When
beginning the steps towards interpreting
your dreams, many people find it helpful
to keep a notebook – a dream journal,
if you will – right next to your bed
with a pen or pencil. As soon as you are
physically able, begin your journal.
Write
down your dream as soon as you remember
it. Write down everything you remember,
even if it doesn't make sense. Most often,
the parts that don't make sense or are out
of place are the most valuable. Every detail,
even the minutest element in your dream
is important and must be considered when
analyzing your dreams. Look closely at the
characters, animals, objects, places, emotions,
and even color and numbers that are depicted
in your dreams. |
Ask
yourself, "What does this remind me
of?" Write down the first thing that
comes to your mind. This will likely be
the real situation in your life that is
symbolized in the dream. What did that real-life
situation make you feel like? If this is
the same feeling represented in your dream,
you're on the right track. Often when there
is more than one part to your dream (more
than one story line) that usually means
there are two things your subconscious is
trying to tell you.
Remember
that we have between four and seven dreams
per night. If you wake up from a dream,
write it down. Don’t roll over and
go back to sleep. If you don’t write
it down, you’ll never remember it
in the morning! At the very least, you can
jot down the basic premise of the dream
and go back in the morning to fill in the
rest of the details such as feelings, etc. |
