I have been tracking my dreams for the last six months or so. I do not readily recall all my dreams but the ones I do remember I track in a journal. In my twenties and thirties I tracked my dreams but gave it up 20 or so years ago.
I have found that in many cases my dreams now connect to my waking life. There are images in the dreams that may show up prior to seeing something similar on a streaming channel. Tracking these dreams and where they intersect with my waking life is extremely gratifying. I think it also may reduce anxiety a bit to make those connections between sleep and wakefulness.
However, I also have a recurring dream where I am pregnant and I am unsure of how to raise a child financially. I am sometimes pregnant in the dream and sometimes not. Almost always I have not finished college and am trying to find a job. This repeat dream gives me anxiety rather than diminishing it. At least I can say to myself that the dream is familiar. And I know I can expect it to occur.
My therapist says dreams about pregnancy can mean the presence of new opportunity on the horizon. I hope that is the underlying meaning of my recurring dream.
Does anyone else have comments on dreams and anxiety? Recurring dreams? Tracking dreams and anxiety reduction?
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I love the idea of tracking dreams. I had some recurring nightmares as a child that I still remember, but I’m aware as an adult of the likely cause.
The meds I take inhibit remembering dreams. I know I have them, because otherwise, I’d be insane. Star Trek: The Next Generation taught me that, lol.
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Thank you for sharing. My meds make remembering dreams tough too. I think I remember about 1/5 of what I dream…..
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