Do you have any common dream labyrinths? Recurring locations, not necessarily always exactly the same.

Some may be connected to each other, some may not. They may be large regions or they may be singular buildings or even rooms. It's all pretty unique to the individual, really, but identifying dream labyrinths is one of the biggest steps to gaining lucidity while dreaming since it allows one to better identify when they're in a dreamscape and not reality.

For me the majority of my dreams take place within large overdeveloped cities, often with skyscrapers blocking out the sky or at the very least buildings blocking out much of it. I've also noticed that it tends to be divided into three interconnected regions, which I usually can travel between. That being a central, very overdeveloped, city which is practically a concrete jungle, a more suburban area with slightly more open layouts, some areas even being open parks and campuses with the sky openly visible and a notable amount of greenery, and then finally an outskirts region where there are usually dilapidated buildings being reclaimed by nature and it's more overgrown instead of being overdeveloped. There are some recurring locations in each, but they do tend to move around a bit.

Do you have any which you're willing to share?

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FaeLuna · 31-35, F

I have a few recurring locations - one is my old house, except the rooms are bigger and the colors are different. The second is a medieval village, but with certain modern technologies, like electric lights.

And then there's a third location that I know is the same whenever I'm there, but I just can't remember any of the details about it when I wake up. Like, in the dream, I know exactly where I am, and that I've dreamed this location before, but when I wake up, I don't know anything about it. I remember some details of the events that happened in the dream, but nothing about the setting.

UndeadPrivateer · 31-35, M

@FaeLuna Ah yes, I have a common recurring location of my grandmother's house. Though it's not always exactly the same, the rough layout is the same and it always has the [i]feeling[/i] of being her place regardless of the context.

The one you always forget upon awakening is a particularly interesting one to me, that would be something I'd love to try and delve into with some dream recall and lucidity training. Just because I'm incredibly curious about such things. There's probably some deep subconscious stuff going on there.

FaeLuna · 31-35, F

@UndeadPrivateer Yeah, I would love to figure what it means. Probably something interesting going on in the subconscious.

FaeLuna · 31-35, F

I can think of a few things that would work in a literary sense, like if we tried to analyze it like a book. Like saying that where something happens isn't as important as what happens. Or that you can only truly live in the moment, and after it passes, the memories slowly fade away into obscurity.

Not sure how well that works from a dream standpoint, though.

UndeadPrivateer · 31-35, M

@FaeLuna Usually a lack of dream recall is the lack of conscious awareness during the dream state, but that's just my lucid dreaming experience talking. It could indeed be a lot more personal, as dreams often tend to be. Perhaps an ephemeral perception of surroundings and events. Or that it is a place or circumstance which you yourself prefer to forget. Just shots in the dark.