During my dream session, I worked with one of my friends, Jaclyn. Jaclyn was skeptical of the dream work process, but I told her how much I have learned about myself over the course of this semester from taking this class. Upon sharing this, she seemed to relax and was more open to the idea of sharing her dream with me. She shared this dream with me: John (her husband) and I are traveling through some big city. We’re super tired and decide to stop at a motel on our way through town. The set-up of the motel is really weird because all the rooms are connected by the bathrooms. Sort of like those Jack-and-Jill bathrooms, but the whole motel is set up like that in a big square. I go to use the bathroom, but the people in the room next to ours
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I would also hold a special place for motels because of the romantic times we had in them. I may even think about my time as a mother and how that has changed, not only my relationship with my husband, but also my relationship with myself. I would acknowledge the insecurities that come with the body-changing power of pregnancy and how my opinions of myself may have changed. I would also acknowledge the feelings of inadequacy and doubt that come from having a bisexual husband. I would wonder if I was enough for him when it came to our sex life. I would also think about how I feel when it comes to sex. It seems as if I am not satisfied and I am craving that attention from my partner. I would almost feel like everyone else around me, including my husband, is being fulfilled while I’m not. I may even think back to my childhood and wonder if there are possible traumas or feelings of abandonment that I still need to deal with. Most of all, I would be thankful that this dream is pointing me to things I need to think about and discuss with my husband in order to make feel like a happier version of …show more content…
Stinley, Deborah O. Norris, & Pamela S. Hinds, 2015). This article was of great interest to me because I suffer from Fibromyalgia, which causes chronic pain. While the article says it focuses on acute pain, the idea of the mandala making process easing pain intrigued me. While I wasn’t focused on my body comfort during the creation of my mandalas, I don’t recall feeling much pain during that time frame. This piqued my interest and made me want to learn more. While this was a small study, being only 40 participants, the process of mandala creation showed to have positive results. The scientists used recorded heart rate and blood oxygen saturation levels, as well as a pain scale, to measure whether or not the mandala had any effect on the pain levels the patients experienced. The control group were left to wait in a waiting room with only a tv as distraction, then they had blood drawn. The treatment group was given an iPad, where they used an app to create mandalas, and then they had blood
I would also hold a special place for motels because of the romantic times we had in them. I may even think about my time as a mother and how that has changed, not only my relationship with my husband, but also my relationship with myself. I would acknowledge the insecurities that come with the body-changing power of pregnancy and how my opinions of myself may have changed. I would also acknowledge the feelings of inadequacy and doubt that come from having a bisexual husband. I would wonder if I was enough for him when it came to our sex life. I would also think about how I feel when it comes to sex. It seems as if I am not satisfied and I am craving that attention from my partner. I would almost feel like everyone else around me, including my husband, is being fulfilled while I’m not. I may even think back to my childhood and wonder if there are possible traumas or feelings of abandonment that I still need to deal with. Most of all, I would be thankful that this dream is pointing me to things I need to think about and discuss with my husband in order to make feel like a happier version of …show more content…
Stinley, Deborah O. Norris, & Pamela S. Hinds, 2015). This article was of great interest to me because I suffer from Fibromyalgia, which causes chronic pain. While the article says it focuses on acute pain, the idea of the mandala making process easing pain intrigued me. While I wasn’t focused on my body comfort during the creation of my mandalas, I don’t recall feeling much pain during that time frame. This piqued my interest and made me want to learn more. While this was a small study, being only 40 participants, the process of mandala creation showed to have positive results. The scientists used recorded heart rate and blood oxygen saturation levels, as well as a pain scale, to measure whether or not the mandala had any effect on the pain levels the patients experienced. The control group were left to wait in a waiting room with only a tv as distraction, then they had blood drawn. The treatment group was given an iPad, where they used an app to create mandalas, and then they had blood