The Dream Analyst Blog
About dreaming
You may be asleep, but your brain’s keeping busy. Get acquainted with the science and psychology behind dreams.
My dreams
Get some practical dream interpretation advice with case studies picked from my own brain.
Synchronicity
The patterns and coincidences that pop up in our dreams are loaded with meaning. Let’s try to decode these strange phenomena.
Dreams I can't Explain
Sometimes, even the experts get stumped. Here are a few trips into the unconscious that had me scratching my head.
About dreaming
You may be asleep, but your brain’s keeping busy. Get acquainted with the science and psychology behind dreams.
My dreams
Get some practical dream interpretation advice with case studies picked from my own brain.
Synchronicity
The patterns and coincidences that pop up in our dreams are loaded with meaning. Let’s try to decode these strange phenomena.
Dreams I can't Explain
Sometimes, even the experts get stumped. Here are a few trips into the unconscious that had me scratching my head.
My latest posts
Dream Fragments
From working with so many people, helping them understand their dreams, I am convinced the important part is that you connect to the dream’s meaning, no matter what method you use. Sometimes you can get some great info just from one picture or one scene in a dream!
Messy house! Dream or Nightmare?
Our home….every room….was filled with people. I don’t think I knew them but in the dream, they’re all friends….but friends who don’t leave!!! And the furniture is moved all over the place. In some cases there’s even more furniture than there was! For example, there’s three TV’s in the den. And there’s musical instruments everywhere along with musicians. It’s as though Andy doesn’t even notice all this going on!….Or anyway he isn’t bothered by it.
Weightless
I’m with a boy and a woman. I am a child too. We’re on the moon. It’s full. All of us lying on our stomachs holding on. We are worried about falling off (down) but then I remember we’re weightless up here aren’t we? We should be able to let go and float.
Death and Dying in Dreams
Like many people, you may have dreamed about people you love who have died, or about dying yourself. While these dreams about death can be sad or frightening, they don’t have to be. Dreams of death and visits from deceased loved ones are not necessarily about death in the literal sense. To find out what these dreams mean, you…
Dream Fragments 2
Here’s another dream fragment (one image). This one is an example of a recurring image. After 39 years I am still as fascinated by how much information we can gather even from one sole image in a dream.
Rehearsal in Dreams
The father’s of psychology agreed that the dream gives us a safe place to practice; in essence a rehearsal for an event. No kidding. Okay… I know it’s metaphor if, for example, you find yourself committing a murder, that you are not actually rehearing killing someone. Alfred Adler said the dream gives rise to an emotion that helps you move forward towards the goal.