Dreams

[insideontheoutside]

I came across this one site that had 19 "facts" (I put that in quotes because I have no idea where they were getting these ... I was assuming some sort of dream studies but they never referenced anything. So take the info below with a grain of salt). One of the facts was:

Men's Dreams v. Women's Dreams

Men are more likely than women to dream about aggression, fear, anger, anxiety and misfortune. Men's dreams tend to be action-oriented, set outdoors and involving strangers more than women's dreams.

Women's dreams are usually set indoors, are more friendly and positive and involve emotional situations with people they know and care for.

Now, without actual scientific reference for this or at the very least a survey of men and women and their dreams I can't say whether or not this is valid info, but I can say that I most certainly dream more about aggression, etc. and my dreams are more action-oriented, and involve strangers a lot more than people I know. Some of my fav dreams are total action/adventure ones usually set in post-apocalyptic wastelands, Mad Max style, where I get to wander around and fight people and things  Most of my memorable dreams fit this. I've always loved abandoned places, disaster movies, dystopian and post-apocalyptic stories/movies so I always just figured it made sense that I would have dreams about this sort of thing. But could it actually be the "male brain" thing cropping up again? Who knows.

Anyway, what do you guys dream about most?

[Simon]

Anyway, what do you guys dream about most?

Maybe it has something to do with the type of shows and films we watch.

I mainly watch Sci Fi, Horror, Medieval, and Action/Adventure films or shows. My dreams usually mimic things I have seen in those types of films. Almost like there is a continuation of a story and I'm the protagonist.

...last dream I remember vividly I was along side Ripley fighting Xenomorphs (Alien films for those of you who don't know).

Every dream I have I am always a cis male. That never changes or alters in any way.

[FTMDiaries]

My dreams have always involved myself as a central character with everything revolving around me, and if I have any 'friends' in the dream they are always nameless & faceless strangers. They're mostly set outdoors now that I come to think about it, and they are mostly action-oriented (I'm always busy trying to accomplish a goal of some sort). They're almost all about me dealing with negative emotions such as anxiety, fear and insecurity.

The best dream I ever had, though, was the one where I got to beat up my abusive stepfather. That was really cathartic.

[DriftingCrow]

I don't have dreams that I ever remember. I once bit my husband on the arm while I was sleeping, and another time I yelled out "POWERSLAM"  and did some kind of a wrestler's flip on the bed.

The last dream that I had--which was maybe about 10 years ago, I was stuck in some sand on a beach and a whole crowd of people in swimsuits started running and trampled over me. I guess that's more of a "male dream" based on their description.

[Magnus]

Well... really "out there" stuff, actually. They make no sense and they are completely random. And they're just the few I can actually remember. But, things like chasing psychopath murders and then having the damn sky turn unnatural colors and rain blood, or even being the victim of some want-to-be deranged surgeon or something. Or there's the really out there types where I'm dealing with wolves or even werewolves/vampires and such, killing or being killed. So I'd definitely class those under the male bit for sure.

Never had a dream yet with people I recognize other than myself (even then, I'm always completely physiologically male - even when I was a really little kid, and my dreams then were a hell of a lot stranger mostly revolving around whipping it out and marking everything... even before I knew what the hell that was about so lol). And they NEVER happen in places I've actually been or am recalling from memory either... much less are they about 'emotional situations'... they're just entirely random, mostly outdoors or even in the middle of nowhere. Often, when I do dream and can remember them, they're jumbled up and flash from one 'scene' to something entirely different and etc. And there is rarely if ever any talking in them. Actually, I'd say about 95% of them are completely mute.

The ones where I'm flying, though, are my favorite and not what I'd class under the crazy and 'out there' varieties. That is right up until I fall and have a total-body myoclonic jerk just before hitting the ground... hate that! I once had one of those while sleeping on the floor and winded my damn self... talk about a wake-up call  .

But my step dad's dreams are much of the same, even stranger. We both talk in our sleep (mom thinks this is highly entertaining, so do I)... I'd say that's another fairly male trait. I never hear my mom talking in her sleep. I mean like, full on conversation/narrative here lmao.

[AdamMLP]

There's only three dreams that I can remember having at the moment , and none of them fit the 'male' type, or are like any of your dreams really. The first was when I was very young and I dreamed that I was in darkness (the sort of dark when you close your eyes and you see purples and oranges in the blackness) but there were giant rocks being fired at me by some type of women's artillery that I was refusing to join, and to stop the boulders from hitting me I had to answer maths questions. I was completely and utterly terrified, no wonder I get so panicked now when I struggle at simple arithmetic!

The other was walking through the school boarding house, and I could see the "shadows" of the two members of staff that had helped save me from my depression and self harm, but had both left. If you use photoshop you might understand what I mean by saying that it was like they were another layer on top of the building, but their blending mode was set to overlay. I tried to talk to them but they weren't really there. Needless to say I was a bit shook up and not too keen to go back there.

My last dream that I can remember is a little happier, I was in the pub watching tv with my grandparents, and my girlfriend comes over and brings ice cream. We sit together and hold hands and none of my grandparents kick off about it.

I can't remember any of the others, except that sometimes I dream, but I'm in bed in my dream. I woke up from it terrified and holding my phone once because I dreamed that my girl for had cancer and the mastectomy we thought would get rid of it didn't. I was just about to ring and say sorry for thinking that she would be okay and not worrying enough when I realised it was just a dream. I dreamed I was in bed with her once when I actually was, which was very, very confusing.

My dreams just seem to scare me. Or something bad's happening to me in them. I don't know what gender I am in my dreams, I never see my body. One thing to point out from that article is that there are no strangers in dreams, everyone you see is someone you've seen before.

[PixieBoy]

During what Americans would call middle school (unsure of the British term for this, I'm bad at school terms), age 13-15, I had recurring nightmares of being trapped in the school building. Every time I tried to walk to the exit, the doors would lead to different places (a first floor door would lead to the top floor science classroom, etc) and I couldn't find my way out. When I got into proper high school I stopped having those dreams as I was no longer in that bad enviroment.

In my dreams, I am almost always physically male. I've had these recurring, very realistic dreams in which I wake up on a hospital bed and am male-bodied, I look just like a cis guy, and I'm filled with happiness. These dreams I've had since I was 11 or 12, about twice a week.

Currently my dreams revolve around being absolutely terrified of going up to the attic. I have to stop at the attic door because I am so scared I cannot move. It's a recurring dream, I have it about once every week. Another recurring dream, once every other week, is about being drowned by strangers in an area I've previously regarded as safe (my home, my current school, my old psychologist's office, etc).

[Mosaic dude]

Well, I'd like to see the source for these "facts".  Sounds like dodgy evo-psych to me, but...

I suppose you'd class my dreams as being more male.  They usually involve me shooting at gangsters or zombies or some such, and they're often very surreal.  Overall, I'd describe my dreams as Salvatore Dali does GTA.  Sometimes I dream I'm in a band or having sex or something like that, but my dreams are usually pretty antisocial.  I'm always physically male and my body is always the same, though sometimes the hair and clothes change.

[Natkat]

I usunally has psycologic dreams.
there filled with emotions, symbols, music, and so on.

often I know things who arn't clearly decribed in the dream ex if I see a bird I know "this bird is evil and will kill me" before anything happent and when I get nightmares it usunally not very scary scenes but the asmosphear who makes it scary.

I think, often I have dreams where I somehow escape or try to. maybe its in the famely my mom also often has those dreams.