Living the Dream

Recently I had a dream, where I was in the QM (student union in Glasgow uni), and I was trying to get some change at the booth. The guy refused, and as I persisted in trying to get the change, he was having none of it, as I was no longer a student and hence not allowed to get change. Strange, I know, but what was even stranger was that the next day, when in town, I walked right past the guy who used to (and maybe still does) work in the QM change booth!

In another dream I was sitting with my sisters, drinking coffee at a picnic table. After we left, I was feeling incredibly high and euphoric for a while afterwards. I then found out that my sisters had spiked me with cocaine.

The other day, I was woken by my alarm. I reacted as usual by hitting the snooze button. The next thing I knew I was on a bus, on the top floor of a double decker. I was travelling down what was like an over-elaborate dream version of Victoria road. I suddenly realised I was approaching my stop, and so went to make my way down the stairs. What made it awkward was that I was carrying several bags, my jacket was only half on and I had only one shoe on. After gathering myself together, I got downstairs and asked the driver if he could let me off. He refused, driving past my stop. After I persisted he eventually let me out at the next traffic lights. As I stepped off the bus, I suddenly found myself in my bed again, and about 20 minutes had elapsed since my alarm went off. I then got up.

I've never really thought much about dreams having any symbolism, but maybe there is some here... in the first one, I think maybe this was symbolising my partial yearning to be a student again, most likely brought on by my being stressed out about my job, and the long shifts, which have slowly been eroding my soul. I reckon if I had some work experience before going to uni then I would've appreciated it much more and made more of my time there. I was considering a masters/PhD but financially it's not realistic at the moment. As for seeing that guy from the QM the next day, I've no idea, but it was an odd coincidence.

As for the second one, I'm not sure but maybe it symbolises some form of encouragement or help from my family. Perhaps all I need at the moment is a chat with someone, to encourage me to go and succeed and be happy, and I've found in the past that talking with family members about issues can really help to point me in the right direction. I'm not sure about the cocaine analogy though, so maybe it just means I will be spiked with drugs at some point or become a coke addict. Anyway, it was a bit random.

I think the 3rd one might symbolise me gaining more control of my sleeping rhythm. I often find it hard to wake myself up in the morning, if I've nothing to get up for - it's almost as if the "get up and go" part of my brain isn't there sometimes or if that part itself is asleep also. I genuinely can find it hard to get up, as I just feel so warm and euphoric in my bed in the morning and really can struggle to come out of dreamland. Perhaps me getting off the "dream bus" then waking up straight after symbolises an improved ability to wake up and face the world.

Another thing worth noting is that the people in my dreams recently have been real people who I know, whereas before they used to be imaginary or only based on real people or hybrids of real people. Perhaps this symbolises my dreams becoming closer to reality. Hopefully this is a good thing and works vice versa.