I had a very strange dream last night. First it started off that I was on the computer and I recieved a message that I had won a prize and to just print up the tickets. On one of the tickets was congratulations you have won a $5000 computer for $299. I was excited and called my mother and she said be careful that they don't have your credit card information. Then the dream takes a turn. There is somebody really evil who is trying to hurt people I love. I had a feeling in my dream it was some authority figure (most likely a police man). He had tried to hurt someone by pouring boiling water on them. Then I am in a house with a guy I knew (can't remember who though), and the evil guy. He had just killed someone I knew in front of us. The guy I knew asked what was upstairs and the other guy responded just dungeons and dragons stuff. He said you can go upstairs but you better be back. Time elapses and he goes upstairs to find him. I run out of the house which is a yellow cape and see a raging river. I see my nephew hiding behind a little cove in the river bend. This guy Danny I know sees us and goes to wave and I shake my head no. I then ask my nephew where my niece is and he says she ran and I can't find her. I tell him to hold his breath because we hhave to swim underwater. Then I am on a train and I kept on saying I didn't know what to do I was afraid I am so sorry. My nephew isn't with me and everyone is passing out cookies. My cousin then enters the train I ask him what happened and he said Katherine is dead I said what about Ashly and John he said I think they are too. I get panicky and said we need to tell someone because that guy is still at the house but I don't know where we were. Someone says you were in Allington. I said Arlington Ma. they said no Allington Ct and spelled it out. someone said the authorities were already informed. I call my mother hysterical and she said oh don't worry I am sure they will show up why don't you come over your brothers were doing some remodeling. She said we're removing th jaccuzzi from the kitchen (obviously not in the kitchen) puttting in a smaller tub so that way thy can pet up french doors to seperate the bathroom from the kitchen. Then I wake up. I had this dream between 12a.m. and 12:45 a. m. I know because I go to work at 2 in the morning. I woke up at 12 to take my thyroid medication and fell back to sleep and when I woke up again it was 12:45. I also found out today that a town called Allington Ct does exist it is part of New Haven county. But i have never been there or even through there. Sorry this post is so long but any help would be much appreciated.
Heidi

It could be that there is a person or situation in your life that when it first appeared in your life it was a good thing. However, it has turned into something destructive that is killing/damaging important relationships in your life.

You are frightened and worried about this person/situation but another part of you or the important people in your life are telling you not to worry and that it will be okay. The reason I say this is because of your mothers role in the dream. She is the warning voice but she is also the voice that tells you not to worry.

As far as Allington CT and Arlington MA connection. It could be that part of the reason this situation has gotten so out of control for you is miscommunication. There is something important about the location or direction of this situation/person that you misunderstood from the beginning.

I wasn't so much afraid. When I saw the guy kill someone in front of me it was a matter of fact thing. It wasn't until I was on the train that I was really more upset then afraid. I felt ashamed that I couldn't save anyone. I felt people were going to judge me. My brother in real life was murdered is there a connection? It happened over 20 years ago. Thanks for any insight you can give me.
Heidi

Is your brothers murder unsolved? Do you feel that maybe you could have done something to prevent his death? How do you feel about his death? Are you still grieving his death?

Or is there something going on in your waking life that this dream could be referencing?

In your waking life have you done something or witnessed something that would make you upset, feel like you have lost direction, or feel guilty like you should have done somthing to stop it?

Yes my brother's death is solved. We don't talk about the actual murder but we do talk about him. As far as do I still grieve his death absolutely. Anyone who has ever lost anyone to a violent crime will understand you never stop grieving you just learn better ways to deal with it. But the main question still is the name Allington,CT being said in my dreams, even though I have never been there at all does that mean anything or is it just coindence?
Heidi

As far as grieving your brother's death what I am asking is are you still depressed about it? Do you still cry about it or are you able to talk about him and feel good about it?

The Allington CT or Arlington MA connection sounds to me like some type of miscommunication in your life or some sort of misunderstanding that is happening in your life.

In order to find meaning in your dreams you have to be open minded and you have to be willing to examine your feelings and look at the events in your waking life for clues.

We talk about my brother all the time. But we talk about his life not his death. Do I still cry over it? No. Sometimes I will hear a song or something will happen to remind me of him and I will get a little sad. My dreams ar often quite strange which I am sure a lot of people's are. It is like I am actually living it. I could feel the cold water on my skin as I go in the river. And I can rember one time I had this dream I was crawling on the ground and I could feel the pebbles digging into my skin. do many people actually feel sensations in their dreams?
Heidi

My dreams are very real as well. I can feel wind on my skin, the cold wetness of water, etc. If I reach out and touch something I can feel what it feels like. I have thoughts and impressions of what is going on. I have feelings like fear, dread, joy, stress, etc. Depending on the dream, I feel all the emotions that apply to the dream situation.

So unless you and I are abnormal I would say that what you describe is normal.

By the way, have you found any connection between your waking life and the dream. Keep in my mind sometimes the things you see in a dream may be a symbol for something else.