Conversation Questions: Dreams

• Do you usually remember your dreams? Why or why not? Describe some of them.
• What was your nicest dream that you can remember?
• Talk about the most recent dream you can remember that you have had in the past.
• Talk about a recurring dream that you have had in the past.
• How do you interpret a dream? Do you use your intuition/imagination to understand it?
• Do you usually read books on dream interpretation? What is your opinion on it?
• Do you generally have pleasant dreams or nightmares?
• Have you ever had nightmares? What were they like?
• What's the worst nightmare you've ever had?
• What is "prophecy"?
• Have you ever had or heard of a dream that foretold the future?
• Did you know that Abraham Lincoln supposedly foresaw his own assassination in a dream? What do you think about it?
• Have you ever dreamed about dead people? Is it a good signal? Why/Why not?
• Have you ever dreamt about dead friends or relatives? How was it? How did you feel?
• There is a movie called "The Cell" with Jenifer Lopez - It is about dreams - Have you ever watched this film? Would you like to see it? Why/Why not?
• Are dream messages sent from our unconscious, predictions of the future, or the brain's way of cleaning out information?
• Some people say that dreaming about losing money means that you will receive it. Have you ever heard this? What other sayings about dreams do you know?
• Do your dreams ever affect your moods? Explain.
• Do you usually dream in black and white or in color?
• What language do you dream in? Have you ever dreamt in a language that you don't speak?
• Have you ever woken up from a dream "in a cold sweat"?
• Do you believe that dreams can sometimes predict the future?
• Has anyone told you if you have walked or talked in your sleep?
• Here is a list of dream images. What might they represent?
  • a road
  • the sky
  • snow
  • a garden
  • an open door
  • a light
  • sand
  • fire
  • falling
  • darkness
  • being chased
  • speaking with a dead relative
  • flying
• When you were a child, what was your dream for the future? Has it changed?
• Do you remember what you dream about in your sleep?
• What is your dream for the future?
• Have your dreams for your future changed?
• Do you tell people about your dreams?
• Do you think you can achieve your dreams?
• If you had lots of money what would you do with it?
• Do you think that having a lot of money can make you happy?
• Do you think that having dreams and aspirations is a waste of time?
• Do you believe in deja vu?
• What is a daydream?
• What is the difference between our daydreams and our dreams at night?
• Are some kinds of thoughts and dreams similar?
• What's the difference between our everyday life and dreaming while we are sleeping?
• Do you agree with the idea that "Life is like a dream"?
• What language do you dream in? Have you ever dreamt in a language that
• Do you agree with the idea that "Life is like a dream"?