Mix 98.5 Today's Best Variety

July 14th, 2008

Want to find out what your dreams are telling you? Every week we'll pick one lucky listener's dream to be interpreted by Lauri and post it here. All you have to do is fill out the form below.

Tune in to the Discovery HEALTH channel for Lauri's new show "In Your Wildest Dreams!"

"Dreams say what they mean, but they don't say it in daytime language." -Gail Godwin

Dear Dream Zone,

My dad died in October of ‘07. Last night I dreamed that he just died. While he was being embalmed they discovered that he was still alive. I scrambled to get all his personal property and savings back and deposited a large check back into his account. I was afraid the check was not going to clear. But then he died again, and this time they could not revive him. -Lauren 44

Lauri: When you’re in the midst of the grieving process it’s normal to dream that your loved one comes back to life and then dies all over again because you are still trying to adjust to the permanency of death. Your father has been around your whole life and now he's no longer here. You may not have reached the Acceptance stage yet, which often takes about a year. These dreams are especially common if you were not able to say goodbye before your loved one passed. Your concern in the dream about there not being enough money for the check to clear is actually waking life concern over your self worth. Is there a part of you that feels you weren't there enough in the end? He dies again and is unable to be revived because you are reaching acceptance. A difficult dream, I know, but good for you.

Lauren Replies: I didn't get to say goodbye to my Dad. I talked to him while he was home and doing great. The hospital called 45 minutes later. He had dropped dead in his driveway after I talked to him. And true, I wasn't there for him like I should have been. He had a habit of drinking too much wine in the evening and I often didn't answer the phone at night when he called.

Fascinating Sleep Fact:

According to The National Sleep Council, smokers take longer to fall asleep, wake more often and often experience more sleep disruption.

http://www.thedreamzone.com

June 30th, 2008 I have recurring dreams about a huge house that has stairways all over that make no sense as to where they go or why they were built there.

June 23rd, 2008 I have recurring dreams that I am driving a car from the back seat.

May 19th, 2008 I had a dream last night that I was in a mall and set my purse down to look at something.

May 12th, 2008 I had a very disturbing that I was in the basement of my house trying to get upstairs but someone’s blocking my way.

May 5th, 2008 I feel as I'm driving and I cannot see anything in front of me it is pitch black and very scary ...

April 28th, 2008 I keep having dreams of watching plane crashes. The planes can be all sizes. Sometimes there are more than one in the sky...

April 21st, 2008 I always have this dream of me and my mother fighting, but it's not just verbal fighting it's physical fighting.

January 21st, 2008 I dreamt I was leaving work to pick up my daughter but I was running late. I always leave with my best friend Brad...

January 14th

December 31st, 2007 I have been dreaming the same dream for the 30 years my husband and I have been married. My husband and I...

December 10th, 2007 I have this recurring dream where a shadowy male stands beside my bed. I THINK I’m awake, but I’m dreaming...

December 3rd, 2007 I am getting married this June and have been having strange dreams about ex-boyfriends lately. My latest dream was...

November 26th, 2007
A male friend dreamt about me and decided that the dream was a warning for him against me...

June 25, 2007
Last night I dreamt I was riding in the back seat of a car and my dad was driving... horribly! He was driving like a maniac...

June 18, 2007
I was watching my friend Susan walk up a spiral staircase. When she was about 3/4 of the way up, I asked if she wore contacts. She said yes...

April 30, 2007
About 35 years ago we lived in an apartment in Somerville, which had a porch to hang your clothes out on a line. I was also frightened that the porch would cave in (it wasn't the safest porch) but it never fell...

January 8, 2007
I had a dream that I was at a Boston salon with my fiance getting a haircut (something we would never do together) when we heard an uproar outside. We both ran outside to find panicked people running down the street shouting that another country's army was in our city, and that everyone was evacuating...

September 18, 2006
"Sushi Restaurant" - Dear Mattress Discounters Dream Zone,I had a dream that my ex boyfriend was living in the back of a Sushi restaurant in Manhattan...

July 24, 2006
"Stage Fright" - Dear Dream Zone, I've had the "actor's nightmare" several times. I find out that I'm in a stage play (the stage looks like the one from my high school)...

July 17, 2006
"Hostage" - Dear Dream Zone, Many of my dreams are in the past. I have been in the civil war and war with Germany...

July 10, 2006
"Hostage" - Dear Dream Zone, I worked in retail for 15 years. I have had a new job in another field for 6 years. I have a recurring dream where I have to work in the store I worked at for 15 yrs. for one more day...

July 3, 2006
"Hostage" - Dear Dream Zone, I had this dream last night, actually it was more like a nightmare. I dreamt that I was kept hostage at some cold dark place and the people kept trying to hurt me...

June 26, 2006
"Out Of Control Car" - Dear Dream Zone, I've had this repeated dream that I'm a small girl in the passenger seat of a car...

June 19, 2006
"Flying" - Dear Dream Zone, I've had this dream repeatedly on different nights that I was a little girl and I was outside in my yard running and flying coming down and jumping back up into the sky...

June 12, 2006
"Boat Wreckage" - Dear Dream Zone, My dream is set in a lake...