[Two89w]

Does anyone here discuss dreams with there T? Does your T ask you about your dreams?

If you do talk about them , do you talk about the bad/strange one's and how much depth do you go into?

[shabur]

I have had bad dreams and nightmares for most of the past 10 years. I do talk about them in therapy because they are very revealing about what is going on in my mind. I will usually summarize them and then talk about the parts I think are relevant.

While I was in group therapy I learned a way to determine what each element represented. I use this technique when I have the same dream several times.

Note each specific element, list what each may mean, write down what each is saying (so to speak), and finally summarize what the dream is about using this information.

[ScarletPimpernel]

I know there a different interpretations. My T taught me that dreams are the minds way of coping with emotions that we're dealing with. The specifics of the dream is just the minds way of creating a story. I know some may disagree, but this rings true for me.

[sweepy62]

My t encourages I process my dreams and nightmares that are related to my therapy like trauma .

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[stopdog]

I have repetitive nightmares but telling the therapist has never been particularly useful.

We work with dreams but only the ones I choose to bring into therapy. I used to have a repetitive nightmare until I brought it to therapy and we worked through it and re wrote it and since then I never had the dream. I found just talking about it released some of the fear and anxiety that was causing the dream.

[Partless]

Yeah, not every therapist thinks dream have special meanings, or seems interested, even when you do tell them your dreams, as I have.

[someone321]

I had once a nightmare starring my T... I told her about it highlighting that I do not think that dreams are so important. T, however, looked interested and asked me to write down some of my dreams if I find them interesting pr important. Thus, I've done it few times but as since then I haven't seen my T, I am not sure if I'll discuss these dreams with her...

[BeGentle]

Hi Two,

Dreams can be very significant. Writing them down and actually verbalizing the dream is very different than just remembering. They can fade quickly so writing them down, for me, is important. I bring them to T all the time. We have worked through many of them and really come to some great conclusions. I'm good at interpretation, but his input, at times, as been very important he has helped me work through some really weird stuff.

[Perna]

Yes, my T and I worked with my dreams and I kept a dream journal, etc. The details were often important and I learned a lot about myself thinking and talking about my dreams, especially those about T :-)

[Petra5ed]

Originally Posted by Two89w

If you do talk about them , do you talk about the bad/strange one's and how much depth do you go into?

Yes have done this. I'd say I go very in depth because usually I only remember a little bit anyways, so I just talk about everything I remember/wrote down.

I thought all dreams were strange? All of my dreams are strange and I usually want to discuss the strangest ones. I'm not sure what you mean by bad dreams, i.e. embarrassing ones or scary ones but I've talked about both. In my mind you should never be embarrassed by a dream. I mean I know I have been, but it really is kind of silly.

You should be able to talk to your therapist about anything.

[iheartjacques]

I've had dreams and nightmares but T doesn't interpret them. When I had a crisis at home, my nightmares were a symptom of my fears and being in a situation that I had no control over.

[iheartjacques]

Plus he says that some people on cymbalta have reported stranger than usual dreams.