It’s often hard to take seriously that most times the image of a person in a dream doesn’t represent the outer person but an inner aspect of ourselves but this is probably what’s happening with your dream.
The analogy would be that since your ex was a controlling person, the dreams could be reminding you that a certain leaning towards you being controlled in a similar way still happens to go on inside. If so, this could prevent you from becoming who you really want to become.
The image of a man in a woman’s dream also can often symbolize the overall state of her current commitment to her own self development. On the analogy that your ex was “unreliable” to say the least, then his image would tend to suggest that you may be having a little trouble sticking with fulfilling your own goals and wishes.
Taken together, these two ideas would likely point to the need for you to look at how you tend to sabotage your own efforts sometimes in practical ways.
Also, in this take on your dream, the inner attitude wants to “get back together” with you, that is, continue to control your everyday actions and thoughts in some way. This could possibly sometimes take the form of negative thoughts like “Why should you bother, you’ll never succeed” etc. etc.
You might like to look at a book by Marion Woodman called “The Ravaged Bridegroom” or maybe “Conscious Femininity” because many women have found her approach to be very useful in coming to terms with this inner figure, making it possible to move on in their lives.
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06-17-2007, 03:14 PM
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