like a fish in the ocean

I used to have a dream journal back then in the beginning of experience project, I would study the themes I dreamt of and their meanings, making connections, I was interested in the human mind and the unconscious, still am, and taking that leap of almost twenty years ahead from then now I realize that it's been forever since I haven't used a dream journal, I did write one as a young woman and even woke up at night after a nightmare most often to write it down and not forget. I don't use a dream journal anymore because I don't need one, I navigate and swim through the themes that tell me about my unconscious, my emotional state, and other things I'm not willing to share as of today. I used to be a prolific dreamer, sleep deprivation hinders that ability and I miss that raw connection with myself.

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beccaninglights · 31-35, M

I've been paying dreams specific attention, too, lately. Recently, actually, my bio father came to me in a dream, and told me to move somewhere when I was considering it and one other place I would have landed in later that same night before midnight, and it was Halloween in a really bad situation. I remembered what they say about Die De Los Muertos, too - my father had passed a year before about.

One thing I know is that sometimes the signs aren't generic, they have to mean what they do to you. For example someone might find mice irritating, most people might, but to someone who keeps them as pets and loves them take on a different meaning for that person see?

TangledUpInBlue · F

I totally understand. I could have written this about myself.

Renkon · M

That is interesting. In fact, some people use this technique to get a sense of what is going on inside of them. Did it benefit you in any way?

TheSmearedPen

@Renkon tremendously so, I could identify reoccurring themes, because I don't have reoccurring dreams (only one when I was 5) something always changes, therefore know myself in depth, know my deepest fears and desires in the most raw way, current stressors and other things, it's like a compass, and if one isn't afraid to look in that mirror it's an inestimable tool for self acceptance, self-improvement and self regulation.

Renkon · M

@TheSmearedPen That's true. It’s an incredibly powerful tool when wielded by a skilled user.

ABCDEF7 · M

If you look for that unconscious personality you had some twenty years back, do you think you still carries that? or time has changed things a lot in what you think you are now?

TheSmearedPen

@ABCDEF7 the core's still the same, all the rest has shifted.

ABCDEF7 · M

@TheSmearedPen Only that core is real you.

pentagrammom ·

Self substantiation does not involve external programming

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