Conversation 18: F17 and F18

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Discussion tags nightmares, weird, remember, scary
Recording sent to FUSE (date) 15.11.2018
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F17
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F18
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1 F17: //Part three is//
2 F18: //Conversation//
3 F17: Part three is a //ni-//
4 F18: //Sweet// dreams or nightmares.
5 F17: Yes
6 F18: Nightmares, this is [?]our[/?] //subject//
7 F17: //Okay//
8 F18: //[laugh]//
9 F17: So what are nightmares hmm...
10 F18: Hmm, nightmares are bad dreams as //Freddy//
11 F17: //Yes//
12 F18: Krueger would say //[laugh]//
13 F17: //[laugh] yeah// but it's like, well... I personally think that well nightmares are always something like a- bloody or... paranormal or something like //very//
14 F18: //mm//
15 F17: scary but they are not because... for example... well I have also had a nightmare about... exams or something and t- it's not like
16 F18: //[laugh]//
17 F17: //that bad if you// think like...
18 F18: Well
19 F17: //now.//
20 F18: //my...// nightmare, which was re- really lame, was the thing that I was... afraid to see a nightmare in my dream.
21 F17: Oh //okay [laugh]//
22 F18: //[laugh]// just- just really weird, but nightmares sure are scary if they...
23 F17: //Yeah//
24 F18: //are// scary.
25 F17: Yeah they're like... ni- nightmares are dreams that are scary like to you
26 F18: //Yeah//
27 F17: //like// you feel anxious or //scared.//
28 F18: //Scared// in a dream.
29 F17: Yes
30 F18: Even if it's not that scary situation you may feel so scared and helpless //or//
31 F17: //Yeah//
32 F18: especially the feeling of... being helpless
33 F17: Yeah //of//
34 F18: //is// scary.
35 F17: Yes
36 F18: and... sorry [laugh]
37 F17: Yeah [laugh]
38 F18: according to psychology
39 F17: Yeah
40 F18: some people say that it might... you know help us survive //in this//
41 F17: //[?]our[/?]//
42 F18: world.
43 F17: Yeah I- I remember that.
44 F18: //At least//
45 F17: //like//
46 F18: yeah.
47 F17: Aren't the dreams like... about that something is changing you, it's like- trains you for like //in//
48 F18: //Yeah.// In the dreams er if you saw a dream that you are flying, it seems that you have... moved on for another level... spiritually or mentally or... psy- phy- physically
49 F17: Yeah
50 F18: it depends but... and if you see a dream where your... teeth start to drop out, your going to die.
51 F17: Yeah
52 F18: //[laugh]//
53 F17: //those// are like er //oh well//
54 F18: //[laugh]//
55 F17: Okay
56 F18: Jeez [laugh]
57 F17: Erm what causes nightmares?
58 F18: Exams
59 F17: //[laugh]//
60 F18: //[laugh]// Sorry no- no- not sorry no- //it's//
61 F17: //Sorry// not sorry.
62 F18: it's like... well... erm
63 F17: Scary things
64 F18: Yes scary things and if you get traumatized or... //it's er- it just//
65 F17: //PTSD?//
66 F18: er yeah, it's just er like... erm scary movie you have seen
67 F17: //Yeah//
68 F18: //You might// have nightmares about it, I don't have... like nightmares so //you [inaudible]//
69 F17: //Mm//
70 F18: about scary movies but I think like the- they are not like...
71 F17: [laugh]
72 F18: from the movie but they can //like be affecting//
73 F17: //They are the- form the// feeling. //They form//
74 F18: //Yeah and they//
75 F17: //the feeling.//
76 F18: //can be affected by it.//
77 F17: //My mom// actually saw nightmares from... er... Exorcist for three years.
78 F18: [fin]Oho[/fin]
79 F17: //And she was//
80 F18: //That's like//
81 F17: Really afraid and I'm "Oh //Mom.//"
82 F18: //Yeah// [laugh] //yeah.//
83 F17: //And// I'm like having nightmares from having a nightmare erm //[laugh]//.
84 F18: //[laugh] Yeah well// like... well it was then but now when you watch //Exorcist//
85 F17: //Mm//
86 F18: your like "What?" //[laugh]//
87 F17: //Yeah [laugh]//
88 F18: It's- it's not that scary.
89 F17: But in that time //it was very scary.//
90 F18: //Like I ha- yeah// I have heard about like my friends that they're mom has seen like nightmares about the Shining //or//
91 F17: //Yeah// yeah.
92 F18: or even A Clockwork Orange it's like //I'm [laugh]//
93 F17: //[laugh]// And then there's us //[laugh]//
94 F18: //Then there's// us [laugh].
95 F17: Yeah we aren't s- afraid of movies because we know they aren't real, but we are
96 F18: //Yeah//
97 F17: //afraid// of different things and you can see them from our dreams and... you know the bi- things that you have seen during the day... //come in your//
98 F18: //Yeah of course.//
99 F17: dreams
100 F18: Yeah
101 F17: and... show themself in a different manner and that might be pretty scary.
102 F18: Okay... so give an example of a dream you have dreamt, so this isn't a nightmare, just a dream.
103 F17: Unfortunately I don't remember my dreams very often, they often they... they always turn out to be nightmares in //the//
104 F18: //Well//
105 F17: end.
106 F18: Okay
107 F17: Well
108 F18: That's not //[laugh] good//
109 F18: //[laugh]//
110 F17: //but//
111 F18: //well// [laugh] I have one.
112 F17: //Okay//
113 F18: //I er// I know that... I was... riding a car I mean I was driving a car
114 F17: Yeah
115 F18: and... yeah and there was like this hill, very big hill and I was driving like up the hill and then the car started flying //[laugh] and I was//
116 F17: //[laugh] I guessed that//
117 F18: flying and after that... the car started... landing and er we landed safely but then
118 F17: Okay
119 F18: there came another hill
120 F17: [laugh]
121 F18: and [laugh]
122 F17: //Oh no.//
123 F18: //we started// flying again and I was like "Yeah, this is so much fun." But [laugh] //this//
124 F17: //[laugh]//
125 F18: this time [laugh] the car started to crash... //and//
126 F17: //Oh// no.
127 F18: Erm I saw... er big Chinese...
128 F17: [laugh]
129 F18: temple //or//
130 F17: //Okay//
131 F18: something like that and it crashed right through it... and there was separate layers [laugh] in the temple and I [laugh] crashlanded in the end
132 F17: [laugh]
133 F18: and there was some //angry//
134 F17: //Oh no.//
135 F18: Chinese looking at me and I was like I'm sorry
136 F17: Oh
137 F18: and after that I think I died //[laugh].//
138 F17: //Yeah just [laugh] like a comedy,// kind of //but//
139 F18: //Mm, kind of comedy.//
140 F17: //Yeah [laugh]//
141 F18: [laugh]
142 F17: Well I have like I have many dreams about celebrities I- mhm I //wonder why but//
143 F18: //[laugh] and teachers.//
144 F17: I- mhm //[laugh] yeah but I like//
145 F18: //[laugh] [inaudible]//
146 F17: er celebrities but er for one dream I have had was like- it was er summer, er it was midsummer... //like the//
147 F18: //Aah I see.//
148 F17: holiday and... we... like er were outside and then this British actor //Benedict Cumberbatch just came in a...//
149 F18: //[laugh]//
150 F17: like er backyard and... I was like "Oh my God, I love you ee!" //[laugh] and//
151 F18: //[laugh]//
152 F17: and then [laugh] and then we- we like and... yeah he was like our guest //in//
153 F18: //Yeah//
154 F17: midsummer //festivities.//
155 F18: //Didn't you see// Johnny Depp making pancakes?
156 F17: Yeah! That wa- that was fun like Johnny Depp [laugh] in our apartment he made like heart-shaped pan//cakes//
157 F18: //[laugh]//
158 F17: with a heart-shaped pan and //and//
159 F18: //[laugh]//
160 F17: he had a pink like... what is it? //I don't really know but//
161 F18: //Yeah [laugh]//
162 F17: //yeah// and
163 F18: Outfit, pink //outfit.//
164 F17: //[laugh] yeah// and er... and my dad came in and he was like "Mmm, they look really good."
165 F18: //[laugh]!//
166 F17: //[laugh]!//
167 F18: [laugh]
168 F17: It was funny, okay... //erm//
169 F18: //Of- of// of course we can remember our dreams after waking //up//
170 F17: //Yeah//
171 F18: [laugh] we are just [laugh] remember //[inaudible]//
172 F17: //Yeah I remember// many dreams and //like//
173 F18: //I don't// r- usually remember dreams, I remember nightmares mostly.
174 F17: Yeah //maybe//
175 F18: //Yeah//
176 F17: Er does dreaming depend on age?
177 F18: I suppose so since
178 F17: I think
179 F18: when I was small I dreamt this nightmare, I was about six or five or really young and I remember watching this... Tintti series
180 F17: Oh
181 F18: and... you //[laugh]//
182 F17: //Yeah//
183 F18: you remember there's- there's a Himalaya yeti monster... and
184 F17: Yeah
185 F18: I saw that monster came... in my room [laugh], I was really afraid of it and yeah but after that my nightmares have become much more... imaginace- mm much more... creative //yeah much more//
186 F17: //Okay yeah//
187 F18: creative.
188 F17: But yeah I don't- well maybe the... it depends on age like
189 F18: Mhm
190 F17: Aa of course but I don't remember so much dreams so I- when I was very little so
191 F18: Mm
192 F17: I'm sorry but I think they [laugh] they weren't like //the dreams I have now.//
193 F18: //I saw the Moomins// mm Muumi's monster there as well... I //have//
194 F17: //Oh//
195 F18: the- it's- it's changed cha- eh //[laugh]//
196 F17: //Like the// boogyman.
197 F18: It's boogyman.
198 F17: Yeah
199 F18: Yeah
200 F17: Okay erm.
201 F18: Can dreams predict the future?
202 F17: Well I think... //maybe//
203 F18: //It// yeah it depends //on//
204 F17: //like//
205 F18: the- it depends.
206 F17: Yeah
207 F18: I wouldn't really [inaudible] since I don't have any evidence against it or... for it so [laugh] I'm just...
208 F17: Yeah
209 F18: Gonna say that it's possible.
210 F17: Yeah it- it is possible erm I have a little experience but not so much, I don't think it... it just //er//
211 F18: //Mm//
212 F17: seems like it or
213 F18: Mm //and deja vu//
214 F17: //[?]fortune[/?] or something//
215 F18: experiences are very... well... weird.
216 F17: Yeah the- //they are weird, I ha-//
217 F18: //There's no actual// word for it but it's
218 F17: Yeah
219 F18: really... creepy feeling.
220 F17: Yeah I have them a lot //[inaudible].//
221 F18: //And// I have actually... it's not a dream but it's more like a fee- er feeling, this sixth sense or //something that//
222 F17: //Oh yeah//
223 F18: something is wrong. My mum actually saved my life because she felt that something was wrong
224 F17: Okay
225 F18: and something was wrong [laugh] and she saved me, luckily.
226 F17: Yeah luckily, okay... er...
227 F18: Do you daydream?
228 F17: Yeah de- daydreaming okay well a little like there's some //[laugh] things I//
229 F18: //[laugh]// I live in another world which is my [?]imagined[/?] [laugh].
230 F17: Yeah we are quite other wordly //people I think.//
231 F18: //[laugh]//
232 F17: //And//
233 F18: //Yeah// we're weird people.
234 F17: like er I like... I li- like imagining things like it- what if I become a famous actor or something like that //you know//
235 F18: //I don't [?]know[/?] [laugh]// [?]be[/?] very different things //[laugh]//.
236 F17: //Yeah and// I also like i- if I like met some celebrity
237 F18: Mm
238 F17: because I really want to talk to like... American or British
239 F18: //[laugh]//
240 F17: //[laugh] celebrities// or something.
241 F18: Yeah... but yeah we do day- [laugh] daydreaming.
242 F17: Yeah... okay have you had nightmares //[?]my friends[/?] are like//
243 F18: //[laugh]//
244 F17: Ooh //many many//
245 F18: //Well// [laugh]. Most my- most of my dreams are nightmares //and//
246 F17: //Mhm//
247 F18: at least
248 F17: Yeah
249 F18: the ones I remember are nightmares. I have been killed by a bear for at least five times... in a [laugh] dream //and it was//
250 F17: //Oh no//
251 F18: really creepy and I saw these... people without skin, there was just blood and muscles showing around... and they were caged
252 F17: Ew
253 F18: in my... dad's house and... I was locked with them... and I was really beginning to worry and I wanted to get out... but... there was this lock and
254 F17: Yeah
255 F18: you see it's very simple lock and... when you are awake, you can just... click and it's out but
256 F17: //Oh//
257 F18: //during// the dream I was like "Oh my God! I can't //get//
258 F17: //Yeah//
259 F18: it open and //then I-//
260 F17: //Is like [inaudible]//
261 F18: Yeah... and for once [laugh]... I actually made it out. But things I- I called them hydras for some reason.
262 F17: //Okay//
263 F18: //They// started chasing me... and I saw my dad and my... now ex- er... stepmother
264 F17: Okay
265 F18: er and my... ex-stepmother's... daughter daugh- daughter and
266 F17: Yeah
267 F18: And er we were like "Ooh, where are we going to run?" and my dad and... [CENSORED: forename] started running towards er the bathroom and me and [CENSORED: forename] started running towards the other badroom... ba- bathroom.
268 F17: [inaudible]
269 F18: And then I picked some yellow police tape
270 F17: //Oh//
271 F18: //and// broke the window... [laugh] //of the [laugh]//
272 F17: //Okay//
273 F18: door of the bathroom... and started taping it and then there was snow [laugh] //it started [inaudible]//
274 F17: //[laugh] Okay//
275 F18: snow [laugh] and there w- broken window as well and then there was really dark and silent, I think I was alone and I started pulling sausages out of my //sleeves//
276 F17: //[laugh]//
277 F18: and //I was//
278 F17: [laugh]
279 F18: really hungry and //[laugh]//
280 F17: //So now it's like turning into comedy.//
281 F18: //I was like where// is- where is ketchup and
282 F17: //[laugh]//
283 F18: //then I// started eating and I was really worried that the- they might hear me [laugh].
284 F17: //[laugh]//
285 F18: //[laugh]//
286 F17: //That's like// yeah but eh about the lock thing like... in er like nightmares usually when you run //like//
287 F18: //Yeah//
288 F17: you are very slow it's //so//
289 F18: //and you er start //to see//
290 F17: //[inaudible]//
291 F18: these... things on the ground and your
292 F17: Yeah
293 F18: your... it's really hard to run and
294 F17: Yeah
295 F18: you fall on the ground and scream [laugh]
296 F17: Yeah but er //well//
297 F18: //[?]Go ahead[/?]//
298 F17: I have had like quite many er kind of normal nightmares it's //like//
299 F18: //Yeah// me too.
300 F17: There's some- always like [?]takes[/?] from my sleeve for example and pulls it on my hair and it's very creepy because //you don't//
301 F18: //Mmm//
302 F17: see
303 F18: Yeah
304 F17: What it is... and I ha- had a nightmare where actually a demon er showed up to me and it look like... a person and it was... from a... TV series called Supernatural so I think //it's//
305 F18: //Mmm//
306 F17: may... come //from//
307 F18: //Mmm//
308 F17: there and... it was like- it had yellow eyes... //and//
309 F18: //[laugh] Yeah//
310 F17: it's like- usuall like the... demons have black eyes //or//
311 F18: //Yeah//
312 F17: red and the yellows are like... like quite creepy and it //threatened//
313 F18: //Mmm yeah//
314 F17: me- me and my friends and my family... if //I wouldn't//
315 F18: //[laugh]//
316 F17: like sol- sell my soul to it and
317 F18: //Okay//
318 F17: //[inaudible]//
319 F18: good to have a [inaudible] //[laugh]//
320 F17: //Yeah it's-// it was... terrible [laugh]
321 F18: Yeah I haven't actually seen the demon in my paranormal dreams. There's just this feeling that something is there... and it starts killing //my//
322 F17: //Yeah//
323 F18: friends and... I have seen... my mom being killed in a dream and... it left me alive for some reason and I'm just been //[gasping] [laugh]//
324 F17: //Yeah. Well I have// also had these demon dreams where the... demon is like just a black mist... like
325 F18: Yeah
326 F17: I have... like... trying to get rid of it in a house and it always moves to a different place in my dreams and it's like
327 F18: Mmm
328 F17: repeating itself and I like... er er I'm just waiting that I
329 F18: Mmm
330 F17: see an other dream like that and
331 F18: //Mmm//
332 F17: //I'm// always like there with my... cross necklase //and//
333 F18: //[laugh]//
334 F17: I'm like //[laugh] the body of Christ compells you//
335 F18: //[laugh]//
336 F17: //[laugh] and it's//
337 F18: Does it help [laugh]?
338 F17: [laugh] Yes it's always like... goes away and one time it tried to pull me... like... with it somewhere but I //get rid of//
339 F18: //Hell [laugh]//
340 F17: it. //Yeah, to hell//
341 F18: //[inaudible]//... but once, only once have I seen a movie slasher in my dream...
342 F17: Yeah
343 F18: He actually killed me [laugh] //but//
344 F17: //Mhm//
345 F18: oh well. But the most scary dreams I have had are the ones that... re... peatedly comes to my mind //and//
346 F17: //Yeah//
347 F18: It's like a con- continued story... in...
348 F17: Mmm
349 F18: and it's really weird since you know it- it's a dream, it's not supposed to be repeated one and- a- again and again and again. It's really weird to see it.
350 F17: Yeah
351 F18: And then the- it's like this demon dream... Where the- where there is no demon actually to be seen. It's just a feeling and it's been... it's been actually... six times that I have seen that //same dream//.
352 F17: //Yeah// well those kind of dreams are terrible [inaudible]
353 F18: Nightmares //[laugh]//
354 F17: //Yeah nightmares// mm. Are we ready?
355 F18: I think we are
356 F17: yeah
357 F18: ready.
358 F17: Ready.
359 F18: //[laugh//
360 F17: //[laugh//