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Posted by sunnydays on April 6, 2007, at 22:27:48
So I talked to my T today (not back yet, but he will be next week - yay!). I told him about some dreams I've had lately. I keep having all sorts of dreams about dying - in one my brother was trying to kill me (he's been violent in the past), in another the mob was trying to kill me, and in another I was running away from someone and drove my car into a lake.
My T said to think about it as if I was every part of my dream. I don't quite understand why, but I seem to remember hearing something like that here before. He said the mob and my brother might be representing the powerful parts of me, or the angry parts of me, which I usually think are bad and that might be why they're trying to hurt me. So part of me might be trying to kill off another part of me. That part would be the scared, emotional part of me because in the dreams I was absolutely terrified, yelling that I was scared and running away and things. I think that might fit, although I'm not quite sure why the angry part of me would want to kill off the emotional part of me. I have to think about it some more, but I wanted to get your ideas and see what you thought. Also, if anyone has any insight about the seeing yourself as every part of your dream, I'd be interested.
sunnydays
Posted by Daisym on April 7, 2007, at 1:16:44
In reply to dreams and what my T said - maybe small trigger, posted by sunnydays on April 6, 2007, at 22:27:48
Sometimes the be-everything-in-the-dream technique works for me and sometimes not. Given what you've written here, I'd venture to guess that you are trying to kill off your needy parts, especially because you've been hurting so much about missing your therapist. There seems to be an angry part lurking, angry that you even feel all of this!
Another thought I had was that death in dreams often symbolizes a rebirth - some big change that is taking place but in a very painful way. You are becoming someone else, so in a sense your old self is dying. And it can feel like a car wreck -- or drowning in all those tears.
Just my two cents. I'm so glad he'll be back next week! :)
Posted by Dinah on April 8, 2007, at 10:14:22
In reply to dreams and what my T said - maybe small trigger, posted by sunnydays on April 6, 2007, at 22:27:48
My therapist likes that method, but I don't think my brain is that complex. Sometimes I think my dreams are an effort to tell me something, but because I'm rather literal they are rarely very complex. They tend to repeat until I figure out what I'm trying to tell myself and then disappear. But I don't think what they've tried to tell me ever has involved me being all parts of my dream.
I imagine that everyone's brain has its own communicative style, though.
Posted by sunnydays on April 8, 2007, at 12:39:43
In reply to Re: dreams and what my T said - maybe small trigger, posted by Daisym on April 7, 2007, at 1:16:44
> Sometimes the be-everything-in-the-dream technique works for me and sometimes not. Given what you've written here, I'd venture to guess that you are trying to kill off your needy parts, especially because you've been hurting so much about missing your therapist. There seems to be an angry part lurking, angry that you even feel all of this!
**** Yeah. I feel like I have definitely been pushing the needy parts away and telling myself they are bad lately. Hopefully some of that will work itself out once my therapist finally comes back. I haven't had a dream like that since we talked about it, so I have a feeling his take on it was right. Dreams usually go away for me if I am aware of what they're about.
> Another thought I had was that death in dreams often symbolizes a rebirth - some big change that is taking place but in a very painful way. You are becoming someone else, so in a sense your old self is dying. And it can feel like a car wreck -- or drowning in all those tears.
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> Just my two cents. I'm so glad he'll be back next week! :)**** I'm not sure about the rebirth - they were such utterly terrifying dreams, and there was nothing that felt good about them. I can see where that could maybe come from, but I'm not sure that's it. I'm glad he'll be back too, but very scared that he actually won't be and something will happen and he'll end up not coming back.
sunnydays
Posted by Phillipa on April 8, 2007, at 12:40:14
In reply to Re: dreams and what my T said - maybe small trigge » sunnydays, posted by Dinah on April 8, 2007, at 10:14:22
I've been having horrible dreams of trying to find and do my job when I was working and I always fail and someone is always doing the job better and I used to be the best my self esteem was high. Now I feel worthless and not entitled to anything good. Wonder if that is why I can't sleep? love Phillipa
Posted by sunnydays on April 8, 2007, at 12:40:42
In reply to Re: dreams and what my T said - maybe small trigge » sunnydays, posted by Dinah on April 8, 2007, at 10:14:22
> My therapist likes that method, but I don't think my brain is that complex. Sometimes I think my dreams are an effort to tell me something, but because I'm rather literal they are rarely very complex. They tend to repeat until I figure out what I'm trying to tell myself and then disappear. But I don't think what they've tried to tell me ever has involved me being all parts of my dream.
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> I imagine that everyone's brain has its own communicative style, though.**** I do think that interpretation might have worked for me, because those kinds of dreams have gone away since my T and I talked about it. So maybe he was right...
sunnydays
Posted by sunnydays on April 8, 2007, at 16:36:58
In reply to Re: dreams and what my T said - maybe small trigge, posted by Phillipa on April 8, 2007, at 12:40:14
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