The feelings of anxiety in Derek’s dream were met and moved beyond, but this is unusual. How we meet the emotions in our dreams illustrates our habitual method of dealing with them. if I were controlled by my feelings I would run away’ (Derek F). I realised this was an initiation and I must calm my feelings in order to pass beyond the door, i.e. I began to open the door and felt high feelings of anxiety. The underlying feelings would then be less easy to grasp.Įxample: ‘I was in a very ancient crumbling building, confronted by a large stone door, deeply engraved with many designs and creatures. But the situation could as easily be expressed as a dream image of a blocked river. Brian can easily see the connection between the dream feelings and his everyday life, although sometimes we need to practise this. It was the son of stress I feel when I have turned off my sexual flow-as I have at the moment’ (Brian V). Repression of sex or love also represses such physical movements, leading to tension and conflict, which might be presented in the drama of a dream.Įxample: ‘I was with my wife, walking along a street, on holiday with her. The images in a dream may be the way we unconsciously pictorialise our flux of feelings and the play of internal energy flows.įor instance love or sexual drive can give rise to physical movement-as in sexual intercourse. We therefore do not need to interpret them, simply to acknowledge them and see if we can recognise where they occur in waking life. Feelings in dreams are nearly always undistoned. If we take away the images and events occurring in a dream and simply look to see what feelings or emotions are evident, the dream is often more understandable than if we try to interpret the symbols. When such feelings and bodily movements arise, as they do in dreams, we may be amazed at their power and clarity. Such emotions and bodily drives may remain almost entirely unconscious until touched by exploring our dream content in the right setting. There is a level of human experience which is typified by intense emotional and physical response to life.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |