Dreams: Why do people think they turn into all-knowing sages at night?

[ZEGH8578]

im sick of constantly suggesting to people that dreams are VERY unlikely to be windows into the future, or that they have some deeper meaning beyond us all.

they come from our dumb juicy brains, theyre just images.

i shouldnt be surprised tho. people still believe in... well.. you know what people believe in. economies and drama-shows and magical deities

let me be the one to state VERY clearly:
MY dreams mean Jack Shit.

Especially cus tonight i dreamt my balls turned dry and waxy, and fell apart

[Celticgoddess]

I have to disagree. I problem solve in my sleep but I have lucid dreams and that's a different type of dreaming. Things that are bothering me throughout the day I process at night and gain clarity for the morning.

[Blasted]

My dreams are usually fucked up.  Like the time I dreamt I killed a goat.

[earthboundmisfit]

I have to disagree. I problem solve in my sleep but I have lucid dreams and that's a different type of dreaming. Things that are bothering me throughout the day I process at night and gain clarity for the morning.

I agree, but I think that's different than what Z is saying. I think he is talking about people who think dreams tell the future or believe there is some kind of mystic power attached to them.

[ZEGH8578]

you killed a goat, my balls turned to wax bisquits and my brother dreamt my mother grew beards out her ass

seriously

theres nothing phophetic about them

what they DO however, is they visualize whats on your mind lately.
if your clever you can explore your subconcious, and analyze it, to learn more about yourself. that IS true

[Blasted]

Also I often dream I'm pregnant.  It's fucking terrifying 

[earthboundmisfit]

you killed a goat, my balls turned to wax bisquits and my brother dreamt my mother grew beards out her ass

That right there is funny as hell.

[Parts]

You seem to fit in well

Most dreams are shit sometimes I get ideas on projects in them but never and future type stuff. 
My wife on the other hand believes in this so I have to be careful what I say around her.   Just to put in perspective I and the logical science type she is far from it as an art teaher

[SleepyDragon]

Dreams are the brain's way of performing a core dump.

[ZEGH8578]

Dreams are the brain's way of performing a core dump.

true!

Parts: ahah, yes, and yes i like your attitude, too many would make it their mission to impose around. i impose opinions too, but always assess, always. some ideas you let people keep in peace :]
religions are usually the last i mess with, if talking to someone religious, unless they Are Allready doubting it, and are seeing faults in it

[Phlexor]

Also I often dream I'm pregnant.  It's fucking terrifying 

Every time my wife is pregnant, near the end she dreams she has given birth, only to wake up and still be pregnant. Pisses her off 

[ZEGH8578]

Also I often dream I'm pregnant.  It's fucking terrifying 

Every time my wife is pregnant, near the end she dreams she has given birth, only to wake up and still be pregnant. Pisses her off 

every time?

ive often dreamt about big shoplifting. but i never get out of the store. i delay and delay always trying to find some item that i simply MUST steal out, there will be some pastry, or ill remember some other food, or sometimes a comic book i just GOTTA find, and i stay and stay and stay in the store, untill i wake up.
annoying

comics also come back, i used to collect elfquest when i was little, and in dreams ill find completely unreleased, old and original stories "OMFG How did i Miss these!?!?!?" and not be able to afford them, there will usually be like a whole bunch of issues ive missed. i browse through them and they look amazing

one time i found a fantastically illustrated dinosaur book too, right down my alley, full of skeletal diagrams, and detailed studies, cheap in some local store, even the magazine rack at some gas station. and i have no money
WHYYYYYYYY"!!

['andersom']

All-knowing sages at night, I can deal with that a lot better than all-knowing sages during the day, for whom every coincidence is a clear sign of something.

Somehow it does piss them off when I say it is a very meaningful coincidence that grass is green in more than one garden.

Oh, WTH.

And yes, I do think there is some lucidity. But seeing everything as a sign of a higher meaning or intent is just a bit overdone for me. (trying to implement understatement)

[Al Swearegen]

I dream I do horrible things to people I dislike. I think it makes me a better person in my waking hours.
(I also dream of doing really nice things to people I really like - benefits during my waking hours is somewhat uncertain)

[ZEGH8578]

I dream I do horrible things to people I dislike. I think it makes me a better person in my waking hours.
(I also dream of doing really nice things to people I really like - benefits during my waking hours is somewhat uncertain)

i have had a few scary venting-dreams, where i do nothing but scream and kill people :I