My nightmares have become extremely mundane and not so scary. →[More:]I don't seem to have "oh my god" scary nightmares anymore. This morning I woke up from a troubling dream which was, well, not the worse thing in the world.
I dreamed that I had a sudden last minute flight to Alaska (I have no idea why) and rushed onto the plain without my bag that has my drawing pads, MP3 player, and magazines. As I walked on the stewardess told me they have nothing to read. That's pretty much it. On one hand, that sounds like a living hell to me (sitting in one place for a long time without my music or anything to read), but hardly the stuff of nightmares.
Recently I also had a dream where I was in a huge parking lot looking for a spot and kept getting further from the store I was going to. When I found a spot it turned out I was now in an entirely different mall. I swear that dream went on for ten minutes of me just driving around looking for parking. I've also had several dreams about waiting in longs lines that don't move.
Does it mean anything when your most memorable dreams are, well, not so memorable? My nightmares used to involve tragedies like fires and tidal waves, being chased by wild animals or assorted bad guys. And now it's all about inconveniences. Do you still have "jump out of bed" nightmares, or is mellowing out on dreams just part of getting older?