I am driving in the snow around a corner when I stop suddenly. There is a fish at the side of the road. The fish is alive and doesnt seem to need water to survive. I do not move the car as I don’t want to run it over. A car stops behind me. The driver gets out the car and I recognise him as Mr Brown. He asks me aggressively what I am doing. I tell him I have stopped the car because there is a fish on the road. This just infuriates him and he kicks a banana across to the other side of the road. The fish flaps toward the banana and starts eating it. Mr Brown gets in his car and drives off. Continue >>
Archive for 2010
Dream Journal Entry: 30th January 2010
I find myself in a lecture hall. I look up at the wall and I can see a religious symbol which seems to change shape each time I look at it. I realise I am waiting on a religious speaker appearing on stage however I have the feeling that I am not going to agree with what will be said. I notice that I am wearing a vicars collar which I try and hide with my hand. Continue >>
Dreams and Depression
According to Griffin (2004) dreaming and depression are connected. People who are depressed seem to dream more than “healthy” people and they also have more intense dreams. The reason for this is that a depressed person spends a lot of their time worrying and reflecting internally on the negative. According to Griffin’s expectation fulfilment theory only “unexpressed emotionally arousing concerns” from the previous day will appear in dreams (see http://www.insomnium.co.uk/dream-theory/how-to-interpret-dreams/) therefore all this negative introspection and worry that a depressed person engages in is never acted upon and will be emotionally arousing. This will therefore become the subject of their dreams and due to the amount of negative intropection they will dream excessively and their dreams will be more intense as the mind attempts to act out and deactivate the unexpressed emotions. Continue >>
Photography
