How Do You Understand A Strange Dream?
You wake up and you’re a little dazed, left with some odd images and impressions from a troubling dream you just had. What does it all mean? Why did this or that incident happen, and why did it happen there? Read on to learn how to understand and make use of a strange dream. WAKE UP AND WRITE: As quickly and as quietly as you can upon awakening to keep the dream intact, get to your paper or computer. Starting as far back into the dream as you can and using present tense verbs, tell the whole story without commentary (a very important part of recording a dream). Be specific about the emotions you felt in the dream and the events that triggered them. AN EXAMPLE: “I’m trying to catch the crosstown train, but there is a maze of tunnels like the 42nd Street shuttle tunnels, and the signs don’t make any sense. I feel very panicky. I can see the platform I want to get to but the trains are already coming in. There’s one going up to Yonkers, and one going out to Queens, and I realize I’m in th
