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Jun 02, 2013, 05:19 PM
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Hey guys, this morning I woke up crying and I'm not really sure what to make of it. I know that right before I woke up, I dreamt that I was hugging a stuffed animal and saying "I love you so much" while crying. And then I awoke to find that I was actually crying. Is that normal? Does anyone know if it means anything?
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Jun 03, 2013, 01:54 AM
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Do you have any associations to the stuffed animal? Make you think of a stuffed animal (or real animal) you've owned?
I'm guess you were probably feeling very strong emotion. Do you know if it was grief that you felt? |
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Jun 03, 2013, 01:55 AM
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Hmmm. Well, obviously it was a very emotional dream. I know I used to get very attached to some of my stuffed animals.
Maybe one of our dream interpreters will be here soon to give an interpretation. 
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Jun 03, 2013, 02:41 AM
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It was not a stuffed animal I've ever seen in my life. As a child, I had a few favorite stuffed animals, but this was not one of them. The only thing I can think of was maybe I was thinking about the love and acceptance I never felt from my parents but I don't really know.
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Jun 03, 2013, 02:45 AM
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And was it grief you were feeling as you cried (as opposed to crying with happiness, with fear, etc.)?
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Jun 03, 2013, 03:07 AM
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Yes it was. I remember feeling like there was this giant emptiness inside of me as if something really important was missing.
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Jun 03, 2013, 03:28 AM
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Maybe as a child you wanted to take comfort from a stuffed animal because you weren't getting care from your parents. A stuffed animal, in one sense, is a projection of your own tenderness and capacity to self-soothe. Having this dream as an adult might mean you are working with these things (your present ability to self-soothe and feel tenderness toward another being).
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#8
Jun 03, 2013, 07:27 AM
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To take mikes words a little further...You were hugging yourself. The stuffed animal represented you.
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Jun 03, 2013, 04:38 PM
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Jul 05, 2013, 01:24 AM
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Jul 05, 2013, 02:23 AM
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I cry in my dreams too and wake up crying but without any real tears.
The one I remember the most was when I was a little kid and I dreamt that a man killed "the penny lady". She was dressed as the Singing Telegram girl in Clue but she handed out pennies to me and my brother so I named her and that dream "the penny lady". I don't know what to make of that, but I've never forgotten that dream or where I was when I dreamt it. So you are not alone! |
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