Unraveling Dream Meanings: Insights and Tips
Exploring dream analysis can provide valuable insights into our subconscious. Discover helpful hints and resources like Ted Talks and ideas from Psych Central to interpret the symbolism in your dreams and understand their significance.
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Helpful hints to analyzing your dreams Ted Talk on dream analysis
Ideas from Psych Central: Check it out
Almost everything in a dream that is not realistic (i.e., a seemingly realistic depiction of someone or something in the dreamer s waking reality) is likely to be making an appearance as a metaphor. For example, if we dream about an elephant it will almost always be appearing as a metaphor for something. If we recently saw an elephant at the zoo (or if we are an elephant keeper who actually works with elephants), we could be dreaming about a real (non-metaphorical) elephant whose plight we may be concerned about. But in most instances our brain will be using the elephant to stand for something in us or in our world. Thus, it is imperative to look at these dream symbols when practicing dream interpretation and deciding what a dream means. The use of Metaphor
Along with dream symbols, dreams are typically laden with feelings and emotions. Strangely, the feeling content is often the first aspect of the dream that is forgotten upon waking in the morning. Many people will report a dream as if they are telling a story to which they have no emotional attachment; they remember the events and the characters but they have forgotten the feelings. The Use of Feelings and Emotions The correspondence between the feeling tones of the dream and the feeling tones of that person s waking life is often very close; so much so that one of the most effective ways to help a person connect a dream to their life and understand the meanings of dreams is through the feeling tones
Check out this site to review how many psychologists review dreams differently. After reviewing the site, ask yourself the question . What do I believe?? Dreams according to well-known Psychologists What do THEY say???
1. Read through your dreams carefully 2. Look for key symbols/metaphors/emotions/etc . Highlight where they are seen in your dreams Next Steps . 3. On a separate sheet of paper, begin to write out themes you see . Metaphors .. Etc. 4. Write down questions that have evolved in your mind after looking/reviewing your dreams
