Also, she accused me of conspiring against her (irl) and it's been weighing on my mind because that's not something that I could really convince her of otherwise. Perhaps that feeling is where it's coming from too.

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Anonymous,
I appreciate your response since it is all I ask for compensating my services. Responses verify if my analysis is correct as well as the concepts I use in my dream work. From my analysis of thousands of dreams at my dream forum I know Jung got it right when it comes to the world of dreams. Using his general concepts along with am intuitive ability to see beyond the images and actions in dreams a proper and correct analysis of dreams is possible. I am not alone in this endeavor to see within the dream, there are many like myself who have discovered Jungian psyche not only to analyze dreams but also as a tool for self discovery.

I think you have identified most of what the dream is attempting to communicate. Your good nature of giving and being a good humanitarian has had its downside in there are those who take advantage and that weights on you {unconsciously if not consciously}. A function of dreams is bring balance to whatever is out of balance in the psyche life {psychological}. Consciously you tend to be overly generous but unconsciously the psyche understands there are negative possibilities and when the emotional energies become so strong due to the imbalance the dream will attempt to compensate by implementing dream scenarios showcasing the out of balance aspects. Usually a dream is prompted by a recent experience that has associations to ingrained psyche emotional energies. The roommate experience was as much a wake up call illustrating in its symbolic language the emotional issues that need attention to deeper energies that more often than not has its foundations in early life learning. Personality and personal attitudes that embody your too good nature are rooted in experiences and influences you were brought up with as a child {including infancy}. All humans are programmed to specific emotional needs {Jung's archetypes and when these are not met or are altered {we all have issues} then the dream becomes the messenger to regain balance and wholeness. Giving is a virtue but being too generous can lead to negative emotional developments. The underlying reasons for your overly good nature is not just by chance, there are experiences in childhood that are the foundations for this attitude. And even though the attitude is proper and good if it becomes a negative it affects your overall psyche health. That is where nature provides us with the dream {just as the body has the immune system to heal and protect so too it provides the psyche with the dream to perform the same function.

In your response you state there have been many instances where you have been tricked or used for generosity. Also, "Sometimes I let my desire to be giving and seen as a good guy override my ability to be selective and detached when I need to be." The goal is to determine why you have these personality traits/attitudes and what experiences early in life prompted them. Look at the two above sentences and match them with early programming in your life. Parents are the first line of learning as well as family and community {extended family and social environment}. Where could these practices come from? They are in general positive qualities but negative aspects related to early life experiences have cause an over abundance of these traits to the point they have brought about an imbalance to your life. It is the tendencies of giving too much that are of concern. Where do these attitudes come from?

As for my services in analyzing dreams. Jungian concepts of the psyche life include the need to give of oneself {as you do with your generosity}. It is an ingrained spiritual concept that set Jung apart from general psychology and up until recently generated scorn and dismissal by his peers. When we discover our 'meaning' in life it is paramount that we follow that path if we wish to accomplish fulfillment and wholeness in life. I was 42 when I discovered my talents in dream analysis/interpretation {I am an intuitive Jungian, perception via the unconscious} too late in life to follow an academic path. It only natural to provide my services for free, not just as a generous attitude but also to compensate what I have taken from nature. Balance is key to all aspects in life/of life and analyzing dreams for gratis balances my conscious need to give to the other as well as balancing the negatives in my overall life. I live by the laws of karma and I see my 'Jungian' attitude as a sustenance of those laws. And from 70 years of experience in life I know for a fact these are true laws of nature. Fulfillment of the inner self is more important as the outer {providing my services for compensation}. Jungian psyche is all about the inner world and self discovery.

Jerry

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