Posted by JenStar on November 11, 2004, at 22:27:37
In reply to Here's one for you » JenStar, posted by Skittles on November 11, 2004, at 21:47:08
Skittles, I'm sorry you have such a terrible dream on a regular basis! I'm crossing my fingers that it stops soon.
This one is more sensitive to interpret than gg's, I believe, because of the father figure & the abusive situation in the dream.
Please forgive me if I say anything offensive - I truly don't mean to be.
It DOES seem that you have something unresolved going on in your psyche, something that is bothering you. You haven't told us whether there is abuse in your past, and I respect your privacy. As the other poster suggested, if you don't remember abuse, the dream doesn't mean there was abuse -- it could be something more visceral: a fear of death, a fear of failure, a fear of past mistakes catching up to the current you.
The other thing I was thinking about is more of a theoretical "thing." I know memories seem very ephemeral and dreamy, but the truth is that our neurons fire chemical messages when we think and remember things. If you had the dream once and it strongly affected you...and then you had it again...and again... I wonder if the dream is now "hard wired" into your brain? I sometimes think that certain neural pathways are VERY strong in my brain; I have some recurrent (obsessive!) thoughts over and over again.
I wonder if there would be a way to "cleanse" the dream from your psyche, be it thru meditation, medication, hpynosis. I really don't know much about this -- I'm just thinking aloud.
Have you ever had success thinkign about dream adjustments BEFORE you fall asleep, and then being able to alter the dreams when sleeping? I've not been able to do it, but it sounds like a very cool thing!
Anyway, I hope you dream better tonite.
let us know.JenStar
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