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Posted by fairywings on December 6, 2005, at 19:21:44
I feel like I've been so busy lately, but I don't have a clue what I've been doing that keeps me so busy! And, if my computer's not down, my kids are on it, so I'm rarely am able to get on the computer. I've missed my babble friends, and wonder how ppl are doing.
My therapy is going well. For awhile there I thought it was a waste of time, and thought about quiting, but now I think I'll hang in there because I really like my T and I like talking to him, he makes me think about things.
I've been reading some books, trying to understand things, and I found a few that I really like. One made me feel a lot different about the guilt I always feel, one helped me understand the parts of me, and that it's okay and normal to have them, and to encourage the dialogue, and another helped me to work on trying to quit fighting my reality. The one I'm reading now is on dreams. I'm starting to understand how they try to communicate with me by their symbolism, it's really interesting.
I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving, and you're not freezing your butt off like I have been!
fw
Posted by annierose on December 6, 2005, at 21:10:15
In reply to I've missed all of you!, posted by fairywings on December 6, 2005, at 19:21:44
Hi fw -
Thanks for checking in! Sounds like life is treating you well. And yes, I'm freezing my b*tt off too. I just can't take the in and out of my house/car. YUCK!Glad to hear you are still talking in therapy and finding it productive. Keep up the good work!
Posted by fairywings on December 6, 2005, at 21:11:52
In reply to Re: I've missed all of you! » fairywings, posted by annierose on December 6, 2005, at 21:10:15
Posted by rainbowbrite on December 6, 2005, at 21:18:20
In reply to I've missed all of you!, posted by fairywings on December 6, 2005, at 19:21:44
hey, good to see you posting. Things sound hectic! Im glad to hear things are going well :-)
brrrr
Posted by sleepygirl on December 6, 2005, at 21:19:12
In reply to I've missed all of you!, posted by fairywings on December 6, 2005, at 19:21:44
Well heeeloooo there!
I saw you're reading books, they seem interesting and helpful from what you say. I thought "oooooh books!" my sweet addiction (don't worry it's under control) care to share the titles?
I'm glad things are going well, it's nice to see "fairywings" in the list of threads again!And I too am freezing my butt off, 26 degrees is low enough for me.
-all the best,
sleepygirl, still not getting enough sleep :-)
Posted by Tamar on December 7, 2005, at 7:11:01
In reply to I've missed all of you!, posted by fairywings on December 6, 2005, at 19:21:44
It’s good to hear from you! Glad therapy is going well and that you’ve found some helpful books. I was thinking about you last night and wondering how you were doing. So it’s nice to see you posting.
I find dreams fascinating. I had a very detailed dream last night that someone kidnapped my children so that I would sign away the intellectual property rights to my next movie to the kidnappers. The dream itself was ‘shot’ like a film, with clever camera and lighting techniques and occasional animations. I swear it ended with rolling credits (once I’d got the kids back, and punched the bad guys).
But most of my really interesting dreams are Animus dreams. Have you been having interesting dreams?
I know it’s hard to get near a computer when you have kids; post when you can!
Tamar
Posted by fairywings on December 7, 2005, at 8:58:50
In reply to Re: I've missed all of you!, posted by rainbowbrite on December 6, 2005, at 21:18:20
Hi Rain, so how goes it with you?
Thanks for babblemailing me last month.
It was good to talk.
fw
Posted by fairywings on December 7, 2005, at 9:08:32
In reply to Re: I've missed all of you! » fairywings, posted by sleepygirl on December 6, 2005, at 21:19:12
> Well heeeloooo there!
> I saw you're reading books, they seem interesting and helpful from what you say. I thought "oooooh books!" my sweet addiction (don't worry it's under control) care to share the titles?
> I'm glad things are going well, it's nice to see "fairywings" in the list of threads again!
>
> And I too am freezing my butt off, 26 degrees is low enough for me.
>
>
> -all the best,
> sleepygirl, still not getting enough sleep :-)
>Hi Sleepy,
Yeah, 26 is just too cold! I get on the treadmill in the AM, so I"m not freezing when I go out! I wear my coat in the house in the evening! ; )
Let's see, the books.....they were all by Robert A. Johnson, he was a Jungian psychologist.
The titles are: "Inner Work: Using Dreams and Creative Imagination for Personal Growth and Integration" "Contentment: A Way to True Happiness " and "Ecstacy: Understanding the Psychology of Joy"
"Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche". They are all very good. I'm going to read the rest of his titles, and more books on dreams. I love books too.Thanks for your post! I hope not to be such a stranger, I miss you all when I can't get online!
fw
Posted by fairywings on December 7, 2005, at 9:23:21
In reply to Re: I've missed all of you! » fairywings, posted by Tamar on December 7, 2005, at 7:11:01
> It’s good to hear from you! Glad therapy is going well and that you’ve found some helpful books. I was thinking about you last night and wondering how you were doing. So it’s nice to see you posting.
Thanks Tamar! I've been thinking about you too! ; ) How are you doing? I've tried to go back through the posts, but something (usually my 2 yo) interupts me, or needs me, so I didn't get very far.
>
> I find dreams fascinating. I had a very detailed dream last night that someone kidnapped my children so that I would sign away the intellectual property rights to my next movie to the kidnappers. The dream itself was ‘shot’ like a film, with clever camera and lighting techniques and occasional animations. I swear it ended with rolling credits (once I’d got the kids back, and punched the bad guys).
>
Ooo, that is really cool! Have you figured it out yet? Mine all seem so boring compared to that! Rolling credits? Now that's good, you must be really creative. Do you try to analyze your dreams? I thought it was interesting that the book "Inner Work: Using Dreams..." said that dreams are unconscious material trying to speak to us in the form of personally meaningful symbolic language. It talked about the anima and animus.> But most of my really interesting dreams are Animus dreams. Have you been having interesting dreams?
If you get a chance, I'd like to hear about your Amimus dreams, and what you make of them. I find this stuff fascinating.
I hadn't been remembering my dreams until I started to take an interest. When I was younger they were very vivid, and I"d remember them. Lately I've had some that were kind of interesting, some seem pretty obvious, and others it's like what the heck?! One that seemed pretty obvious to me was that I was driving on a highway. The highway was very twisty and winding, and was mostly uphill. There were lots of exits, and I was trying to find the right one, but I couldn't read the signs till just after I'd passed the exit. So I thought if I could get to this certain part of town, I could find my way, but as I tried to get there, all the exits led to the bad part of town. I was really afraid, but eventually didn't have a choice, and had to get off on an exit. As I was drving on the exit I was really afraid because I knew it led to the bad part of town, and I didn't want to go there.
That was the end of that dream, BUT I've been to that bad part of town many times in other dreams, and I have no idea what that's all about, or why I keep going there. I hate those dreams, so I'll have to work on the significance of the bad part of town, what's in it, and the people who chase me and surround me when I'm there - all men.>
> I know it’s hard to get near a computer when you have kids; post when you can!
>
> TamarIt is, and sometimes I feel really guilty if I'm not playing with him, or doing house work, but gotta have some balance! ; )
Take care, talk soon,
Julie
Posted by Dinah on December 7, 2005, at 12:41:12
In reply to I've missed all of you!, posted by fairywings on December 6, 2005, at 19:21:44
It sounds as if you're doing well! I'm glad to hear that.
Posted by Tamar on December 7, 2005, at 18:46:46
In reply to Re: I've missed all of you! » Tamar, posted by fairywings on December 7, 2005, at 9:23:21
> Thanks Tamar! I've been thinking about you too! ; ) How are you doing? I've tried to go back through the posts, but something (usually my 2 yo) interupts me, or needs me, so I didn't get very far.
I know that feeling! My two year-old is pretty clingy at the moment. She’s lovely but she needs a lot of attention…
> > I find dreams fascinating. I had a very detailed dream last night that someone kidnapped my children so that I would sign away the intellectual property rights to my next movie to the kidnappers. The dream itself was ‘shot’ like a film, with clever camera and lighting techniques and occasional animations. I swear it ended with rolling credits (once I’d got the kids back, and punched the bad guys).
> >
> Ooo, that is really cool! Have you figured it out yet? Mine all seem so boring compared to that! Rolling credits? Now that's good, you must be really creative.Y’know, I think it was because I forgot to take off my nicotine patch. Normally my dreams are pretty average. But somehow the nicotine patches give them a depth and clarity that surpass normal dreams!
> If you get a chance, I'd like to hear about your Amimus dreams, and what you make of them. I find this stuff fascinating.
Yeah, I find it fascinating too. At the moment my Animus seems to have my ex-therapist’s face. So when I dream of a man, particularly if he looks like my ex-therapist, I tend to think it’s an Animus dream. Apparently, the Animus can be a guide to the subconscious, but to get to the Animus you have to be able to face your shadow. Or something like that. One dream I had: I was passing a hospital and a woman was being carried in from an ambulance. My therapist was there and I said to him, “Acute case of transference?” He became very angry; he grabbed my arm, hauled me into a room in the hospital, threw me up against a wall and shouted at me. He said, “How dare you speak like that? It’s totally out of order.” I read it as a dream about my unconscious negative transference; my experience of transference had been all kinds of things but never negative. The dream suggested to me that there was some unexpressed anger going on. I didn’t think I was angry, but I guess that’s where facing my shadow comes in.
> I hadn't been remembering my dreams until I started to take an interest. When I was younger they were very vivid, and I"d remember them. Lately I've had some that were kind of interesting, some seem pretty obvious, and others it's like what the heck?! One that seemed pretty obvious to me was that I was driving on a highway. The highway was very twisty and winding, and was mostly uphill. There were lots of exits, and I was trying to find the right one, but I couldn't read the signs till just after I'd passed the exit. So I thought if I could get to this certain part of town, I could find my way, but as I tried to get there, all the exits led to the bad part of town. I was really afraid, but eventually didn't have a choice, and had to get off on an exit. As I was drving on the exit I was really afraid because I knew it led to the bad part of town, and I didn't want to go there.
> That was the end of that dream, BUT I've been to that bad part of town many times in other dreams, and I have no idea what that's all about, or why I keep going there. I hate those dreams, so I'll have to work on the significance of the bad part of town, what's in it, and the people who chase me and surround me when I'm there - all men.Being chased, particularly in a dangerous place, seems to be a fairly common theme. I get that a lot too. In my case it’s partly about my issues with authority. I can never figure out whether groups of men in my dreams are really men or whether my mind just equates men with people. Interestingly, though, I haven’t had my being-chased-by-men dream since I did therapy and talked about the bad stuff…
> It is, and sometimes I feel really guilty if I'm not playing with him, or doing house work, but gotta have some balance! ; )
Yeah! Balance is important. And even two year-olds can sometimes play by themselves a little…
Take care!
Tamar
Posted by sleepygirl on December 7, 2005, at 19:05:08
In reply to Re: I've missed all of you! » sleepygirl, posted by fairywings on December 7, 2005, at 9:08:32
such wonderful book references, ya gotta love Jung :-)
Posted by rainbowbrite on December 8, 2005, at 22:46:42
In reply to Re: I've missed all of you! » rainbowbrite, posted by fairywings on December 7, 2005, at 8:58:50
yeah, it was. It goes well for me :-)
its good to see your name again
Posted by gardenergirl on December 9, 2005, at 7:08:08
In reply to I've missed all of you!, posted by fairywings on December 6, 2005, at 19:21:44
Hope you're surviving the weather!
gg
Posted by fairywings on December 9, 2005, at 10:59:26
In reply to Nice to see you back! » fairywings, posted by gardenergirl on December 9, 2005, at 7:08:08
Thanks for all the kind thoughts and replies. I just looked and had 138 messages in my in box! Yikes! ; )
fw
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