Please help!!! What does this dream mean?

[Haole Girl]

Someone just asked me at lunch:

She drops a cup (which she said is empty) and the handle breaks off, but she can still use it. And, she said she still wants the cup....


I told her I think it might mean she doesn't have control over something. To which, she replied, "There are a lot of things in my life I have no control over."


Anybody else have any ideas? I told my in-law I'd look it up for her on the internet, but so far I haven't found anything about dream interpretations and broken cups!


Thanks! :crazy:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Does she want someone who is ......

damaged goods?

Hard to say.....but this is what came into my mind......

[Haole Girl]

2. Oh....very interesting

Damaged goods....ok, ok....

Thanks...you always come through for me!

:hug:

[billyskank]

4. That reminds me Peggy

when ZombieNixon dreamt that you stole his swanky new chair! :rofl:

[ZombieNixon]

6. Oy, I'm never going to forget that one.

x( :P

[Haole Girl]

7. Must have been before I was ever here..

...hilarious!

:rofl:

[billyskank]

9. It was his new office chair

:D

[Haole Girl]

14. Huh?

:shrug:

[ZombieNixon]

16. I had a dream in which CaliforniaPeggy stole my office chair.

Which at the time was about a week old. :D

[Haole Girl]

18. Oh, I see...

I was confused, because I first thought he wrote car...then chair. I think I need to rest my eyes a bit!

[buddhamama]

3. your interpretation

sounds good. i was thinking that perhaps there is something in her life which is bringing her joy, a situation/person she has accepted, regardless of any perceived negatives. :shrug:

[Haole Girl]

5. Hey, that could be

Sort of like...to keep her family in tact, she has to accept that it's somewhat broken? Because, I think that would be right on! Thanks! :hi:

[johnnie]

8. I agree with you

Doesn't quite have a handle on something. Feeling like she might lose control, but she is just holding on for now.

[Haole Girl]

11. Thanks

I know...but, it almost seems too easy, huh?

[The Straight Story]

10. Well, maybe she wants a guy that

Has his 'cup' intact but no 'handle' ;) ROFL!

[Haole Girl]

12. Ha-ha!

I think I'll keep that one between us and everyone on DU! ;-)

[NC_Nurse]

13. The type of dream interpretation I learned

is to "be" each part of the dream and ask it what it wants. In this case, she should try to play each part in her mind like the cup, the handle, herself (in the dream) and see what each part is feeling and thinking. This method of looking at dreams assumes that each part of the dream is a different part of the person who needs integration into the whole person.

[Haole Girl]

17. I thought about that...

..but it's a scary thought...to have part of herself "break off." I don't know about that...in this case. But, I will let her know. Thank you very much!

[NC_Nurse]

19. It's usually not as scary as it sounds.

That part may have it's own reasons for wanting to be apart, then you negotiate between the different parts to reach an integration.
It's never literal of course, that's what great about dreams.
I've had some very scary dreams that were very helpful when looked at this way...not scary after all.

[av8rdave]

15. Freud would say....

She has a deep seated, neurotic fear of burning her fingers on a cup of hot beverage

Hey, it's been 26 years since I got my psych degree...how much of a quality analysis did you expect?

[Haole Girl]

20. Burning herself...hmm...

there is really something to this one, though. I think we're getting warmer. ha-ha (I know, that was stupid).

[av8rdave]

21. I thought it was pretty good. But then,

My outbound flight is already delayed over 3 hours. This is gonna be a long trip. I guess anything that puts a smile on my face is a good thing tonite.

[Haole Girl]

22. Where are you going? n/t

[av8rdave]

23. LA tonite, then Columbus tomorrow nite

[lizziegrace]

24. Columbus?

Columbus??

:)

[av8rdave]

25. yes....good ol' central Ohio

[lizziegrace]

26. There are a few of us here in Columbus.

:)

[av8rdave]

27. friendly territory!! That's good to know

[Haole Girl]

28. Hope you have a nice trip

And, you don't have any more delays. :hi:

[Random_Australian]

29. What does it mean? Freak all.

Unless it repeats along a theme, it is most likely just random.

[Haole Girl]

31. Freak all?

Hmm. Not a random dream, rather a reoccurring one. Usually, from what I understand, they do mean something or the other...the mind is trying to problem solve when we have dreams.

[Random_Australian]

33. Oh - I didn't realise it was recurring!

Yeah, that means it is important.

Problem solving you say? Not really the impression I got - the model I prefer is that important things in the subconscious are likely to be set off by the random wanderings that are normally in dreams

[Redstone]

30. She needs to buy better-quality cups, is what it means.

Redstone

[Haole Girl]

32. Entirely possible

:toast:

[ChoralScholar]

34. DUDE! That means they're GAY!!!

The cup, is like a metaphor for the gayness!
</dane cook>

Sorry, I couldn't resist.


Could it be that when something is broken (relationship maybe), she limps on through as if everything is okay, rather than fixing or discarding it?

[Haole Girl]

35. lol

Well, she is having problems she's not fixing. I think you may be on to something. Wow, how did I miss that one? Duh! Thanks!