Thread: He read my journal!!

Originally posted by irishcream
I had a very odd dream last night.
I dreamt that mum and dad had come home, mum had gone out, and dad had logged onto my PC, and was reading my diary!! (i don't hand-write it, too time consuming!!)
It seems like a classic anxiety dream...as it has a lot of very personal stuff in it, and i wouldn't want anyone to read it...
but i can't understand what the symbolism behind it is, i just know it means something, because it was so real, and so vivid. I actually woke up and had to remind myself that i had been dreaming, and my father knew nothing of the diary...also in the dream he was telling me that a lot of it was needless, and that i should publish it a page at a time, and that i could get it done very cheaply.
I'm in the middle of writing something, and this is the second dream i've had in a week, in which one of my parents has told me to publish my work...
Any ideas?

It may simply mean that your Father has a bit more insight into your life and personality then you give him credit for. Why the anxiety? He is your father, and you should suspect that he would have some insight into you. He knows your Mother quite well, and he knows himself. This gives him quite a foundation for understanding you. Maybe you should open up alittle more with Dad. You may be too young to realize this, but love has two tiers -- the love a spouse has for his or her mate, and then there is the love of a parent for a child. Guess which is greater. If a family were caught out in the middle of the street and a Father found himself in a situation where his wife would be run over on one side, and his daughter run over on the other. There would be no hesitation, the father would always save the daughter. So, chat with Dad once in awhile and don't think you need to be so secretive.

hmmm. I never thought of it like that! Thanks!
some of the stuff in my journal he does know about, so that's not a problem. It might be an underlying thing, that i haven't seen him since last august, and maybe a part of me thinks he's forgotten what i'm like, and who i am, and i guess that's making me nervous for when i go to visit.

Is he very practical? Parents (most I think) want to see their children succeed and have a sort of insight into who the child is and what their abilities and weaknesses are. They love to give advice usualy. But, if you look at every facet of the crystal you might see something different than what Leo and I are saying. Perhaps your father is not around to give you practical advice and take a strong interest in your future or you feel this way. For me dreams almost always point out how I feel or what I think. They rarely tell me things about others that I already know.

Regards,

EJ

yes, my father is quite practical and sensible...always telling me of new and easier ways to do things.
however, like you said, he isn't around just now to give me that advice, so i'm running under my own steam as it were!