Posted by madeline on March 15, 2007, at 14:26:04
In reply to Anyone up for a therapy dream?, posted by annierose on March 15, 2007, at 7:19:55
I don't think this dream has anything to do with politics, but I am a more classical interpreter of dreams.
My therapist and I spend a lot of time on my dreams, and we usually see them as resolution to or highlighting an emotional conflict. When my T shows up in my dreams it usually represents what role I see him playing in that conflict.
In your dream I think Iraq may represent your emptional state, or how YOU see your emotional state - as a warzone with debris and damage all around. She has come to this warzone, and reaches out to the warring conflict & combatants (the insurgents and the US soilders) in an attempt to bring peace. Even those your conscious mind views as the enemy seeking to do harm (the insurgents, or the US soilders) she reaches out to both and accepts both and recognizes that they both can bring something to the conflict that will ultimately lead to peace. Which I think is something you must want or get from her.
She seeks approval, but is simply brushed off and ignored by a authority figure (evil or otherwise) in the dream - the president, which I think probably represents some aspect of yourself that is seeking approval, or something that you are afraid you are doing to her, or even your experience in gaining approval from authority figures.
It sounds like powerful, but wonderful stuff and definately I would talk about the dream with her.
My T would love your dream because the therapist is playing such a benefactor to a seemingly hopeless situation. For years he was biting me or turning into a snake or something in my dreams. So much so when I stated I had a dream I wanted to talk about he would say "well, what did I do to you this time?". Lately though he has been curiously absent from my dreams. When he does show up it is usually in some magical role like Gandalf or someone.Just my take
Maddie
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