29th October

If you dream that you are job hunting, and, in your dream, feel discouraged about the whole job situation, then your luck will be excellent for finding a job, or for advancement in the one you have.

*I was back at my old chambers during my lunch hour and I was messing around with them all in the normal fashion, when I noticed my old senior clerk and chambers director whispering and pointing in my direction. I strolled up to them and asked them outright if they fancied giving me a job. It turns out that is exactly what they were talking about and were trying to find a way of asking me back. I accepted their offer and we were all trying to figure out where they could fit the extra desk.

I often go back and visit my old work, and there are times when I do wonder what if I hadn't of left there...

28th October

To dream of a pet is to dream of amusement. Companionship. Reevaluation of your object of affection.

*Leanne's dog was feeling poorly, so she bought it over to my house to get my parents to look at her. Whilst she was in their care, my mum fell in love with her. After Leanne had taken Blue home mum really missed her and pined for her. I was in bed talking to my Grandad and I could hear some comotion coming from outside my door. I went out and mum was there holding Blue, I asked her why she was back with us and mum told me she had been round to visit Blue at home and she wasn't being looked after properly, so she decided to bring her back home. I was really shocked and wasn't sure what to do as I am close with Leanne's family and didnt want to cause friction. Mum was trying to reason with me that the decision was for the best and her main argument was that Blue went well with the colour scheme throughout the house!

25th October

To dream that you are dancing, signifies freedom from any constraints and restrictions. Your life is in balance and in harmony. Dancing also represents frivolity, happiness, gracefulness, sensuality and sexual desires. You need to incorporate these qualities in your waking life.

*It was my friend Luise's wedding and it was bring held in an enormous shopping centre abroad. As part of the wedding they had hired a cameraman and we were being filmed for a music video for her big day. She was in her wedding dress and dancing, with all of us dancing behind her in a line. As she walked through a door, her outfit miraculously changed and I remember thinking in the dream, they must have edited it for the video without me realising. After we had recorded the dance/wedding video, we were all sitting in the walkway of the shopping centre with our bags ready to go home soon. I was sitting in a vest and knickers with my trousers hanging over the hand rail to dry. Suddenly 3 random drunk guys came over to our group and started pestering us. I decided to take control and get rid of them, but because they were so drunk they wouldnt leave. One of them picked up my trousers and through them over the railings to the lower level of the shopping centre and the other guy stole my bag. I chased after them both through the shopping centre, and they were hiding different items in different shops. I remember going into a soap shop as they had hidden my debit card inside a bar of soap; inside the shop I was smashing various bars on the floor.

20th October

*I had been in some sort of accident and was in hospital being operated on. During the operation I was having an 'out of body' experience and was floating over my own body watching the operation. Things didnt seem to be going very well, and I remember thinking "it will be ok, they are doctors afterall"; all of a sudden the screen flat lined and I realised I had died. The Doctors started to walk away, and I was screaming at them to do something as I couldnt really be dead. Finally the last doctor covered my body over and left the room, leaving me alone as a ghost looking at my dead body on the table. Next thing i knew, I was at home in my bedroom, and thought- that must have been a bad dream. I stood up and walked into my parent's bedroom and they were crying on the bed. I kept trying to tell them I was ok, and I was standing right beside them, but they couldnt see nor hear me. After a while I became very upset and and was trying desperately hard to move something in the room or do something to make them aware of my presence.
All of a sudden, I was at my desk at work, and thought everything must be back to 'normal'. I was starring at my screen, entering a set of papers and I turned to talk to Simon. He couldnt hear or see me either and I started to get upset again. As I was walking out of the office, Richard stopped me and asked me what the matter was. He was the only person who hadn't heard about my death, and therefore the only person who could still see me. I tried with all my might to stop him from speaking with anyone that might tell him I'm dead.

When I woke up I was really shaken up from this dream; although it doesnt sound it, it was very realistic. As soon as I realised it was in fact a dream, I had an over whelming sense of relief.

16th October

*It was Saturday and as me and Louise weren't doing anything we decided to go out for the day. It was a hot day, so we went for a walk through the park, whilst we were there we decided to go rock climbing over the swamp. We were walking along a thin ledge, trying to take pictures of a huge rock which is in the shape of a skull and we got stuck with a group of older guys who were on an adventure weekend. They were all dressed in camouflage with their faces painted green and were trying to push me and Lou into the swamp. I then drove me and Louise to a pub for a drink and we met Stacey in there, I couldn't drink because I had driven but they both got really drunk. When it came to leaving time I couldn't find either of them for ages, and when I eventually did they were hiding under a table. I drove me and Stacey back to my house and when we got there Tom had organised for us to have a tummy tuck as a surprise.

14th October #2

* I went on holiday with my parents, brother, his girlfriend and Louise to a quiet little town in France. There was a small shop for sale and me and Louise decided to buy it and set it up as a cafe because there were no other cafes in the village. We left the town and a few months later when we had returned, it had got much busier and 5 cafes had opened up in that short space of time. Me and Louise were wandering around the town trying to decide whether to give up our plans or try and find a new idea. Next thing we were back in the car with everyone driving through the town and there was no where to park. Mum kept driving us round in circles, through lots of side streets and tight bends, looking for a space. Eventually we found a space which was reserved for one of the residents of the town, as there was no where else to go we took it. It was a very tight spot to get the car into so mum got out of the car and let Tom drive it in, once it was parked Tom asked me to write a note to whoever's space it was with my mobile number in case they returned before we had left. Stacey gave me a pen to write with but the more I tried to write the less I was able to do so, the pen was very scratchy and you couldn't read my handwriting. It took me ages to get the note written, and just as I had finished, the man who's space it was turned up.

14th October #1

To dream that someone is giving you a haircut, suggests that you are experiencing a decreased sense of power. You may feel that you were criticized unfairly.

*I dreamt I was cutting the hair of one of the pupils in Chambers, and with the bits that were left, I was straightening them for him. He was flinching lots and kept begging me not to burn him.

Very odd! I wasnt receiving the haircut so I wonder if it suggests I am experiencing an increased sense of power?

13th October

To dream of failure is a dream associated with fear of being inadequate and a fear of not having a winning personality. To dream of failure in a business means you are letting fear cloud all your dealings and must change this or suffer a real loss in revenue. A woman who dreams of failing in love will if she does not change some of the things she has been doing and become more self reliable.

*I turned up for rehearsals with my drama group and found out that it wasn't actually a rehearsal but the show night. I hadn't learnt any of my lines and was desperately panicking as I thought we still had 2 months to go. It was literally an hour before we were due to go on stage and I was desperately trying to learn my lines. All of a sudden there was an announcement I was due on stage, so I quickly put on my costume and went. I threw my script at Kate and told her to prompt me from behind the curtains. I managed to remember my very first line, but could not remember anything else so just stood there looking like an idiot. When I looked into the crowd I realised my work was there, so in an attempt to salvage some respect I walked forwards and decided to 'free-style' using some comedy. No one laughed and I was stuck on stage making joke after joke with no one laughing until Sanjit rescued me and pulled me off the stage. Just as he did, the people from my work pulled out a huge 21st birthday cake for Sian onto the stage to get the whole audience to sing Happy Birthday to her; Sanjit and the rest of the cast thought I had told them it was OK to do this but I hadn't. Once me and Sanjit retired backstage everyone was clapping and I thought it was for me but it ended up being for Sanjit for getting rid of me. As I was walking out of the theatre I over heard Roly on the phone telling his friend I had ruined the whole production and that I was a shit actress anyway.

I am part of a drama group and I have to attend Rehearsals tonight for the first read through of the script. Obviously I was worrying about bring good enough and not letting the rest of the cast down. I guess my dream indicates I am bothered by what my work will think of my acting abilities when they come to see the production.

12th October

Allergy: Good news. New friends. Fortune in present enterprise.

Cereal: It may indicate your need to restore yourself in some basic way. Alternatively, your mind may already be thinking ahead to breakfast. It is not uncommon for your fleeting thoughts to be incorporated into your dream.

*I went to see the Doctor who told me I was allergic to breakfast, but more specifically to cereal and if I continued to eat it I would be very ill. Then we sat down in the surgery and talked about what other options I had and I was told from now on I can only eat fruit for breakfast.

I'm wondering if perhaps my subconcious is telling me I need to eat healthier!?

11th October

*I worked at a big complex which had a mini zoo, sea world section and really posh modern swimming pools, where the sun loungers had personal TVs built into the head sets and iPods. The office where I worked was exactly the same as where I work now except we had lots of cages with various animals kept inside. Behind where I sat was a small cage which was home to a gorilla called Henry, who was only 5 inches big. Simon's job was to look after Henry, I was really jealous as I wanted to because he was so cute and when Simon's back was turned I used to take him out of his cage and play with him. All of a sudden I was walking round the pool area and they were filming a new Keira Knightley film. My role was to pull her passed out body from the floor up some stairs and onto a sunbed. She was too heavy for me to lift so I decided to use a skateboard to make it easier for me. Once I had finally managed to get her onto the sunbed the director told me he didn't want to use a shot with a skateboard in so someone else was going to do it. I walked back to my desk and John asked me onto the balcony for a word, once I got up there he told me they had to make me redundant because of the credit crunch. Work didn't have enough money to give me a lump sum payout so instead they had made up reasons to fire me. All of a sudden Louise and Leanne turned up for a tour of the complex, so despite not working there any more I still obliged. I showed them round the sunbeds then went through into the underwater section where we were literally walking underwater and able to breathe fine, with tropical fish swimming around us; there were various fish behind bars as they were too dangerous to let out. Next thing I know, the 3 of us are stepping off a train and are at Leanne's university. The whole place was like a huge playground with hundreds of modern toys and games, such as touch screen and interactive games. Louise and Leanne disappeared and left me on my own in a deserted playground, so I decided to play a game. Instead of playing with one of the high tech computers I decided to play with a flat football and kick it around. Then I woke up

I had been out drinking that night and I am thinking it may have played a huge part towards the strange-ness of this dream.

9th October

*I am meant to be going to Brighton with Cat for Toni's birthday, but was not able to get hold of her. I decided to leave it until 5pm when I suddenly realised I was due to be going out in an hours time, but still had to get to Brighton, wash my hair and get ready to go out; so I decided to drive myself. On the way there, I had to park my car and walk through an old building to get a connecting bus to take me back to my car to continue the journey. I parked up and walked through this building but couldn't find the exit. As I was searching I saw Louise and her mum and ran over to ask for their help. When I explained my predicament to them, all they were concerned about was my makeup not being done. Louise offered to drive me to Brighton so we set off in search of her car. All of a sudden I was walking through a long corridor into a kitchen in a random house and there was a baby which was being kept in one of those hamster balls and it's 4 year old brother kept kicking it round the kitchen. I managed to escape out of the back door and woke up...

I am going to Brighton this weekend with Cat for Toni's birthday so that much is true, I have absolutely no idea about the rest of it!

5th October

To dream that you are hard at work, denotes that you will win merited success by concentration of energy.

*It was late in the day and I was at work, when I suddenly realised I had forgotten to allocate a set of papers for a hearing for the following day. I was to nervous to inform the new Pupil in Chambers she had to go to Court in 12 hours time, so I decided to do the Hearing myself. I spent the evening preparing, when I remembered I was banned from Court and not allowed to act as a Barrister. The next morning I was at the breakfast table with Ben Shepherd whilst his wife cooked me a bacon sandwich as it was the 'best way to start the day'. When I arrived at the Court my rivals in the working world: Kim Raver (Lipstick Jungle) and Kyle MacLachlan (Desperate Housewives), were chasing me round the Court building wearing long white Dr's coats. I kept running away from them and hiding because if they caught me then they were going to cut my hair off.

I watched both Desperate Housewives and Lipstick Jungle yesterday, so I would guess that would explain 2 of the characters being in my dream.

Friday 3rd October- 2nd Dream

*I was with a tour group and we were been shown around an old building [not sure what exactly] and it was an interactive tour where actors ect jumped out at you. As we reached a particular point, crash helmets were required; I had left mine behind so asked the group to go on without me whilst I went to retrieve it. I saw my helmet at the top of a steep hill, and had to drive to the top to get it. After I got the helmet, I was suddenly outside and had to try and find my way back to the tour. I called the guide on her mobile who informed me I had to park in the car park then ask for a lift to a Synagogue where the group would meet me. I parked the car and found a random woman to give me a lift back to the group. We got into the car, but it wasnt hers, it was stolen and the police were watching her as she was a wanted suspect. Once she realised they were 'onto' her we got into a high speed car chase and she had a big bag of MDMA on the dash board which she kept taking handfuls of whilst driving us.... then I woke up!

No idea where on earth this dream came from!

How, why, when, where?

Dreams: Dreams are the images, thoughts and feelings experienced while sleeping. The contents and biological purposes of dreams are not fully understood, though they have been a topic of speculation and interest throughout recorded history. The scientific study of dreams is known as oneirology.

I have decided to keep a blog as a 'dream diary'. I have very vivid dreams which, to me, appear to make no sense at all. Various people over the years have voiced their views on what exactly a dream is/means/represents:

Dreams allow the repressed parts of the mind to be satisfied through fantasy while keeping the conscious mind from thoughts that would suddenly cause one to awaken from shock.

• Freud suggested that bad dreams let the brain learn to gain control over emotions resulting from distressing experiences.


• Jung suggested that dreams may compensate for one-sided attitudes held in waking consciousness.
  Ferenczi proposed that the dream, when told, may communicate something that is not being said outright.


• Dreams are like the cleaning-up operations of computers when they are off-line, removing parasitic nodes and other "junk" from the mind during sleep.

Whilst I agree with the above statements to a certain extent, I also am left with slight confusion. Quite often my dreams are so bizarre I genuinely wonder if they completely contradict the above quotations.

Compared to friends, family and love ones I appear to dream a lot more frequently, which makes me wonder; do I have more on my mind than the people around me?; are they able to clear their minds before entering into a restful sleep, whilst I drag my worries with me into slumber?

More often than not I can remember the full dream and sometimes when I think back on one I relive the emotions I felt at the time and am shocked at quite how intense they can be.

Last night I had a nightmare; it was awful. I woke up in a real panic and it took me a moment to figure out in my own mind whether it was real or not. The most overwhelming sense of relief I ever feel, is the realisation that a nightmare is in fact not true; whether it be about the death of a loved one or being chased in the park. I still find it amazing the kind of effect a nightmare can have on me; I frequently awake from bad dreams sobbing. The worst dreams I ever have involve the death of a loved one; and although its only a dream I find it makes me face up to the fact: one it will be a reality; something I do not wish to think of yet. I have since, found out the interpretation of a dream about death, it is quite amazing how different the meaning is:

Dreaming about the death of a loved one is never a sign that the person in question is about to die!

That is it for now for the how, why, when and where of my Blog. I will be updating the page as frequently as I can with dream updates.

Sam xxx