Posted by shortelise on March 6, 2004, at 13:54:52
In reply to Dreams, posted by tinydancer on March 6, 2004, at 8:05:25
"Dreams are the window to the soul." Who said that?
I have had so many dreams where I am trying to get to my appointment with my therapist. Now I realize that we've never discussed it and I don't know what it means.
I often get ideas about what my dreams might mean, but the ones that are the most meaningful, I seem to take to therapy without having tried to figure them out. My shrink is very helpful at interpreting them, though he likes me to say what I think first. It always takes some time.
I have learned that when I write out the dreams, I need to think about how I felt during the dream and make a note of that. The feelings can fade as easily as the events of a dream.
When I began therapy, my therapist suggested I keep a diary, a journal, and I have. I write dreams, events, feelings, etc. in it and it has been the best tool I could imagine. And it's wonderful to go back and read dreams and feelings from five years ago - I have changed a lot, and that reassures.
At the moment I am dreaming about things underneath other things. A world beneath a floor, landscapes with hollows, mice under mats, it's strange.
It seems we all dream in colour, by the way - it's just that colour is not always the focus.
Great thread.
ShortE
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