What did you learn about dreams and nightmares when you were at school? Nothing, I’ll bet. Can you remember some of the dreams that puzzled, worried, or frightened you as a young child and as a young adult? Did you talk about them? Was anyone able to help ease your mind, and give you practical
Video opens in a new window “I dreamed my partner was cheating on me. It felt so real. Should I confront him? Please help.” Every week I receive at least one email asking me about cheating dreams. So, what’s the answer? Is the dream picking up on the partner’s actual cheating behaviour or unfulfilled desires?
Video opens in a new window “I dreamed that my wife married another man. It was such a vivid dream and I felt very devastated, felt the pain of losing her in that way. What does it mean?” This plea for help arrived on my desk this week, and as it is such a common
Abigail is my guest with a dream about wanting to make love with a man who is not her husband, a theme that recurs from time to time in her dreams. She wonders whether this cheating theme is wish fulfillment, coming up when she’s angry with her husband. Dreams are never what they seem though,
Kylie is my guest with a dream about two pregnant men, one, a professor, is giving birth and she is assisting. The other, her partner, is pregnant but … who is the mother? He’s cheated on her, and it could have been with any number of women. She’s angry – very angry – until she
The That’s Life Magazine (Australia) team have just launched a new quarterly mag, That’s Love, and asked me to interpret some sex dreams for their first issue. With their permission, here’s an extract from my article: “Dream sex is symbolic. Just as your body responds to a scary dream by releasing the fear hormone adrenalin
If you dreamed of winning $275,000 on the lottery, would you buy a ticket? If you dreamed your partner was cheating on you, would you confront him or her? Dreams that feel real can be very persuasive, and what’s the harm in buying a lottery ticket or … hang on a minute. Dreams are symbolic,