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Does anyone else have weird recurring dreams?!

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Sandpiperwavedance · 08/06/2026 20:35

Last night I had one of my two regular recurring dreams, about realising I have an upcoming exam for a module I’d totally forgotten about, which I haven’t revised for at all 😱 (I left uni nearly 20 years ago!)

The other one I have is about getting home and finding the front door ajar, being terrified there’s an intruder in my house or all my stuff has been taken! (Not sure where this comes from, as it’s never happened in real life - touch wood!)

These dreams don’t happen very often, but they’ve been cropping up every now and then for as long as I can remember, and they still really unsettle me!

It’s got me wondering, do other people experience a similar thing? What are the weird recurring dreams you can’t escape from?!

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DierdreDaphne · 10/06/2026 15:51

CointreauVersial · 10/06/2026 15:17

Yes....why are the extra rooms always run-down, dated and falling apart? And always on a huge scale?

My extra rooms are empty, and very small and poky (sometimes too low to stand up in)and often windowless. Always painted white though, and often either in the loft or basement ( perhaps as a pathetic attempt by my brain to "justify" why I hadn't known they were there 😂)

I don't think my subconscious thinks much of my unrealised potential!

Harpsichord23 · Yesterday 04:11

I remembered another recurring dream…. I can run/fly like the characters do in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, just occasionally touching the ground. It is such an efficient way to cover distances, I think my brain just likes being able to do that in dreams..

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Sandpiperwavedance · Yesterday 07:00

itslikecakesbutitsnotcakes · 10/06/2026 09:12

There’s a great couple of Reddit thread I found on the dirty toilet dream. Also a whole subreddit called r/thatbathroommazedream. So many people have it! The descriptions are eerily exactly what I experience.
Always dimly lit
Blue!
Loads of cubicles but all full
Doors/walls too low so everyone can see in
The loos are huge (and disgusting) but busy. Some people dream of showers in there too or a changing space. I think mine has a changing space at the back where there’s a load of women doing make up or their hair in manky mirrors and it’s a mess.
Men and women in there (but the changing space is only women)

Someone’s even posted a load of AI generated photos- terrifyingly close to exactly what’s in my dream.

So creepy that so many people have the same dream!

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No way! This thread has been a revelation! 😆

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WhyDoesItAlways · Yesterday 08:02

Reading this thread has clearly had an effect on me. Dreamt that i was waiting for a ferry and the waves were absolutely massive (fairly normal dream for me) but then I went to the toilet because I needed a no2, struggled to find a clean unbroken cubicle. Managed to find the last clean one but then I couldn't go and was panicked I was taking too long and would miss my ferry mid shit.

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Sandpiperwavedance · Yesterday 15:27

WhyDoesItAlways · Yesterday 08:02

Reading this thread has clearly had an effect on me. Dreamt that i was waiting for a ferry and the waves were absolutely massive (fairly normal dream for me) but then I went to the toilet because I needed a no2, struggled to find a clean unbroken cubicle. Managed to find the last clean one but then I couldn't go and was panicked I was taking too long and would miss my ferry mid shit.

🤣

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