10-11-2010, 09:41 AM
That's not exactly what I meant... I meant that if we wake up from a nightmare, the memories are so fresh that if you close your eyes again you have a pretty strong experience of the dream even when you're awake... Most people actually do not want to do this because it's so strong! If you then reorganize events. For example that big bad wolf chasing you, you stop turn around and stare it down. If it jumps at you, you just freeze it in mid air. Keep it hanging there, helpless. No rules apart from your own omnipotence in that world. I would recommend against being subtle... The subconscious takes note of raw displays of power. So sending your opponent flying is better than trying to negotiate with them..
The subconscious takes the patterns you introduce and next time you're really dreaming and get chased by the wolf again or something else resembling that experience you now have the pattern of confronting it successfully. The subconscious can now swap it in and if you've set the example it will.
Since the wolf has a symbolic meaning of something in real life, there's also the therapeutic effect that in real life this pattern of confronting the wolf becomes available to the subconscious in real life. The thing that no longer scares you in your dreams no longer scares you in life.
In the beginning it required consistent work but I have no nightmares now. None. I do still know the difference between what could be a nightmare and a normal dream.. The vibe is different. But nightmares are automatically corrected.
One hint... I was a typical kid playing soldiers. I loved violent movies and video games. So my solutions were all pretty extreme... My dreams are getting more peaceful as I grow older. But sometimes I wake up with the conclusion that I'm probably a very sick puppy.
Still, that beats getting mauled by a sick puppy...
The subconscious takes the patterns you introduce and next time you're really dreaming and get chased by the wolf again or something else resembling that experience you now have the pattern of confronting it successfully. The subconscious can now swap it in and if you've set the example it will.
Since the wolf has a symbolic meaning of something in real life, there's also the therapeutic effect that in real life this pattern of confronting the wolf becomes available to the subconscious in real life. The thing that no longer scares you in your dreams no longer scares you in life.
In the beginning it required consistent work but I have no nightmares now. None. I do still know the difference between what could be a nightmare and a normal dream.. The vibe is different. But nightmares are automatically corrected.
One hint... I was a typical kid playing soldiers. I loved violent movies and video games. So my solutions were all pretty extreme... My dreams are getting more peaceful as I grow older. But sometimes I wake up with the conclusion that I'm probably a very sick puppy.
Still, that beats getting mauled by a sick puppy...