I got this list of 20 universal dream themes from their website. I've highlighted in red the ones I've had. Universal Themes: 1. Flying on your own or in an airplane (also, plane crashes). I've had quite a few dreams about flying, which is odd because in real life I'm afraid of heights and flying. 2. Failing or forgetting to study for an exam in high school or college, or forgetting your lines for a presentation, speech or play. I haven't dreamed of forgotting an exam but I've had lots of dreams where I was supposed to be attending a class and forgot about it until near the end of the semester, or I go to my class and nobody's there. 3. Appearing naked or partially clad in public. 4. Falling. I had these a lot growing up and usually woke up to find I had fallen out of bed. :oops: 5. Being paralyzed or partially or totally restricted in movement, like trying to run away but being unable to move fast enough. 6. Getting chased or kidnapped by people, animals, or creatures. 7. Sexual adventures, including overt references to heterosexual or homosexual acts. Does it count if I dream I'm watching them but not participating in them? :oops: 8. Natural disasters such as earthquakes, tidal waves, tornadoes, floods and volcanoes. 9. Technological disasters such as explosions, fire, terrorist acts, nuclear war, chemical contamination, or plane crashes. I had a dream that there was a train wreck and my grandparents were on the train. The next day I found out my grandpa had had a heart attack. 10. Losing your teeth, often with the teeth seeming to crumble. 11. Violent threats, attack or injuries to self or others. 12. Rejection, abandonment, betrayal or humiliation. 13. Driving or being in cars (also crashing a car, brakes locking, going out of control). 14. Missing a bus, train or plane (arriving late or missing an appointment). 15. Discovering new and unexpected rooms in houses or buildings. 16. Finding or losing money, wallet, purse or valuables. 17. People appearing from your past (both living and dead). 18. Returning to a childhood or previous home, school or setting from childhood. 19. Pregnancy and birth (seeing yourself or others pregnant or birthing). 20. Meeting unknown or unfamiliar people, or finding yourself in unfamiliar settings.

This was also at the Dream Decoders website. I've highlighted in blue what applies to me. What Dreams Say About Personality Can you determine someone's personality type by looking at their dreams? Here's what dream expert Veronica Tonay has to say in her book, Every Dream Interpreted(Chrysalis Books plc, 2003): A few studies have tried to link waking personality with people's dreams, but the results were not as extensive as you might think, considering that so much of ourselves appears in our dreams. What we do know: Type A personalities (driven people who experience almost constant inner pressure) have more disturbing dreams than type B personalities (calmer, relaxed individuals). People who report dreams in the "twilight" portion of sleep (as they are falling asleep) tend to be less anxious, more poised, self-accepting and less conforming than people who don't remember such dreams. Those who don't recall "twilight" dreams tend to be more authoritarian in waking life and also behave in a typically authoritarian way in their dreams: they conform to the group and condemn those who don't. Sensitizers, people who are aware of their anxiety and tend to feel it more strongly, tend to dream more often of future events and of the past than do people who repress their feelings when awake. Creative people place their dreams in unusual, varied settings (compared to the more frequent home dreams of less creative people); dream of creative pursuits; have dreams of loss, children and trying to overcome obstacles in nature. The frequency of their sexual dreams varies depending on whether or not they are actually doing something creative in their waking lives. Intuitive people (who tend to be creative) remember more "big" numinous, archetypal dreams than do people who prefer to take in information through their five senses. Introverts (people who focus on the inner world of ideas and feelings) recall more "little" everyday dreams than do extroverts. However, extroverts and introverts tend to recall archetypal dreams just as often. Thinking types, who make decisions based on logical analysis, tend to have more emotional dreams/tend to experience more emotions in their dreams than do feeling types, who make decisions based on principles and values. Numinous vs. Personal Unconscious Dreams Numinous — or archetypal "big" dreams — are vivid and memorable. They may be mythological (simlar in structure and theme to a folk tale or story) and contain archetypes. Personal Unconscious — or "little" dreams — are less vivid and memorable. They reflect everyday concerns and contain real-life scenarios and characters.