THE DREAM I was taking confession with my friend Robert as the priest.

GUESSWORK The dreamer liked to talk to his friend Robert. He suffered from anxiety a lot and liked to get the bad feelings out of his system. His friend was the perfect person to talk to.

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ASSOCIATIONS AND SYMBOLIC MEANINGS
1. The dream features the dreamers friend and so might be about his relationship with his friend.
2. How could a confession relate to the dreamers relationship with his friend? The dreamer liked to talk about secret feelings about his depression and anxiety. This is similar to the way in which a priest helps someone talk about their sins.
DREAM ANALYSIS In guesswork the dream was linked to dreamers relationship with the person in the dream. The dream deals with the following themes
- The dreamers relationship with his friend
- A wish to let go of personal feelings and problems.

If you weave together the different themes you find that they could capture this thought that the dreamer was thinking at the time-"I really rely on Robert. I talk to him and let go of all my problems."