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Hello, it's my first post on here. I've been writing down my dreams for somewhat two years for now, almost every morning. I've noticed that they all have some similarities in the form of certain patterns, like recurring places, characters, actions, but usually these patterns are temporary and change on average once a week (the more specific a pattern is, the shorter its duration and vice versa). But when something chases me in nightmares I know I need to find some basement, I know that it'll turn out to be an endless labyrinth with bunch of doors, which can slow down a pursuer. I've known this for years. Usually it doesn't lead anywhere, and I just run through all these doors til I wake up. Chase dreams are the most common ones for me, so these corridors are the most frequent dream pattern related to place. They can change in appearance or be in different buildings, but the idea is always the same. The lower it is, the safer it is. And the other way around. The higher is a floor, the more dangerous it is. This is most noticeable in a "multi-story house" pattern, where I've never been above the second floor. The house itself has about six floors. From the upper floors always comes a terrifying presence that isn't meant to be seen, but as long as it isn't disturbed, it doesn't harm anyone on its own. Although there were times when those things from above tried to come down. So, have you noticed any differences in the meaning of the upper and lower floors in your dreams? If so, how consistent are these meanings, and are they in any way similar to the ones I described?

>>8408 I don't recall basements or lower floors figuring much in my dreams, but I have a recurring theme in my dreams where I'm an elevator that goes out of control and goes past the building's top floor, usually ending up stuck half-way between impossible floors. Then the door opens and gives me a peak into dark and unfinished concrete spaces beyond, with the wide gap of the elevator shaft between me and those spaces which I never dare to cross. I don't feel specific "presences" lurking there but it's unearthly and as you said, something not meant to be seen. Such dreams are intensely dreadful. On the other hand, when I have dreams of being pursued (these don't happen as much anymore but used to be very frequent) my instinct is always to climb and seek high ground in places not meant to be visited, like inaccessible rooftops. They have something vaguely in common with the bad floors in that I feel distinctly that it's off-bounds, never seen or visited by humans, but it makes me feel safer. I guess the difference is that these places are always outside, above the crowds and beneath the sky.

Although I have not noticed any meaning to upper and lower floors in my dreams, I did have a reoccurring nightmare when I was little-- around six or eight. I would be in my basement, close to the stairs, and a giant mouse would appear. The mouse was not very threatening besides its size, but I was scared of it none the less. Now that I think about it, it looked very comical. It was just jet black fuzz and white eyes like floodlights with the only mouse qualities being its tail. I would always run away from it by running up the stairs on all fours and, surprisingly, I was faster than it. Being faster than my pursuer gave me time, so I would choose a hiding place. My dumb kid brain would hide under a small table next to the couch that housed a couple of coasters, and was directly visible from the stairs. Each time the mouse would come up and "get me". At this moment I would wake up I had this dream about three or four times. It got to the point where I would anticipate the dream. I made a strategic plan where, instead of hiding under the grossly unprotected end-table, I would hide underneath my mom's bed. I had the dream one more time and my dream self went A-wall and cowered under the end-table once more. And, predictably, I got caught. I ended up being so disappointed in myself that I stopped having this nightmare.