The dream state is cognition deprived of kinesthetic and visual sensory inputs -- inputs which are imputed via confabulation. Other sensory inputs are still available and that is why you will frequently wake up to a sound which you were incorporating into your dream in some way. The urge to urinate is, like the sound that wakes you, sensory input that is available to your dreams.
"Dream interpretation" like that which we read from H Veeder is, shall we say, exaggerated. On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 11:34 PM, H Veeder <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote: > from > > http://dreammoods.com/cgibin/dreamdictionarysearch.pl?method=exact&header=dreamsymbol&search=urination > > *Urination * > To see urine in your dream represents the feelings you have rejected. > Alternatively, the dream may be a pun on your "pissy" attitude. > > To dream that you are urinating symbolizes a cleansing and a release of > negative or repressed emotions. Depending on your dream context, urination > is symbolic of having or lacking basic control of your life. You are > literally "pissed off" and not expressing yourself in a positive or > constructive manner. > > To dream that you are urinating in public symbolizes a lack of privacy in > some personal matter. Alternatively, the dream means that you are trying to > establish your boundary and "mark your territory." > > To dream that someone is urinating on you means that you are feeling the > emotional burden of this person. They are dumping all their feelings on > you. Alternatively, the dream symbolizes your lacking sense of self-worth. > If you dream that you accidentally urinated on yourself or wet your pants, > then it implies that you are on the verge of an emotional outburst. You are > desperate to release all the feelings that you have kept bottled up inside > of you. > > > harry > > > On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 6:33 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> A recent news item: >> >> http://time.com/66459/portland-reservoir-pee/ >> >> "Portland Dumps 38 Million Gallons of Water After Man Pees in Reservoir >> >> April 17, 2014 >> >> The city plans to dump 38 million gallons of water after authorities say >> a 19-year-old urinated in a large, uncovered reservoir during an early >> morning jaunt with two other friends, even though the contamination likely >> poses little risk . . ." >> >> "Little risk" is incorrect. This poses absolutely no risk. Birds and >> other animals defecate into reservoirs at a far higher rate than this. >> >> This is an example of the kind of unscientific thinking that has dogged >> society in recent years. I say it is OFF TOPIC in the title, but it is >> actually somewhat on topic. Some of the resistance to cold fusion comes >> from this kind of anti-science attitude. >> >> Here is a comment about this I wrote on Slate: >> >> >> This is an example of unscientific, irrational thinking. This is same >> kind of nonsense that causes people to doubt the efficacy of vaccinations. >> The city of Portland should resist doing this because it is not scientific >> and there is absolutely no technical or medical justification for it. >> Officials who understand science should not give in to mass hysteria based >> on ignorance. That is a dangerous thing to do. In this case it merely >> wastes water, energy and money. In other cases it may endanger the public. >> >> Irrational fears cause decision makers to put far too much emphasis on >> some preventive measures, which means they do not have the resources to >> deal with other measures that would do more good. >> >> >> - Jed >> >> >
