• papalonian@lemmy.world
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    Has a dream where he has an open conversation with someone, feels better

    “Fuck talking about my feelings”

    Anon is enlightened and regarded

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      or any meditation technique/speech therapy.

      christian monks used to do the same. i think it was called “confession” or something when you talked about things that bothered you with somebody who was reasonably intelligent in a private context.

      i guess it really helped and might have been the modern equivalent of talking to a therapist.

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    You might be joking but: There has been a story a long time ago:

    People (mostly men) who are mostly bald on the top of the head, but have like hair on the side, are said that their hair is a “crow’s nest”. (because it looks a bit like one of these things:)

    These people were said to have reached enlightenment, wisdom, or knowledge, because the bird (raven or crow) stands for wisdom, insight or knowledge. (compare that to the owls in ancient greece, ravens in nordic mythology, dove in christianity or eagle in the US culture.)

    That is i believe partially also why this hairstyle was considerably popular among christian monks, who would often use shears to achieve hair that looks like that.

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    I couldn’t get over my high school girlfriend until my thirties. One time, I had a dream in which she told me that my obsession with her was unhealthy and that I needed to move on. It didn’t help.

    (I do think it’s hilarious that she rejected me even in my own dreams.)

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      I still think about someone I liked in high school, even though I’m happily married and wouldn’t change anything about what happened. In fact, I think I’d have more problems if I ended up with that them than my SO.

      I think most people have that “one that got away” that they think about, regardless of their current relationship status. And I don’t think it has anything to do with that specific individual, but the circumstances that made them stand out to you at the time, like that favorite video game that doesn’t hold up today but you still want to replay (or maybe have replayed multiple times).