Dreams are a daily experience for almost everyone. Whether they are emotional, nightmarish, meaningless, or forgotten, they are one of the most exciting things the human brain can do. Let’s take a look at some of the dreams that are firing up Bears’ cortexes.
Lily Hackett’s Bouncy Ball Room
Every time sophomore Lily Hackett gets sick, she runs into an incredibly disorienting dream. “I’m in this big white room, and you’re in geometry, and you see the shading of the sides of a box. Imagine that, but it’s like a little bit of a blue hue,” Hackett said.
For a moment, Hackett remains still in the box, and nothing occurs. “[Then] all of a sudden, thousands upon millions of these bouncy balls come at me, all shapes, all sizes, all colors, some light up. Some are just regular, [but] it doesn’t even matter, and they’re all coming at me, and I feel nothing. I’m just sitting there, and I’m very calm, and I’m just unfazed,” Hackett added.
The craziness doesn’t stop there. “I wake up and all of a sudden I’m going a million miles a minute, and my body and my brain are going so fast that I need to slow down and take a breath and have to sit down. And sometimes I stay like this for a week and there’s multiple points in my day where I’m going way too fast, and I feel like I’m about to explode,” Hackett said.
Mariam Tosun’s Cream Cheese Exchange
Freshman Mariam Tosun’s dream was a strange father-daughter moment. She found herself alone with her dad, but not in a typical setting. They were high in the sky, on a cloud. All of a sudden, her dad handed her everyone’s favorite bagel spread, cream cheese.
“[He] gave me cream cheese and it didn’t make me feel like anything,” Tosun said. The dream was also incredibly forgettable. “I didn’t think of it [afterwards],” Tosun added.
Antonina Tangilanu’s Monsters and Meteorites
For senior Antonina Tangilanu, dreams tend to have an apocalyptic twist. “I was a little girl and I was sleeping and then I woke up, and there was a meteorite outside, and then it came crashing down,” Tangilanu said. “Then there was a monster that came out of it.”
Unfortunately, her dream had a tragic ending. “I immediately ran to the backyard, and then I sat there hiding, and my parents and my siblings were just in the house, and the monster came and killed all of them,” she said.
Still, this sci-fi adventure was not over quite yet. “I was running, and then the monster came, and it didn’t change me, and I survived,” she said. “I woke up, and I was like ‘What just happened?’”
Despite the initial confusion, Tangilanu still believes this fantasy was important. “For some reason, I still remember this dream, so it has to mean something,” she said.
Oscar Barron’s Sleeping Collegiate Athlete
Sophomore Oscar Barron had a much calmer experience compared to many others. Still, his dream has its own signature charm. “I was having a sleepover with my friends and all of a sudden there was this professional college athlete lying in my parents’ bed,” he said.
For him, this dream stands out against his others. “Usually in my dreams, I’m in other places and different environments, but this dream was different,” Barron said. “I was in an exact replica of my house, which was pretty odd to me. I was so confused.”
Lake Herberts’ Magical Tree
Freshman Lake Herberts’ dream began away from home. “I was at my friend’s house, and we were learning how to play this game,” she said. The dream slowly got stranger when she and her family chose to drive back home, even though they live across the street and could easily walk.
When they returned home, they found something unexpected. “There was a tree in the middle of my house, and it had fallen,” she said.
However, it wasn’t your typical tree. “I went to go check, and there was no tree that could have fallen,” she said. “It was really confusing because there was just nothing there.”
