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This Dream

T tasMember
I had this dream a few months back and it seems to be coming up again...

The dream is with me and T in a lake...somehow the truck we are in is in this huge lake...I am in the driver's seat and he is in the passenger's seat...We are surrounded by alligators. I keep saying to him, "Do you see the alligators?" He says, "Yes, don't worry. I do this all the time."

Now, if there is one animal I don't want to be around it is an alligator. When I have thought of this dream...I have thought how terrified I was to be surrounded by them.

In the next part of the dream, I proceed to get out of the truck...to swim to the shore. I have recently been asking myself, "Why would I have gotten out of the truck if I was so terrified of the alligators?" I had to swim through them to get to the bank.

It has recently occurred to me that I am more terrified to be close to the Therapist. Oh, how am I going to do therapy if I can't let him get close? He doesn't have to get close to me, but I have to be willing to let him in.
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T tygrMember
It's only you really who can interpret it but one explanation is that the alligators represent fears and by being with T you are able to swim through these fearful things and get to safety.

But, there are a million ways to interpret a dream and only you can really get to the bottom of it.

I don't know if this T is the right T for you. Have you discussed the dream with him?
closeddoorscloseddoorsMember
i don't often remember my dreams, but when i do, and particularly when they are dreams with T in them, i talk to him about them and he'll ask me what i think they're about and often-times i haven't a clue, but the interpretations i get from him, i believe, are spot on. and although his interpretations aren't necessarily immediately helpful, they do inspire me to ponder the meanings more thoroughly. i find dream-analysis both fascinating and helpful, and i appreciate the thought that T gives to them. he seems to appreciate them as well (probably because he knows he's good at it Smiler).

i hope you can bring that dream to therapy and share it with T. i think there's some good material there. i like both what RT said and tygr as well. i think you ARE in the drivers seat and your T is there for support and guidance and to assist you fight what you fear.

good dream, TAS!

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