So here are the rules: use the "projective dreamwork" style to interpret the dream (see previous post). To give your input on the dream, leave a comment. In a few days I will check back in, read the comments, and write an addition to this post that synthesizes what everyone thought the dream was about. Then I will add my own two cents. Yay!
Dream #1:
I am either at school or staying in a dorm or hotel. It's time to eat. I knew there would be nothing for me to eat, so I brought my own food. It's a piece of salmon and I have to cook it. When I get to the cafeteria, all the grill space is taken by steaks. I am fuming. I walk by buffet tables of food I might actually be able to eat, but I am so mad I don't notice. I go back to the room with my friends and complain in distress about my situation. No one helps.
(Notes: I am vegetarian and have many food allergies. This makes eating out anywhere tricky.)
Have fun interpreting!
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FUN, Katrina!!
If this were my dream I would imagine that the dorm or hotel is a temporary state of self. Bringing my own food would reflect that I have given forethought to nourishing myself and planned ahead to take care of my distinct needs. Salmon, to me, is a sign of fertility and planetary health so I might look deeper into what that means. The steaks might represent something that doesn't nourish my soul, but is found all around me. The anger response could mean that I am stuck or stagnated in an emotion that keeps me from nourishing myself. It seems to me that no one can help me make healthy choices-emotional or nutritional-but me. The take-home message for me from this dream would probably be to be mindful of filling myself up with what I know recharges me, yet also being flexible to look for new options I may not have considered. And to remember that a stuck self is only temporary, remedied by new perspectives and openness to making different choices than just the ones I have come to find comfort in.
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Excellent! Thanks for your insights!
Hi, Katrina! I found you through Sparkletopia and love your idea for a blog on dreaming.
I had to respond to Dream #1, because I sometimes have return-to-college dreams, too - I tend to have them when I'm in the midst of a learning situation that has value but feels repetitive on some level. I see the return to college as one layer of your dream, and there are a couple other layers I'd be thinking about, too, if this were my dream. One is that of living in a dormitory, because to me it symbolizes a first taste of living independently and taking care of oneself. The other layer is the situation of having to provide for yourself in ways that peers don't have to, especially because what you're providing is something as basic to living as food. The situation seems unfair, but I don't get the sense it's resented at first; it feels more like it's taken as an opportunity to be assertive and self-reliant. But then, when the cafeteria happily churns out top-shelf meals to the other students but can't even provide grill space for the entree you brought yourself (an entree that shouldn't even be a special-request item in a cafeteria), it feels like a big line crossed.
If it were me, I'd feel like this dream was about a relationship or situation I've been working hard to maintain, even though it isn't serving me in any way. It also points to a relationship pattern that somtimes happens to people who value and project self-reliance; their needs are overlooked or too often the first to go on the back burner. I'd be looking for places in my life where I need to speak up for myself or maybe even just make a big change. Perhaps this dream is about that moment before the heroine says, "Screw the cafeteria; I'm going to cooking school!" Another score for independence! :)
Welcome, Sarah. Glad you found us, and thanks for the great comments!
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