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Zombie dreams/nightmares and inside my head ...

I moved into my new apartment about 2.5 weeks ago. Since I have moved there, I have had 4 bad dreams about Zombie outbreaks. They're not necessarily nightmares because I don't wake up in the middle of the night scared shitless or anything, but I do wake up in the morning kind of freaked out because the dreams are so vivid. Last night's dream was the most whacked-out of the four of them. I do regularly have dreams ... I seem to remember dreams that occurred overnight every day. Rarely do I wake up and not remember something from my dreams.

1. My dreams are easily influenced. If I talk to my Mom, she'll be in my dream. If I hang out with a friend, he or she will probably end up in the dream.

2. I dream in color, or at least that's how I remember it. If I recall correctly, I think I've read that a lot of people dream in black, white and/or grays.

3. I rarely, if ever, have dreams with Transformers. If I do have a dream with Transformers in it, it's always a dream of finding old school G1 figures at a store like Walgreen's or the old Ben Franklin's (back when it was the Five and Dime store, not the craft store) or occassionally a TRU. I did have a variation of that dream on Saturday night (oddly enough) where I found a bunch of new figures that I had never heard of before and I couldn't believe that I didn't know anything about them. Amazingly, I never have dreams where Transformers are real.

4. I rarely have a dream that mentions or references Seibertron.com. The Saturday night dream had a reference to Seibertron in that I was frustrated that I didn't know about the new new figures mentioned above (#3) even though I own Seibertron.com. That dream could be spawned from the strain of trying to keep up with everything.

5. I usually never have dreams of "fictional" characters from the real world. Characters from TV shows or Movies that I watch never appear in my dreams.

6. I don't have "fictional" nightmares (i.e. no vampires, werewolves, or other boogeyman type dreams). The only nightmares I'll ever have (which are pretty rare), are ones involving something bad happening to a family member (primarily my Mom or Dad). Those dreams suck.

7. Zombie dreams are new to me as of the last few weeks. I don't remember ever having Zombie dreams prior to now.

8. Zombie movies are the only horror genre that I will watch, but they scare the **** out of me no matter how many times I've seen a movie. If you've ever watched a scary movie with me, you'll know that I am a flat-out panzie when it comes to scary movies. Needless to say, I don't watch them that often.

9. The biggest thing that has changed since moving to my new apartment is that I find I'm watching more TV. The Resident Evil 3 movie trailer has been running a lot and I see advertisements all over Chicago for it, so this must be the catalyst for what's causing these screwed up Zombie dreams.

10. The first 3 Zombie dreams prior to last night revolved around some helpless situation where my family and I were trapped in some house in the woods, like the one I grew up in, and then variations on certain family members becoming infected and so on. Needless to say, they're not pretty dreams. Having to deal with your parents once they've turned Zombie isn't a fun thing. At all. It's pretty f'in screwed up if you ask me.

11. Which leads me to last night's dream which is the most screwed up of them all so far. It was basically like the real-life dream version of the Marvel Zombies. Please note that I've never read the Marvel Zombies comics, I've only looked through one of the books and pondered buying the hardcover collection at Wizard World. I did read a lot about the series on Wikipedia, but just reading about it gives me the willies, enough so that I really don't want to buy the book even though I'm extremely curious about it. Anyway, back to last night's dream, the basic plot of it revolved around the Marvel Zombies ... except it was the actors, and not made up versions of everyone. Wolverine looked like Hugh Jackman, Spiderman (well, what was left of him) looked like Tobey Maguire, Magneto looked like Ian McKellen and so on. Fortunately, I had fallen asleep while watching a couple episodes of House, M.D. (great show if you've never seen it). House (Hugh Laurie) was in the dream and his associates from the TV show had become infected one-by-one (Cameron, Chase Foreman, Cutty and Wilson). House and I were running around trying to figure out how to stop it all. Last night's dream did keep waking me up. It seemed more vivid than the other 3, or maybe it's just that it had such a colorful cast of characters that it stood out more.

I don't think the dream was resolved. I've about had it with the whole Zombie-dream-nightmare thing. I'm hoping that by posting a message about it that it will somehow clear these screwed up dreams I've been having out of my head. I thought, at the least, that some of you would get a kick out last night's dream since it involved real life versions of Marvel Zombies. I'm pretty sure that the Resident Evil commercials and advertisements are what's causing the Zombie dreams to keep occuring and I'm looking forward to that movie being over with so that the ads aren't all around.

While I think the Zombie dreams are inspired by the Resident Evil 3 promotional materials, I also have a feeling that it is more rooted than that. At the basis of a Zombie story is the sense of helplessness or the sense that everyone is turning against you. Work has been stressful during the past month and a lot of my coworkers have a bad habit of placing blame on other people instead of just sucking it up and trying to figure out what they can do to help. The upcoming and very large changes to Seibertron (and lack of gallery updates) is also contributing greatly to my stress levels as well right now, coupled with the fact that I just moved for the first time after 5 years and now have a roommate in a strange new apartment. I can't help but wonder if all of these elements are contributing to these whacked out Zombie dreams.

Ryan

If your dreams are easily influenced, why not just watch/look at porn all day, every day?

Zombies, oddly enough, are my second favorite (Next to Vampires) horror creature, and, as the same time, my least favorite. Not quite as scary as most horror creatures (Freddy gets that honor), but every Zombie movie I watch, gets me into that "Holy holies, what if?" feeling.

It has to do with the fact that Zombies are, essentially, an unbeatable threat. A single scratch or bite can make one into two, two into four, four into eight, and so on in that fashion. And that's not saying if they eat so much of you, you don't become one of them. (An unpleasant though, considering you're alive during the process)

Also, WHY DID I MAKE THIS POST?!?

Shadowman wrote:If your dreams are easily influenced, why not just watch/look at porn all day, every day?

Zombies, oddly enough, are my second favorite (Next to Vampires) horror creature, and, as the same time, my least favorite. Not quite as scary as most horror creatures (Freddy gets that honor), but every Zombie movie I watch, gets me into that "Holy holies, what if?" feeling.

It has to do with the fact that Zombies are, essentially, an unbeatable threat. A single scratch or bite can make one into two, two into four, four into eight, and so on in that fashion. And that's not saying if they eat so much of you, you don't become one of them. (An unpleasant though, considering you're alive during the process)

Also, WHY DID I MAKE THIS POST?!?

Oddly enough, Zombie flicks are probably the horror genre that catches my interest the most, but I'm usually so freaked out to see Zombie flicks that I don't watch them usually. Every Halloween, I make myself buy 2 horror movies to watch with friends. Those are my two scary movies for the year. Last year, it was 28 Days Later and Slither. I loved the new Zombie take with 28 Days Later because it dealt more with the reality of mankind being evil than it did with that actual Zombie outbreak. Slither, while gross (and freaked me out the first time through), turned out to be a fun campy movie with 2 actors that I really liked plus a 3rd that I thought was really hot. Slither also played off the whole Zombie outbreak fear as well.

I'm still not desensitized to Resident Evil and 9 years ago when I played Resident Evil 2 it took me forever to play that game because I would get so freaked out playing by myself. Even though I loved RE2 and had a huge sense of accomplishment by beating the game both as Claire and Leon, I never picked up another RE game because I get so freaked out playing them.

Atleast you have dreams, I can't remember my last dream.
Only time I remotely dream is if I wake up and meander myself back to a light sleep for 10-15 minutes, otherwise I sleep like a dead man. Nothing wakes me up.

Even if I do have a dream, I don't remember it after a little while.

But back to zombies, I like zombie flicks and wouldnt mind a zombie dream, if any kid of dream. But yea shadowman wins with suggestions: porn.

I don't seem to dream much personally, but stress will do it to me. Most of my dreams usually involve an overwhelming scenario where I have to somehow fight my way out, physically or otherwise. I always looked at it metaphorically.

I have dreamed about Zombies once or twice. I didn't think much of it when it happened, I just filed it away in my "Random wtf?" memory folder.

Not a big Zombie fan myself, mainly because I saw those movies so often growing up, I grew tired of the horror genre in general. But there are some truly great Zombie flicks.

Otherwise, you're under stress and adjusting to a new environment. Moving is one of the most stressful things an adult can go through, much less moving in with a roommate. Give yourself some time, and maybe take a trip to a gun shop just for a lark. Shotguns come in handy when Zombies are around.

Ooh. I love Marvel Zombies.
But i probably wont like having dreams about them. And i usually have more dreams abt TF rather than horror.

Just try to relax.
Maybe it's that you aren't adapted to your new environment yet?
Sometimes i do have nightmares after moving in to a new place.

I love zombie movies... I have dreams about zombie invasions every once in a while too.

No zombie dreams. I have dreams about serial killers, though, and I think that's even scarier because those people actually exist.

Sometimes during a dream, people realize that they are dreaming, I've found that events like this are a prime spot to seize control of said dream (IE: deciding that you have a shotgun and laying waste to the countless zombies that are helpless against your nearly unlimited source of ammunition)
it's known as lucid dreaming I believe!

i daydream/dream about zombies constanstly
from old skool evil ernie to my own zombiecon TFs
- dead oneZ are Fiendz

I dream in color

I don't think I have ever had a B&W dream

Zombie dreams. Those always suck. I've never been afraid of an actual outbreak because to be honest, it's impossible. Regardless I hate having ones about them.

I'm waiting for Darth Screamer to comment on this.

Tweezy wrote:Sometimes during a dream, people realize that they are dreaming, I've found that events like this are a prime spot to seize control of said dream (IE: deciding that you have a shotgun and laying waste to the countless zombies that are helpless against your nearly unlimited source of ammunition)
it's known as lucid dreaming I believe!

Yeah I do that all the time. Never realised until now that most other peoples dreams aren't in colour. The zombie problem sucks but all I can say is listen to Shadowman.

That sounds a lot like what I dream every night!

Well, you shuld read Marvel Zombies, it's real cool, but kinda strange seeing Spider-Man eating people....
But it is a realgood story and well it's cool!


OK, how about realaxing a bit? After you finished the mearge, just relaxe a bit man, there are so many galeries I haven't finished going thrue them all, just give yourselve a week ore so, we ca keep our selves entertained!

And yea read MZ, it's fun and disturbing.

Uncrazzimatic wrote:

Tweezy wrote:Sometimes during a dream, people realize that they are dreaming, I've found that events like this are a prime spot to seize control of said dream (IE: deciding that you have a shotgun and laying waste to the countless zombies that are helpless against your nearly unlimited source of ammunition)
it's known as lucid dreaming I believe!

Yeah I do that all the time. Never realised until now that most other peoples dreams aren't in colour.

Mine are.

Uncrazzimatic wrote:The zombie problem sucks but all I can say is listen to Shadowman.

If my dreams were easily suggestible, that is exactly what I'd do. Porn, all day, every day.

Unfortunately, they're not, so I'm forced to dream of owning a Wii, then waking up, back into my life, with nothing but a feeling of disappointment.

I too have extremely vivid dreams, and unfortunately for me most of them are nightmares. The first is tornadoes, a recurring nightmare for 11 years now. That one is pretty common and I've learned to wake myself up when I feel one starting. Another is my teeth falling out, and finally, the zombie dreams. These are particularly vivid and scary. They appear just as they look in the movies. I don't really get them right after watching a zombie movie (which I love); they come out of nowhere.

Stress might influence these dreams, and once you become more settled it might get better. There's no rhyme or reason to mine.

Moonbase2 wrote:I too have extremely vivid dreams, and unfortunately for me most of them are nightmares. The first is tornadoes, a recurring nightmare for 11 years now. That one is pretty common and I've learned to wake myself up when I feel one starting. Another is my teeth falling out, and finally, the zombie dreams. These are particularly vivid and scary. They appear just as they look in the movies. I don't really get them right after watching a zombie movie (which I love); they come out of nowhere.

Stress might influence these dreams, and once you become more settled it might get better. There's no rhyme or reason to mine.

I hate the teeth falling out dream. That's one of the worst. Creepies!

Seibertron wrote:

Moonbase2 wrote:I too have extremely vivid dreams, and unfortunately for me most of them are nightmares. The first is tornadoes, a recurring nightmare for 11 years now. That one is pretty common and I've learned to wake myself up when I feel one starting. Another is my teeth falling out, and finally, the zombie dreams. These are particularly vivid and scary. They appear just as they look in the movies. I don't really get them right after watching a zombie movie (which I love); they come out of nowhere.

Stress might influence these dreams, and once you become more settled it might get better. There's no rhyme or reason to mine.

I hate the teeth falling out dream. That's one of the worst. Creepies!

/yeah, they are bad. And when I have them, I ALWAYS think it's real. And not only does my teeth wiggle and fall out, I also pull out nerves and pulp and stuff. YUCK! Not as bad as my "caterpillar lice" dream.

I dream in Infrared
it's... refreshingly reddish
(just like the Queensrÿche song with the same name)

Shadowman wrote:If your dreams are easily influenced, why not just watch/look at porn all day, every day?

I think this may well be the smartest thing you have ever posted. Maybe even the smartest thing anyone has ever posted.

Ryan, you're obviously having a premonition about the impending release of Left 4 Dead.
It'll change the world more than jesus did. Trust me.

I always dream in colour. Never dreamt of zombies though.

Once I was Spiderman, and another time I was a Decepticon chasing down Sandstorm through the streets of Newcastle. That was a fun dream as there were things I had to avoid by transforming.

Nowadays, I dream really random stuff that makes no sense. One dream that really freaked me out was lying in bed and my mum and dad were trying to get me up, but I was petrified, screaming out and wriggling furiously to try and get away, shouting about 'The Dark Moon is comming' over and over. There was a giant black sphere in the sky that was following me.

A reccuring dream is the tooth falling out. It starts to wiggle, and then drops out. Another tooth takes it's place instantly, but then they just start falling out constantly. Strange thing is, it's always the same tooth that falls out first.

I wish I knew why we dream what we dream.

Insurgent wrote:I always dream in colour. Never dreamt of zombies though.

Once I was Spiderman, and another time I was a Decepticon chasing down Sandstorm through the streets of Newcastle. That was a fun dream as there were things I had to avoid by transforming.

Nowadays, I dream really random stuff that makes no sense. One dream that really freaked me out was lying in bed and my mum and dad were trying to get me up, but I was petrified, screaming out and wriggling furiously to try and get away, shouting about 'The Dark Moon is comming' over and over. There was a giant black sphere in the sky that was following me.

A reccuring dream is the tooth falling out. It starts to wiggle, and then drops out. Another tooth takes it's place instantly, but then they just start falling out constantly. Strange thing is, it's always the same tooth that falls out first.

I wish I knew why we dream what we dream.

Sometimes it's a mixture of stuff that you thought of or did in the day. Just figure where the parts come from.

optronix91 wrote:Sometimes it's a mixture of stuff that you thought of or did in the day. Just figure where the parts come from.

Twice I witnessed the Apocalypse in my dreams (once while playing chess with my dad). And another time I saw the four horsemen riding across the sky.

Another time, I was in London as planes dropped out of the sky around me (it was as though they were dropped by a hand, they just went straight down) while I was chased by demonic dogs.

I know I have a somewhat destructive and pshychotic side to my mind, but there was nothing in those days to indicate anything of that violent nature. Nothing that could explain where those things came from.

I really think it's just the RE3 promos - I've been having zombie nightmares lately too.

Ryan, you sure you havent been playing Zombie Mod on Counter-Strike Source?