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    Meaning of Dream Symbols

    These meanings are not absolute, but general guidance open to your own interpretation. 

    Acquaintance – To dream of people you know is probably a good dream.  However, the degree of your relationship with the acquaintance, and the manner in which you conduct yourself in the dream, determines what message your dream is sendng you.  For example, [...]

    Dreaming In Dreamland

    No one can ever say for sure what a dream means.  Our minds do not group information nice and neatly into a bundle of easy to understand pictures when we sleep.  Many things contribute to dreams:  sleep, lack of sleep, stress, idleness, jobs, pets, love, hate, fear, anger, food, diet, medicine, experiences.
    I’m not an expert [...]

    Understanding Sleep

    Nearly every animal sleeps in some way.  It is evident that sleep performs some important function for the nervous system.
    Many theories have been suggested, but the most practical seems to be the one put forward by Nobel Prize winner Francis Crick.  He claims that the purpose of sleep is to allow the brain to ‘take [...]

    Sleep – Why Can’t You Sleep?

    Wishing you could sleep is frustrating.  Tossing and turning only gets worse the more stressed you feel from not being able to fall asleep.
    From research on brain patterns during sleep, scientists have begun to understand and develop treatments for sleep disorders.  Sleep disorders affect the quality and duration of sleep.  Change of sleep schedule, stress, [...]

    What Are Night Terrors?

    Night Terrors are sudden, dramatic interruptions in our sleep and are quite different to nightmares. 
    Nightmares occur after several hous of sleep, the dream phase of REM sleep, and they wake up the sleeper with a vivid memory of the dream. 
    Unlike night terrors, nightmares do not usually involve screaming, thrashing about or running around without a [...]

    What To Do With Recurring Dreams, Anxiety Dreams and Nightmares

    Almost everyone has experienced dreams that contain anxiety or fear.  These experiences can be traumatic and haunt us by recurring repeatedly.

    Typical Nightmare Themes

    falling
    being chased or attacked
    walking into a meeting or a class unprepared
    being stuck in slow motion
    being trapped and unable to move or scream
    drowning or choking
    being naked in public

    Experiencees of this sort are unpleasant and [...]

    Typical Dreams

    Myth:  If you dream that you hit the bottom in a falling dream, it means that you will have died in your sleep.
    Falling
    Many people have dreamed that they have hit bottom in a fall and they are still alive to tell the story!  Falling is a common theme, which often indicates that in your real [...]

    Dream Symbols and Images

    ‘Archetypes’ are universal symptoms that are common to everyone because they represent something that relates to the universal principles of life, or themes lived by each one of us.
    Archetypal characters and symbols can come from religious teachings and images, myths, fairytales, folk tales and legends.

    Here are some of Jung’s most common archetypes that appear in [...]

    Bad Dream?

    Did you have a bad dream?  How about a shot of the bull!
    This drink recipe will cure what ails you:
    Savory spicy and Bloody Mary-esque, this variation of the classic bull shot is the perfect “hair of the dog” shot: a shaken concoction of pureed fresh tomatoes, beef bouilion and a little or a lot of [...]

    Asking Your Dreams For Help

    Ok, I know asking your dreams for help may sound bizarre or ridiculous, but remember that you are the source of your dreams and there is no reason why you should not remind yourself that your messages are too opaque or ambiguous.  Who better to help you, than you?
    Don’t underestimate the subconscious.

    Having failed to understand [...]

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