What Your Sex Dream Mean
People agree to have a dream at one point in life. Herein is about sex dreams, including sex with a stranger, an ex, and in a bathtub.
Dreaming is normal since it is a succession of images and ideas sensational in emotions that occur involuntarily in our sleep. the things you dream about are things that happened or are happening in your life and are mostly stored in the subconscious mind. Dreaming can be categorized into three, and a dream can be a passive imagination, illusions, or hallucination. Having dream sex is normal; therefore, you should not condemn yourself if you have one. You will wake up confused and aroused simultaneously. Some people have agreed to have the same experience, some once in a while, and others have it more often. You can have a sex dream about making love with another person other than your partner is normal.
What Dreams Can Tell You
Since humans are curious, they are left perplexed and wondering why the particular theme played in the dream. Some people would want to know the meaning of the sex dream. The dream content is always connected and related to what happens and what you do while awake. Therefore, if you have a bad day filled with frustrations, stress, and anxiety, you may have unpleasant dreams(nightmares), but the dream might take another twist when you have fun and are happy during the day. Therefore, dreams can be the replay of things happening to people stored in the subconscious mind. There has been more research done where some psychologists explained that dreams could be a way of revealing symbolic images for you to explore with curiosity.
Jung (2014) stated that the symbols and images that are more in your dream are connected to your wishes, desires, and feelings or something troubling you and cannot be resolved. Decoding the meaning behind sex dreams is not easy when you have the urge to, but when you want to interpret the dream, you need to capture the essence of the dream; you should focus on the symbolic representation.
When you have a sex dream, it can be broken down into there; the beginning, the middle, and the end, and they focus on the feeling you had in the dream and where the energy you feel leads you. This will help you out what you are missing in real life and the emotional need which your dream is trying for you to fulfill in your real life. There is a way that you can attach every symbol and decode it, which will need too much expertise. However, the are common themes that appear in the sex dream, including;
Sex With A Stranger Or A Quaintance
There is not much to look into the dream, it may be due to your active or overactive sex drive, and it is one of the common sex dreams. You should talk to your partner and tell them what you feel If you have this dream frequently. Let them know more about you. You can satisfy your libido when your partner understands your sexual needs and tries new things. Consider being careful when talking about the issue since there might be chances that your partner is not feeling the same. Let your partner understand your dreams, not judge you.
Reoccurring Sex Dreams With an Ex
Tan (2022) revealed that having a sex dream with an ex may suggest you still have unresolved grief about your ex. This will depend on how often you have the dream and how long you have been apart from them. Allow yourself more time to adjust to making love with your new partner if you are newly heartbroken and still nursing the wounds. However, if it has been long, like months or years, since you broke up but still have these dreams, it means that you are feeling unfulfilled in the current relationship, or you need to see a professional help you get over everything and the grief.
Sex Dreams Involving BDSM
According to John (2021), a sex dream involving BDSM which stands for bondage, discipline, sadism, and masochism, may be connected to your overbearing parents. Therefore you are familiarly enticed with the idea of being tied up and overcome by love (a person). Also, it can be that you desire to control or wish for others to take an initiative over things. Therefore, this should not freak you out if you want to try something new like the bondage or use of sex toys and your partners are not interested in the idea. You can be free to explain to them and make them understand that they will not take their place in your life, and it will be good to try new things together as a couple.
Oral Sex
Lankoski et al. (2022) stated that a dream about having oral sex could be a sign that you desire to have oral sex pleasure though you have been brought up in a way that has made you believe it is wrong and disgusting. Many people can be willing to give all sex while others are opposed and love receiving it. Being open to your partner about the things you like and desire to explore is good. Let yourselves understand each other and be ready to try new things to spice up your relationship.
Sex In a Bathtub
It might be a sound-off since many people cannot be aroused sexually by visual stimulation. For example, sex in a bathtub might resemble the shape of the genitals or the sculpture of a nude body, it can be a huge turn, and most people would hold the image in their imaginations as they masturbate. This will be because of creating an imaginary vignette of making love with an inanimate object.
Conclusion
Sex dreams are normal and common because they entail things you encounter in your life, and the dreams are subconsciously working on them. However, if you feel something is wrong due to the reoccurring sex dream affecting your social life, you should see a mental health officer. Embrace the sex dream since they do not take anything from you.
References
John, S. (2021). Living The Kink: A Phenomenological Study.
Jung, C. G. (2014). Modern Man In Search Of A Soul. Routledge.
Lankoski, P., Apperley, T., & Harviainen, J. T. (2022). Platform-Produced Heteronormativity: A Content Analysis Of Adult Videogames On Patreon. Games And Culture, 15554120221084453.
Tan, Y. Y. (2022). Poetics Of The Crystal-Image: Dreams In Mirror And Ashes Of Time Redux. Clcweb: Comparative Literature And Culture, 24(2), 5