How to Tell What Your Dreams Mean
Dreams can seem like reality or they can seem like a fantasy. Sometimes it's difficult to determine what exactly the dream means, but it's more likely that it's you talking to yourself. Maybe you are warning yourself or trying to deal with something that has happened in your life. Read on to learn about how to tell what your dreams mean.
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How to Tell What Your Dreams Mean
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Every time you wake up from sleeping, write down in a journal the details of any dreams you can recall (don't forget to include the date). Designate this journal as your dream journal. This will help you keep track of your dreams and enable you to find patterns, similarities or re-occurences.
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Sit down at least once a week and read through your dreams to determine their meaning. As you read, circle key words like significant emotions, people, objects, animals, etc. Try to find connections like common themes, emotions or people.
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Mark significant events on a calendar. Whether it's happy or sad, make note of it on your calendar. You can keep this calendar with your dream journal in a drawer next to your bed. Sometimes dreams are responses to the way you are feeling about something that has occurred in your life. A certain feeling like fear, courage, strength, weakness, etc. might manifest itself in dream form.
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Talk about your dream to close friends and family members. It's usually hard to make a connection with something when you are so close to it, so it's good to have an outsider's opinion.
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If you have a reoccurring dream, this might be your mind trying to tell you that you have not learned something yet. Maybe you are finding yourself in the same situation in life, and you can't get past an obstacle.
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If you have a dream about a loved one that has passed away recently, it might be a message from them. Or it could be your mind's way of trying to deal with the situation.
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Tips & Warnings
Be consistent with writing down your dreams as soon as you wake up.
Over analyzing your dreams will make it more difficult to determine a meaning. It might be a simple meaning rather than something complex.
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this is very helpful :) I have the most abnormal, strange, yet real feeling dreams ever; where they occur many time or not or old ones from a LONG time ago.....so I think I'll try this out!
