Milo

I like Milo. Milo was even in my dreams nights ago. No, not the nestle drink Milo which brings out the champion in you but the actor who is supposed to save the cheerleader, save the world. Yup, that Peter Petrelli in Heroes. I must have had an overdosage of special abilities when he came into my dreams. I was his chick (move over, Wentworth!) and he would give up his life just to protect me and I got to kiss him :))) Think Hayden Panettiere. Then the scene changed and I was his niece. Think Claire Bennet. In reality, I am Claire Bennet herself on Facebook's Which Heroes Character Are You. I HEAL.... Oh dear, I eat, drink, breathe, live Heroes these days.

I woke up from that dream and grinned sheepishly at the bizarreness of it. Which reminds me of another dream I had years ago. This time I was Andy Lau's chick which baffles me till this day because I am never a big fan of his. Anyhow, I got to make out with him in the dream. Lucky me huh? Then it got me thinking, do dreams hold any significance at all? Dreams can be so real at times that they can't be just there without a reason.

According to the father of psychology, Sigmund Freud: ....they (dreams) are not meaningless, not absurd, they do not imply that one portion of our stockpile of ideas sleeps while another begins to awaken. They are a completely valid psychological phenomenon, specifically the fulfillment of wishes; ....there is a psychological technique which makes it possible to interpret dreams, and that on the application of this technique, every dream will reveal itself as a psychological structure, full of significance, and one which may be assigned to a specific place in the psychic activities of the waking state. Further, I shall endeavour to elucidate the processes which underlie the strangeness and obscurity of dreams, and to deduce from these processes the nature of the psychic forces whose conflict or co-operation is responsible for our dreams.

Unfortunately in my case, Freud did not have any interpretations of dreams which feature celebrities. Guess there wasn't any overexposure of celebrities in that era. So I do what I do best, I googled. And this is what I found:

To see a celebrity in your dream, represents your beliefs and understanding about him or her. Something in your waking life has triggered these similar beliefs and feelings. It is not uncommon that your obsession with a certain celebrity may carry over onto your dream world. Celebrities are often seen as heroes and all that is mighty.

To see an actor or actress in your dream, represents your pursuit for pleasure. Your admiration of a particular celebrity may lead to a desire to have some of their physical or personality traits (good looks?). Consider also who this actor/actress is and what characteristics your associate him/her with (special abilities like flying, reading minds, paint the future?). These may be the same characteristics that you need to acknowledge or incorporate into yourself.

To see a particular actor or actress in your dream, look at the role they are playing. Even though you may not know them on a personal level, how you perceive them or the characters they play can provide understanding in how it relates to you (be a hero myself?).

Hmmm... It's clear to see through these interpretations, Freud was right after all. My dream is trying to tell me what my wish-fulfillment is: I want to be a hero. Move over Sylar, I want their abilities for myself.