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Dreams
Friday, April 8th, 2005 by joelI mention it from time to time, but I accidentally majored in psychology in college. It was entirely by mistake, I assure you, however I was unable to keep from absorbing some of the information, so diligent and skillful were my instructors. To this day I still have post-traumatic stress induced obsessive/compulsion regarding the obvious difference between schizophrenia and disassociative identity disorder. Whoa is me.
Now you may be saying ‘physician heal thyself.’ Well screw all ya’ll and your obvious personality flaws! I like me for who I am. I do. But I digress.
I have been having some pretty vivid dreams lately. Now I like dreams. My mind is particularly good at keeping me entertained while unconscious, and as a writer some of my better ideas have come from dreams. But I do not like having my emotions toyed with.
I mean it’s my fault. My mind delves into my secret fears and desires and presents them to me while dreaming. But it comes off as teasing.
At the risk of disappointing you, it’s nothing kinky (this is a family site, save for articles by Girdy). Of course the always annoying Freud would have said that even when it isn’t kinky its kinky. Stupid Freud and his stupid fatherhood of that pseudoscience I accidentally know so much about!
Emotions like it or not, are real. And although they are frequently an inconvenience, they have to be dealt with or they can cause problems. So what to do about irrational emotions brought on by inconsiderate subject matter of dreams? As a psychology student, my recommendation is that you take all those emotions and lock them deep inside where they will stay cooped up. Then I suggest that you schedule occasional emotional breakdowns. Use some vacation time. Clear a week on your schedule. Then let out all the bottled-up emotions and go nuts. Then return to your ordinary life and repeat as often as you have to.
Oh, and when you release, try to avoid other people. Otherwise you may end up killing someone.
