Dreamwork requires us to be brave enough to look at what’s happening beneath the surface. DreamyBot began as a personal experiment and in the spirit of transparency, I’m opening up my own dream journal, reflections, and interpretations.

I can only express a hope that readers of this book will put themselves in my difficult situation and treat me with indulgence, and further, that anyone who finds any sort of reference to himself in my dreams may be willing to grant me the right of freedom of thought—in my dream-life, if nowhere else.

May 2025
Basketball Game

I (29F) had a dream I was suddenly called out to play a basketball game at TD Garden. I had to shoot a certain number of hoops before the buzzer went off and every time I attempted to shoot the ball, the basketball was either deflated or suddenly it was a balloon instead of a basketball. I then noticed an unfamiliar girl on the opposing team on the opposite side of the court trying to hide a perfectly good basketball from my view. I ran over to ask if I could use it and she nervously shook her head no but the referee saw the exchange and stepped in to say, “actually, you can take that ball.” I quickly grabbed the basketball from her and ran back to my side of the court and went to finally take a good shot when right as I did the location and height of the basketball hoop moved. Now that I had a good ball, every time I tried to shoot it, the hoop moved height or location around the court. My friends and family were cheering me on but I felt so embarrassed they were watching me miss. It felt impossible for me to win no matter how hard I tried. Right before the buzzer went off, I was able to successfully get the ball in the hoop but I still lost the game. A photographer was taking my picture of the moment.

April 2025
Thigh Surgery

I (29F) had a dream I was undergoing a cosmetic surgery on my thighs. I was sitting in the operating room as the doctor tore apart one of my thighs and started sucking something out of it. It was horribly red, bloody and bruised but I wasn’t in any pain. As she worked on the first thigh, I looked down and realized this was way more invasive of a surgery than I thought it would be. I became worried about healing and recovery. When I asked her about it, she casually told me I would be “fine by Sunday” even though it looks bad now. I nodded but was uneasy.

February 2025
Maze

I (28F) had a dream that I was in a confusing maze of rooms with either a single friend or family member. In the maze, I kept trying to find another friend/family member but every time I would find one, the one I was just with went missing and then I had to go find them. I could never have more than one friend around without losing another one.

February 2025
Rescue River

I (28F) had a dream I saw three people have an accident in a river. The rescue team said that the current was very strong and they were likely gone so they didn’t try very hard (barely at all) to rescue them. Shocked, I went over to the river and saw the face and hair of one of the individuals underwater, I went in to prop her up and it turned out she was alive. I was able to get her out of the river and warm her up. I later went back to the river and was able to locate and resuscitate the other two individuals. I had thought about calling the rescue teams in my dream to help me but because they were so unhelpful and dismissive the first time, I felt more comfortable rescuing and helping them myself.

November 2024
Oversized "Engagement" Ring

I (28F) had a dream that my boyfriend presented me a very large, expensive diamond engagement ring. It was beautiful but the size of the diamond was almost “too big” for my small hands, and the ring itself was literally too big, it was falling off my finger. He also made it clear it wasn’t an engagement ring even though it looked just like one. I was a bit confused and as beautiful as the ring was, I didn’t understand why he wouldn’t make sure it was sized properly or give me this kind of ring when it wasn’t a proposal.

November 2024
Shaky Houseboat

I (28F) had a dream I was living on a houseboat with my boyfriend and giant waves were coming towards us, shaking the boat and pushing against the windows like it was about to burst in and flood us but it never did.

August 2024
Monopoly Board

I (28F) had a dream I was traveling on a live action monopoly board. I was being pulled around in the back of a bin and it was going very fast, turning on the sharp edges of the board. Then fireworks started going off near me, on the edges of the board. I was a bit scared but also in total awe of everything I was looking at.

April 2023
Countryside Sanctuary

I (27F) dreamt I was in a picturesque countryside somewhere and befriended a bunch of wild animals like cute bunnies, birds, deer etc. I was so sad to leave. The scene, myself and animals all looked as if I was in a old Disney animated movie style cartoon.

November 2022
Assault & Isolation

I (26F) had a dream I was sitting outside and trying to enjoy reading my book peacefully as people were walking by. I accidentally looked up and made eye contact with a strange man as he was walking by and he immediately tried to grab me by my ankles and drag me towards his car. Scared, I tried to resist and attempted to fight as hard as I could but he wouldn’t let go and my efforts to fight felt like they were barely doing anything. There were people around me who were staring and watching the situation but no one was helping me.