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I often wonder if I created a journal of my dreams
over the years and published it, if I would be as rich and famous as Stephen King. I’ve had some
pretty scary adventures over the years. As a child, a young adult, and well into my
forties, I still have some nights filled with terror. I’m sure many of these
earlier dreams stemmed from growing up in an environment tainted by domestic
violence. Who knows how many years of nighttime trauma it took me to understand
and work through such suppressed fear and emotion; it's been ongoing. Of course, the awareness of this in my
awakened hours has continued to help me process. I really focused on dream work during
my divorce about 15 years ago. I did log many of my dreams and looked up the symbols and themes for interpretation. After unraveling the
dream with help from my dream dictionaries, the message always seemed
to make sense. The more I overcame my fears during my
sleeping hours (the braver I got in my dreams), the more I pushed forward in my daytime life. I am convinced this
link is very real and empowering.
Today, after achieving my Master’s Degree in Clinical
Mental Health Counseling, I am even more convinced of this healing path.
These days, with the Internet at our fingertips, dream
interpretation is easy. I use DreamMoods.com, among many other websites and books. I challenge you to write down a dream and consider the theme and feelings when considering its content, like the items, people, names, colors, places, and things in your dream experience. Look up each symbol, interpret it, and then combine the puzzle pieces to decipher its message. You will be as amazed as I have been and continue to be through the process. It
leaves me awestruck each and every time I process a dream. It is a celestial gift that
many of us never unwrap.
Give it a shot, and then let me know if it was helpful. Your psyche supports your growth and happiness while you are on this earth; do not miss out on this tool!
I am a neurologist who shares your passion for writing. I recorded my dreams for two years and wrote a novel entirely based on them. I published it a year ago. In the process, I learned the person who lives in our dreams is born with a distinctive set of virtues. Some we shed as we grow up, but others remain intact in our dream persona throughout our entire life. We can find them in our dreams, regain these qualities, and become better individuals. Fascinating, isn’t it?
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