The origin of shame is often an awkward, nameless void when we expect a tuned-in response by the person to whom we’re expressing ourselves. Thus what is most important about the actual experience of shame is that it does not
Every Man I’m attracted to dies in my dreams. Questioner: I’ve been having dreams about any man I’m very interested in dying right in front of me. It happens every time I realize how much I like someone and it’s
by Norman M. Brown Ph.D. | The Dream: I had a dream last night that my deceased husband came back and I was so excited. We were affectionate with each other and he proceeds to tell me he was going
by Norman M. Brown Ph.D. | Dreamer: I am in late middle age, and born as the middle of 5 children. All of my life I had a dream that I am on one side of a bridge but water
by Norman M. Brown Ph.D. | Dreamer: I had a dream that I was secretly expressing milk from my breast because my breast just started lactating. They were squirting milk! I’m single, not married and don’t have a baby… What