You May Say I'm A Dreamer: True Tales of Haunting Dreams

I've always been a huge proponent of dream interpretation. My college major in psychology mixed with my belief in a multidimensional reality has led to me be a quick study of dream meanings for both myself and others. I believe that the feelings you go to sleep with create stories wrapped around them, like bacon around a scallop, to delve further into that original feeling or to find ways for you to work around or through it. Have you ever noticed how you may go to sleep feeling one way and then wake up feeling something different? The term "sleeping on it," I believe, has more power than you might think.

That said, my recent dreams have been so real, so vivid, with cinema-like quality and riddled messages that even I cannot grasp their twisted meanings.

I want you to know, however, that I'm not a psycho in everyday life. You see, I call myself a hopeless optimist. Friends and family say I view the world in "rose-colored glasses," and I cry at probably every Pampers commercial I watch. But when the sun sets and I fall asleep, it seems like every dark thought, emotion, and hauntingly thrilling story that I've pushed outside of my conscious realm comes back to haunt (or balance) me. Here are some of the most twisted, freaky, and horror-filled dreams that I'm frankly embarrassed my optimist's mind has concocted.