I dreamed that I was clothes shopping. I took a pile of clothes into a dressing room. There was a toilet in there.
I thought to myself How FREAKING clever to put toilets in their dressing rooms!
I sat down and had a large bowel movement.
(If you think dreaming about having a bowel movement is weird, you are absolutely right!)
And realized that there was no toilet paper.
So, I called out to the sales person for help. When she came to the door, I realized that it was one of the snottier moms at Liv's school. The one who is always dressed in these great funky clothes with lots of clunky jewelry. Her haircut is fantastic. A chin length bob.
It never occurs to me to be embarrassed that I have just shit in a dressing room.
I tell the clerk my dilemma, smiling unashamedly. I also tell her that I really like her hair but honestly, all that posing at Liv's school. She isn't fooling anyone.
She is glaring at me. I don't get why she is mad.
Obviously, I am supremely idiotic in my dreams.
She tells me that those toilets aren't for using, they are a DECORATION.
I realize, too late, that I have made a grande faux pas.
I am finally smart enough to be embarrassed and start looking through my purse for toilet paper. I ask her if she can just bring me a paper towel, anything.
She says no. That I need to figure my way out of this mess.
I must have figured it out because suddenly in my dream, I was walking down a street with Liv, right as rain. No shit on me.
We stop at a road side stand and buy a whole basket of tomatoes.
This is crazy since I just spent two days last week canning and freezing, putting my garden to bed. I even kept Liv out of school for two days to help. (I know, I know...BAD MOTHER. But, I figured that she could always go to school, we can't always have canning time together and I want her to learn this stuff.)
Instead of taking the tomatoes home, I start throwing them at cars that are driving by. Liv is not amused and tells me to "grow up."
Okay...you dream analysts. Why am I dreaming about shitting in dressing rooms, buying tomatoes and throwing them? Any ideas?
We are on our way to the Husker game now, so I will check back later for your interesting ideas. And then I will tell you what I came up with.
And hey....anyone want to share a dream you had? Can you beat shitting in a dressing room?
23 comments:
Dreams about bathrooms, elimination, etc. usually indicate something in your own life that you need to get rid of, release, eliminate, etc. If it's any consolation, I dream QUITE OFTEN about going into bathrooms, using them, etc. I think it's fairly normal, so don't worry. Just--what do you need to eliminate from your life?
I think it's interesting that the sales clerk/posh mom showed up. It seems maybe you're feeling inferior to her or others like her, and she told you to "get yourself out of your own mess." Is this another of your own voices giving you this advice?
I'm not sure about the throwing tomatoes, unless perhaps it's a message about expressing yourself, enjoying doing something "naughty" or "juvenile." Funny that Liv is the "mother" figure in the dream, telling you to grow up.
I don't know if I can "beat" your dream, but last weekend, I dreamed that my husband was having an affair with my dead mother. In the dream, she'd come back (although I had no memory of her being dead), and my father was gone for some reason. When I demanded an explanation, my husband said he felt sorry for her because she was alone. I woke up in the middle of screaming at him, "So it was a pity f***?!" God, did I feel awful after that dream--so sad and betrayed. I still haven't figured that one out.
I've NEVER shit in the dressing room and Liv telling you to "grow up" is hilarious... ! I am not a dream analysis, but perhaps you are keeping something within that you need to get out???!!! (No pun intended....)
I've NEVER shit in the dressing room and Liv telling you to "grow up" is hilarious... ! I am not a dream analysis, but perhaps you are keeping something within that you need to get out???!!! (No pun intended....)
Mmmm, what a nasty dream Maria. I did dream once, when I was 15, that I snuck into a cupboard to have a very relieving pee. Sadly and to my enormous embarrassment and obviously, of course, I was still in bed. I hadn't wet the bed since I was 3, nor, to my knowledge have I since this particular incident!
I'm no analyst, but I'd say the grow up comment says it all. Breaking out bad girl, Maria
LOL about toilets in the dressing room. I'd say what you did in the dream is the exact reason (one of 'em anyway) why they're not part of the landscape.
Who uses toilets for decoration? LOL
Dreams are made up of many little things that fly in and out of our subconscious. Probably while canning those tomatoes you may have thought to yourself...."I am so tired, I am sick of looking at these damn tomatoes" and the thought stuck in your subconscious for you to create a dream around. The other part...committing a major faux pas..well, pardon me, but this tends to signal that you feel intimidated by someone..perhaps its that same woman in your dream (the thought may have been brief the last time you saw her in person...she may have made you feel this way but for a split-second). In horror, you watch yourself do these embarrassing things knowing that you're oblivious to the fact that what you've done is unforgettable and will be gossip fodder forever. This depicts that part of you feels inadequate or inferior and you fear causing embarrassment but LIV saves the day...she appears and all is right again. Its as if the incident never happened at all.
Am I good at this or what??!!
Maria, I think the words you've used would be "faux poo".
bwahahah.
I had a dream one time where I was handed the 'fickle finger of fate' award (from Laugh In -you may be too young). Carrying the award, I was sent into this long building and told when the people saw the award, they would know what to do.
Well, they sure did, they were Mafia and riddled me with automatic tommy guns! That was over 35 years ago and I still remember it. Now, WTF could that mean!!
At least yours sounds like a lot more fun. Tomato fight! lol
I have had two dreams that are now famous in my family.
The first is the raptor dream...
It begins with me sleeping in my bed. I hear a scraping noise against my window, which is covered by my blackout curtain. Its odd, as I don't have any tall plants next to that window. I sit up in bed and listen to it for a few second before waking up the bf who is sleeping next to me.
He grudgingly drags himself out of bed and flings open the curtain.
There, outlined in the bright moonlight, is a velociraptor. All of us are stunned for a second. The raptor then screams and lanches itself at the window breaking the glass enough that it can wrap its fore-feet around the burglar proofing at start prying it open. The Bf launches himself backwards and grabs my hand, slingshotting me to the bedroom door.
I hit the hallway wall with such force that I think my shoulder is broken. Cradling my arm I run to the bathroom. It's the only room in the house with windows so small that the raptor can't get through.
The Bf is right behind me, as I dash into the bathroom. I slam the door closed behind him and start whimpering.
He's cursing a blue streak, but we both go quiet as we hear the sound of twisting metal and crunching glass.
We hear it coming down the hallway, it's claws clicking on the tiles. I back away from the door and quietly get ontop of the toilet.
The Bf is trying to pry the towel rod out of the wall when we hear claws running across the door.
The Bf gives one last yank and the towel rod comes free.
The door shudders as the raptor flings itself against it. The Bf puts his back to the wall next to the door, the towel rail in his hands. I can see his knuckles pressing white against his skin as the plywood door cracks like a gunshot. It's literally coming apart at the seams, flecks of paint are bouncing across the floor. The Bf and I look at each other. We know we are going to die.
The door finally gives way and the raptor wedges its head through the hole. The Bf starts whaling on it for all he's worth. He gets too close to it and it grabs him by the arm and pulls him into the hallway, dislodging the remains of the door.
I make a break for it, brushing past them, I can hear what is happening as I run for the front door and I'm gagging as I get it open and run into the front yard.
I wake up screaming.
I remember it vividly even though I dreamed it over 5 years ago.
No, Maria... I don't think I can!
Lol...
All in all your dream - esp. the pooping part... seems almost like a dream within a dream or a movie within a movie (or a blog within a blog) as in a sense "just eat your cupcake" is a place where you "share your shit," baring all (or at least some) for others to enjoy, learn from, etc. And etc. etc.
Now... can I beat your dream?
Hmmm...
Often I have (or remember the) dreams with lots of telepathic connection and/or love with others... I like those.
I have had a few horribly disturbing ones in which my past is present and I must confront again experiences, choices, etc. Those are horribly devastating and can take me days to recover from.
I don't have (or remember) a lot of in between stuff.
I have some flying ones sometimes.
Here's a dream question:
In my dreams... communication is ALWAYS telepathic. Always. And only.
No speech none ever.
In "real life," I am very intuitive but also very verbal. But pictures come first, words later.
You? Other readers?
(About speech in dreams)
Sounds like there was speech in your dressing room dream.
Dressing room - that's such a great metaphor right there!
ZC
I can't top the dream but you did bring back unpleasant memories with this entry. Ha!
I work in commercial/industrial construction so sometimes the plumbing equipment is there, but the water isn't yet turned on. There have been many a jobsite mishap that could have been avoided with just a piece of tape or a well placed sign.
Ew.
I can't top the dream but you did bring back unpleasant memories with this entry. Ha!
I work in commercial/industrial construction so sometimes the plumbing equipment is there, but the water isn't yet turned on. There have been many a jobsite mishap that could have been avoided with just a piece of tape or a well placed sign.
Ew.
Nope, can't beat that one, and I'm not even going to try.
Hee hee hee, Maria!
I'm keeping my dreams to myself.
Hmmmm...let me go over to the couch, here.
No doubt your knees hurt while you were sleeping, which fed your crappy day feelings into the dream world. Which led to the sitting on the crapper scene.
What could be more crappy than having someone you dislike, perhaps feel slightly intimidated by, be the one who points out that you've taken a dump where you shouldn't? The clothes in the dressing room are an allusion to how smartly this woman dresses, yet how false you think she is...just like the fake toilet. Something she say or did bothering you a little?
Tomato tossing is another way of expressing your unhappiness with your week from hell, especially if they were rotten. Tomatoes come from your canning, of course, but they symbolize your frustrations with your week and you secret wish to 'dirty' those who have caused those frustrations. Tomato tossing equals hurling insults.
Liv telling you to grow up - perhaps you subconsciously seek your daughter's approval. Are you comparing yourself in your dream world to that poser who seems to take delight in making (attempting to make) other women feel inferior?
But, then, what the hell do I know about anything?
:)
My favorite place for shitting is shop windows - in my dreams, that is - and preferably during the Christmas shopping season.
Whatever it means, I'm sure it's got something to do with sex...
Cleansing and releasing. That's the best I can do.
My dreams are vivid and strange like yours, and I write them in my blog or a notebook because within a couple hours they are gone forever. WHen I go back to read them I don't even remember them. I often have bathroom dreams...when there is no stall, just an open communal place or no door. And I CAN'T go like that, but I sure have to.
Maria,
According to dreammoods.com:
Bowel Movement
To dream that you have a bowel movement, signifies that you are successfully getting rid of your old habits/ways and thinking patterns. It is usually analogous to the release of strong emotions, such as anger.
Shopping
To dream that you are shopping, indicates your needs and desires. It also represents opportunities that you come across in life. Consider what you are shopping for and what needs you are try to fulfill. In particular, to dream that you are shopping for food and groceries, signifies your hidden attempt to buy the attention of others.
To dream that you cannot find what you are shopping for, suggests that you are trying to find a solution to some life problem.
Tomatoes
To see tomatoes in your dream, symbolizes domestic happiness and harmony.
To dream that you are eating tomatoes, foretells of good health.
Throw
To dream that you are throwing something, indicates that there is someone or something that you need to rid yourself of from your life. Consider the object that you are throwing. Alternatively, the dream may be a pun that you are "throwing" or fixing a game or situation. Are you working against the objective?
When you add it all up, I think you are trying to work through the problems you and Bing have been having! Especially the part about throwing tomatoes - throwing away domestic happiness?
Sometimes I dream about being in a bathroom when I really have to go.
On the other hand it might mean you really don't care what others think about you.
No thoughts on the dream but man... I thought I had weird dreams. :)
When I worked at the school I dreamed that the tech teacher that I had to work with (who was driving me nuts) had a second job at Walmart in the clothing department and that I walked up to her there and tossed a glass of orange juice on her. She immediately called my boss who along with her assistant was then chasing me around the Walmart parking lot.
I'm so glad I don't work there anymore.
No clue as to want your dream meant, although others here have some good guesses. My most vivid dream happened back when I was a teen. I was a soldier in WW2 somewhere in the south Pacific I think, and as I was walking through a cave I was shot and died. I rememeber feeling the intense pain of being shot, then slowly fading out as I died before I woke up. I few people have told me that I could have been dreaming about the end of my last life. *shrug* I don't know about that.
Oh, and John Wayne was in the dream too.
Perhaps you were simply expressing your distaste for the new Fall fashions, as well as for that snooty witch who is so impossibly well put together.
I agree that it probably represents something you need to purge from your life, and you know that nobody can help you with it.
But when did toilets become decorative objects, and why was I never told?
I love all these well thought out explanations people gave and I have nothing to add. :)
Except that two nights ago, I had three long, consecutive dreams in which I has pregnant (eighth or ninth month). I actually woke up in between them and then I'd dream something different but was still pregnant. The only commonality was that the pregnant thing made doing certain things very difficult or impossible. However, given that I am 24, partnerless, in no mood for children for at least another 10 years and am likely to have difficulties conceiving anyway once I do want them, these were really freaky dreams. I've never dreamt I was pregnant before. :)
Ooh hey, I do love the tomato-throwing part of your dream. Surely that must've been fun!
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