My First Dreams

[Veronica]

I have two very early dream memories, one that I feel is very significant and the other just a lovely thing.

The very first dream I recall having is when my little brother (1.5 yrs diff) and I were still in diapers. I know that for we were in our cribs at the time. I remember taking his hand and helping him fly out the window and up through the trees and over over house, and then over our street. I had the feeling that we reached a hieght (it was very cold) and should not go any further. I was still holding his hand and we rested down on what I have allways thought of as a cloud and watched our street as a heard of deer walked through the yards, eating up our garden.

I dont recall leaving, but I do recall my mother talking about deer the next day.

When I was about 3 or 4 I dreamed that I was in a thick jungle, with tall trees lush plants allround, and a huge mountain to my left. I was laying on the ground, head facing north. Behind me was a green house, a huge house of glass. As I lay there, I think I was dying. Out of the forest came gorillas, and one approached me, looked down at me, sat next to me, and very gentle picked up my right foot (which was white, and bare) and gentle started to nibble on my foots soul. I was small, and I felt peace and safe. I recall a sensation which I have struggled to properly define my whole life, as I have never felt anything similar. It was a thick, heavy sensation like a band of metal being wound into a spiral, a slow tightening and the light slowly faded into pitch black.
Still dreaming, I found myself in my mothers pantry, looking at all the shelves, and storage of food, and thinking that I would rather be back in Africa with the Gorillas, then living this sort of life.

This dream has been very prophetic for me in many ways, ( No I dont have a foot or Gorilla fetish). As a child though I struggled with understanding just where my brain was to come up with this vivid dream. I remember when King Kong came out and I cried and cried, but I knew my dream still had a deeper implaction for me.

I'd love to hear anythoughts, ideas and first impressions on these.
sharing is fun

[Arsihsis]

93 Veronica,

...the following is what initially struck me:

When I was about 3 or 4 I dreamed that I was in a thick jungle, with tall trees lush plants allround, and a huge mountain to my left. I was laying on the ground, head facing north. Behind me was a green house, a huge house of glass. As I lay there, I think I was dying. Out of the forest came gorillas, and one approached me, looked down at me, sat next to me, and very gentle picked up my right foot (which was white, and bare) and gentle started to nibble on my foots soul. I was small, and I felt peace and safe. I recall a sensation which I have struggled to properly define my whole life, as I have never felt anything similar. It was a thick, heavy sensation like a band of metal being wound into a spiral, a slow tightening and the light slowly faded into pitch black.

"I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from heaven. He cried aloud, and said thus: Hew down the tree...Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even in a band of iron and brass...and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth" - Daniel, 4:10-2

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[Veronica]

Thanks for your input Arsihsis I will have to reflect on those words as I see they have a deep meaning. When I was older I was taught about the Gorilla from my best friend Daniel, who was born 4-10.....strange indeed.....
Thanks again....

[AvshalomBinyamin]

I debated posting on this, but I had a recurring dream as a child (3-5, I think) that had a couple elements that your dream reminded me of. My experience could be completely different, but in the chance that there's some similarity that might be useful, I'll share.

I believe the dream happened for the first time when I had a bad fever, and recurred a couple times. My dream started with a picnic in a meadow. But then there was a heavy, ominous sensation as a heavy, metal safe door closed, and I felt panic and anxiety.

As a teenager and young adult I had lots of peripheral migraine symptoms when under stress - tunnel vision, micropsia, macropsia (people getting tiny/distant or huge/close), etc - but no actual migraine (no pain or headaches).

3 times - once as a teenager, and twice as an adult - I experienced a weird electromagnetic brain discharge. It was a dull, heavy sensation of pulsing waves sweeping over my cortex, or from one hemisphere of the brain to the other. These happened at times when I was exhausted and sleep-deprived.

It was only after the 3rd instance that I realized that the sensation was the same one from my dream as a child. So I ended up doing some research, and found that they were similar to a kind of simple partial seizure.

And that sometimes, children with a fever will experience something called febrile seizures (which may or may not happen again as an adult).

Your wording: "a band of metal being wound into a spiral, a slow tightening and the light slowly faded into pitch black" strongly reminded me of this experience. Just wondered if a childhood partial febrile seizure might explain it...

[Veronica]

Wow, thanks for sharing that insight. I definately feel that what I expierenced was some sort of nuerological mishap if you will. What you shared makes a lot of sence in some regards. I remember going to the army base and having tests done on me with big bright machines, cold tables, and other wonderful things;). I was very young, and although my parents said it was necessary, it was pretty scary and may have triggered this sensation. Yet I have never felt it sence, nor shared any symptoms except for 2 mirgraines which were attributed to my preeclampsa during pregnancy.
I have read of reactions in the brain leaving a metalic taste in the mouth, but I dont recall that upon waking.
It was a dull, deep sensation like you expressed. When ever I see old clock components, or ancient astronomy tools, I am reminded of it.
Interesting to think about, thanks again.

[AvshalomBinyamin]

The specific symptoms depend on the area of the brain affected. A person might have weird tastes, smells, vision, body sensations or limb movements, but does not have to have any of those.

For me, the Yeats line, "vexed to nightmare by rocking cradle" is the best description of what stirred my associated anxiety for a long time afterward. Washing machines going off balance, ceiling fans spinning out of control, etc.

Such is our malleable brain.

[Infernal Seraph]

One of the first dreams I remember, back when I was 2 or 3, I was outside with some other people who I think were friends with my older sister, but they didn't seem to notice me at all. Some strange shapes that looked like airplanes kept appearing behind the shed, and then I look up at the sun and it goes supernova and consumes everything. I had the exact same dream multiple times and it distrubed me.

[Veronica]

93 Infernal Seraph,

I read in one dream book (sorry cant recall which) that since the late 40's there has been an astounding amount of of youngster dreaming of total anniliation. It was attributed to the cold war, nuclear bombs and all the media that went with it. It is a very deep fear, and I know that little ones to this day still worry about catacylsmic events. (you have no idea how many kids come to talk to me about what I think 2012 is all about!) I am glad that I make myself availible for the little ones, as I belive there is nothing to fear, but fear itself;). My son (9) dreams deeply of zombies, Micheal Meyers (the serial killer in the Halloween movies), terminators, preditors, 2012, asterriods, ect which I am trying to work through with him. I know part of it is that I allowed him to view some of these things on telly, but many he has picked up from our culture.

[Alrah]

My son (9) dreams deeply of zombies, Micheal Meyers (the serial killer in the Halloween movies), terminators, preditors, 2012, asterriods, ect which I am trying to work through with him. I know part of it is that I allowed him to view some of these things on telly, but many he has picked up from our culture.

Hey Veronica. My daughter has been dreaming of Zombies, Skeletons and Aliens (all 3 together at first) since she was little and before she saw anything of that kind on TV. I'm wondering now whether they are 3 main types of classifications of threatening type body language. The shambling asleep zombie type persona - clumsy in body labguage and unresponsive/insensitive to others. The Skeleton - where the body language is very clear, crisp and precise but overly controlled signalling a type of pathology, and the alien - the 'out of step' body language with timing issues that people notice as subliminary strange.

[underabloodredsky]

Veronica, the first dream seems quite clear to me that you and your brother were astral travelling, especially since your mother corroborated elements in the story. You probably have had experience with this sort of thing in other incarnations.