Posted: Aug 12, 2020 12:56 pm
SafeAsMilk wrote:mpaskinsky wrote:Understanding a dream can help when trying to sort out real-life problems or decisions because it can help point out what your intuition is saying to you.
My intuition is apparently saying "You're on your own". My dreams, on the rare occasions I remember them, are never about anything. A random collection of imagery and intense emotions almost never having anything to do with the day's events -- I can count on one hand the occasions that they did, and on those occasions my brain's only message seemed to be "you did this way too much today". The only other time they've had any connection to waking life is when they're on the titilating side, and that's only due to their results.
Can't speak for anyone else of course, but my dreams are absolute bunk. I love Jung and Campbell, but anyone who says there's universal symbols and that they must mean something are full of shit.
A shrink I had for a long run was really good at using dreams to get to emotional concerns. Discussion wasn’t around metaphor or symbolism (stop philosophizing he would always say) but around the feelings in the dream. It really helped me connect with my feelings about situations and people. Rarely did it have anything to do with events of any particular day.