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" Imagine arriving at a museum in pajamas and fuzzy slippers to spend an entire night under a piece of art. At The Rubin&amp;#039;s annual event tomorrow, that dream becomes a reality. The Rubin, one of the only art galleries in the country that lets guests stay overnight, typically hosts its Dream-Over each year in May. As a described &amp;#039;sleep-over for adults&amp;#039;, guests who purchase a ticket ahead of time will answer a Dreamlife Questionnaire and are then assigned a specific artwork from the museum&amp;#039;s five floors of Tibetan and Himalayan art to cozy up to overnight based on their answers. In the morning, their dreams are then interpreted by dream facilitators. Psychologist Dr. William Braun has spoken at the event several times, interpreting sleepy New Yorker&amp;#039;s dreams the next morning. He explains that even if two people have the same dream, the meaning depends on the person&amp;#039;s inner psyche. &amp;quot;Dreams can go many ways,&amp;quot; he says. In honor of the event, here are eight common dreams and their interpretations: The Dream: You&amp;#039;re standing on a cliff, and suddenly you&amp;#039;re falling into nothingness. The Interpretation: &amp;quot;Dreams of falling can be associated with feeling out of control or overwhelmed. They may also relate to feeling unsupported and insecure,&amp;quot; says Braun. If you dream of falling due to the floor coming out from under you, or a different variation, it can also be interpreted differently. &amp;quot;The devil is in the details. Even though there may be a general interpretation of falling, what is most important are the particulars for the person dreaming. He or she will have very different associations to the details of the dream. For a particular patient, falling may conjure up images of 9/11. Another may think of &amp;#039;falling from grace.&amp;#039; In short, even though the dream of falling may be very common, the details are different in each case.&amp;quot; The Dream: You&amp;#039;ve lost your voice and you&amp;#039;re unable to call or shout for help. The Interpretation: &amp;quot;This may not just be a dream, but may be the result of sleep paralysis,&amp;quot; explains Braun. &amp;quot;During REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep, the sleep cycle during in which we dream, our bodies experience REM atonia, a natural paralysis during the REM cycle. Physiologically, we are paralyzed during REM sleep to prevent our bodies from acting/moving while we dream. People who experience sleep paralysis usually wake up before the REM cycle is complete. This space between sleep and waking can be experienced as a dream. It can also be experienced in the waking state as being unable to move, talk, and in some cases breathe.&amp;quot; The Dream: You&amp;#039;re naked, in public. The Interpretation: &amp;quot;These dreams are often accompanied by feelings of embarrassment and shame,&amp;quot; says Braun. &amp;quot;They can also be related to feelings vulnerability and exposure.&amp;quot; But if you&amp;#039;re in the nude and feel no shame, it could be the total opposite. &amp;quot;Perhaps this person wants to be seen, acknowledged, admired.&amp;quot; The Dream: Your teeth are suddenly falling out. The Interpretation: Are you an anxious person? It could be pent up anxiety coming through in the form of a dream. &amp;quot;We might think of this as being concern about one&amp;#039;s potency, competence, strength, power, ability to &amp;#039;take a bite out&amp;#039; of the world, &amp;quot; says Braun. This common dream can also be associated with times of change and transition. The Dream: You&amp;#039;re being chased. The interpretation: It all depends on who is doing the chasing. &amp;quot;Often people are being chased by a monster. The monster may be a manifestation of an indiscretion, an addiction or a debt,&amp;quot; explains Braun. If you have the unfortunate dream (or nightmare) of being chased by someone you know, it could differ. &amp;quot;Your associationsabout the person chasing you are often more insightful than focusing on the actual person chasing you,&amp;quot; says Braun. &amp;quot;Keep in mind, people in dreams can be substitutions for other people or even substitutions for aspects of ourselves.&amp;quot; The Dream: You&amp;#039;ve dreamt about an aspect of your day, or the current location where you&amp;#039;ve fallen asleep The Interpretation: &amp;quot;This is a great example of &amp;#039;Day Residue,&amp;#039;&amp;#039; explains Braun. &amp;quot;Often, what happened the day prior to dreaming is used in our dreams,&amp;quot; he says. We often construct our dreams of our thoughts and sights throughout the day. The Dream: You&amp;#039;re in a position of power: a CEO, President, King or religious figure. The Interpretation: &amp;quot;On the surface, dreaming of being in a position of power seems to be grandiose,&amp;quot; say Braun. &amp;quot;However, it can be argued that most people who dream of being in a position of power are in fact not in a position of power. Therefore, the dream turns the unpowerful dreamer, in the dream world, into the opposite. What looks like grandiosity is actually compensatory. The dream compensates (or covers up) for the feelings of being powerless.&amp;quot;  The Dream: You&amp;#039;re at an impossibly elegant dinner party or you&amp;#039;re with a deceased family member, or other impossible (positive) scenarios The Interpretation: This kind of dream, along with other dreams of elaborated elegance can represent a need to supplement reality with fantasy. &amp;quot;Dreaming of a banquet is an attempt to satisfy the hunger of the missed meal,&amp;quot; explains Braun. &amp;quot;Dreaming of a dead loved one is a way to bring them back to life,&amp;quot; he says. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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