10-31-2017, 09:48 AM
Had more crazy and long/vivid dreams.
E.T. is back. For those of you who don't know, I was deathly afraid of E.T. from around my 5th year alive to 25 years old.
I overcame the fear by making myself watch the movie under the same conditions as when I first watched it, effectively bringing up all the fear that had been associated to the character/movie. I felt like I was going to die of a hearty attack but kept watching, telling myself it would be better to die facing my fear than live in terror.
Since then my fear is gone, and when I watch the movie, the parts that used to scare me, send endorphins through my body. It's quite the experience.
So anyhow, that's the backstory.
The dream I had last night was about showing me different versions of E.T. I think they were supposedly getting more scary as the dream went on, but I never felt fear, nor did I wake up in terror like I used to before I conquered the fear.
The next stage of this I suppose is tio find out WHY I was afraid of it, and what it means for me psychologically.
Other than that, it's Halloween so I won't be knocking doors for obvious reasons.
E.T. is back. For those of you who don't know, I was deathly afraid of E.T. from around my 5th year alive to 25 years old.
I overcame the fear by making myself watch the movie under the same conditions as when I first watched it, effectively bringing up all the fear that had been associated to the character/movie. I felt like I was going to die of a hearty attack but kept watching, telling myself it would be better to die facing my fear than live in terror.
Since then my fear is gone, and when I watch the movie, the parts that used to scare me, send endorphins through my body. It's quite the experience.
So anyhow, that's the backstory.
The dream I had last night was about showing me different versions of E.T. I think they were supposedly getting more scary as the dream went on, but I never felt fear, nor did I wake up in terror like I used to before I conquered the fear.
The next stage of this I suppose is tio find out WHY I was afraid of it, and what it means for me psychologically.
Other than that, it's Halloween so I won't be knocking doors for obvious reasons.
