Lauren again. I don't really know where to start, so I guess I'll start with the dreams. I think I have dreams of the future, but not like in the immediate future, more like the distance future. It's not like every dream I have is of the future it's more like every once and a while. I kind of know when I've had one of these dreams because it's either in cartoon form or slightly less realistic. I have no real way of telling if they are dreams of the future or not, because they are set years in the future not like most which are days or weeks in advance.
My first dream, I guess you can say is one way to tell, I had when I was around the age of seven (I'm now 13). I was sleeping on my grandma's bed in the back of the house. I was in a real deep sleep and I remember vividly have a dream that there was two spirits under her bed (this was before I knew that my experiences were with spirits) and they were mocking me. They were saying like "You know you can see us." "Don't fight it." and "Why don't you come down her and talk to us." I remember not really knowing what to do and being really scared. I could always feel things around me, but the summer after my 13th birthday is when I started seeing them and when I was there a couple months ago there they were. The two spirits.
The next dream wasn't that long ago. It was about six or seven months ago. I had this dream and in the dream I was about 16 and my Dad was supposed to go driving with me, but he wouldn't go with me.
I kept saying "... But Dad I'm a good driver!"
I've always been afraid of driving, and I think it was like telling me not to be afraid.
The last one I remember, see that's another think I could be having these dreams more often then I think and I just don't remember them, I was putting in contacts (I wear glasses now) and I know it doesn't seem like such a big deal to be doing that. I mean lots of people wear them, but I don't, I CAN'T. I don't know why. In the dream I looked maybe a couple years older than I do now and my hair was a bit darker.
Please comment or e-mail. Thanks for the help, and sorry it's so long.
Here is a theory I have about my own precognitive dreams. 1) I think it is tied into my emotions. I have been struggling with depression and anxiety for a while now and I've noticed that I don't dream as often as I used to. 2) I don't think I have dreams about myself. I'm not sure about this one though. I've noticed that when I have dreams I experience the other person's reality as if it was my own. I lose all sense of self-identity. Oftentimes, a dark-haired women will walk through or talk to me or show up in these precognitive dreams. (I've often thought how pretty she is:) When the event actually happens, I'm surprised to realize that the dark-haired woman was actually ME! Thus, I think that I don't necessarily dream future dreams about myself but about other people. Sometimes I show up in these dreams and thus I get a glimpse into my personal future. 3) I think the key to gaining some sort of awareness and control over these dreams is to practice lucid dreaming. Lucid dreaming refers to the ability to become awake in the middle of a dream. I think meditating is a good practice for that though I must admit that I'm not often successful at lucid dreaming.