DREAM - Heroin I was a heroin addict. Then I was out shopping for clothes.

THE REALITY The dreamer had just been accused by her boyfriend of talking obsessively about her new job. She was going to be working abroad. This outraged the dreamer who felt that this was completely exxagerated. She was talking about her new job but she was obviously excited about moving to a new country. The dream dealt with the themes of addiction. In some ways womens shopping for clothes is another addictive pursuit - although a lot more milder form of compulsive behaviour. The dream probably addresses this accusation of obsessive and compulsive behaviour. The dream does not really mean that the dreamer is obsessive or addictive - it just means that they have been thinking along those lines. If translated literally the dream simply captures this feeling - "He dared to say I was being compulsive. I know I talk constantly about my new job but its hardly compulsive behaviour. I am just excited".

This was a personality dream - here are some other dreams of the same kind

• Heroin dream

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