Out of fascination, I've looked into the symbolism behind dreams in the past. Especially if they are reoccurring dreams. Like- maybe my subconscious is actually trying to tell me something... Maybe I should try and find out what. I find that weird though. Why would the brain 'speak' to you in a language of symbolism it doesn't actually understand without the help of a translation book? Unless dreams come from some central place.
Sometimes I wonder if the brain is trying to come to terms with more traumatic events. Sometimes I have nightmares about a person from my past I'd much rather forget. Sometimes I wonder if that's my brain trying to get me to face them and get over it properly.
One thing I read that I found interesting was that all the characters in our dreams aren't actually other people, they are elements of ourselves. I used to often have (really scary) dreams of people trying to break in to a childhood home. This interpretation claimed that these people were aspects of myself that I didn't want to face. The advice was to learn to lucid dream- where you gain some control over what happens in the dream and, to let them in and face them.
Only once did I ever come face to face with them. Weirdly, it was the most sinister version yet. This time, it was in a flat I once lived in and what looked like blood was pooling under the front door. I opened the door this time and I think we all just had a chat! That seems to happen a fair bit actually. A bit like a horror film. There's all this tension. All this anticipation of something truly awful that's about to happen which seems to go on and on and then, nothing much happens at all! Sometimes, I even kind of realise it's a dream at the crucial moment.
I wonder if anyone here can lucid dream or, if they've even tried. Dreams are so weird though. So incredible really. All that detail.
