When I was younger, I always dreamed that I was falling and never landing. I rarely remember my dreams now...wonder why that is?

Found this article on MSN that is pretty interesting:

Top 10 Common Dreams Explained

Life may be just a dream, but how do we interpret it? What we dream at night can give us clues about what is important to us in waking life. Dreams help us to process our conscious thoughts and can give us new and important insights into the problems and challenges we face in the world. Although we may have strange and unusual dreams, there are a number of common dreams that many of us experience over and over again. Read the interpretations below for an explanation of symbols that seem to appear frequently in dreams.

1. Faulty or lost items: your phone won't work, your car breaks down, or you can't find your husband.
This dream is alerting you to areas of your life that need repair or extra care right now. You may want to slow down and pay more attention to the realm of life indicated. For example, if you dream of your phone not working, notice how you are communicating to others now. Are you doing everything you can to get your message across in a positive way? If not, you may want to tune up this area of your life.

2. Money: you received a windfall, or you lost your savings in the stock market.
Money in dreams symbolizes what you value or find important in life. If you dream of suddenly receiving a sum of money, this indicates that you are at a time in your life when your values are becoming very clear to you. If you have dreams of losing money, you may be experiencing a time of feeling separated from your sense of meaning in life. Try to explore what has been important to you in the past to see if your values have changed or altered over time.

3. You find yourself back in the classroom, or you've failed a test.
This dream indicates that there is a challenge in your life and you fear failing. It also can mean that you may feel that you have regressed in some way and are not up to the task currently at hand. You may also feel judged or tested by an authority figure or someone who is in charge of you in some way.

4. You or a loved one is ill or dying.
You may be approaching a time of great change when some parts of your life are falling away and disappearing. This dream is helping you to practice the feelings of loss that you may be having as the elements of your life or your relationships with others change and evolve. It is rare that this dream forecasts an actual death or illness, but it still might be a good idea to get a checkup or pay extra attention to your health now.

5. Being chased.
Being chased in a dream indicates that you may be feeling you have a lot of responsibilities that you are having a hard time keeping up with. This dream is often known as a "stress dream," indicating that its presence is a sign to try to relax and slow down.

6. Teeth: you're smiling with nice, clean teeth, or your teeth are breaking off or forming cavities.
Teeth represent time, stability, and maturity. The state of the teeth in your dream will give important clues as to what your relationships and feelings are related to these important life themes.

7. Nudity.
Dreams where you or someone else appears nude relate to feelings of being exposed or vulnerable in waking life. You may currently be having an experience where everyone else seems to know about your problems and issues, and you are having a hard time processing your situation privately.

8. Falling, flying, or sinking.
Changing direction, either going up or down in a dream, indicates where your awareness is in waking life. Dreams of falling or sinking symbolize a time of being more aware of your unconscious mind and deepest innermost thoughts, feelings, and memories. Dreams of flying indicate that you are exploring your conscious mind at this time or connecting to the realm of spirits, angels, and other energetic beings.

9. Water
Water in dreams is a sign that a certain emotional situation or experience is of importance in your life. Now is a good time to pay particular attention to your feelings and the realm of the imagination, dreams, and fantasies. The condition or state of the water will give clues as to the exact nature of your experience. Hurricanes and storms can indicate more challenging emotional situations, and on the opposite side, gentle streams and lakes indicate a more calm and peaceful emotional state or even a love or romantic connection.

10. Missing a boat, plane, bus, etc.
Transportation vehicles in dreams symbolize the ability to move and act in the world. They represent our will, desire, and skill at accomplishing and manifesting our dreams and goals. When one of these vehicles is missing, it can mean that we are having a hard time finding the motivation to act and move in the world. We may need to reconnect with what drives or propels us into creatively manifesting our dreams.

Developing the skill to interpret and make the most of your dream messages is an easy and enjoyable process and can be done by just about anyone.

Quick Tips to Interpret and Benefit from Your Dreams:
1. Keep a dream journal near your bed to record your dreams.
2. Read through your journal once a week and underline repeating dream symbols, terms, people, and themes that arise.
3. Use the guide above to track your current emotional state and life issues, and notice the patterns and timing of their evolution.
4. Try to identify any dream symbols (cars, teeth, water) that appear in your waking life, noticing which appear with greater frequency and the nature of your interaction with these symbols. Is there any overlap between your waking and dreaming life?

Very interesting ((Shutterbug)). Thanks for sharing!

I am a dream interpreter, in sense i interpret my own, and that of friends if they ask.

I think that a lot of ppl dont even think about their dreams, yet if they did, im sure they would learn a lil about wats really goin on with them.

In dreams, theres 2 key elements to remember imo...

1. Dont look so deep at the scenario, but focus on how it made u FEEL (that feeling will be a representation of ur waking feelings)

2. Understand ur own symbolism...wat an image means to 1 person, may be different to ur own meaning. Dreams r very personal, and our mind uses our own knowledge of things to symbolise situation/ppl/events.

In the Recovery community dreams about drinking and using are scrutinized to no end.
'You're going to relapse'
'You're not working your program'
'You need to be careful'


Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and a dream is just a dream.

Some dreams mean nothing, some dreams mean something significant, especially if they r premonition dreams, which i have had.

When growing up I used to dream I was levitating and then flying about the trees.. I also have felt very physic.. Guess I was tryig to connect with the energetic beings...

I had a dream that my town was flooding... like a river flowing down my street, and i left the town, and came back later to find that everything on my street was okay... except my house, was completly leveled... nothing left, just an empty lot, and my two dogs (my babies) were laying in the middle of the lot, dead. what the hell does that mean? (the dream happened about a year ago, but im still trying to figure it out)

U say it happened a yr ago....was there any stressful situations goin on at that time?

oh yeah... i had just split up with someone... and it wasn't pretty.
but it was what i wanted.

It seems to me that u were worried about losing wat u had acquired, ur home, (ur security), and ur pets were shown to represent loyalty, being dead, would show me that maybe there had been disloyalty? a loss of loyalty? did that happen?

When I was a kid, I had gone through a very traumatic event that lasted quite awhile. But during that time, I would have this dream almost every night. We lived in a two story upstairs apartment that also had a basement. At the bottom of the staircase in the hallway, a board was missing from the platform and you could see down in the basement. In my dream, whenever I would go down the steps, there, peeking out from the hole was a little boy. I would run to the basement door to see him, and he would be at the bottom of the steps so I couldn't see him real good. But as time went on in real life, in the dream he would go up one step, but never far enough for me to make him out. It kept happening over and over again. Finally, after the truth came out about my situation, I had the same dream, but this time when I went to the basement door, there was the little boy near the top of the steps, enough that I could finally see him, and he was smiling from ear to ear and had this look on his face, like it's okay now. After that night I never had that dream ever again. Sounds weird, but it's very true and I never have figured out what that dream meant.

Maybe that little boy was u? did u feel trapped?

I ask, cos often when we dream of 2 ppl (urself and the boy) it means we r using the other person to view ourselves, maybe the vulnerable child in u?

Also, whenever we dream of our house, it usually symbolises the mind, the diff levels of our mind, and cos u talked of the basement, it would suggest to me that it was a deeply rooted emotional issue regarding ur childhood.

I may just be talking rubbish! but thats wat ur dream tells me.

I don't know. The dream went on for about 5 years, and like I said, the day the truth came out, he finally made it to the top of the stairs so I could see him. It was almost like, he was trying his best to get to the top, and each time, he'd get just a little further, but no matter how hard he tried, he never could get to the top. What's odd is when he did finally make it, I felt so relieved, like it was finally over and I could breathe again. And in my real life, I felt the same way, like a big weight had been lifted off my shoulders and I could finally breathe again.

No, I think you are right.

that absolutely happened! damn, ur good! thanks!

Maybe the boy represented the truth?

Often, if we discuss dreams, we usually manage to figure them out.

I could be wrong, but I'm thinking that maybe the boy represented the issue at hand, and that him fighting to keep making it up the steps, was in a way me fighting to keep trying to get the truth out, and that when it finally did, he was able to make it to the top. And that because the truth was finally out, and the situation was over, there was no need for him to be around anymore which is why I probably never had the dream again.

Mscarmen, hope u dont mind me analysing further, but looking over ur dream again, and i notice u were a child when u had these dreams...and the other child in ur dream was of the opposite sex....males r seen as stronger, and possibly the boy was representing ur masculine side, ur stronger side, maybe u were needing to be strong?

If im wrong, sorry, i just enjoy analysing dreams!

Thats kinda wat i meant when i said maybe he represented the truth.

Eitherway, it sounds like u understand it now