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[lolabobs]

I dreamt a whole story. One with a beginning, middle and end. It was almost logical.

We wooed, then things started being a bit off. He would 'accidentally' almost harm me (bringing in heather to the house when I was very allergic for example), apologetic, soothing - but it became worse, he appearing to be in two places at once, my pets harmed, family won over/alienated. Fooling people around me. Making me seem odd. It got to a pivotal point where he had almost beaten me,almost killed me but I began to see and realise the tricks, so started to utilise my own. Double bluff. Using his tricks aganst him. I became stronger. I ended by beating him and his accomplice, leaving him weakened and dishonoured.

Things that strike me about this dream:

1. I clearly really distrust 'love'
2. When I'm me in dreams I rarely am actually me - it's normally my brain in another body. This dream started (the chatting up, wooing part) with me in my actual physicality. Does this mean I'm beginning to see myself differently?
3. I clearly still have trust in myself and my ability to overcome problems.
4. It would have been nice just to have a happy dream though!


- Mind you yesterday I had a romantic dream about one of my clients - not so good! (And no I wasn't in my body then)

Comments

[mara-snh.livejournal.com]

What a fascinating subject. And that was certainly an interesting dream. I subscribe to the Gestalt theory that all the people, animals, and even objects in our dreams are actually stand-ins for aspects of ourselves. Gestalt dream analysis involves retelling the story of the dream out loud from the POV of different characters and things in the dream, one at a time. Doing this out loud in important -- and try to record yourself if you can, so you can go back and pick up on slippery insights that you might otherwise forget. The dream you've described sounds like it would lend itself to that kind of analysis. I mean, what if the man in the dentist's office is an aspect of yourself that you know, on some subconscious level, to be destructive. In the dream as you've told it here, you fight that aspect of yourself and force it to submit to a healthier aspect of yourself. Parlour analysis. I love it. ;-)

[lolabobs.livejournal.com]

That sounds an interesting process - I do figure dreams are important, which is why I do try and make note of the biggies (I am aware I dream every single night) - I might give this analysis style a go through (tomorrow when I'm more awake!)

[mara-snh.livejournal.com]

Have fun! You might be surprised what you find yourself revealing when you tell the dream from all those different points of view.