Thread: Being told to not write to my Dream Journal

@WakingNomad

Completely agree. It really depends on the people. If I mention a dream, some people get really freaked out, I think those are the once with bad recall and tend not to remember dreams so often. Others just seem uninterested.

My counselor however (as I mentioned before, she's awesome) is interested in my dreams. I haven't told her of my lucid dreaming (still thinking about it, but I just told her my dreams are vivid and that they interest me) but she's asking me to tell her about my dreams so she can kind of analyze them and help her understand me. I only tell her my non-lucids though.

People just think "yeah, dreams are nice, but they don't help at all with my life" so they move onto the next thing. So when people talk to them about their dreams, they think the person is trying to escape life or something and is in a case of denial. But they help people a lot more than they think. It's great knowing that you can do something awesome and fun at night and wake up feeling great. Sometimes my dreams set the tone for the day. Or if the future doesn't look too bright, at least you've got your lucid dreaming to help along the way

Originally Posted by Raspberry

@WakingNomad

Completely agree. It really depends on the people. If I mention a dream, some people get really freaked out, I think those are the once with bad recall and tend not to remember dreams so often. Others just seem uninterested.

My counselor however (as I mentioned before, she's awesome) is interested in my dreams. I haven't told her of my lucid dreaming (still thinking about it, but I just told her my dreams are vivid and that they interest me) but she's asking me to tell her about my dreams so she can kind of analyze them and help her understand me. I only tell her my non-lucids though.

People just think "yeah, dreams are nice, but they don't help at all with my life" so they move onto the next thing. So when people talk to them about their dreams, they think the person is trying to escape life or something and is in a case of denial. But they help people a lot more than they think. It's great knowing that you can do something awesome and fun at night and wake up feeling great. Sometimes my dreams set the tone for the day. Or if the future doesn't look too bright, at least you've got your lucid dreaming to help along the way

In Western society, dreams are thought of as "all in your head," and "fantasies." Dreamers are looked at as people seeking to escape "reality."

In some cultures, dreams are not only valued, but considered vital to being a total human.