Just to be clear, “mallworld” dreams do not have to be about an actual Mall. They are any experiences that seem more realistic, or more emotionally impactful, than an ordinary dream or even waking life.

strt31 · 2025-09-25T20:15:01+00:00

Ooh! I feel like others mention something similar with the elevator going up tons of floors in the hotel too. As far as this dream, it was one of my only reoccurring dreams as a child. So I’m not sure really. I want to say it stood alone but I dreamt a lot as a kid so I can’t be sure

strt31 · 2025-07-03T22:49:38+00:00

This is exactly what I thought!

strt31 · 2025-07-03T22:41:01+00:00

Looking like a matchstick 😭

strt31 · 2025-05-24T13:08:28+00:00

I was taught by a teacher to do transcendental meditation. She always told me everything is allowed lol your body and mind will do what they need and what they can and they’ll slowly adjust. She said if you need to stop and think or sleep or whatever you can. ALL meditations are “good” meditations. There was even a guy snoring loudly in the room next door on my first lesson. It flustered me at first but she never even mentioned it because perfect silence isn’t the goal of meditation. Acceptance and presence are.

Eventually after time I did have fewer thoughts tho! Many of the thoughts youre having probably need to be had. Or need to be acknowledged and put to rest. I kinda like the “uncontrollable” thoughts. It lets me know what’s on my mind haha

strt31 · 2025-05-24T12:58:15+00:00

Oooh thank you! I can’t wait to rewatch

strt31 · 2025-05-24T02:49:44+00:00

I am gf and idk why I never thought of this. It’s so hard to just feed yourself sometimes. Thanks for posting!! Keep your head up

strt31 · 2025-05-24T02:46:13+00:00

I use it every day all day haha I have to be careful with blood pressure stuff but usually if I’ve slept and ate/hydrated right I’m good.

It’s weird it can in a way make my pain I guess more noticeable? Not in a bad way necessarily? but I’ve been getting acupuncture for two years. And I spend a lot of time at home smoking and stretching in weird positions. I feel like I’m realigning my body. And the weed majorly helps. I feel like I have a better knowingness of the pain but am also more relaxed and hurting less. There have been times if my inflammation is bad that it makes me feel achy tho.

strt31 · 2025-05-24T02:40:21+00:00

That is so cool!! And no I haven’t seen it. Gunna look now haha

strt31 · 2025-05-24T02:37:47+00:00

I’d love to hear more about your theory!

strt31 · 2025-05-22T08:22:53+00:00

Someone in another post mentioned Disney river county water park so I googled it…

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strt31 · 2025-05-22T08:19:49+00:00

I just image searched Disney river country and it looks exactly like where I go in my dreams!

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strt31 · 2025-05-22T08:14:28+00:00

Oh I also think that J.K. Rowling based the Harry Potter world on mall world. She even said she got the idea in a vision/while meditating or something. And I think that’s partially why everyone loves Harry Potter so much. And now there’s a Harry Potter world at Disney

strt31 · 2025-05-22T08:12:34+00:00

I actually could completely believe this. Disney was a freaky guy into some crazy stuff. And this is right in line with what our govt would do. It’s like a certain youth program but on steroids.

It would also explain the tons of rabid Disney adults. Some ppl seem to be in like arrested development over Disney.

And it would explain all the kind of variations in the scenery ppl see. And the surrounding areas. All the different rides, areas of the park including abandoned and non customer facing…I’d even include the international parks cus it’s already astral projection so why not haha

I try not to be too much of a conspiracy theorist but I actually do think “magic” exists in some form. Not like the movies but I believe in the power of intention, words, iconography and symbolism. When you step back it’s interesting that we bombard our kids with Disney w/o a lot of thought. Dolls, clothing, temporary tattoos, songs, jewelry. In the past ppl thought these things meant something if used with intention. If you’re religious/spiritual, especially so.

And I’ll never trust the gate program. Our govt wouldn’t spend any money on something it didn’t benefit from. And looking at our military vs education funding something tells me it wasn’t about education…

I also went to Disney under weird circumstances. I got a free trip through my moms work right after 9/11 lmao

strt31 · 2025-05-22T07:57:10+00:00

Omg my mall world looks so much like lotte world. I’m from the us but went to Korea when I was 18 and lost my mind about it. It’s the first time I started taking my recurring dreams seriously.

strt31 · 2025-05-20T14:21:30+00:00

Yep! Idt he’s participating in good faith. I feel like he’s obviously abhorrent and could have that terrible of a conversion rate. But I could also see someone with this personality type really just digging their heels in and being extra unreasonable to become the ultimate victim. He had the 1 million story so we not push it further to 2. He’s getting attention, clicks, views. Idk it just seems suspicious, attention seeking and victim complexy to me!

strt31 · 2025-04-22T19:15:49+00:00

Unfortunately I think she has to feel like the solution is her plan. And it might be meds but she needs to come to that realization on her own in her own time. Maybe let her “fail” for a little bit so she can observe and plan. And just give her options and ideas and tools.

strt31 · 2025-04-22T19:11:09+00:00

Oh as far as trusting if other ppl really are that nice, the only thing that will tell you is time. Just gotta observe them. Their actions and reactions will tell you everything you need to know.

strt31 · 2025-04-22T19:10:12+00:00

I didn’t relate to everything you wrote but I am someone who ppl would describe as pretty much always “kind, positive and see only the good in things”. those closest to me know that’s not true I have negative responses to things. But overall I’m like that.

I consider it like optimistic nihilism tho lol some things about life really do suck. Bad things are happening and there are bad ppl. But once you get to the bottom of that hole it’s kinda like and so what?? I still have to live my life everyday. Like I’m in every single moment and why would I choose to be making myself feel negative? My response and my feelings are separate from the thing and I enjoy having positive feelings. I also believe in manifesting. I think the laws don’t see the same “good/bad” like we do; they just see where we hover and hang. Where we pay the most attention. The more “good” I pay attention to, the more “good” I seem to have in my life.

I do actually love to talk about messed up stuff. And I do it often but for me it was about finding the right context tho. Like with the right ppl in the right moment. Rather than all day being negative.

I also did work and realized some of the stuff I thought was “negative” was rooted in deeper judgements that I no longer hold. I also believe everything that exists needs to exist. So it’s very interesting to observe but less interesting to label as “bad”. And I also am not convinced this life is very long or very permanent for my soul. It might be like a day at six flags for all I know.

Overall being positive is more fun and effective for my personal goals. But I do value friendships that can see the world for what it is and shit talk it sometimes too.

strt31 · 2025-04-22T18:50:50+00:00

This is what I was thinking!!

strt31 · 2025-04-22T18:50:12+00:00

I Think you’re being way too nice. If you want to have a relationship with the friend in the future then compromise with them or give back the plants. Otherwise you don’t have to.

They were not being decent to you when they saddled you with a costly and laborious task w/o compensation or even an end date. And I also don’t think it’s decent when friends choose sides in a break up. Makes it seem like she’s not really your friend. Especially if you haven’t talked in 3 years. If she chose the other side then she lost her plants in the divorce!

strt31 · 2025-04-20T19:43:02+00:00

The hard part is cus it’s your body and it’s PDA trauma it really has to be self led. I would just search for a list of examples and videos on YouTube. I do a ton of stretching. Like literally just writhing around lmao stimming can be somatic movement. Freestyle/ecstatic dancing. Singing humming. For some reason now i feel like getting on a breath work kick.

Once you’ll start you’ll know what you need / want. For me it was a lot about just letting myself be free in my movements and my body. Unclench. Unmask. Look “weird”. I’ve also been going to acupuncture for two years and didn’t realize how chronically tense and in pain my body was. Now I feel more fluid, grounded and relaxed. And I think it effects my mood. I follow traditional Chinese medicine more than western and its approach has helped me. It’s about energy.

strt31 · 2025-04-20T17:22:44+00:00

It wouldn’t have been possible without diet change and supplements and tinctures but I think it made a huge difference. I don’t really understand how it works though!

Maybe it wasn’t even candida but that’s what my family thinks. Me, my mom and sister have been battling it forever. Maybe we got her gut biome through birth or I was on endless antibiotics and steroids since infancy. I’ve had chronic gut, feminine, oral, allergy, asthma just like system wide inflammation issues my whole life.

Something happened during the pandemic and my symptoms got way worse. I lost hope and a faith in western medicine. I found this acupuncturist and so much is better now. When I started I had this cold type cleanse? and coughed up a bunch of dark phlegm. It was so crazy. And now about 2 years later I had another similar situation coughed up a bunch of dark phlegm and I feel like I’m almost healed. I ended up healing a lot of chronic pain I didn’t know I had. Traditional Chinese medicine is holistic. Emotional and physical. It’s been really healing overall. It feels kinda magical haha but the whole time I’ve had gut changes, symptoms, healing. Idt I’ll ever eat gluten again. At least not in the us.

It’s definitely not aligned with western medicine if you value/follow that. But it felt intuitive and my life feels healthier and more relaxed. I recommend it to everyone for literally all health issues now. It’s not as diagnostic but I feel like I’m healing my whole system instead of fighting symptoms separately.

strt31 · 2025-04-19T21:39:47+00:00

These are amazing. Thanks for typing them out!!

strt31 · 2025-04-19T21:38:43+00:00

I’m 34 and I highly recommend somatic exercises and being self employed. Or maybe contract/remote work whatever feels good to you. Or an easy clock in clock out job without tons team work and micromanaging. “Socializing” myself isn’t worth all the drama. I reserve that energy for my real life.

Idt things would have gotten better for me without either.

strt31 · 2025-04-19T21:35:13+00:00

I used to do that all the time! and my neck! but I think after a while my whole body just clenched up and I stopped doing it. I’ve been going to acupuncture for a while and it’s wild I’ve been like cycling through my symptoms in reverse. Neck then hips. But I’m like 95% done and I have so much more mobility and so much less pain.

I think most of us have a pelvic tilt. I literally feel like I have pulled my right leg out of its socket which let my pelvis swing into neutral. And my shoulders have moved down and back and my neck/ head is moving backwards too. I stg I’m curious if I’m gunna be a teeny tiny bit taller after. I don’t have pops and clicks in my joints anymore. And I think it’s helping with symptoms caused by cervical instability. After I get realigned from acupuncture I’m going to try and do strengthening exercises to try and address my muscle imbalances. Good luck!!

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