When the Body Speaks First: How Dreams Depict the 'Unspoken Voice'

When you have thoughts that remain unexpressed within you,
your body or your dreams may sometimes convey them first.

Things you couldn't quite say.
Words you have swallowed.
Feelings you wanted to convey but never reached the other person.

Sometimes, such things suddenly take shape while you are asleep.

Wanting to say something, but unable to.

The closer you are to someone, the harder it becomes to find the words.
You try to convey them gently, but they don't get through.
Only the sensation of not being understood remains.

Through that repetition, without realizing it,
small 'blockages' begin to accumulate in your heart.

In psychology, it is believed that emotions that could not be expressed
may appear in other forms.

Sometimes they emerge as physical discomfort,
and sometimes they are depicted symbolically in dreams.

Dreams are very honest.

Words and actions you did not choose in reality
may be expressed exactly as they are.

In your dreams, you may encounter a version of yourself reacting differently than usual.

You actually wanted to refuse.
You actually wanted to tell them.
You actually didn't want to take it on.

Such thoughts may appear in a clear, distinct form.

Rather than having changed, it might be that
you have finally touched upon a feeling that was there all along.

The words you were able to say in your dream
did not come from somewhere else,

but were inside you all along.

It was just difficult to bring them out in reality.

If there is a scene in your dream that leaves an impression,
you don't need to rush to figure out its meaning.

First,
try to touch upon 'how you felt'.

Was it anger?
Was it loneliness?
Was it a sense of relief?

Sometimes, thoughts that have not yet become words
remain quietly within.

Dreams can also play an important role
in the process of the heart moving toward recovery.

Trying out little by little on the inside
what was difficult to do on the outside.

I think that is one way of looking at it.

A small thing you can do today.

When you wake up in the morning,
try to recall just one feeling that left an impression in your dream.

It is okay if you do not remember the content accurately.

'What kind of sensation remains?'

Just by turning your consciousness toward that,
the distance from your heart may soften a little.

There is a reason
for the words you were able to say in your dream.

I would like to touch upon the reality behind that
a little more carefully in the next article.

Having read this far,
you have already taken a step toward 'noticing unspoken thoughts'.

Just a small thank you

I recently received a congratulatory note
for the article series I have been writing on the theme of
'When the Body Speaks First'.

And, I received another congratulatory note
for an article that gathered particularly many likes last week under a different tag.

Furthermore, the number of likes has exceeded 25,000.

Unspoken thoughts.
A heart seeking peace.
A wish for a quiet and gentle life.

Although it feels like I have written them one by one separately,
looking back, I feel they are connected somewhere.

The fact that there are people reading this
quietly sustains me.

Thank you so much.

🌿Related Articles

I have left a few articles here that connect to this one.

For those who would like to read a little more deeply
about physical reactions and unspoken thoughts, look here.

・When the Body Speaks First: Viewing Unspoken Thoughts and Inner Conflict Through Psychoanalysis

For those who want to think about 'peace of mind' and 'the best future,' look here.

・The best future is in a quiet and gentle life. | If you were living your best future, what would your life be like? | Happy Writing Marathon #47

This is an article I wrote about the feeling of wanting to depend on others but being unable to,
and about the heart that seeks peace of mind.

・To the me who wanted to depend on others but couldn't: The heart seeking peace of mind, seen from 'the best future'

And in the next article,
I write about my own experience
that was in the background of the words I was able to say in my dream.

・The words I was able to say in my dream were the words I couldn't say in reality

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