u/iced_milkk

Im looking for an old movie i was scared of as a kid. My dad used to watch it all the time, the cover of the VHS was bright yellow with some green and red accents. i remember the aliens looked like The Creature from the Black Lagoon, but with giant black eyes. There was a scene where someone got stung/bit by a giant bug on their back, but it wasnt Land of the Lost. The bug bite was significantly bigger. The setting was a jungle and there was a group of people from what i remember.

Okay. So, i have reoccurring dreams that usually take place in the same strange rural town, but i just woke up from one that seemingly took place outside of that town, in a city. I dont experience the typical "mall world" dreams, but i sure as hell have my own version in my dreams, so much so i know the layout of the town pretty well.

anyways- the dream i just woke up from was i guess what youd call a flea market. the place was massive- i mean, it was indoor, but you could barely tell because the ceiling was so astronomically high and dark grey that it just looked like you were outside at night. Now that i think about it, it kinda felt like the truman show- where hes living in that huge dome? except idk if anyone but me could tell we weren't actually outside. it spanned on for miles, and there were hundreds of thousands of people walking around shopping. Each stall was the same gunmetal grey as well, usually made of metal or even old trash bins- the huge ones.

this is what i find strange. anytime i dream of shopping centers like this- they are *always* stocked with items i either A.] want in real life and cannot obtain, or B.] items that dont exist in the real world, but fit my aesthetic and style EERILY well.

Its like the space was designed for me to look around forever, to get stuck there. i guess thats just because its my subconscious- but it freaks me out a little.

in the dream i was ecstatic, everything was so cheap, i could actually afford it. but theres always a point in dreams like this where i realize its- well. a dream! ill get dissapointed usually, but i almost always continue to walk around. This time i remember going up to a balcony inside the flea market and looking down at everyone. There was a large food court and bathrooms and a lot of familiar faces- but none that were people i actually knew or even fictional characters that existed in real life. but i remember recognizing them in the dream, so much so i even named some of them [i do not remember the names, unfortunately.]

idk, usually i dont think much of dreams like this, but for some reason this one made me a little uneasy when i woke up and thought back on it.

i was a gifted kid in elementary- but a lot of stuff happened when i was in elementary trauma wise so i dont really remember anything but being pulled aside for weird questionnaires. just wanted to write this down to see if anything from this dream sounds familiar to anyone else. if you made it this far, thanks for reading!

i wish i got a picture but im streaming my screen to a friend to show them WACUP and we are sitting there watching milkdrop and a bunch of pictures of like random children/teens started showing up in the background. it looked like they were having a good time but wtf??? i cant find anything on this online but i do have a witness. what????

Hello, im an ENTP 8w7, and ive found that people generally cannot tell when i am joking or being serious.

This has been a very widespread recurring issue for me the past few years. Ive been told my tone is confusing, which has led people to thinking im super angry or upset, when im really not. Sometimes when im joking about something stupid, they think im serious as well. It could be anything from blunt sarcasm to over exaggerated facial expressions and tone.

i try to take this into account now, by making sure im being so overdramatic about the joke that they could not POSSIBLY think im being serious. but they still do.

Ill also mention that in general, i am a pretty blunt person. i view the world in what i hope is a rational way, and despite my constant overthinking due to OCD, i still try to rationalize before i feel my feelings about it. Fact over Feelings. Even so, i also think im overall pretty chill unless something serious is being talked about or a specific situation happens. But ive had a majority of my friends, past and present, tell me they thought i was intimidating, scary, or that they were afraid of me before we properly met. Even though i am 5'2".....

Im just looking for advice. ive tried to soften my tone, reassure others im only playing around, but it seems like no matter what i do, they still dont understand. It wouldnt bother me so much if it didnt happen at least twice a week.

any other entps or 8w7 deal with this? anything i can do to make people less afraid? i dont want to lose myself or my own humor, but its clear i need to change something.