Recurring dreams are the strange

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Recurring Dreams
10-05-07

Recurring dreams are the strangest of things, and I have several of them. I really don't know what the meanings are behind them (ok, maybe I do), and I find it downright amazing that I can have these dreams hundreds of times and still, each time, I am have no idea what the outcome will be while I'm dreaming them! But that's beside the point.

It was recently brought to my attention that one of my recurring dreams, the most terrifying of them, is very common. I found out that all of my family members have this dream, and I did some research online only to discover that I am far from alone with this recurring dream, it is quite simple. With that, I present to you Recurring Dream #1:

Recurring Dream #1

I am attending Iowa State University and need all of my classes this current semester to graduate. I enroll in Calculus II and fully intend on dropping the class. It is unclear to me as to if I need the class to graduate or not, but I know I don't like it and I don't go to class over and over again. I go to class on the last day hoping there have been no tests and hoping I can take the final and pass it, although I never went to class so I know nothing about Calculus. Did I really forget to go to this class every single session all semester? I remember thinking in my mind that I should drop the class, but I apparently never did. I wake up before I find out the results of the class.

Recurring Dream #2

I commit a crime, an unforgivable crime, which is never specifically explained in my dream as I never know what I did. Not sure if I murdered somebody, robbed a bank, or something else. Regardless, I spend the first few days after doing the crime sitting in my room knowing the cops will find out I did it and deciding what to do. I go out of my way to develop an alibi and eliminate all clues of my wrong doing. I prepare to live my life, but then I discover the cops found out. I run away as a fugitive never to be seen again.

Recurring Dream #3

I am being chased; I'm not sure if it's because I did something wrong and somebody is after me, or if somebody is simply chasing me to "get me". All I know is, this person has a gun and wants to shoot me. They chase me to a flight of stairs, which I decide I should jump down all at once, so I do, I jump ... only I never come down ... I keep rising towards the sky, only I'm not flying, it simply feels like I'm jumping amazingly far. Once I realize I'm jumping incredibly high, I wouldn't say I wake up, but I definitely don't have knowledge of what happens after this.

Now that I've shared my recurring dreams, let me tell you this ... THESE DREAMS DON'T MEAN ANYTHING!!! They're all simple haunting of things in my past that I had to worry about. The first one is simply this: Go to class in college so you're prepared for tests or the worry/stress it creates may live with you forever. #2 is almost an exact replica of something I did once only it was a stupid misdemeanor and I was seen again. #3, well, I have no fucking clue what this means -- probably that jumping really far would make me bulletproof, or something like that.