Foreign Water Slide
Dream

I have a lot of dreams. I remember most, but this one freaks me
out more than any other. This dream is not reoccurring, just had it once. When I was 19, I was in the Navy. I was asleep in my bunk one night and dreaming of being in a foreign land. I, along with a friend, decided to go to a water slide park we saw from the freeway. We went in and we were having a great time. I remember saying to him, "I'm gonna go down headfirst!" So I did, and I hit my head on the bottom of the pool. I vividly remember looking downward at my hand, covered in blood, and seeing my shorts, a funky looking color, something I would never buy on purpose. Anyway, about a year later, I got stationed on a submarine that was being deployed to south America. I was in our second port, Colombia, when a friend and I decided to see the city of Cartagena. We were on the freeway when we spotted a water slide park. I said I wanted to go, then I remembered that I hadn't packed any shorts. we went by a small store and I bought the shorts I had seen in my dream, only I did not remember the dream yet. We were there for a few hours and I was going to go down the big water slide, headfirst mind you. So there I go down the water slide and bust my head just like in the dream. I remembered dreaming this all when I looked at my hand, covered in blood, and saw the funky colored shorts. This is not the first time I have dreamed of something that was going to happen and then did happen later. What does this mean?? Am I going to dream something major, and not tell anyone?? Please help me.

Andrew

Medford, OR
 
A. Hello,
 
Thank you for submitting your story to Winter Steel!
 
You seem to have Precognitive ( Future/Warning ), dreams. That is an amazing ability! If used right, or paid attention to, you could prevent or be for warned of many things to come. Depending on the intensity of your dream - warnings. I really don't see anything to be alarmed about, but then again, it could be unnerving if these are your first experiences in such things. Relax and try to think of it as a gift, not a curse. Many people would like to be for warned of future happenings, and now you can be. Maybe it is you don't like or want this, but it seems to be a part of you, your being, and unless you can block it out, you may not get rid of it. Why not try to make the best of it?
 
Some people need to reach a certain age before such abilities surface, sometimes, it's because they never really paid attention before. It could be you did, or went through something which caused it to 'trigger' it to surface, etc.. Many reasons why you could be having them.
 
I do not understand what you mean by 'not tell anyone,' that would be purely up to you to do - or not do so. Please know you are not alone, many people claim such abilities and are normal people, just have a 'internal alarm,' if you may, to know of things before hand.
 
Hope this helps!
Shana ( Nina )