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In The Hand Of My Brother (S&D)

by Anonymous
(Stanford, CA, USA)

A few nights ago, I found myself at my desk at home studying for a test of some sort. I looked out the window and saw that my "house" was in a large sandbox. Immediately, I opened the window to get a better look at the environment and a giant hand (which, for some reason, I concluded to be my brother's) came down and picked me up. At this moment, I woke up in a panic and, after a few seconds, realized that I had been dreaming. Then, I went back to bed and slept peacefully the rest of the night.


For me the biggest question that emerged from this dream is how I knew that the large hand was my brother's even though I don't think I ever saw the giant's face.

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Apr 17, 2018
 I Get You NEW
by: Anonymous

I didn’t really know that not everybody could dream in chapters, incredible and beautiful, and for me full of adventure and emotion and making the imagination (flying, being the hero, falling in love, etc) a reality, as I have done it for as long as I can remember. I don’t fully forget dreams because I think about them when I wake up like they just happened. and the few I’ve written down out of thousands are an easily accessible memory due to clue words. OK: I have found that these all-knowing thoughts have often come from passive-agressive or otherwise not neccessarily okay behaviors or emotions towards something. So whether your subconsious mind came to the conclusion that your brother manipulates you before you do (which is funny sometimes how much smarter my brain is than me, you’d be surprised) or it was just a passing emotion that you felt with your brother and the thought came to mind like it needed to sort through it is up to you to decide.

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