When we asked the dreamer to also examine her dream from a yin/yang approach for

psychological perspectives, she said:

I asked myself, “What is a yang emotion?” because in the dream something yang is trying to
make its way through something narrow. I saw the following emotional states as being yang:
creativity, joy, excitement, and anger. I took each one and said, “Something creative is trying to
make its way through a narrow passage; something joyful is trying to make its way through a
narrow passage; something exciting is trying to make its way; something angry is trying to make
its way.” It then resonated with me. The dream was speaking to me about difficulty experiencing
joy. The yang joyful energy in my life was being obstructed by something very yin and narrow. I
recognized that my thinking at the time was narrow, and one-way. I was entertaining a lot of
negative thinking at the time.