| I put in a dream that was used in a paper I wrote on a theory of dream interpretation [1]. The dream: I was in a room with a homeless person who smelt bad. He asked me to get into bed with him. The bed was dangerous, as it was not made well. I got into bed with him and felt sad. Its interpretation: The homeless person in the dream is a representation of your insecurity and fear of being taken advantage of. The bed is a metaphor for the instability or lack of safety you feel in your life. The fact that you got into bed despite feeling scared and sad is a clear indication of your inner strength and resilience. It suggests that you are brave enough to take risks and put yourself in uncomfortable situations in order to gain a sense of security and safety. On a deeper level, the dream could also be exploring your fear of not being able to trust or rely on the people around you. It may be highlighting a need to find a safe place to call home and the courage to be vulnerable in order to experience true connection. I would say the sentence, "It suggests that you are brave enough to take risks and put yourself in uncomfortable situations" is wrong and dangerous. The prompt was believable fluff, but as someone training to become a psychotherapist who has strong views on dreams it is not a useful way for dreams to be understood. Detrimental in fact. I use the dream in the paper I wrote: https://psyarxiv.com/k6trz The framework + neurology behind dreams/dream interpretation is not complex. I think a GPT3 level bot could be quite apt at it... but it needs a structure to go on, which I don't believe it currently has. |