Monday, April 9, 2012

All I Have To Do Is Dream

I think most people dream and many people are able to remember their dreams. I have two recurring dream themes. The first dream happens often. I can pick up a dream where I left off even after I wake up. I frequently dream I can fly. Yes, without wings, just using my bare hands. I can go anywhere and in total control. Not much effort is required, just flap my hands. Because it's so full of fun, I always like to be in such a dream and maybe that's why I can continue the dream. So far, I have not kept any details of the dream, like where I have been when flying to. I have always wondered what this dream meant. So finally my curiosity got the better of me. I search on the net and this found that flying dreams typically illustrate your sense of freedom and feeling liberated from the constraints of everyday life. It sounds like you have just accomplished some project and feel like a big burden has been lifted off your shoulders. Flying dreams are so glorious and liberating that you may not want to come back down to earth (www.dreammoods.com). I find this interpretation interesting because I always yearn for freedom in a part of me even at a very young age.

The other dream is less frequent. I dream I am falling from high ground. I don't get to see the end like falling onto the ground, because by then I would have woken up with a jolt. Only dream of falling in midair. According to www.mydreamdictionary.org,  falling in your dream is the most frequent among all the common dreams we experience in our lifetime. Researchers say the average human will dream about falling to his death more than 5 times in their life.  Falling dreams can be extremely frightening vivid experience that usually last minutes before you hit the ground. Dreams of this nature can make you break out in a cold sweat and ruin most of your day. Falling in your dream should not be over looked, this is a important dream symbol that needs your undivided attention in order to figure out the true meaning. When we fall in our dreams it really means we have lost control with some sort of situation in your life. Falling in your dream is a way your unconscious communicates with your conscious to let you know that something needs to be fixed right away. The more you ignore the issue in your life the higher chance you will plummet to your death in your dream. I can now relate to this dream better on hindsight. My cancer! The dream was telling me way in advance before my cancer was found, that I have lost control of my health. Of course, the dream can also possibly be linked to other areas like work, home or even in your relationship.

From the 1950s through the 1970s, a psychiatrist named Montague Ullman rocked the comfort zone of his colleagues by starting a worldwide movement that significantly changed the way people view their dreams. Known today as peer dreamwork, Ullman’s technique is used to explore the feelings and potential meaning of a dream. Before the movement, dreams were considered diagnostic tools that therapists used to reveal what types of problems their patients might have. Ullman believed that, though dreams may be useful in that regard, they are far more than diagnostic tools.

Ullman is also famous for a theory he called dream vigilance. He noticed that as many as three-quarters of the dreams people reported to him were unsettling or downright troubling. Yet the dreamers who were telling these dreams were not unstable and were not really in any objective trouble. He realized that the dreaming process tends to focus on threats to our happiness long before anything bad actually happens. A part of the mind is like a watchful sentinel in a tower, looking into the distance to see whether any enemies or threats appear on the horizon.

Dream therapists analyze and interpret dreams to find meanings that apply to everyday life. Therapists say dreams are a link to the subconscious, and learning how to understand them is key to understanding yourself. "You're finding your inner voice," explains Alan Siegel, a clinical psychologist who works with children and adults. "If you can learn more about the symbols in your dreams, then you can get more of a sense of what direction to go in."

12 comments:

  1. Hi CT
    I have just started following your blog after someone gave me your book. My husband recently found that he has 4th stage pancreas cancer and because of the encroachment of the cells onto an artery, surgery is not an option. Chemo was suggested but we have decided not to go this path and took on instead a modified Gerson therapy at home. We are considering visiting the Gerson Institute in Mexico, if going back in time and knowing what you know now, would you have gone?

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    1. Gerson Therapy can be followed by anyone who just read Dr Max Gerson's book, A Cancer Therapy: Results of 50 Cases. That is provided the reader can understand what was written because it's quite technical as well. An easier read is Charlotte Gerson's book, The Gerson Therapy. The reason why some people like you and me do the modified Gerson Therapy (GT) is because there are many aspects of the therapy that we cannot follow completely. For example, taking the B12+liver daily injection and many more of the supplements are not easy to obtain. By doing the modified GT we are taking a compromise. So the value of going to the Gerson Clinic in Mexico is to learn to follow the therapy completely. In addition, you learn how to give injection to the patient and get to know where to buy all the recommended supplements.

      I have been on the GT for 14 months before I went to Gerson Clinic in Mexico. I already know the protocol completely (only short of some supplements and the B12+liver injection). So it was optional for me to go to Mexico because in a way, I was successful in using the GT at home. My subsequent CT scans showed some improvements.

      I have suggested to potential patients who are considering GT in Mexico, to try GT at home for three months first. The reason is that many patients (8 out of 10, especially men) are not able to take the Gerson diet. So it would be a waste to go Mexico if the patient subsequently cannot follow the diet when at home. My view is that when finances is not a problem, it's best to go and get the best care.

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  2. Dear CT,

    I believe you omitted to mention that because you didnt take the complete set of supplements, you developed hyperthyroidism as a result. You lost alot of weight which you attributed to cachexia and this cause you further stress.
    I remember you told me that this was discovered in Mexico after some tests. The hyperthyroidism went away after they adjusted your supplement intake.
    I would caution anyone on a DIY approach without knowledge of the consequences.

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    1. Thank you for pointing out the important omission.

      There are some chemistry that are not explained in the Gerson's books. This is the danger when you do a modified GT on your own. I was lucky I got it corrected while in Mexico.

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  3. wow anynoymous @ April 9, was quick to point that out. My mother is also on modified GT (DIY).. and beem missing some supplements.. either because I cant make ends meet or just because she forgets to take it.. I am also trying to be on GT..as a form of prevention

    Chang..
    can you point me to your article that explains how you developed hyperthyroidisim?

    regards,
    Lanie

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    1. Dear Lanie,

      One of the supplements that patients take in GT is the lugol's solution. If taken alone and over long periods of time like over 12 months, the patient can start to develop hyperthyroidism. One quick way is to check the neck to see if it's swollen. A blood test to check for Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) will confirm it. It will show a low reading of below 0.1 which means it is quite serious.

      To balance the effect of lugol's solution, it is important the patient also take one tablet of Levotiroxina sodica / Liothyronine sodium a day.

      Continue to have the blood test periodically to ensure the TSH levels goes back to normal levels (mIU/L 0.4 - 4.7).

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  4. thanks Chang

    regards,Lanie

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