[Lily5473]

I had a strange dream about my t. I
don't know if I should discuss it with her,
because I'm scared it means something really
dodgy. So before I take it to therapy, I would
like some light on what it might mean. Okay,
so in the dream my boyfriend and I went to a
store to look at baby clothes (this is not
unusual, since I love everything baby related,
but we are in no way thinking about having
babies). I saw my t there, but she was heavily
pregnant (she's not pregnant that I know of, or
even married). She was with her family and
very happy/smiley. I felt very awkward and
tried to avoid her. She saw me and said hello
to me, I greeted back but was very shy. She
then greeted my boyfriend and asked him who
he was. I was mortified b/c she could finally
put a face to his name. I kept eating some sort
of cake thing, but all the crumbs fell to the
floor. I felt really embaressed about it b/c I
thought she must think I'm some kind of slob.
She then picked up the crumbs and me and my
boyfriend left.
Any ideas what it could mean?

Hi Lily5473! Nice to 'meet' you! I was away from PC for awhile and just came back a few days ago. Anyway, I did a lot of dream work with my T, she was the one who taught me there even was such a thing as dream work, so your post naturally jumped out to me! I don't know you of course, so I won't attempt to guess what it might mean, but if your t has any experience with dream work, I bet the two of you could get some good stuff out of this. What stands out to me from the dream are t being pregnant, and the crumbs that you dropped and her picking them up, those seem like things that would hold the most meaning. Another general thought, a lot of times when I dream about other people, it actually ends up being they are representing some aspect of myself, so it may not have even been about your t at all. Or it might of been, that's the thing with dreams and learning to work with them. It's challenging sometimes, a lot of fun other times, always fascinating. Anyway just my thoughts, in general, since I don't know you enough to try to guess specifics. Oh and sorry about the rambling response. I tend to do that....

[Melody_Bells]

Hi Lily, I love how your described your dream, so vividly with lots of feeling. Your dream is fascinating and probably reveals a lot about your inner world! Whenever I have such dreams I write it down and give T a copy, so that she can follow what I'm saying, and we can talk about it. I have no idea what your dream means, but it is super interesting! I have these kinds of dreams, too! GOod luck and hope your T can help you understand what's going on!

[IchbinkeinTeufel]

That doesn't strike me as bad at all, ... if anything, it makes me think you see her as a bit of a mother-figure, ... you dropping the crumbs and worrying about looking a slob, plus her meeting your boyfriend and there anxiety related to that, also makes me think of a not-so-open mother-daughter relationship, ... do you get along with your mother? Do you often feel scrutinized by your mother? If so, perhaps the two interlinked. Just an idea.

Another theory could be that you are sub-consciously considering or humoring the idea of having kids, or perhaps the idea was put to you, from an external sauce (TV, book, magazine, Internet, etc) in which case. If it's the latter, then I would take it with a pinch of salt. If the former is likely, then perhaps your therapist also being pregnant, was just a mix of things in your head, ... I find dreams aren't always focused on one thing, but many, and so naturally there are clashes, ... thus things that don't belong.

Hard to give more information, since I don't know you, so I don't know what's significant to you, nor your history. Honestly, it's not worth worrying about, and I don't see your therapist being weirded out by it at all, ... strikes me as a perfectly normal dream.

[doyoutrustme]

You should talk about it with T. I always thought dreamwork makes good therapy.

"I kept eating some sort
of cake thing, but all the crumbs fell to the
floor. I felt really embaressed about it b/c I
thought she must think I'm some kind of slob.
She then picked up the crumbs and me and my
boyfriend left.
Any ideas what it could mean?"

That last part sounds like something a lot of us feel in T. We feel like psychological slobs, and its embarrassing, and they clean up after you.

[tinyrabbit]

This is such an interesting dream, I definitely think it's worth discussing it in T.