Dream Analysis in Self-Therapy: Some Guidance and Ideas

[@MituPitu1]

Nice video, i miss your old 1 hour long ones, but keep making them because its life saving

[@thebreeze6765]

Yes, dreams are so creative and intuitive. I used to get up 4 times a night and write down my dreams. Books and books of them. Then I had a dream where a voice said "Deb, you don't have to write every dream down. You'll get one or two important ones a week and you will remember them." I was hooked by that time and continued writing them down. These days, my life literally depends on remembering and analyzing about 4-5 dreams a night. Most tell me what is coming up and ways to deal with it. Warnings and possibilities... I hope one day my life doesn't depend on understanding them. It would be great to enjoy them more. I also would love to be able to project them onto a screen to really get the detail and keep them in a file to refer back to. Dreams are amazing. Sorry about your duck.

[@dawnross2514]

I love my dream world life, even the crazy stuff. Every now and then I have a dream so powerful, that it stays with me almost for always.

[@xanderschild77]

Yes! Me too!!

[@cyxerware00]

Samee

[@gpguha]

Exactly. I often go back to sleep just to get back to the dream i was dreaming

[@dharmaasana2758]

That duck story is traumatising!

[@pod9363]

;_; poor ducky

[@Earl_E_Burd]

What about the story of the starving bullfrog mother?

[@jamesboswell9324]

A few decades ago a very good friend at the time who kept nightly accounts of his own dreams would periodically send me hundreds of these to read through and interpret for him. So I would sit down with about thirty or forty A4 pages of these notes and slowly read through them sort of free associating as you suggest. Then I would set them aside for a few days and repeat the process. And then usually I would do precisely the same thing a third time over by which point ideas would generally begin coming to mind and then I would add notes to the dreams as and where I could. Finally I would post my analysis back to him and see what he thought. As time went on, I began to realise two things about this. First, I would invariably find sequences within his dream accounts (which were always comprehensive records written down across about a month or a bit longer) where maybe pairs but quite often 3 consecutive dreams would share the same basic message although presented in wildly different ways. The second more general thing I discovered was that dream interpretation was quite like reading poems. This was made more apparent because my friend is also a poet and so when he wasn't sending dreams to read, he was quite often sending his latest poems for my attention instead. And alternating between the two probably emphasised the similarities. Principally, that symbols both in dreams and poems are not only often very personal, but as you say, but they generally seemed to carry multiple meanings too. And finally, that's my suggestion to anyone trying to interpret dreams. Read them a few times over just to let them sink as poems also might, then relax into them and just see what comes up as you review them. Don't be surprised if you find repeating themes appearing in fresh ways - just as they often do in poems also.

[@annejohnson8890]

Thank you - I always need a little reminder to keep writing down my dreams.

[@Earl_E_Burd]

When I wake up from dreams, it's like being at the amusement park on a rainy Tuesday. "Again!! Again!" If possible, I snooze for another wild ride [knowing that I'll forget the previous dream, but whatever].

[@matilda4406]

I had to replay and replay and replay bits of this recording, so much content, Wow! Everyone dreams but we only remember bits and pieces of what we have dreamed. Everyone is creative... and everyone is deeply lovable. Thank you for sharing Mr Mackler.

[@seekonlytruth512]

Great video Daniel xxx In my experience dream therapy has been very helpful with my healing process, and sometimes I also have very powerfully moving spiritual experiences(in my sleep) which lets me know I am steadfast on the path I am supposed to be on. I'd like to share one of these experiences. While sleeping one night I became aware that I had awoken in a strange room with my face against the wall in a single bed,( I was married at the time), I knew this wasn't a dream I was having but I can't describe what it was, so I'm in this bed and I look towards the door of this room and I see my father standing at the door but I somehow knew he could not enter the room, he couldnt cross back over?? I was overcome with emotion and it felt like he had never left, (he had been dead for 18 years at this point) I also felt like I was a young child again very excited to see her father, then I was standing in front of him and he handed me a yellow rose with 1 hand and a 2 penny piece with the other, the most important aspect was the look on his face as if to say brace yourself for more trauma. The yellow rose I know now was about my spiritual development which is a huge and important part of my life, but I still don't know what the penny was for, but a few months after this my abusive marriage ended (back to a single bed)and days after I moved into a new home after the split I was seriously sexually assaulted which was horrific even the experience with the police was traumatic. But I've came a long way since then I'm now living a creative happy life and deliberately single for now.

[@mariahconklin4150]

Seems like your dad was trying to visit you in your dreams. Who knows though. Very interesting.

[@bramblemat]

One of the most interesting moments in my childhood was that I dreamt in black and white as a small child. Strikingly so. And then one day they changed to colour and never went back. I was thrilled and dismayed all at once. It may have been something to do with watching TV but it still has interesting implications.

[@musicandpoetry_8]

FROZEN DREAM I'll take the dream I had last night And put it in my freezer, So someday long and far away When I'm an old grey geezer, I'll take it out and thaw it out, This lovely dream I've frozen, And boil it up and sit me down And dip my old cold toes in.❤❤ - Shel Silverstein

[@carlycheung7850]

Hi Daniel, what is your view on the Myers-Briggs personality test? It would be a very interesting topic to talk about! Thank you, and much appreciated!

[@davidcawrowl3865]

Tying dreams to a location - to then narrow down the emotional age associated with that location - that's brilliant.

[@Gaibreel]

I have a lot of dreams that have psychoanalytic concepts to them. Legit... actual terms in psychoanalytic theory. Those dreams are always the best.

[@PenelopeRyder]

Agree it is what is in our own unconscious and not in a book.

[@shaktiveda7041]

You must be one really great therapist, I agree with everything I hear from you in this video, matter of a fact, that is the method I have been using on myself since I can remember, if nothing else to prevent me from going out of my mind, at times; I found it to be extremely effective, at least that is how it works for me and it makes sense. I also agree on the interpretation of the dreams, you're absolutely correct about that, I too have a few books about dreams, but these never made sense to me. By the way, these pictures of you as a kid with those ducks following you around are simply adorable! The experience you've had with that duck was traumatic; I had a similar experience with a bird that I saved and a wild cat swiftly took it away from me right in front of my eyes before I could even realize...the funny part is that I even love cats and I painfully understood that that bird represented his meal that day, so I had to forgive it. Great work. Thank you!

[@nikkibaxter5550]

Twas the night of a full moon it was When I trembled in my dream I was bit on the neck by a vampire And all I could do was scream He took from me my blood; did he Then his he gave to me I felt it congealing down my throat While I choked; he laughed with glee He made of me a meal; of which he was to take, Every time he felt the slightest urge He'd begin to fill his flowing ache I was a captive with no strength To fend or fight him off He wrapped me up within his arms Like being enfolded by a month I awoke up feeling all anxious I was totally freaked out Thank God it was only a dream; I thought And I'm sure you do; no.doubt.

[@liloleist5133]

When I go into a Shamanic Journey by listening to the beat of a drum, I get very similar dreamlike images. By meeting my Power-Animal I can actually ask questions during the journey and receive answers...which have been extremely helpful in my life😊

[@jakeneuner7774]

This is the area where Freud really shined. He was way ahead of his time when it came to dreams and their importance to understanding our psyche. Maybe his interpretations are off on some things, but his understanding of how important they are for self understanding was incredible. I also agree with your view on the simplistic view on dream journals where "if you dream X, it means Y." The barnum effect is acceptable for many who are unwilling to dive deeper into their minds

[@suryacoapy5129]

Great stuff Daniel. Carl Jung wrote that his starting point was always "I have no idea what this dream means".

[@not2tees]

I moved again and again as a child, and all you say is very true. Being a baby duck is extremely precarious . . . a snapping turtle or a bullfrog comes to get you from below, all kinds of birds, including seagulls gladly eat you in a single bite. Then, there are cats and dogs and snakes and God knows what else that want to eat you. I read Freud's Interpretation of Dreams, and I agree completely with you all over again. We are brilliant!

[@hfweuiofnweuio500]

most of my dreams are just processing my day in a realistic daydream. the other dreams are mostly bad, trauma dreams, but easy to figure out. childhood room = save place. cockroaches in childhood room = still not over the time i had cockroaches in my apartment and had to move out. they can be everywhere, even in my save place. sure i would like to know there is a deeper meaning behind that one dream of lagging and glitching horses i still cant forget, but i guess i was just bored and tried to mix up realistic dream with gaming and the result was too funny.

[@PeterGregoryKelly]

I had a dream that problems in life added up like the Fibonacci Number Sequence if you don't address them. I woke up and thought WOW! A maths concept as a metaphor in a dream.

[@junkjunk2493]

good stuff... good work ... thanks ....60yr old male

[@susantjfl3147]

“The Royal Road to our Unconscious” talk about synchronicity! Last night I dreamed I was jumping down from a horse-drawn carriage with Prince Philip. I’m pretty sure I know how to decrypt this now.

[@godfather2556]

I never spent much time pondering the analysis of my dreams but I have had some dreams that I felt did meant something. but I was clueless as to what it was.

[@vanessaporter8423]

I love this, Thank you muchly!

[@threethrushes]

One day I am standing on a beach during the day, facing the sea. Suddenly, the sky darkens, and over the horizon, I see a wall of water slowly coming towards the beach. I stand there, in fascination, watching the wall of water suddenly looming taller and closer. Finally, the entire sky is blotted out as the tower of water is so close to me, and I crane my neck upwards, and I scream in terror as the wall comes down on me. -- I woke up screaming in real life. This particular dream was pretty easy to interpret.

[@persephona668]

I believe dreams are random blibs but that they can be useful for our selfdiscovery in the same way that the inkspots were in the Rorschach tests.

[@natashaglover620]

Nice video! I love analyzing my dreams. One thing that I do is write them down in a dream journal. Somehow the process of writing them down, getting them physically on paper and reading them back, really helps in analysis. I find that I can get a better free association and look at that particular dream symbol in a different way than just remembering it.

[@bluevayero]

Daniel is always challenging common assumptions, but curiously not the assumption that every dream must mean something. What reasons do we have to believe that?

[@passionatebraziliangirl.4801]

I am so sorry about your baby duck but you did a good job mothering the duck. You will be a loving parent.

[@iaiamare]

MPTY!!! Thank you.

[@michelej9496]

Some aren't listen to, respected ever as adults nor when they were children. Changing who you attracted in your life may also attract the same invalidation.

[@lessandra602]

One last point, what is the difference between collective unconscious and own unconscious? Can you dream through the collective unconscious/the dream be about something to do with what the people in the dream are thinking?

[@allahajen]

Used to have really horrible nightmares during my childhood, now they're mostly all over the place and usually me flying to undiscovered planets and galaxies. Whats wrong with me...

[@katjames7601]

Nothing. It sounds like you were "escaping" from your real life in your dreams. Those dreams may have served as a protection to you when you couldn't control what was happening to you in real life.

[@allahajen]

@@katjames7601 Thanks Kat, that's an interesting perspective! I don't really mind my crazy dreams right now, they're kind of entertaining. But yeah I still remember nightmares back from when I was 10 years old, I would wake up in terror all of the time... Safe to say I was a troubled child lol

[@katjames7601]

@@allahajen after I reply back to your message I read your reply again. I think I blended the nightmares you had then with the flying dreams you're having now. However, I used to suffer from terrible nightmares as a child as well. And I still remember a lot of them. One of my recurrent dreams, and was pretty easy for me to figure out its meaning, was my teeth falling out. Or my teeth falling out and me swallowing them.

[@susantjfl3147]

Have you read the “Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupery? If not, please do - flying through galaxies is what he does. It’s a beautiful existential novella, in a nutshell it examines the lost ability (that we once had as children) to distinguish the importance things in life. I would opine this is an important and inspirational dream for you.

[@Samuel-ti7hv]

Why don't just Lucid dream for a self theraphy??

[@VickiBee]

Good luck with that, if you don't already do it. I've been trying for over 26 years to stop a dream I'm having or tell myself I'm dreaming. It's never worked even one time.

[@jacquelinethereseplunkett221]

Can I ask, is the real reason you gave up therapy is because you realise you needed to go do a further psychology or psychiatry qualification? Because I know many counsellors, chiros, masseurs, osteos who become disenchanted with their training and discipline after 5-8years. So the truth is, you should be a proper clinical psychologist or psychiatrist. And instead of denying your talent, embrace that you eclipsed the role. Be proud and push hard. I think you may make a great Dr.

[@Diana-xm8ib]

I think he completed all his studies to become a therapist. He's got a video on why he gave up being a therapist after a few years of working as one.

[@CariMachet]

An actual doctor yes

[@user-ey4rc5tu4t]

What if ghosts are real? When my narcs die will they continue to be cruel from beyond the grave? No. They are too selfish. LOL!

[@philoki]

TLDR Notes I took: - Freud, "Dreams are to royal road to our unconcious". - symbols in dreams are individualized in the context of each person's experience. - free assosiaction, analyze with open mind, think in many directions, hypothesize - we are the best person to analyze our own dreams, not an external entity - it's not an exact science, but can point to a direction. - if you normally dont remember dreams and there is one recurring or important dream that you remember, it is important, as it breaks through the barrier of the unconcious mind. - people who don't remember dreams were often not valued as kids, they learnt that their thoughts, their dreams were not worthy to be listened to. they learnt to push away their thoughts.

[@suryacoapy5129]

A Jungian analyst once told his client "A dream is the only unedited version I have of what's actually going on inside you".

[@alstewart3540]

That duck story would have screwed me up for life. Something you put your love into as a child, that you put your innocence in, something that was practically the embodiment of your childhood trust, murdered right in front of your eyes. That is deeply traumatizing. I cant say I've ever had an experience like that, thankfully

[@alstewart3540]

@@drts6955 yea but when you're a little kid? You think santa comes down your chimney and the world is safe, and then a frog eats your precious animal friend right before your eyes... talk about a reality check lmao

[@seczajkowski]

Great video. I love the way you break things down and explain them. Also, this video brought a lot of realization to me, and was informative. Thank you!

[@richdog490]

I’ve gone to dreammoods.com (google online dream dictionary). I have found that every object is written as a suggestion (it could be ___) and I have found that doing this is helpful and that the suggestions of the symbolism have correlated quite well in dealing with my waking life.

[@willd6215]

You reminded me of playing by a stream as a child and gently stroking my hand over jelly frogspawn

[@amsalespush]

In my twenties, I kept a dream journal for a year. I could never make any sense of those dreams, apart from some overtly sexual word games and connotations. I looked at the journal every 2 years or so and could still not make sense and tossed the notes. Then, for years, I had exhausting dreams of endless, pointless work chores. Worked on that with my doctor, and they have stopped. As of recently, I have had some dreams that I can make some sense of at least superficially. Now when I listen to you, my intuition says there is a deeper level worth looking into.

[@agniem9698]

My fav website for dream analysis is dreamhawk.com but my first ever book was by Marie - Louise von Franz 'The way of the dream'. My most difficult and scary dream in adolescence was being chased by a black cat. What it meant is that I was afraid of my feminine side. It was so intense that I always decided to jump off a cliff rather than face the cat. When I read about it in the book I got the courage to finally look at the cat in my dream. I have never seen the cat again.

[@natewheatshelf]

Have you ever experienced precognitive dreams?

[@CariMachet]

natewheatshelf yes and it happens more and more as I analyze my dreams daily... but it still totally flips me out in that I am like - how is that possible??? precognitive anything really throws a lot of the things people site regarding consciousness and life generally- do you have precognitive dreams? I recommend the KZbin channel New Thinking Allowed on this and many subjects but I began dream analysis from Jung and his book Man and his Symbols

[@toddboothbee1361]

I love you using the same shirt as a time marker. This allows me to quickly know which period each thumbnail is from. Thanks!

[@earthheavenisa]

I knew early on that I would not marry and have kids. I saw the horrific patterns in my family system I knew there was no way I'd repeat them again. I didn't know how to heal myself back then. All I knew was that marriage and having kids meant a death sentence. Unconsciously, my whole life was about experiencing the authentic self within me.

[@mariahconklin4150]

I kept having dreams of me walking away from my boyfriend. The last dream I had was of my boyfriend moving. I don’t think that it has anything to do with my boyfriend I think it means that my work place is toxic and that I need to quit. I would also like to get involved in the church which was ironically what the last dream was about me in a white van receiving a yellow God wrist band from either the pastor or his wife (someone in the church but I’m not sure who) the wrist band had some godly saying on it but I don’t remember what it said. These dreams were happening frequently. Today I went to work, was harassed, stood there for 4 minutes then said, “I don’t want to be here anymore” and left. It was freeing but then realized I have no clue how I’m gonna pay rent. I also broke it off with my father today which was also very painful. 😢

[@lessandra602]

Can you apply these to day dreams?? I daydream about experiences in my past and can’t figure out how I feel about them, just that I’m confused and hurt by them.

[@aequilibrium4028]

I already watched like about 10 videos of you. You speak very clearly and it is easy to understand, even without subtitles, since english is not my mother's tounge. Despite of that, the content of your saying seems logical and i can agree with most of the points. You also cut off uneccessary stuff like effects or commercial. Thank you!

[@dmackler58]

You’re welcome!

[@TheMuppyOtter]

Hey Daniel, just a suggestion, you could get yourself another frog or a couple of ducks

[@josiefarrell2101]

Very helpful. Good job Danny Boy, as usual. I also believe that dreams should be interpreted on an individualized basis. I do my best to do it on my own. BTW, my dreams are always on cartoon style, so as to make my job easier and fun. 🤪

[@VickiBee]

What does it mean when you have a death experience, get resuscitated by the life flight (twice) and they bring you back to a world where every 5 to 6 years you dream something both terrible and that comes true? Or are you going to be like the doctor (M.D) who blew me off completely, didn't believe it at all? Since they put me on the sleep machine I hardly ever dream but I had one of those dreams while I was on the machine. Far from making it "go away," it clarified the details even more. The fact that they "raised" my oxygen level made the next strange dream I had even worse. Because I "saw" even MORE that I never wanted to know.

[@VickiBee]

So I guess if you dream something that happens it means you're a freak? That's how I feel, even though since I was shot, died & resuscitated, this has only happened every 5 to 6 years.

[@CariMachet]

Vicki Bee personally I would start with the question of - why? why would I dream this kind of thing and I would be a hyper vigilant detective asking questions in all directions all aspects of my life what happened to me in the womb birth childhood school adulthood etc. but also all friends and family members And anscestors also neighbors or entire cities wherever you lived - let me know how you are doing

[@starsstripes2393]

What could it mean when i dream that my dad is molesting me? I dont remember it happening when i was little,but in the dream im back to being little again? Its also repetitive,in many versions.

[@starsstripes2393]

@@CariMachet more than likely yes! Tickling sessions on the carpet sometimes felt odd,and he always flirted with my school friends when they came over.Also..my daughter stopped wanting to do sleepovers as a teenager,she said he had a habit of "accidently" walking into the bedroom whilst she was changing.

[@CariMachet]

justine mathers yes - so a few things even though he did not touch your body the energy he had was very present and in terms of emotion that is super real - in other words just because he did not cross that line of physicality doesn't mean the molestation energy wasn't there and this could be confusing for you not just now but your whole life - so molested children usually have PTSD and if I were you I would get some advise in the alternative world of medicine about how to kind of walk through the other side of this NOT ONLY for you but also for your daughter - Daniel is great for teaching self care - self therapy and maybe you can find other advice - I am also here for you - as I went thru something similar I can attest to how insidious it is because you can't easily point to specific things as super glaring but the energy of it was everywhere - I would also suggest you do dream journaling obviously your unconscious is readily available for you and open - give huge thanks for that - I do energy healing for myself and others I would recommend that - also forgiveness is very powerful - sometimes we are not aware of how this kind of trauma has effected us and our lives so healing it is super important - I am very sorry for you your daughter and your father as he is not a well person - in my daily practice I will send you bundles of love and peace

[@starsstripes2393]

@@CariMachet i appreciate the reply thankyou! Im tackling this one day at a time,its not easy but ive hit rock bottom so the only way has to be up x

[@CariMachet]

justine mathers I am here for you anytime - be grateful for your level of awareness- let me know how you are - I have a KZbin channel and you can connect with me on there if you like

[@starsstripes2393]

@@CariMachet thank you so much ive subscribed x

[@anonamos7168]

Job 33. God speaks to us in visions and dreams of the night. Jesus spoke in parables because everyone can interpret them the way they need to based on their perspective. Dreams are communication between us and God.

[@wj3438]

The point about new age dreambooks trying to make simple answers of complex concepts is accurate. I like your perspective.

[@ancientsprout]

Thank you for this video! I agree on everything you said. I had the same experience with freuds book on dream analysis, and also the new age ones. «Man is a genius when he is dreaming» - Akira Kurosawa

[@Jaredthedude1]

Another fantastic video. What do you think about Aldlerian psychology, denial of trauma, teleology etc?

[@sinesolesoleo5474]

Thank you so much. This is really helpful and motivating.

[@mercolediadams3146]

What if you can't remember your dreams?

[@robselfinvest]

Yes! I was curious about this months ago

[@samwallaceart288]

I know that a lot of my dreams are expressions of my anxieties. A lot of being late for things or endless wandering looking for some place.

[@PeterGregoryKelly]

When travelling I frequently dream of missing the plane, or train, depending on my mode of travel.

[@FF-by6ci]

I don't usually get good sleep but when I do I dream about a distorted version of my day to day stuff or a movie I've see that day or my worries that day or that week,but I'm always at the center of the dream and I am always behaving in a way I wouldn't behave in reality and I wake up thinking why am I so helpless(pushover)in my dreams.There are times where I would dream about something totally unrelatable,nothing to do with what happened that day or week etc e.g drowning in a muddy lake and fighting with a monster animal that is not any of the species I know,just a weird shaped animal.

[@CariMachet]

Kay B I would recommend reading Carl Jung's book man and his symbols- I think it will open up your mind to analysis but as Daniel says here you alone can decide on what the dream means - sometimes the dream is just about a feeling - how did it make you feel and how was that like something in your life - then you can go back into the dream for more insight