We can have very different reasons for looking at out own dreams. I look at almost every dream I have, but then I know I'm in a minority. 

Out of curiosity, I emailed as many people as I could think of asking them what was their reason for looking at their dreams. I was really surprised at how many answers came back -- and the variety in them.

Here are some of the answers from my clients,  friends and co-workers.

Please feel free to email me with your own reasons

David

	"Dreams give me a view into the mysterious and thereby an escape from the tyranny of the ego"
	"for inspiration"
	"for insight beyond my reasoning ability"
	"'cause you wake up and they're engaging stories that you just want to think about."
	"they're about me and I'm fascinating"
	"to keep in touch with my soul and its work"
	"As a fascinating means to reach the subconscious"
	"My dreams indicate things to come, good and bad"
	"They tell me what to expect time wise and indicate my psychological state of the moment or future states, seeing as the conscious mind is only a small slice of the totality of who we are"
	"I like to get an inkling of what the other slices of the totality of my mind are up to.. or pointing the way to"
	"When I put my remembrances of dreams into words, I'm often surprised and delighted at the meanings and associations that unexpectedly jump out at me"
	"To gain insight into what things I'm ignoring or not paying attention to in my life that need attention, or that support what I'm doing"
	"Dreams can direct you into exploring other avenues you never considered"
	"I like the cryptic language of the subconscious, that you have to understand symbolic language to decode your dreams"
	"when you work as a group with the "if this were my dream format..." you not only learn about someone's inner life in a more intimate way than you normally would, you also learn about yourself and your projections"
	"I believe that I am working things out in another dimension that I am also processing here in this dimension, without certain physical body consequences"
	"The dreams indicate to me what is going on with me multidimensionally"
	"I'm learning to be a more discerning dreamer. When is it appropriate to look at my dreams, when is it more useful to understand them as more mind noise?"
	"How to find the golden nuggets among the sludge is the current quest"
	"Having done some of this, I see that looking at other people's dreams can affect how I look at my own, i.e., what questions to ask of myself about my dreams, or from what perspective to look at them"
	"Perhaps I can get a glimpse of what I'm trying to tell myself"
	"My dreams often distill all the noise for me and show me what I've really been dealing with"
	"I've often found my dreams to be much more direct and clear than my own decision process...hope it helps"
	"Why do I look at my dreams? Because sometimes they make me feel something, and I wonder about it"
	"I'm interested because they come from a level of me that I may not know about it, so they can tell me something I may need to know. Also they are fascinating"