In my dreams I go to the beach....sigh.
I recently dreamed about my concerns about my youngest son, who has some delays but hopefully not ASD.
I've been into dream interpretation all my life, but not the symbol mumbo-jumbo. Here's what I find true:
- Dreams are your brain trying to organize the information you've been exposed to during your waking hours. Studies find that if you're denied the dreaming segment of your sleeping cycle, your memory suffers.
- Dreams are often your brain practicing how to handle various situations. Maybe you're subconsciously preparing yourself for how you'd handle it if your worst fears came to pass.
A useful way to analyze your dreams is to ask "why" about various plot twists, characters, and details. This can help you uncover your personal symbolism, but often there's no real symbolism involved, it's just your brain re-playing something you saw during the day.
It also helps to consider the emotions the dream left you with. Sometimes my dreams are a wake-up call for me, telling me I have unfinished emotional business. I also have certain types of dreams when I'm under stress (for example, being late for a plane) and those dreams help make me conscious of my stress level.
I had dreams all the time that I lost her in the mall, or amusement park or go to school and she wasnt there
I think these dreams made me even super overprotective of her. She has never escaped or even acted like she wanted too but I still have the gut feeling to never give her a chance!
I have dreams about my youngest on occasion. However in my dreams he is not affected. Before he was able to talk, I would dream that he could. Now I dream that he is able to have long, involved conversations with me. Maybe I'm more optimistic than I realize.The last two month all the dreams I have at night are about my ds's asd.