Analyzing Dreams and Uncovering the Subconscious Mind : Analyzing Dreams and Uncovering the Subconsc

[Awakening]

Thanks Tammy, I should check out those links you've posted.

I've used my dreams sometimes in therapy, it seems a way for me to confront trauma in a 'safer' way.

I dream a lot or perhaps I dream normal but recall alot of them.

I've also been told by 2 psychics (everyone stop laughing now!) that I have visions in my dreams. Now I am a skeptic, but I do feel that my dreams are quite intuitive, and I have not predicted anything but being able to pick up what someone might do or how someone is feeling. To me, this just means my subconscious has picked it up during my normal interactions with them.

I've also had dreams of deceased people, related and otherwise (i.e. from reading an article). In my dreams I get feelings/thoughts of people who have died. Although again, my logical self tells me it's just my subconscious picking up.

I wonder if anyone else has weird experiences like this in dreams?

Tammy, over the last few days I've had a reoccuring dreams of similiar themes.

Some have been me on a holiday, in a bus, in a foreign town or moving house and I have to leave in a hurry and I can't seem to pack up my belongings fast enough. It seems so simple yet I waste time looking for something unimportant. Or I lose time wondering and have to leave without them. Or I grab some stuff but not the other stuff.

In another variation of a dream I was shopping for a can of chickpeas, yet everyone kept offering me something else, I would get caught up in what they were selling then leave only to realise I still hadn't got what I really needed, so would have to keep putting groceries back and starting all over again.

In this last dream my Mum appeared, and kept talking about herself. To cut it short- I started crying in the dream, saying it wasn't all about her, it was about me, and I was sick of having to worry about her and her feelings. I said I really needed help finding these chickpeas. Mum said but you are like your father you are the strong one, I got more upset. She said some other stuff that I can't quite remember and then I said "i'm spending thousands of dollars on therapy so if there is one thing I know for sure, I do need more help and I'm terrible about talking about my feelings, but I need you to help me with talking about them". When saying this sentence or something like it, I was crying and I woke up from the dream at this point & I was crying.

 

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Hi Awakening,
If this were my dream I’m very stressed and need a holiday. I try to take the prescribed route (bus) that society expects for me to take, but it doesn’t feel right (foreign) for the time being.

This stress could be due to my baggage (problems) and I’m not able to locate the important issues that I need to deal with. I feel that maybe I’m leaving important issues out of my conversations and adding the one’s that are less important.

Second dream if it was mine I’m seeking something that I can’t grasp. Chickpeas probably represent something else that I’m trying to acquire. The can is something that contains a substance and keeps the contents from getting contaminated.

Here is an anagram for chickpeas: Speak Chic. Maybe you need to speak up to some one about something?

Some questions to ask myself: What am I trying to get, but keep failing?
Another thing to think about. Maybe my emotions are being contained because I can't get them to open up.
Am I just settling for something I don’t need or want? Am I being a doormat to someone? (If you can answer a few of these questions then this is where the answer to what the chickpeas represent)

Malls and shopping centers generally represent outer forms. (Not like houses) These are things I worry about that are not just about me. Like being judgmental toward some one, being materialistic, competitive, and worrying about what other people think about me etc. Since I keep making the same mistake over and over I’m not learning that I need to change this issue, and that is why the dream is recurring.

Last dream is about inner conflict over my issues (what ever the can of chickpeas represent) that need to be dealt with. I admit I am strong, but still need help. However, I don’t feel strong enough at the current moment to take on anyone else’s problems or responsibilities. (Think about what the chickpeas mean here)

My mom represents the wise inner voice in my head and I’m telling myself I need help in expressing my feelings towards others. I need to look within myself and find what is “really” bothering me and talk about that instead of buying into things I don’t need or want, and having to repeat the cycle over again.

Some where in your life you’re in denial about something? Also, you are very stressed and irritable and need to take a break. I’m not sure of your circumstances but take a hot bubble bath and relax. Take a day off from work, tell your significant other to leave you alone and to take care of your children until you feel better.

This may be easier said than done. But if it is doable, then do it and the stress and irritation will subside a little so you can focus on what needs to be dealt with.

If you don’t know what the can of chickpeas represent right now, keep thinking on it and it will come to you.

I hope you feel better soon
Take it easy and focus on yourself
Tammy

 

[Seeking_Nirvana]

I have had many prophetic dreams and other paranormal happenings. I don't want to discuss it in this group though.

I am thinking about starting another group to discuss these issues. I know that the people who experience these things need to talk about it and need a safe place to express themselves without judgment.

For those who have these experiences don't worry about what other people think of you. They are not walking in your shoes and you are not walking in theirs.

I will take a poll and see how many people would like for me to start a group to discuss paranormal happenings. If I get enough people that would like to join I will start one.

The bad thing is that I'm limited in my abilities and won't be much help. However, I can listen and relate my happenings. Another way to deal with these happenings is to join a group on yahoo that has to do with paranormal happenings. I'm a member of two groups so I can provide the link to join. Those groups are a safe place where no one judges.

Tammy

 

[Awakening]

Thanks Tammy, the poll is a good idea as I did 'edit' my post somewhat.

I'm not sure about the chickpeas, except it's something I've recently tried in a cous cous salad, it's a new thing, and I was pleased with the result & surprised I liked it.

 

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Hi Awakening,

Well it may be one of those things that we will never figure out. I don't know what those could represent as a symbol.

I did see stress and irritation in the dream though.

Take care
Tammy

 

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Hi Awakening, something just occurred to me. Some times our bodies are laking in a certain nutritional way where an imbalance of protein or vitamins is going on, and the mind will dream about what ever food source we may need to get the vitamins and minerals that are bodies are craving or in need of. I dream of chocolate most of the time.

I just remembered this because we also can dream something is wrong with our bodies and then go to the doctor only to find out the thing we dreamed about is what is wrong with us.

I had a dream about cancer and illness only to go to the doctor a month or two later to find out my thyroid was under-active and one of the enzymes in my liver was elevated.

Dreams can be so tricky some times.

 

[sally]

weird dream the other day I was running with a pack of wolves happy and care free all of a sudden there was nothing but blood every where and nothing wlse. then I woke up shakeing
sally

 

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Hi sally, If this were my dream the pack of wolves represent myself and my basic instinct. If I let myself run wild to do what ever I like there is a sense of freedom. There is reckless abandonment.

Blood generally represents life. It appears this wild feeling of freedom is showing me that my life can be at stake here if I run with wild thoughts.

Wolves can represent transformation. For instance werewolves can transform themselves into a man and then back. This is a metaphor for living in societal norms and living amongst the wild side of myself.

Take care
Tammy

 

[Awakening]

Had the weirdest dream last night about a possum (small mammal) and a crocodile (alligator).

I dreamt they were going out and had a baby together. Even in my dream I wondered how they could of made a baby without the crocodile killing the possum.

However neither the crocodile nor the possum (possum was mother, crocodile father) would acknowledge or take responsibility for their offspring (which were two small possums).

I kept trying to make them accept it but the more I did the more defensive they came. I realised I had to almost trick them into it.

The crocodile & the possum lived in a burrow. The burrow was along side a foreshore that in reality the foreshore was a place we'd visit in my childhood.

Anyhow, in the dream I was able to see their burrow underground & the crocodile & the possum nesting together.

So I buried their babies in a burrow next to them in the hope they would accidently discover the babies and once discovered would feel compelled to look after them. I figured if only they saw the babies they would take care of them.

However I soon realised that the burrow of the crocodile & the possum was higher then the burrow of the babies. I had buried the babies too deep for the crocodile or babies to discover. There was also plastic wrapped around the babies so the babies couldn't reach the parents either.

I waited for the crocodile & the possum to leave the burrow, and followed them with a pizza box (In reality I'd eaten pizza the night before). Suddenly their babies were not possums but pizza.

I begged them just to look at their babies and somehow co-erced the mother into just taking a peak. Inside was one slice of pizza that didn't look that appetizing but the mother took one look and was overcome with emotion and burst into tears.

The father (crocodile) immediately picked up the slice of pizza declaring 'my child how could we have forsaken you! I will never leave you again'.

That was the end of the dream. So weird.

 

[Seeking_Nirvana]

OMG, I can't believe how many on this forum have animal dreams. It's unusual, and I'm going to investigate this phenomena and see if it is related to PTSD.

I will read your dream after I speak to some one on this LOL

 

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Hi Awakening, Your not going to like some of the things I say in this dream but I don't like sugar coating dreams especially when some one needs to see the truth. You can take it or leave it, but this is what I see.

Ok, in this dream we need to think of the alligator and the possum as yourself. These animals are representing you as most symbols do.

As a general rule giving birth and babies represent new ideas or thoughts. Possibly some big changes taking place in your life? You wonder how you are able to get through the day without killing yourself in over analyzing things.

Your refusing to take responsibility for these ideas or change because you don't want to change, you want to "feel better" without changing. It's more comfortable to stay stuck in the current situation your in than to venture out and do something different.

Your being very defensive and deceitful with yourself by living under ground in a burrow, which would represent your subconscious. So in other words you don't realize your lying to yourself. The foreshore is the emotional highs and lows you have.

Your subconscious is trying to "MAKE" you see that you need to change your habits and adapt to new ways (making the animals accept their children) But your having inner conflict with this so you bury the babies (new ideas) in a place where you/they/new ideas can't find their parents (this is lying to yourself and deceiving yourself)

The babies turn into food which could indicate that food is used as an addiction. So now that you see that you can substitute one habit for another your willing to accept this.

This may be change, but not the appropriate change that your subconscious is trying to reveal to you.

Good luck and take care
Tammy

 

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Alligator/Crocodile's Wisdom Includes:
· Maternal protection
· Connection to the earth mother
· Protection from manipulation
· Understanding deceit
· Revenge through patience
· Initiation
· Understanding weather
· Access to ancient knowledge
Opossum's Wisdom Includes:
· Proper use of deception
· Use of appearances
· Sensibility
· Guidance to uncovering talent, psychic or physical
· Gaining wisdom
· Recovery