Why Do We Dream The Same Thing Over And Over?

I enjoyed reading your hub and the dream that reoccurs for me is the dream that I am a senior in high school and for whatever reason I do not think that I am going to graduate. The dream is so real. I am 36years old and if I dream that particular dream, I still feel the very real feeling of panic that I am not going to graduate.

How do you get the colored lines on the hub?

Great hub once again!

Hi, Nell

I'm so sorry you had that experience and have to continue going over it. It sounds and I am sure was terrible. Great that at least you are - at least in real terms - safely away from it.

I have had a couple of recurring dream experiences in the past but have never been able to understand or remotely explain either. The human mind is a strange, strange thing...

Very interesting hub here on your recurring dream. I do not remember my dreams now, or even if I really dream much. But as a child, I did have one recurring dream, and it was so very strange, in that, it was about a sumo wrestler chasing me as a child, starting from the big hill in my neighbor's backyard, running towards my own home, but I could not run fast, just in slow motion. I do not believe he ever caught me. LOL I know it represents that something big was looming in my mind at that young time and maybe I did not know how to escape it?

Dream meanings always fascinate me. Another hubber, thelyricwriter has been doing a very interesting series on dreams.

I am so glad you are now living in a lovely home. Your imagery is great here.

Voted up ++ and sharing

Blessings, Faith Reaper

Interesting hub. I tend to agree with you that with it seems to be about an underlying sense of vulnerability or lack of control. Since it is such a repetitious dream, I wonder if you might benefit from making it a habit to each day generate a (preferably written) list of 5 circumstances you were able to control that day? We cannot control all environmental circumstances, but we can control our reactions. I wonder if over time you might become more convinced of your own power, even in the most horrendous of circumstances?

My hat is off to you for making it out safely from that place. I rented an old house in the country many years ago that had snakes. Although I never actually saw one, I found their sheddings among my canned goods. OMG.

I think your reasoning on this is probably spot on Nell. I think I dream quite a lot, but I hardly ever remember the dreams. Nothing serious like yours, thank goodness. Very interesting topic, and well written!

Oddly, when I sleep on land, I sometimes dream (or at least I sometimes remember them). When I sleep on my boat I never dream. Interesting hub, voted up. You always come up with interesting and different topics for your hubs.

I'm glad your life has stabilised and improved since you lived in that awful house. It's no wonder you still dream about it.

Interesting article Nell. I don't dream a lot and when I do, I tend to forget them within a few seconds of waking up.

This is really interesting. Thanks for sharing your story--I'm glad you live in a clean, comfortable home now!

When I was a child, I had a reoccurring dream that my mother and I were riding somewhere in her car. I would look out the passenger side window, and then I would ask her a question. She wouldn't answer, so I would look over to her in the driver's seat, which would always be empty. I remember seeing the steering wheel turning back and forth as if she were still driving, even though no one was there. I can still feel the panic that would come over me.

She died in a car accident when I was 11 years old. I never had the dream again. *cue Twilight Zone theme here*

Now I dream about being on elevators that are falling out of control. I just had that one again the other night. Ugh! I HATE it! It's amazing how complex the mind is.

Thanks, Nell!

Interesting thoughts, Nell. I rarely remember my dreams, but I think I would remember if I had the same one over and over again, which I do not. I'm not sure if that's good or bad. LOL

Have a great Sunday!

bill..oops, your Sunday is almost over...well, have a great week.

Nell, you obviously know more than enough to interpret your own dreams successfully, and those of others as well. You have covered the meaning of dreams pretty well in here. (Amazing how similar our interests are!)

I would say that house with all its threats has made an indelible impression on you. It was in fact the realization of all your dislikes and fears. And it still is. Therefore the merest discomfort, or merest thought, registered or unregistered, of possible threats pull that house forward in your dreams.

Excellent hubs about bad dreams!

I am glad you got out of that house and I hope you can shake it's influence that is still in your dreams. Really interesting and thought provoking writing.

I see different doorways in dreams quite frequently. It isn't scary but I know I need to wake up as I don't wan't to go through the doorway. Then I do wake up.

Us humans are weird creatures indeed! Great hub.

I believe that in most dreams, our subconscious minds tries to communicate something we overlook in our conscious state. I've had recurring dreams and paid attention until they were resolved. Here's hoping that all your dreams have satisfying resolutions.

Dear Nell,

Although I may wake up in a cold sweat or internally shaken, I can never remember the content of my dreams.

I absolutely believe that our minds are working and processing on some level, day and night.

You have done a masterful job of interpretation with your dream. I wish you peaceful times, especially when you are in dreamland. You are such a beautiful lady.

Voted UP and UABI. Hugs, Maria

I sure hope I don't have dreams of social housing now that I read your story. That sounds spooky and you know me and spooky do not get along well. I don't have the same dream over and over, but if I ever do, I'll let you know! :)

Sweet Nell. I gave my comment prayer and thought. God is not the author of confusion. He is love. God has given us authority in the name of Jesus to cast out the enemy of our souls. The enemy is already doomed to hell and he has already been defeated on the Cross at Calvary. Praise to God Amen.

I am no expert by a long shot on dreams. I just know for myself what God can and will do for us. The enemy wants to distract us! There is no mistake you wrote this hub.

I will pray for you sweet nell rose. In the name of Jesus the enemy must flee. Jesus is the light, the enemy is the dark.

Rest in Jesus He so loves us. Call on Him precious sister. Love you girl. In Christ, Skye.

This is a very interesting hub. I used to have bad dreams night after night, but my life was pretty horrible at that time. It took quite a while for them to stop. Now, I rarely have dreams that I remember more than a few minutes and they are happy.

I think our dreams do tell us things, even when we don't quite understant them. It seem you are right about what is behind your dreams and I hope they too will stop. I wish you a restful night.

Yes your dreaming is very interesting. I don't think I ever had the same dream over and over. I have had the same situation but never the exact same dream.

Almost like a continuation of my dreams but that's it. So that is cool and I do not know what to tell you about this dream. I know the answer will be decoded soon.

Have a good night

Laurie

I used to have dreams about ordinary day to day events that were scary because they would come true. I started actively asking not to dream for about six months. Now I hardly dream at all.

I have a reoccurring dream about buying a huge house with so many rooms that you can get lost in it. Weird people are in different sections of the house. Usually people I knew that have since passed away.

My husband keeps looking at expensive big houses online. I don't want a big house. This might be the explanation. He says he'll buy one if he wins the lottery. I'm not too worried about that happening though.

Nell, dreams have always fascinated me. I think perhaps your recurring dream is a reminder to never again live that type of life where you feel trapped.

When I was little I'd have the same dream every Easter Eve. I was lying in bed, facing the door and the narrow hallway leading to my bedroom. I'd hear a rumble and a huge iron Easter egg would start rolling down the hall towards my room. I knew it was coming but couldn't get out of bed - I was frozen. The dream stopped when we moved to Philly (I was eight). My room, the positioning of my bed and the hallway were exactly the same as in my dream. That first Easter I had the dream again. Once I recognized the setting as what was now true (without the giant Easter egg) I never had the dream again. But I'm sure I'll remember it until the day I die.

I do find myself having recurring dreams - maybe months or even years apart. But that doesn't make them less scary.

Nell, it's ironic that the Philly house was the one in my dreams. I think the egg signified fear. My mom and dad divorced when I was 6. We moved from California to Pennsylvania, where my mother met my (step)dad. We moved to Philly when they married, which is where he is from. I think I feared change after the divorce and certainly after the remarriage, which is what the egg represents (it was going to crush me in my dream). Perhaps there's a little clairvoyance involved with regard to the bedroom layout?

I am fortunate because I sleep so soundly, I know I must dream, but I never remember them. If I wake up too early and make myself go back to sleep I will have a nightmare! So, I get on up...

Dreams are a fascinating subject, and I suppose our dreams do have a meaning.

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I am very interested in dreams but do not know much about the subject. This hub is very informative.

I do dream and have one recurring dream that I cannot figure out. I am wearing a hospital gown, barefoot and walking around a place that looks much like a war torn mash unit like in the tv series MASH. I am trying to find my way out but cannot. Even though it is my dream and I am dreaming it and I know the person in this gown walking around is me, it does not look like me.

I would love to know what this all means.

Love the hub and voted up!

Second hub today on dreams I am going through....very interesting hub on recurring dreams dear Nell....I am book marking it so that can be read again ......I always like to know deeper meaning of dreams.....votes up interesting and shared across.

blessings

deergha

Fascinating hub! Very insightful, especially since I've been having repetitive dreams about visiting my unsupportive family which never goes well in real life or in dream land. Voted up!

We can also solve problems via our dreams. It seems to be the time of less stress and no constant input, so things tend to be solved during rest. As you know, the brain never sleeps, so it always pleases me to know that I can work things through in my sleep. Our minds are amazing.

Hi Nell. Very interesting hub.

I'm glad you've made some headway in understanding and dealing with your recurring dream, and hope someday it won't bother you anymore!

I've had 3 recurring dreams in my life (that I remember), one when I was a kid, one over a period of adult years, and one more recent that still occurs sometimes.

The first---teradactyls circling the sky over my home (but yet it wasn't actually my home, it was an old castle-like place and I didn't feel particularly safe in that dream house, unlike my real home where I did feel entirely safe!)

I think that one was born of hearing about teradactyls in science class. I didn't really believe in teradactyls then, and I don't now. So I think the dream was a kind of warning for me........a guard against false teachings perhaps.

The second set of dreams was always about snakes. I hate snakes, am deathly afraid of them, and see them as sneaky and dangerous. I finally realized that every time I met a person who later had deceived me or hurt me in some way, that I had dreamed of snakes during those encounters.

The third one is a dream about a house (no less, ha!....seems a lot of people's dreams ARE about houses, huh?!)

But not a house like the first dream. This is always a huge house with many many rooms upstairs and downstairs (I've always wanted a huge house like that! somehow for me, it indicates security and privacy and mystery all rolled into one lump)..... but I always find myself climbing up some kind of narrow ladder within the inside walls of the house, trying to get to the top floor. And the times when I've been on the top floor, there are some cool rooms, but always also empty rooms that the floors are caving in on.......

This dream I haven't quite figured out yet. But I think.........that it means that security and privacy and mystery aren't easily obtained and/or maintained........I dunno yet..........

I don't think I could have spent even one night in that spiders-on-the-ceiling infested house, Nell. Your re-telling of that time in your life makes me feel creepy. Our dreams do often have meanings but we are really the only ones who can translate them.

Strange, just a few nights ago I had a dream and when I woke up I knew I had had it before, but since I didn't write it down I have now forgotten what it was!

You seem to know your stuff, thanks for sharing yours!

Nell, what a horrible experience! I am so glad you and your family got out of that place.

I have a reoccurring dream that has gone on for many years. I understand what it means, but honestly I wish it would stop because it isn't teaching me anything, lol.

Anyway, great article!

I'm lucky I don't have recurring dreams of any type. Yes, I'd be having dreams were I in your place in that spooky house. Dreams are a manifestation of our conscious thoughts that we do not pay heed to I presume.

I have had 3 recurring dreams but not in a long time.

When I was young I used to think that I had to go to the bathroom and couldn't find the door to get out of my bedroom. I would usually waken and really DID have to use the toilet on such occasions.

2nd dream was when I was in school and I couldn't find my locker. That was terrible plus I was not sure of where my classroom was. I was always a good student so this one did not make much sense to me. Never had such problems in real life.

3rd one that I loved! I was flying! I used to love those flying dreams where I would soar over everything (not in an airplane, you understand) and be able to look down upon everything. I miss those dreams.

Very interesting hub, Nell. I have reoccurring dreams of my grandparents house. It is always full of mysterious things, like in the reality of the days I would visit. My bad dreams do not include a house usually, unless the doorknob shrinks in my hand, or the door itself disappears. There was one dream I experienced where I was the age I am now and revisited the room I use to sleep in as a girl. I saw myself at the door, trying to go out as I was going in...spooky stuff! Thanks for sharing...good food for thought. : )

Interesting hub, Nell. I used to have several recurring dreams and they were all disturbing. One that has affected my waking hours is where I dreamed I was crossing a bridge where the water was very close to the roadway and then started to come up over the top of it. I now very much dislike crossing bridges that are not well above the water. Who knows where these odd dreams come from? Are they from a memory, a premonition, a hidden fear? Lots of questions go unanswered.

Very interesting hub. I've often wondered why I would dream about some of the things I dream about. I have dreamed about people that I have not seen in 20 years and was not even thinking about them at all. This subject is so interesting to me. Voted up and interesting! :)

Hi Nell, sorry to hear that you lived in a place like that and dream about it. My grandparents house was two log cabins connected by a porch, but it was clean.

I have a dream that I dream a lot. It is about a leaky house with a roof that looks like it will fall in with a cellar full of cats. Then I am in a cave and trying to find my way out and the gets smaller and smaller until I am crawling.

Shyron

I don´t have a reoccuring dreams but a kind of episode dreams. My dreams continue but not at once. It sometimes continue a few days or months and it´s weird. Thanks for sharing. Voted up and shared.

Nell, this is so interesting. I have never dreamed about a house other than in my dream I was inside or outside of a house, but the house was never the main character of the dream. That is so interesting what you have said about dreaming of houses.

I have to share my own experience. I had a recurring dream as a child - the same one over and over again. The scenario never changed. I dreamed it until my late teens, early 20's. It is when I finally figured out what the dream meant or interpreted it for myself that I have never dreamed it again. My understanding my dream and what it meant stopped it from recurring. To this day, I have never had it again

Do you ever dream in a series or a dream 'to be continued?' In my adult life this is how I now dream. I will have a dream, but wake up before it is finished. Then days, weeks, months, or even years later, I will dream the next segment of the dream. And, I remember the first dream like it was yesterday. This doesn't happen with every dream I have, the some are like a never ending soap opera. You are the only one I would explain this to. LOL Thanks for another interesting and informative article.

Fear seems to be such a strong force in life! Great hub!

Dreams are so fascinating I think because we simply don't have any concrete answers to them. I too have the "no brakes on the car" dream. That one scares the heck out of me. I also have a recurring dream of my grandmother's house with an attic. Her house didn't have an attic, but in the dream there is an attic with sofas and a back entrance to the street where homeless people come in and eat and rest. I guess I have this dream because my grandmother would give the shirt off of her back to anyone in need. Voted up and ++++.

Good analysis on dream interpretation. Voted up interesting! It's funny that you mention spooky house, I had a dream one time that I was in a foreign place. I had arrived alone. There were only bushes around and an old abandoned house. I remember shouting hello, is anybody there several times? And so I entered at my own risk with a flashlight and everything. As I am walking upstairs, I noticed the reflection of a shadow through a rhombus shaped mirror. I started to run really fast up the stairs inspecting everything around me: portraits, antique objects all over the place. the man in black followed me to one of the rooms and closed the door. talk about freaky. later on we ended up sitting on the bed and just talking as if we had known each other. Maybe the fear of the unknown, but since I did enter the house could mean that I was ready to face my demons.

Sorry for my ramble, but I wanted to say that sometimes I've had the same recurrent dream occurring. you might think this is weird but sometimes I dream of more than one thing and I can visualize people and events vividly. I've also had very passionate dreams and when I've woken up it has felt so real even woke up with tears in my eyes once.

Hello Nell, do you interpret dreams? I really need someone to tell me what some of my dreams mean. Like the one last night. I dreamed that I was walking in icy water.

I missed this when you first potesd it because it was my birthday (and your mother's, right?). Today, it strikes just the right note. Today, I'm joining the local gym and starting regular workouts again. Thanks, Sandy.

This was a very interesting subject. My reoccurring is me sitting on the edge of the bed waiting for...I'm no sure who. I am shaking and tears are running down my face. I m in my late teens and I am defenseless. Ihave some idea that it is connected to an abusive ex. It's been going on for many, many years.

I've not had any recurring dreams at all in my adult life, but as a child, I had one such recurrent dream that was very disturbing to me (at the time), and also very mysterious.

I used to dream that I went into my room to read, sat on the edge of the bed, and the next thing I knew, bats were coming at me from the upper corners of the room, surrounding me, and landing on my book, blocking the page from view.

Now at that age, (I was about 8 or 10), I'd never even seen a live bat, nor had I ever seen a single horror movie, or anything else involving bats. I'd probably heard of them, but not in the "vampire" sense at that age. (I was pretty over-protected, and my folks would not have allowed me to go see any such movies...and we also did not have TV.)

The dream eventually stopped happening, but I never knew where it came from or what it was about or why it stopped. I just remember that I would wake up screaming, and mom would come running....

Wow Nell! This was totally fascinating! I have had re-occurring dreams about Fire for some time. I wrote about it and the dreams stopped. This was very interesting to read.

I keep on having a recurring dream where I kill my great-grandmother by setting fire to her room, I won't go into details but by the end of the dream I'm outside teaching fire fighters trying to stop the care home from burning down and then I realise what I had just done and wake up. My great-grandmother's death had nothing to do with fire and she died peacefully but I keep on having the dream felling like I was responsible for her death. Also due to the dream I have a slight fear of fires and can react badly if I'm close to one.

Great hub Nell hope you continue with this great quality.

Thanks Nell that really puts my mind at rest.

Skulduggey Jones

Great hub, an interesting read. Dreaming about a house has so many meanings to it. I wish I could remember dreams, I always get up with a feeling that I had a dream but I can never remember.

What a cool hub!!! Always wondered about this!

Nell . . .great work. Like I have known and said for a long time, you are a terrific writer and person. Merry CHRISTmas to you and yours.

@ Nell,

You are so welcome and keep up the great work!

Thank GOD yo got out of that lousy place it sounds sick and creepy just reading it so i don't even want to imagine me spending a night there. Yep most of us went through hard times at some point in our lives. Mhmm Tell me about it.....

I hope all is well

This is very interesting! I have a recurrent "venue" in my dreams, same scene same place but different people. Sometimes I am running away from them, or hiding from them, sometimes we are just walking and having a conversation. Do you have any ideas what this could mean?

Hi Nell. I love this hub. I had a recurring dream for years and years and it finally just stopped (no idea why). In my dream, the house was the main character. It was always the same one. It was beautiful, seemingly perfect in every way. First the entry (gorgeous, full of light) then straight back through the family room and into a dream kitchen. Back to the entry, to the right, a delightful master suite, Japanese style, lots of large plants and a private patio off the bedroom. But! Back to the entry and down a hall to the left, several bedrooms and bathrooms on either side, and all the bathrooms were leaking, plaster falling off the walls, all in terrible shape, and I remember thinking that I had no place for company to stay until all the bedrooms and bathrooms were repaired. Frustrating dream, went on for many years, I just hated that dream. So relieved when it finally stopped. A therapist would probably pinpoint exactly what the meaning of this dream is. Probably that I just don't like company? Haha.

Sounds logical, Nell Rose. The house represents my persona, and on the surface everything appears fine but there are areas that need some resolution! Haha, work in progress ....