Dream sign

A dream sign is a commonly occurring theme found within a person's dreams. Dream signs will vary between individuals. Some common ones are difficulty reading words, inability to run or use mechanical objects, the ability to breathe underwater and the appearance of dead people. Often dreams appear as if they are "on the rails" and you cannot divert the course of what is to occur.

There are many various kinds of dream signs, and they usually reflect the waking life of the person who has the dream. For example, someone who is interested in cars will probably have dreams with many car-related themes. Doctors will probably dream about performing duties in their field of specialization. Video game players report playing games or taking part in games in their dreams. The common, most telling dreaming sign is that something illogical occurs in a completely natural and self-accepted manner.

Dream signs can also reflect wants, fears, things the subject hates, and even embarrassing moments. They can manifest themselves in many different ways, depending on the dreamer.

Recognizing one's dream signs is a technique for achieving lucid dreaming, to become consciously aware of dreaming. After that is achieved it may be possible to steer the dream and mold the dream world.

Some common dream signs
Although everyone's dreams and dream signs are different, some common dream signs are:


 * Falling.
 * Arms and legs, when trying to run, kick or punch anything, move extremely slowly as if underwater, or not at all.
 * Having loose teeth, missing teeth or no teeth at all.
 * Having more or less than 10 fingers.
 * Turning into an animal.
 * Dream taking place in a movie, book or video game.
 * Clocks are broken, have missing hands, too many or too few numbers or have unintelligible symbols in place of numbers.
 * Electric appliances, such as light switches, don't work properly or at all. For example, a dream lamp could shoot sparks, glow bright blue, or have a very dim/burnt out bulb. Or, a device such as speakers or an alarm clock may continue to sound after being shut off, or even unplugged from the wall.
 * Finding large amounts of money.
 * Eating something that isn't food that still tastes like food (such as dreaming of eating part of an end table that tastes like cheese and crackers).
 * Being attacked/chased by a monster.
 * Something happening which would induce pain but is not painful at all e.g being stung by a wasp.
 * Being in a crowded area, such as a city or amusement park.
 * Being in a familiar area that doesn't have the same layout as it does in the real world. For example, being in Grand Central Station, except it has the interior layout of the Gare du Nord.
 * Having sex (see wet dream).
 * When underwater, water feels 'dry' like styrofoam or cloth (possibly caused by the feeling from being wrapped in bedsheets when sleeping).
 * Being lost in a building.
 * Flying.
 * Looking at people or photographs and seeing that they're nothing like they are in real life- their faces are blurred or misshapen, their heads are on a different body, or they're see-through.
 * Seeming to "drift away" as if in zero gravity, though when with others, no one else seems to be floating.
 * Seeing friends, relatives or family pets that are deceased in reality or that you rarely see in reality.
 * Dying in the dream.
 * Everything is dim, as if you had your eyes closed half way.
 * People you may know have different features (E.G: Eye colours)
 * People ignore you completly as if you were not there, even if something bad is happening (E.G. You are being chased by a killer, but police do nothing)
 * Being naked in public, and being the only one who seems to notice.