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Pixiefyre
They are generally very old Victorian or Gothic era houses, with lots of polished wood every where, with sliding doors in-between rooms rather than hinged ones. Usually on the main floor of the house one can walk a circular path through all of the main rooms and return to where they started.
If I am able to remain asleep through all of this I eventually will seek out secret passages. Once I found nearly an entire small house behind a wooden panel, something about that made me nervous.
tjack
Ok, here's a couple more...how about:
"Back in school, but can't remember my locker combo and don't know what classes I belong in, and haven't done any homework or attended class for a long time" dream.
When I do find my classroom, I don't have the book or any supplies and it feels like I've been skipping the whole time leading up to that point and am hopelessly behind.
virraszto
I dream of houses too, but my dreams seem to be different from yours.
Mine are Nightmares.
I've got a collection of about 5 houses, none that I've ever lived in, that I've been
dreaming about for years.
I don't have feelings of curious excitement, but instead absolute terror and fear.
Unlike most of you who find new rooms to explore, my houses are exactly the
same every single time, and I know what awaits me behind each and every door of
all 5 houses.
It's like a horror flick being replayed over and over again only I'm not watching
it, I'm living it and the amount of terror never diminishes, it only seems to
get stronger. I cannot change a thing, I must go through the motions exactly the same
every time. And even though I know everything before hand, it all seems NEW, if
that makes any sense.
The moment I lay down and see one of my dream houses I know I am in for a terrible
night.
NeuronDivide
I have had many similar lucid dreams. One in particular I remember vividly is spending what felt like 2 weeks wandering through a maze of dilapidated houses, something like a nuclear test site. I still remember the musty smell of the rotten linoleum.
tjack
reply to post by casijones
Had a similar one just last night. Found a door under some wallpaper that led to a large room (think basketball cout sized) with neat old timely gadgets in it.
So weird to wake up and read your post! And yes , it has been a recurring dream theme for me for decades.
There was a man outside the circle,and he kept shapeshifting into a cat.After all these years I could still pick that face out in a crowd,if I ever had to see "catman" in real life.He would hiss as he shrunk and became catform+back to human shape,I recall he was furious because I was inside the circle+was safe from him as long as I stayed inside it.
virraszto
I dream of houses too, but my dreams seem to be different from yours.
casijones--- I don't mean to sound harsh or insult you, but are you currently taking any medications? And if so did the dreams start afterward?
The reason I ask is because a lady I worked with a few years back told me about how her husband would wake up screaming from nightmares after he started taking chantix to quit smoking. I know a lot of antidepressant type pills will give you recurring nightmares.
Also, I met my boyfriend a few months after he came home from iraq, and the VA had him on seraquil (sp?).
I was experimenting with pyschedelics at the time and loved them so thought I'd give half of the seraquil a try. I fell asleep and had a horrific OBE where I woke up in my dream, looked over, and saw a childlike doll laying on my pillow. A sense of dread came over me as it opened its eyes and sat up, then my bedroom door came off the hinges and came down on top of me so I couldn't move or breathe. When I woke I filled with rage, which is very unlike me.
impartialobserver83
reply to post by virraszto
Unfortunately I too fall under this type of reoccuring nightmare. It always involves the same old house for me, never any others. On the oustide it is a home from my childhood although on the inside it is not familiar and impossibly huge. I have had this dream pretty regularly for the last 10 years or so. Pretty freaky in that I have casually brought up reoccuring dreams with firends and co-workers and no one else has ever admitted to something similar so I thought it was just something quarky about my brain. This thread has really peaked my interest and has be re evaluating my dream. Thanks!