[sidony]

Okay read what you want into this, but I had an amusing nightmare about group therapy the other night:

I dreamed I went to group, but instead of the usual 6 of us our therapist had invited about 30 more people. And it was mass chaos because people were coming in and out in small groups, constantly disrupting everything. Midway in I remembered that I had rammed into another car in the parking lot on the way to group. So I had to go out and look for that car for a while (couldn't find it) and then come back in. Then when I came back, someone had turned on a CD player insanely loud. Then 2 people were in funny robes and were preaching. Someone was singing. It was a nightmare cacophony of noise.

Then my therapist asked me something -- asked me to bring him his laptop which was in the hallway (he doesn't have a laptop AFAIK). I was so mad about everything that I pretended I couldn't hear him. Then, when he kept talking to me, I pretended I was asleep. I realized I was wrapped in blankets. Which was a good thing since I suddenly realized I had no pants on!

Then it was finally time to leave. I went to pick up my stuff off the floor, but I couldn't because it was covered in millions and millons of bugs. Nasty little critters crawling everywhere.

Would you believe me if I said I'm anxious about group therapy?


Sidony

[SecretGarden]

Print this out and take it to group...lol...

When reading the first paragraph I was going to tell you that you must have been admitted to the psych hospital...

Your stuff and ants... are those your issues or the issues of everybody else so you feel your stuff can not be addressed?

Your pants... gee...and in a blanket... you are trying to get naked... to be real in the group but you have mixed emotions... not quite there.. Do you wish to hear what they have to say or do you wish to be deaf on that ... ?

That is my 3 minute assessment. So there.. May be worth nothin' or something...

Isn't Monday group or when is group? What happened in your last session?

[sidony]

Yup, Monday's group. Nothing particularly exciting in the last session though a couple of people were gone. A couple of people have come in late recently and that kinda weirds me out.

I'm definitely not quite there -- don't have a clue whether I really want to share or not. Sometimes I just sit there and wonder what the heck I'm doing.

But I was pretty amused by my dream. :-)

Sidony

[SecretGarden]

I think my group was Monday.... Therefore I shall remember...

Keep plugging Sidony... The ants will clear.

Wonder what this one is about.... hahaha

I love those types of vivid dreams. Even if they are scary, it's worth it when you can remember a dream in such perfect detail-- an opportunity to catch what's going on in your unconscious.

Did you tell your T about this yet?

One time I had a dream that my T's brother (no clue if he even has a brother) called to tell me that my T is going to be cancelling all future sessions with me.

What could that be about? lolol

[lauren_helene]

Sidony, wow!

I think it means that you feel very 'exposed' in group therapy and are not comfortable with that. The significance of no pants on and then wrapping yourself in a blanket tells me this.

Now, bugs are a huge huge huge phobia of mine. If I had dreamt that, I just don't know. My T and I haven't even touched on my phobias yet...ick.

I would definitely talk to your T about this...

<stomping out the ants so you can sleep in peace tonight>

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almeda24fan said:
Sidony, wow!

I think it means that you feel very 'exposed' in group therapy and are not comfortable with that. The significance of no pants on and then wrapping yourself in a blanket tells me this.

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Exactly! In the dream in which my Ts brother called to say my T was cancelling all sessions, I was on a road trip-- I stopped somewhere to pee, and this guy (who was not recognizable to me) kept watching and I kept yelling at him because I felt so uncomfortable.

This dream came at a time when I was feeling particularly exposed in therapy. When I talked to my T about this dream, I was oblivious to the fact that the man who was watching me pee represented him. (I hadn't thought about this because the man didn't look like me T-- or rather I wasn't read to think about this! lol) I said to my T, "But who was that man?? Why was he watching me pee?" And my T just looked at me-- he always gives me the same look when he knows the answer, and he knows I need to catch on, haha... but he doesn't want to tell me-- and all of a sudden I got it, and yelled out, "OH SH**!" Hahaha, I was so embarrassed because it was the first time that we talked about anything that would indicate that he is that important to me.

I hope that if you didn't already discuss this dream with your T, that you will. I'm sure you will come up with some insight about it that you may not even already realize.

[sidony]

Hey!

Haven't been to therapy since before the dream though I did mention it a voice message to my therapist the other day (of course, I only gave a vague one-line about it). I have group therapy on Monday, so unless I chicken out I'll describe it then. It's pretty funny though so I'll probably describe it. Or at least in individual on Tuesday!

I don't have any particular phobia about bugs though I definitely don't like them. It occurs to me that since the bugs were on MY stuff, maybe that means I think of some things about myself as being toxic (?). Or something. Or it's just a completely random dream!

I rarely dream about therapy (that I can remember anyway). Only once have I ever dreamed about my therapist. And that was a silly dream in which I walked into a bowling alley, and he worked there! I thought it was the weirdest silliest thing. Later on I remembered that the place that looked like a bowling alley was actually the game-room at the university I went to (there was no bowling there, but you know how dreams are). Then I remembered that the guy who worked in the game-room was the first guy whom I ever became involved with, first one trying to sleep with me, etc., and that I'd been obsessed with him for a while. :-) So I guess the dream wasn't as random as it sounds since it was clearly about attachment.....

I love this kind of stuff.

Sidony

[sidony]

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This dream came at a time when I was feeling particularly exposed in therapy. When I talked to my T about this dream, I was oblivious to the fact that the man who was watching me pee represented him. (I hadn't thought about this because the man didn't look like me T-- or rather I wasn't read to think about this! lol) I said to my T, "But who was that man?? Why was he watching me pee?" And my T just looked at me-- he always gives me the same look when he knows the answer, and he knows I need to catch on, haha... but he doesn't want to tell me-- and all of a sudden I got it, and yelled out, "OH SH**!" Hahaha, I was so embarrassed because it was the first time that we talked about anything that would indicate that he is that important to me.

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Hahaha. That is too funny....

Thanks for sharing it,
Sidony