Dr. Rahul Jandial

uh pregnancy dreams are like that as well number three they're universal dreams nightmares and kids erotic dreams and prepubescence i mean those i think have a different concept the elephant sitting on on a purple rug as you mentioned you know i think that's those are dreams if they're not tied to a heavy emotion then those aren't necessarily ones that are revelatory or have the capacity to be revelatory the last type of dream is the one that has more of an emotion so it's not just static more of an emotion more of a central image

If you write that down, if you reflect upon that during the day, I think there can be insights.

The emotional dreams can be an insight into what's going on in your waking life.

And those are the ones I think to write down to reflect upon and to bring up with therapists or your partner.

Because they could do what?

They could tell you what?

One, they could tell you how your coping processes are evolving, that if you're working through your dream, if your dream stories are evolving to be specifically difficult divorces as they have more engagement with their partners and they're doing better in their dreams and there's less conflict.

those people tended to have a better resolution of divorces.

So it's a correlation.

It's not a direct cause.

But those are the insights that I think some dreams can provide in how you're coping with difficult situations during your life.

Number two, new onset nightmares.

So usually adults don't have nightmares.

An occasional nightmare is fine.

But the start of nightmares, the progression of nightmares, I think it can be seen as a vital sign to sort of what's going on in your waking life.

It can reflect what people are going through.

Take that example deeper.

Parkinson's disease.

Its initial warning flares are actually changes in dreaming patterns.

So we're just now starting to see that dreams, not always, not every time, can offer insights for you about how you're coping with daytime stress.