Hey /x/, i had a dream where i borrowed someones lighter. Then after i had lit up i knowingly pocketed it, stealing it from the original owner.
This has happened to me many times, but i don't steal lighters on purpose. Its accidental.
My question is, could my subconscious mind be stealing peoples lighters without my understanding? know what i mean?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleptomania
Bitch out your subconscious and it'll get better about this.
Not even joking. Go to your bedroom, sit on your bed, and mentally reply to the dream. Complain about it misrepresenting your intentions.
Think of the dream as an opportunity. Your dayside kleptomania can also be reduced this way if you throw in some complaints at yourself about not intending to steal lighters.
If you're alert enough, you can do this within the dream itself, and the impact on your personality is magnified if you do. Similarly, within dreams, you can negate a motive the dream imputed to you and (using this dream itself as an example) do something like immediately taking the lighter back out of your pocket to give it back.