my brain is trying to tell me something...

[lagilman]

I never get the really wild, weird-ass, WTF dreams. My subconscious is remarkably straightforward in working things through, and most of the time I either a) dream in archetypes (oh, loook, I'm walking through an old, bare house, toward the attic, and I meet up with an old woman whose hair is being brushed by a young girl! And there's a unicorn on the street below! [actual dream] or b) have a very reality-based dream about exactly what's bothering me (sitting having dinner with friends who have suddenly decided I've blighted their world and cannot be spoken to any more [also an actual dream]).

I'm starting to wonder if that's because I use all my weirdness ideas up in the job, or if I just don't have the time or energy, even in my dreams, to puzzle through the twists and turns. I'm busy, here! Let's get the issue out and on the table, already!


So. How do you dream? Would Freud be proud, or just bored?

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[greeneyedkzin.livejournal.com]

Although I do dream of actual people and occurrences in my past, they're arranged in a way I can only call metaphorical.

When I remember my dreams in the morning, they do indeed reflect how I'm processing current experiences.

For example, I'm about to start a new job. It's a good one. So of course I dreamt of my first job after grad school, where I encountered the first of many bosses who were -- let's say -- less than fair or competent, but managed to get away with it.

For the first time, however, I saw that the place was pretty. It simply wasn't a place I wanted to be in.

From that dream, I deduce that -- stage fright be damned -- I'm far more positive in my outlook than I've been.

My dreams tend to be paradigmatic, especially at stresspoints in my life. I've had a bundle of them.

As for nightmares, the last few I've had, I've actually taken control of the dream and waked myself.