Posted by Perciever on June 01, 2000 at 23:40:03:
In Reply to: They are similar: withdrawing types. posted by Brian C. on June 01, 2000 at 12:47:52:
your problem was repressed anger. my problem
is repressed self confidence (6) and not
recognizing my emotional needs (5).
> Until I did the art therapy, the dream was about a train. I lived near
> train tracks and night freights were common (night frights, too.) I was
> unaware of any emotional content, just surprised that the dream recurred
> and that I remembered it so well. The art therapy revealed how obtuse I
> was/am about emotions and feelings. I tend toward obsessive-compulsive.
> (Feelings are turned to thoughts.) Like most children, I was an emotional
> sponge unconsciously, soaking up my family environment. There were other issues
> at the time contributing to the emotional state. I am more aware of the
> absence of emotion connected to the dream, than I am to awareness of my
> feelings associated with the dream.
>
> Was it Richard Bach (Johnathan Livinston Seagull) that suggested that
> dreams can have more than one meaning and the interpretation of the
> dreamer is more revealing than that of external evaluation. Gail Delaney, PhD.
> has written and lectured extensively about dreams ("Living Your Dreams")
> She suggests that attention to dreams reveals much about life and that the
> dreams are "wake up" calls. She advocates outside help (hers) and making
> choices based on the dream work. She left her marraige partially because
> of a dream interpretation about a careening bus and an uncertain driver
> who just might have been her spouse. I would guess her type as 3w4 or even
> 4w3.
>
> Some Native Americans consider the dreams as the spirit world and
> more real than the trance we call life. Or did I just make that up?