Big Dreams
I dream. A lot. And vividly. Sometimes it’s hard to remember what’s a dream and what’s real — I’ll have a vague memory of some incident, or something that someone said, that looking back could very easily be a dream I had, or something that actually happened. It’s sort of confusing.
I don’t put a whole lot of stock in the dream analysis I find on the internet. Things like, “Dreaming of a child means something happy,” are vague and unhelpful. Also, I don’t know what other people’s dreams are like, but mine are complicated. In-depth plot-lines, multiple characters, and several set changes. Assigning non-specific symbolism to everything is exhausting and, well, non-specific. Nor do I find dreams particularly prophetic. That said, call me crazy, but I swear things have happened to me that I remember distinctly in a dream– and even remember what I was thinking when I had those dreams.
My dreams do, though, have an interesting psychological component to them that’s fairly easy to decode. I’m not a particularly angry or confrontational person, but I’ve had multiple dreams in which I’ve been utterly, totally, completely enraged. Clearly a sign of pent-up aggression that I should maybe look into.
What do you think of dream interpretation? Do you remember your dreams? Any particularly interesting stories you’d like to share?
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Dream interpretations are best when they are based on your personal experience. Since human beings have the same evolutionary, and in many cases, the same cultural history, our dreams can have universal symbols. (That’s basically what “dreaming of a child means you are happy” is about.)
But for somebody to help you to understand your dreams, they need to know something about your thoughts and what is happening in your life. If you’re going to use something like a dream dictionary, it’s best to look at how all the symbols work together to tell a story that relates to your life, not to look at each symbol individually.
I dream all the time and remember some from years ago. I remember telling one of the attorneys at a former job that his wife (who was also a lawyer) was living under a bench as a street person. That was bizarre.
Some dreams I remember, usually the ones where I’ve woken up in the middle of it for whatever reason. I don’t believe that we can take our dreams literally all the time. But I do think they have validity sometimes deep down, basic. If I take the time to figure out what my subconscious is trying to tell me, I usually can find the reason for a dream. It’s really not that difficult. Now, whether we do something about it, is another story altogether.
I think that when we truly relax at sleep, our thoughts are recycled during the night. So we can pretty much put a finger on the catalyst for some of the more troubling dreams.