Dreams Department Please remember, this column is designed to help the consumer seeking behavioral-health information, and not intended to be any form of psychotherapy or a replacement for professional, individualized services. I'm really getting tired of listening to her. Answer You sure have the right to tell your friend how you feel about listening to dreams that you don't want to hear and asking her to limit them or stop. We all have dreams and as a normal part of our routine we can share them like other experiences.
Therapists also work with dreams, but for different reasons.
You might want to suggest that your friend join or start a local peer dream sharing group where there are no experts, but simply other folks who are interested in dreams and would like to share them. These groups are now also available on the Internet. See the Reference Section for a Dream Network Directory. Best Good Fair Poor Richard Wilkerson is general editor for The Internet Dream E-zine, Electric Dreams, and director of DreamGate, the Internet Communications and Dream Education Center. He writes the Cyberphile column for the Association for the Study of Dreams Newsletter.