The World of my Dreams

Shopping Centre
Since around 2021, a certain shopping centre had been appearing quite a lot in my dreams. I don't recall ever being in that exact shopping centre in real life (I doubt it even exists), however it does share similarities to real-life shopping centres that I have been to before.

The locations in question are:

Westfield Marion

and Adelaide Arcade.

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Secondary School
Often the place is grim, usually full of the muted colours, especially green, yellow-green, white and grey. Almost every dream a school appears, I always have to go through what seems like an endless maze of corridors. I'm usually alone, but if I'm lucky, I run into my closest friends from secondary school either during breaks or between classes.

Multi-Purpose buildings
In some of my dreams, I would be totally free to explore these giant multi-purpose buildings. These buildings are usually very vague on what they're all about. Often, I would find a lot of office complexes, meeting rooms, coridoors, printing rooms, and anything else you'd find in your typical major city office building - although, most times, it's more than just office things. Sometimes I would come across a bit of an oddball room, for example, the one time I came across a room with a man selling fish.

In class
For ages, I've had multiple dreams of participating in a class of some sort. Interestingly, out of all those many dreams, I never really got a chance to actually know what class I was participating in. I'm not too surprised though, since most of the time, I would catch myself slacking off or talking to friends and whatnot. It really kind of makes me re-live the experineces I had in middle school where I'd be around my friends all the time in class, which is nice since I never really get close with anyone at university.

Outer Space Views
This is an event where, through a giant window, you get a view of outer space. Through the window, it appears we are travelling at light speed to get a full live picture of certain celestial objects up close. As you would expect, it is one of the most beautiful things to happen in my dreams. This has to be one of my favourite things.

The views look something like this:

Trials, Tests & Challenges
There would be time where I would appear in a situation where me and a whole lot of strangers would be gathered to participate in some sort of physical/practical test of some sort. Sometimes it would go from scavenger hunts to even hide and seek (with non-lethal weapons for some reason). Oftentimes, these games would be set in a man-made area, whether it be a giant building or just a weird sci-fi sort of room. These tests would range from oddly fun to down-right intense.

Awe
Sometimes, my dreams can create visuals that are really some of the most beautiful things I've seen ever. Most of the time this reaction is to something that's monumental. I may or may not have mentioned this before, but love giant things. There's this strong feeling that's a mixture of respect and fear, but not in a bad way. I guess that's why I really love mountains, canyons, volcanoes, whales, the night sky, outer space, the art showcased on this YouTube channel, and etc.

Loneliness
In my dreams, it can appear that I am completely alone in a location. In some other dreams, I'm not always alone. Sometimes I'm in a crowd of strangers, and sometimes I'm with people I've known forever (both in real life and when my dream says so). But sometimes, for both scenarios, I would feel completely alone while knowing that I shouldn't. It's not the same as being peacefully isolated from everyone, it's, to me, a sort of feeling in my gut that I'm missing something really important: the company of another person.

Extreme Self-Loathing
Trigger Warning: descriptions of self-harm and suicidal thoughts
Although this sort of feeling comes to me once in a blue moon in my dreams, every time it does, it always sinks in very intensely. Out of all the times I've experienced extreme self-loathing in a dream, I've never been able to put my finger on why I was feeling that way. Sometimes the feeling would get so bad that I end up crying, self-harming, losing my sense of worth, and even thoughts about suicide. Thankfully, I have never had any moments of self-loathing that have gone to the extent as the ones in my dreams.

Anxiety
When I say that I never have nightmares that scare me to the point where I wake up cold, I refer to the dreams where I'm under situations that are naturally frightening to people (i.e. being chased, getting jumpscared,a lot of other horror tropes). However, when I experience the anxiety caused by making a mistake due to my own stupidity, clumdiness, bad decision-making, etc. I