Posted by gardenergirl on September 16, 2005, at 9:58:47
In reply to Re: Dream interpretation? Long and vivid as usual » gardenergirl, posted by Tamar on September 15, 2005, at 19:43:37
> Hi GG
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> It sounds to me like a dream about how you act in the world.
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> And if so, it sounds as if you’re fairly uncomfortable with several things. Your opponent in the reality show with the busts could be an aspect of yourself, particularly if you’re facing some kind of internal conflict.Hmmm, could be. I've got plenty internal conflicts to go around. :)
> If the questioner reminded you of your T, perhaps it indicates a conflict with your animus. The theme of competition (in which you didn’t win) may suggest feelings of incompetence, and may suggest you would like to be more confident and assertive.
That makes sense. I've been working on this recently.
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> The incident with the car crashing through the window, and then your expression of anger at the people near the little cars, also suggests conflicts to me; perhaps conflicts of values.Actually, the car didn't crash through the doors. The doors opened, and the car just drove right in. It is a conflict with values, because it seemed just so obnoxious and bold. The other day a car was stopped right in front of the door of the pharmacy where I had to go pick up my prescription. The car was running, and they ahd dropped someone off who ran in to get something. The person had to run back out to ask a question, and then run back in to pick up the meds. I was SO Peeved! There were empty parking spaces all over the place, but NOOOOOOO, just stop your car wherevere the heck you feel likme it. Oh, and do waste that gasoline, too. It's not even as if they needed to keep the car running in order to run the AC because it was a convertible!
Wait a minute...similar car, although the one that drove into the store was a 1950's era. Oooh, kinda like one my dad had. Curious.
>And there’s an inescapable motif of violence and destruction in the image of the car going through the window. The window might represent the boundary between your inner self and your outward persona.
It did seem like a boundary violation or penetration type feeling.
>And I think it’s about your interactions in the world rather than about internal conflicts. The flies may symbolise annoyances or fears, and you go away from them because you think you’re the cause of their presence. Perhaps there’s something happening in your life that makes you uneasy and you just wish you could escape?
Oh yes, avoidance is my thing.
>Your concern with your body odour might indicate feelings of being contaminated, and your fear that someone might complain also seems to point in that direction. Taken together with the flies and your escape to the store, I wonder whether you’re experiencing something that is causing you to evaluate a number of deeply-held convictions about yourself.
Hmmm, not sure about this, but then again, the therapy process is about examining and coming to terms with the deeper stuff.
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> Your inability to find appropriate food might indicate that you’re feeling uncertain about your sources of support. You examine what’s available but none of it’s quite right. Maybe there could be some trust issues. I guess a question might be how this relates to the previous section of the dream.I think you're on to something here. It's a topic that's come up in therapy recently, related to my hubby and what I wish for from him in terms of support and caring.
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> Wandering down hallways that lead nowhere (or to a place you don’t want to go) is a common theme in dreams. You’re trying to get somewhere but you don’t know how to get there, and you’re repeating previous journeys, even though you don’t want to. Doorways often symbolise opportunities. The opportunity you see (the way out of the store) seems only to point to a long way of going back to where you came from. So instead of going around the outside of the store to return to your point of origin (which would be a new journey, but you realise it wouldn’t be the best solution because it just takes you back to where you started), you decide to turn around and go back the way you came, which seems sensible because it’s a quick way of returning to things that are familiar, and perhaps you think you can set out again from there.Interesting, but this makes me think about how I tend to return to the same issues in therapy (that spiral concept that Daisy talks about).
>However, it might indicate a fear of trying new solutions. And it’s interesting that you’re not inclined to go into the stock room area, even though you suspect it will lead you where you want to go, because you don’t feel you’re allowed to go in there.
Yeah, I'm definitely very much of a "rules" follower. A proper young lady would not go into an "off limits" area without permission. Oh lordy, just reading that makes me think of therapy. A proper young lady would not talk about "off limits" topics. And I'm dancing around transference feelings. Oy! Thanks for stimulating that possible insight.
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> So maybe there’s a conflict about whether you *feel* you want to go where you *think* you want to go, and maybe you’re seeking comfort in familiar patterns, even though you know they’re not helping.Oh yes, that's another topic that's come up. I tend to seek comfort, guidance, and reassurance from others more than I can ever get.
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> Avoiding the rain is also interesting. Rain is often a symbol of cleansing, and even fertility (the latter would connect with the stock room and the narrow hallway). As a symbol of renewal it’s interesting that you avoid it. Of course, in waking life we do avoid rain because we don’t want to get wet. But avoiding getting symbolically wet might have a quite different meaning. Taken with the journey in the hallway and your feeling that going outside isn’t quite right (but at the same time going into the stock room area isn’t quite right) suggests to me that you have a number of opportunities but that you don’t feel comfortable with any of them. And in fact it seems that any of them might get you somewhere, but your decision in your dream is to go back the way you came.This is fitting with some of my current dilemmas and feelings about past decisions.
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> There seems to be a lot of anxiety in this dream, and a sense that you’re not feeling very successful in what you’re trying to do, particularly in relating your inner life to the way you act in the outside world. Of course, I’m sure that you are in fact very successful in what you’re trying to do, but perhaps you feel underconfident. If that seems way off-base, perhaps there’s simply a sense that you want to feel revitalized but you’re not sure how best to go about it.Hmmm, makes sense given where I am in transitioning at school.
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> Sorry, this got a bit long. But I hope it’s vaguely interesting.It is, and thanks for sharing your thoughts.
gg
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