I remembered five dreams during the past five days and four contained trans bits. So, I'm beginning to think that most of my dreams contain trans bits, which makes a lot of sense because during my waking hours, there are a lot of trans bits in my life.Last night's was another with trans bits. I dreamed I was on a cruise with my immediate family and I am en femme the whole time. No one mentioned that I was en femme, no one had any issues that I was en femme; t'was as if being en femme was the most natural thing in the world.
The cruise ends as we dock in New York City. As we leave the ship, I realize I am wearing a dress (a dark green ankle-length peasant dress, a style which is so unlike me) and I panic because the relatives who are picking us up to drive us home do not know about my transness. I awake just as I begin searching through my luggage for something more boy-like to wear.
I hope I am not boring your with my dreams, but I am very surprised that I am remembering dreams night-after-night after years of seldom remembering dreams.
No Staci... this is fine! Dreams are message from your unconscious, and you can interprete the message. I guess you need to crossdress so much, that while you are in transhibernation, your are suppressing the crossdressing, yet the unconscous, through dreams, won't let you forget about it! And there are ideas and symbols in these dreams you should look at...
ReplyDeleteReally nice...! We can all learn from this.
deborah
Hmmm... is your subconscious trying to tell you something?
ReplyDeleteDream analysis: all the parts of the dream, the family, the green, long peasant dress, your anxious response: all are parts of YOU, representing something deep in you... but your Unconscious is sending you a message... what is it? Why it is sending it now; and what is it trying to tell you?
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I find that when I intend to remember a dream, intend to write it down - then I remember at least one dream each night. Mine have been very useful for me lately - and yes, there is always a trans theme in mine (or I am always a female actor).
ReplyDeleteI am no expert, but it seems to me that the simplest analysis of my dreams indicates that I need to crossdress more often, perhaps full-time.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I remembered one dream last night and it was not trans-related.
O> I checked this dream with a therapist I know. She has experience, in part, with Jungian dream analysis as part of her practice, among other techniques. She said:
ReplyDeletethe family in the dream in the Super ego (sets rules, and watches over all parts of the ego and self). It seems that the Super ego, i.e. the 'family', is more accepting of the crossdressing -- or that you have it more integrated into your Self (how you real external family feels about it, is another matter.
Note sure what a 'green peasant dress' means.
deborah
Deborah --- Thank you so much for the professional analysis.
ReplyDeleteI think the latter makes more sense because 2 out of 3 people in my immediate family do not support my crossdressing.
As far as the green peasant dress is concerned, I think that my dream is telling me that I should dress more like a lady my age rather than the something-20 tart I occasionally femulate.
Re: the green peasant dress (this is my opinion, but I have had Jungian and other therapists trained in dream analysis) -- feel into that image. It feels counter-intuitive, I know, but then these messages often do. It it pointing you to something you have in your unconscious... The peasant is earthy, grounded, close to depths and feeling. Green may be of the earth, growing, vibrant...
ReplyDeletelush... perhaps you need more of that in your self, and not just fashion modelista styles and images...??
deborah