"Last night I had the strangest dream"

[pjthompson]

"I'd ever dreamed before..."

I dreamed about my close personal friend, Johnny Depp.* Although we'd been very close for quite some time, he started holding me at arms' length. Not only that, he implied to anyone who inquired that we'd never been close. He'd only been humoring/being kind to me/I was delusional. This hurt quite a lot because he and I both knew this wasn't so.

My friend, Lisa, told me, "You know what he's like. He's really close with someone for awhile, then he gets restless and moves on." I know it was Lisa because it felt like her, but she only ever appeared in shadow.

"I know, you're right," I said. "Still hurts."

Now, if we look at this in a Jungian light, I myself am everyone who appears in this dream (sorry, Lisa). So, perhaps a part of myself has gotten restless with my old self and has decided to move on. Or I've left behind a part of myself that isn't working. And my shadowy right brain is telling me not to worry, these things happen. I'll get over myself.

Either that, or it means something else entirely and I'll have to think on it some more.

Or not. Moving on is always a good option.



*I do not know Mr. Depp in real life. Why my unconscious chose him for this appearance I have yet to figure out. Unless it's that whole Wino Forever thing.

Comments

[hominysnark.livejournal.com]

Was this me-Lisa or the other Lisa?

[pjthompson.livejournal.com]

It was you-Lisa. Unless it was me. :-D

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I found out Johnny Depp is just my age, and ever since then, I've thought it was entirely appropriate to have a soft spot for him. I don't know why your subconscious should latch onto him as the moving-on element of yourself, but as he plays adventuresome characters and is good-looking, I think it's a healthy choice on your subconscious's part :-)

[pjthompson.livejournal.com]

lol--I've long had a soft spot for Mr. Depp, so I suspect my subconscious just likes looking at him. :-)

[geniusofevil.livejournal.com]

How could Johnny dis you so? If it means part of you has moved on/been left behind, then is Depp someone good or bad to you? Because you might not want to leave something good behind.

[pjthompson.livejournal.com]

I know, that cad.

Impossible to say about the good/bad bit. I think...it probably is a growth thing, so leaving outmoded parts of oneself behind is overall a good thing. But who knows?

[geniusofevil.livejournal.com]

Johnny Depp knows. Let's call him and see.