I should reveal that the dream occurred right after another "compulsive overeating" episode, a clinical term used by my therapist to describe my behavior.
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This old, mentally unstable, slightly smelly, white, homeless woman (I'm including race here because I'm using this space to keep a record of my dreams. Though consciously it does not matter to me, it may matter to my subconscious) repeatedly breaks into my house and takes up residence in my pantry. I kick her out every time I come home and find her there. And every time she finds her way back in.
She's not a scary woman. I don't feel that my life is being threatened (Though at one point, I jump when she comes out of the pantry to greet me.) But I do feel extremely annoyed by her presence and have a strong sense that she shouldn't be there. I scream at her quite a bit in this dream, telling her to get out and not come back.
There are a lot of dogs in this dream. Two of them are mine - cute, snow white Maltese type dogs. The others are mangy-looking dogs that seem to be companions of the homeless woman. They are almost an afterthought. Though I want the dogs out, they aren't the main focus of my energies. The old woman is.
I say at one point, "How does she keep getting in? I'm gonna have to start locking all the doors", meaning I need to start locking the kitchen door that leads to the garage, a door a lot of people often leave unlocked when the garage door is down.
Of course the dream ended like all of my dreams do -- abruptly and with no resolution.
Any ideas on what you think the dream means?
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Maybe there's some part of your person or your life that you don't like that you're trying to eliminate but it won't go away?
I think you're right. I think the homeless woman represents that part of me that has issues with food.
I used to have a dream that there was a devil tunneling in my backyard. I would go out there to try to run him off or stop him from digging.
What that dream ending up eaning was that I needed to be spending more time at home, and less time trying to runoff the devil.
Your dream makes me think of that.
That's deep, Bulletholes. I'm gonna have to marinate on that one for a minute.
You always have the best dreams.
See, babe, you can't lock her out because she is you. You just need to teach her how to bathe and dress and do things besides take up residence in your pantry.
Make her your friend. Show her how to wash her dogs, and how to watch the TV. She'd probably like a show like DWTS or Weeds. Let her chase the squirrels out of your attic and fix headlights, all those things you don't do so well.
Hi Griz!
Of course the homeless woman = your issues with food, because they are generally hungry and scrounging for nourishment.
The dogs can be fidelity (Fido), in this case, I'm guessing, to oneself. So, how you treat yourself, perhaps?
Dogs also represent instincts. In myths and stories, we end up chasing after some dog that's running away from us, and they lead us down the "animal path" to the unconscious and emotional realms where we find our adventure and tasks oof derring do. They are the catalysts that lead us to our "work." And they remind us always to stay in touch with our instinctual nature - which is how animals live 24/7. They are aligned with themselves and the natural world.
Some of the dogs in your dream are tended to and some have not been taken care of, like the woman.
You screaming at her is a natural response, but as we've already seen, she'll just keep coming back until you feed her and set things right.
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