(This blog was
originally posted on January 8, 2014)
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| Photo courtesy of Microsoft
Dreaming helps your body
maintain emotional and mental health.
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Whether you are sleeping or awake,
the mind constantly perceives stimuli and processes those experiences as
message units. Dreams are the language that the subconscious mind uses to speak
to the conscious mind to make sense of all of that information you have
collected during the day. The more message units you can take in during the
day, the higher the amount of stress you can tolerate. Every night when you go
to sleep, the subconscious mind is tasked with resolving your subconscious
mind’s reaction to this stress in the form of dreams.
When we are awake (conscious), we
speak in linear language, but dreams are nonlinear. They may be metaphoric and
symbolic; or, they may seem to have a “plot” and run from start to finish like
a movie. Regardless of the format, your dreams are a direct language of the
subconscious mind, and your subconscious mind is telling you what you need to
know.
Dream
analysis is often the first opportunity that I have to establish a working
relationship with my hypnotherapy client. I use reflective listening to guide
and support the person to interpret the meaning of his or her dream. Then, as I
gauge the content of the person’s dreams, I can incorporate the
language/symbols of the dream to create the hypnosis script help him or her
change specific behaviors to achieve the stated therapeutic goal.
Sara R. Fogan, C.Ht. is a certified hypnotherapist based in
Southern California. She graduated with honors from the Hypnosis Motivation
Institute in 2005. For more information about Calminsense Hypnotherapy®
and to set up an appointment, please
visit http://www.calminsensehypnotherapy.com/.
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