The walking dead, rigor mortis: aspects of the dreamer which are denied, perhaps through fear. Also death of old patterns of living-one’s ‘old self. The experience of leaving the body is frequently an expression of this schism between the ego and life processes. Or we may want someone ‘out of the way so we do not have to compete for attention and love.ĭeath of oneself: exploration of feelings about death retreat from the challenge of life split between mind and body. We often ‘kill’ our partners in dreams as we move towards independence. If the death is of someone we know: frequently, as in the example, desire to be free of the person, or unexpressed aggression perhaps one’s love for that person has ‘died’. When I gave him up the dreams ceased1 (Mrs D). Consistently I dreamt I was at my fiance’s funeral until it dawned on me the dream was telling me I wanted to be free of him. Often these are unrecognised and may be shown as dead.Įxample: ‘During my teens I was engaged to be married, when I found a more attractive panner and was in considerable conflict. All of us unconsciously leam attitudes or survival skills from parents and others.
Lost opportunities or unexpressed potentials in ourselves are frequently shown as dead bodies. Our drive to achieve something might die, and be shown as a death in our dreams. Processing the dream he realised the two sons are ways he is relating to the death of his marriage to the children’s mother.Ī dead body, death of someone we know: very often, as in the example, the death of some aspect of our outer or inner life. In fact my other son has not even accepted the fact’ (Anthony).
I then seem to know she has been dead for days, and my two sons have not told anyone. Example: My son comes in and I see he is unwashed and seems preoccupied and as if he has not cared for himself for some days.
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