Dr. Alok Kanojia (Dr. K)

Right.

So write down your feelings for each step of the dream.

The third thing that we want to do is ask ourselves, OK, for these feelings, how do these feelings, how do I feel these in the real world?

And this is a key thing that a lot of people like, I think, get wrong, in my opinion.

They may be more knowledgeable than I am.

So I don't think dreams are about your past, okay?

Dreams, unless they're pathological, are really about your present and about your future.

So if we sort of think about it like, you know, the emotional, like the dream that I have today is,

isn't tied to what i was feeling when i was six years old unless there is something like a trauma which takes that emotional energy at six and still brings it into the present does that kind of make sense so you get traumatized the energy from a six-year-old all oak will still exist in the 42 year old all oak which is why it's a trauma which is why i still have persistent clinical symptoms

So the emotions that you experience in the dream are tied to your now and tied to the concerns that you have about the future.

So take a look at those list of emotions and then ask yourself, where am I feeling this in the real world?

Do I feel trapped?

Do I feel terrified?

Do I feel like I can't afford to screw up?

Do I feel amazing?

You know, there's all kinds of things, but like try to tie the emotions to the real world because that's what the brain does.

It takes the real world, the suppressed emotions, and has them show up in a dream.

That I feel really confident about.

That in and of itself is sufficient insight to help a lot of people with decision making.

And I'm talking like big decisions.