came to a stop and was looking for ID and felt relieved that everything was in order. I don't remember any actual damage to the car. Just a sense of relief that my papers were in order.

Thank you very much.

Christa

Mystery Girl

Dear Peregrin,

Hello, first and foremost thank you for reading this and getting back to me with a reply. Without beating the bush much further let me jump right in.

A while back I had a dream where I was sitting with a girl. I can't precisely remember what she looked like but we were on a wall. She didn't have a name, and if she did I can't remember it. Well we began talking and we both soon realized that it was all merely a dream. She looked at me scared and asked me what happened when I woke up. She wanted to know if she was going to live or die or stop existing. She thought completely on her own separate from my own thoughts. I told her I didn't know. She then hung tightly on me and I held her back. I woke up crying.

That was some time ago. Then a few days ago I had a dream where I was on an island. On that island there was a school. For some reason I was attending it. I can't precisely remember the events that took pace only that the school was large and it was very dark. The sky was dark and water was rough and it was windy. I had accidentally dropped something. A ell phone I believe and I forgot about it. When I remembered it I was in class. In the class I was in there was a girl I like. Well to try and get her attention I stood in front of hte class asking if anyone would like to come search for my cell phone with me. The only person to reply was a quiet girl. I think she was red headed. So I sighed and agreed. We began walking. I can't precisely remember what happened but we soon fell in love. I was happy. I soon woke up after other events happened that I can't precisely remember. What I do remember is the girl was with me through out the rest of the dream. She also gripped onto me and was afraid of me going. I soon realized it was the same girl who realized she was just a dream...

Realizing this made me remember another dream I had that remains with me, I can't remember everything precisely but I'll do my best to describe it. It happened after the first dream and before the second one I described. Well in it I woke.As I usually do when I first wake up I roll over to check my cell phone. I see I have a few missed calls and a voice message. It was from my ex. I got out of bed and went to take my brothers to school as I typically do. Except the sky was dark the wind was blowing and something just seemed wrong. I realized it was just a dream and I woke up. I rolled over to check my phone. I had a weird voice mail from a girl begging for my help. I didn't know who it was and I felt terrible about it. I got out of bed. I then ended up at the mall where there were a few people I knew. I realized it was still a dream and I got pretty upset. Then I saw a girl up after some escalators and I realized she needed some help. I wasn't sure who it was, but even though I knew it was only a dream I decided to help anyway. As soon as I go up to the girl I woke up. This time I was upset. I cursed and said if this was still a dream I would be very pissed off. I roll over to check my phone. Another call the same girl. Then something else. Well I end up at a movie theater. At the movie theater I see a strange looking man. I walk up to him and for some reason I ask him who he was. He told me blatanly he was the reason I could not wake up. I stood there as he laughed and merely called him a dick.. That's when velociraptors started attacking. I had to kill them all and he told me if I wanted to save her I would destroy them all. So I was well on my way. Until I woke up. This time I was so angry I went to check if I was asleep and punched myself in the face really hard. Needless to say this time it wasn't a dream. Well I went around all day thinking about it.

After having the second dream I described I realized the girl in the above dream was the same. The same girl in all three dreams. Now a little about me to help clarify things. First and foremost I have a few mental illnesses which are not being treated. This does include DID unfortunately. I have history of abuse among other things. I am currently 20 out of school and unemployed. I have a deep interest in the paranormal and the undead. My original presumption was that this girl was a succubi, but that would be impossible because she would appear more often and she would perform sexual acts with me in the dreams. She also wasn't any sort of vampire because there are no vampires that have that capability (with adult males anyway).Also it could not possibly be some sort of ghost since no other paranormal activity is occurring in my house.

Also my typical good dreams aren't what many people consider good. The dreams I enjoy are ones filled with monsters and zombies. I usually battle whatever it is and I wake up fulfilled, it's any other dreams (especially realistic ones) that I can not handle. Hopefully that is enough information. I just hope that you can provide some sort of help. I could not figure this one out on my own. Thank you in advance.

Joel

Sex on the Beach

I had a LUCID dream about me and my boyfriend seeing each other on the beach. I started kissing him and he pulled back and dove into the water. Then I saw my secret crush and he came over and started making out with me. I had sex with the crush and it really did feel good. Was this dream telling me I am a slut, or was there a deeper meaning?

Kitty

Beloved Pet Attacks

Hi,

A friend of mine gave me your address after she had written to you about a dream she had. Your analysis was right on. I am hoping that you could provide some insight into a recurring dream that I have been having lately. It has only happened a handful of times over the past few months, but each time it has disturbed me. While the dream has been different each time, a certain occurrence remains almost the same.

Just a little background. When I was growing up my family had a pet cat named Sam. He and I had an instant bond, as people with pets often do, and he was soon known as "my" pet more than any other of the family. I loved Sam, and I knew he loved me.

Now on to my dream:

The first time I had the dream I was alone. I was sitting on my couch and Sam was under the coffee table. He was in a playful mood and I was putting my hand down and quickly taking it away as I often did when I played with him. Suddenly, he got a malicious look in his eye. He jumped from under the coffee table and bit into my neck, his paws wrapped around me, claws digging into me. I was terrified! I tried to get him off without hurting him but knowing that I would have to hurt him to do so, but his grip was too strong...I woke up with a gasp at that point.

Last night I had another dream. I was sitting in a kitchen chair that my family had as I was growing up. I don't think I was in my childhood home, however. I remember there being someone around, a friend, but I cannot say who and I don't think it was very important in the dream. Sam was there again. But instead of attacking me, he jumped and attacked the back of the kitchen chair. Still I was terrified, it was almost as if he was attacking me and not the chair. I had the same feelings--not wanting to hurt him because I loved him and he didn't know any better because he was just a cat but needing to hurt him to make him stop. He had changed and I didn't know what to do. At this point I woke up.

I almost feel as if it's a trust issue, here's this thing I love but it ends up hurting me. I have been hurt plenty of times before, and I have a really hard time opening up and trusting men that I date. I just started a new relationship, but I cannot remember if the first dream I had was before or after it began. I am also growing apart from a friend that brought me much comfort when I was going through a bad spell. I don't feel that bad about it though, it just seems natural that we are going our own separate ways. Anyhow, I just thought this might help with the analysis.

This recurrence has been very disturbing and I am not sure what to make of it. Can you help?

Thank you,

Stephanie