Kristine's Little Bubble of Thoughts and Memoirs

[kristinederella]

The Dream

Have you ever dreamed about something weird or scary?? Did it frighten or bother you because you can't help but think that it might come true?

Here's the narration of a strange dream of mine.

It was almost time for the sunset, I'm with my mom and my sister. We are touring our mom around one of the buildings in Tarlac State University Lucinda campus. In my dream, the campus is wider than it is today. All the buildings are new and extremely modern looking. The roads within the campus are now four lanes and there is a hospital inside the vicinity. It was like seeing the future Lucinda campus. We are conversing about something, when one of the guards approached us, informing us that we need to leave the premises because the building will be closed soon.

After leaving the building, we decided to roam around further until we reached the back part of the campus where a building consists of different obstacle course especially made for training criminology students. As we approach the building, one instructor challenged me to finish the new obstacle they prepared to test if it can be done not just by crimonology students. I happily obliged myself to finish the challenge and I did.

Since it is almost night time, we walked out of the building to go our way out of the campus. While we are walking, we heard the sound of a siren from an ambulance and from afar, we saw that people are crowding something or someone on the middle of the road. Minding our own business, we decided to go into the hospital and make it as our exit route out of the campus since the road is blocked by an accident or something.

As we walk in through one of the side doors of the hospital, some guards stopped us from walking further that area because according to them it was a prohibited area for civilians and only authorized personnels can go in. We respectfully turn around so we can go out only to walk pass and see 4 familliar people. Three of which are me and my sister's common friend and one of them is our teachers way back in high school.

We stopped walking to exchange greetings with them, but then I realized that I was the only one paying attention and looking directly at the teacher. The teacher looked directly into my eyes and mouthed "It's okay, I'm dead." Without realizing what she said, I simply smiled at her. That's when I woke up. Still not realizing what I just dreamed about.

I only realized what I dreamed about, a day after. It finally sunk into my mind what she said to me. Considering that the teacher in my dream is currently recovering from her 5th or 6th mild stroke. Why would someone tell me in my dreams that she is dead when she's not and is currently trying to recover from her illness? Wasn't it kind of weird and creepy at the same time?

[kristinederella]

Why do People Dream?

Why Do People Dream?

Written by: Moonwalker

Let us define "dream" first:

- Dream is a series of pictures of events, fragments of our memory or stories that our mind create while we sleep. It can be romantic, exciting or terrifying. Science has made a huge leap in terms of medical researches but there are still no answer why we dream but there are existing theories regarding this matter and these are:

- To represent our desires

- A component and form of memory processing

- An act by the brain to prepare itself to face challenges

- Offline memory reprocessing

- Meaningful reflections of mental functioning

There are a lot of factors that can affect our dream. Pwedeng dahil sa alcohol, drugs and even mental state ng isang individual.

Nightmares

* Nightmares on the other hand can be caused by stress, fear, trauma, illness, drugs or can be an indication of depression. According sa research sa mga patient na may Major Depressive Disorder, ang nightmares daw ay maaaring may kinalaman sa pagiging suicidal.

Lucid Dream

* Lucid dreaming ay isa sa pinaka-popular na topic sa ating lahat. It is a state of sleep where the dreamer knows na nananaginip siya and may full control siya sa panaginip niya.

Sleep Paralysis

* Eto yung feeling mo na gising ka pero hindi ka makagalaw, makahinga ng maayos at makapagsalita. It occurs when a person passes between stages of wakefulness and sleep

Sleep Walking

* A rare and potentially dangerous sleep disorder. Sinasabi na hindi lamang sila naglalakad na literal. They can go wild kahit tulog sila. Here are several cases of sleep walking:

- Woman having sex with strangers habang nag s-sleep walking

- A man who drove 22 miles and killed his cousin

- A sleepwalker who jumped out of the window and barely survived.

Categories of Dreams:

* Precognitive = are dreams that will foretell an important event that is about to happen

* Warning = dreams that often tell of an impending danger

* Factual = dreams that can tell hidden truths or various symbols that represents the dreamer

* Inspirational = a motivational dream to make positive changes in lives

* Wish fulfillment = dreams that help our minds cope with our inner desires

* Compensatory = dreams that satisfy ourselves. It can be sometimes sexual, lol

* Reconciliation = dreams that deal with the loss of someone special in our lives

Dream Interpretations:

1.) Being chased

* We are not paying too much attention sa mga bagay na hindi madalas mapansin na nangangailangan ng appreciation

2.) Paralysis

* It can sometimes indicate that the dreamer feels the lack of control in their life

3.) Death

* It can be related to a dramatic change na nangyari sa dreamer.

4.) Flying

* Relates on how much control we feel we have in our lives and the confidence to achieve our goals

5.) Falling

* Indicates the act of letting go or indicates that something in our lives is out of control

6.) Nudity

* Psychological exposure or vulnerability

7.) Sex

* Indicates an intimate connection between people, or simply the desire of wanting to have sex .

Additional information:

* Majority of people cannot remember their dreams but if they do, just fragments of it

[kristinederella]

My Ulysess Story

Ulysses was the name of the typhoon that recently brought agony and destruction within most areas in Luzon. It caused property destruction and death of animals and even people due to extreme wind blows and heavy rains that brought flood.

The night before the typhoon devastated the province of Tarlac, me and my family watched the television for weather forecast updates from PAGASA. During that time, the track of the typhoon will not pass by Tarlac since it will mostly affect Bicol region and Southern Luzon. There's moderate rain showers and wind blows. On midnight, the wind blows became stronger that it creates whistling sounds. My sister decided to sleep on my room because she's afraid of the wind blows on her room's windows. She fell asleep first before I did and I can hear and feel that the wind got stronger. Then minutes later, the electricity was gone. Before I slept, I was so anxious about the wind. It was almost 5 o'clock in the morning. I woke up at the sound of strong winds blasting on my room's windows as well as the glass sliding door of my mini veranda. The glass doors and windows are shaking because of the strong wind. Without having second thoughts, we decided to leave my room together with our dog. We went to our youngest sibling's room, wake him up so we could go together in our parents' room. It was not even 5 minutes since we went to our parents' room, we heard a loud bang of wind followed by the sound of shattering of glass. I'm literally shaking because of fear and extreme anxiety. A lot of what ifs flooded my mind. What if we did not wake up before the glass breaks? What could have happened to me and my sister if we did not leave my room? Reminiscing what had happened on that day during the breaking dawn, I can't help myself but to still be really anxious because all the unfortunate things that happened was what made me anxious even before the typhoon came to existence. I always feel anxious whenever there are strong winds, strong winds accompanied by thunder and lightning. Imagine yourself and the things that made you anxious before, then suddenly all of it turned into reality. That's exactly how I felt that time of crisis. So far it is my worst nightmare.  But still, life is more important than the things the typhoon destroyed. We are unharmed and our family is so thankful for that.

Moral of the story: Whenever there are typhoons and other natural calamities, we should always be alert and aware of our surroundings. In a matter of seconds, a lot things can happen that may change our lives forever.

[kristinederella]

📝 Alone

There are times that I don't want to talk to anyone,

I'm just inside my room not wanting to see everyone.

Not wanting to do anything,

Makes me think of everything.

As I lay down on my bed and stare at the ceiling,

So many what ifs flooded my mind , my heart is racing.

I'm so afraid of what might happen in the future,

My calm heart is about to burst because of the great pressure.

Now I know that it's not always good to be alone,

Because your own emotions can be a devasting cyclone.

That can tear you apart

So you have to be wise and smart.

Never try to hide what you truly feel,

It makes you sad, lonely, and unreal.

[kristinederella]

📝 Change

Our paths crossed yesterday,

Since then, we talk to each other everyday.

Today, you already forget about my existence.

What happened to your persistence??

Maybe the heavy rains washed it away,

But I'm wrong, I saw you take the way

Which leads you out of my life

That scenery make me feel like my heart was stabbed by a knife.

Everything happens so fast,

But I can't just forget it like my past.

Now I fully understand why change is the only constant thing in this world,

Because there's always someone that will suddenly disappear without saying a word.

[kristinederella]

📝 You Left

You leave me alone hanging,

Like how fast the world keeps changing.

Don't worry, for you, I'll keep waiting, 

Even though at times,  I want to give up and stop fighting.

You need to get your senses back

So you can hurry and come back.

All the memories we shared together

Are all in my heart and mind,  they gather

And fade because of loneliness.

When you left,  I died because of emptiness.

[kristinederella]

One rainy day, as I watch the raindrops fall on the window panes, I felt inspired to express my thoughts by writing a short poem entitled Rain.

📝 Rain

You came unannounced

When you fall, you bounce.

Everytime you come,

Some people become

Very emotional as the clouds cry,

And sentimental as they try

To reminisce the memories

With an age like fermented berries.

What have you done? 

Why do I feel so alone?

Inside an empty room,

My emotions explode with a loud boom.

As the rain drops fall,

It gives freedom to my emotions and all.