That is, at the time of wakening, the conscious awareness of the dream now exists. Personally I like Jung's constructive approach to the symbolism of a particular neurotic somatization or dream content. Though I'm certain that this is not true in all cases, I find principles like this promote a positive orientation. My experience for nearly twenty years with patients having a variety of chronic neurological disease, and right now I'm thinking in particular of Multiple Sclerosis, has proved this out. Positive people generally do the best.
Life seems to produce life and death thoughts produce death or a slow death of worsening health.
He was suffering from severe attacks of pain in the region of the heart and from a choking sensation in the throat, as though a lump were stuck there. Jung goes on to explain that absolutely no physical cause for his symptoms was found and later therapy and dream analysis, with subsequent cure of all his symptoms, proved their psychological origin. Let's take the time to go through this fascinating case of emotional distress being turned into bodily symptoms. Chest pain 2. Throat symptoms of choking 3.