When it comes to dreams, people always naturally attach a layer of mystery to them. The ever-changing world of dreams is the labyrinth of our subconscious, hiding our deepest desires, fears and needs.
What would happen if there was a machine that could record your dreams and connect them to other people's dreams?
In the world of the movie "Paprika ", in order to treat mental illnesses of modern humans, the Institute of Psychiatric Medicine in Tokyo developed a machine called DC Mini that can reflect individual dreams. Dreams are presented on the monitor, making it easier to find the crux of a person's anxiety and cure it.
However, a storm struck. Someone stole the machine and wanted to destroy all the patients in their dreams. The members of the research team had to sneak into the victims' dreams to find the terrorists, and plunged into an adventure where dreams and reality intertwined.
1 A series of bizarre dreams
Dreams are a bridge that connects the problems faced by the dreamer and the goals he wants to achieve.
As a police chief, Fenchuan is treating his anxiety disorder through DC Mini. In his dream, his therapist is a passionate and playful red-haired girl named Paprika.
Under the spotlight, he was trapped in a cage, fell and adventured in the jungle, chased fugitives, and couldn't catch the murderer in the twisted corridor... Fenchuan and Red Pepper experienced a bizarre dream. In Fenchuan's opinion, the corridor dream that best displays the crux of his anxiety should be related to the unsolved case that troubles him at work.
But the situation of the second meeting between the two was not in line with his expectations: the unnatural look when talking about movies, the inability to take steps in the movie city, it seemed that his nightmare was subtly connected with "movies".
Red Pepper's real identity is Atsuko Chiba, a genius psychiatrist who is indifferent and rational. On this day, news came that three DC minis were stolen. What is worrying is that because the research has not been completed, the thieves can invade the user's dreams at any time. The research team of
dc mini consists of five people: the director, doctor Chiba, researcher Koyamauchi, designer Tokita and his assistant Himuro. The chairman of the institute is an old man who is paralyzed and needs a wheelchair to move around.
After this incident, the chairman, who had already had a negative attitude towards the development of DC Mini, once again made accusations. During the conversation, the team leader suddenly became extremely excited and confused. He rushed out of the building from a high altitude and luckily landed on a tree. Save his life - he was the first person to have his dream invaded.
In the dream, he was sitting on the throne of a gorgeous and fanatical procession, walking slowly along with weird music. The face of the kimono doll next to him suddenly changed into a human face. It was the face of team member Himuro.
2 In the dream, I killed myself
The robot pattern on researcher Tokita's clothes brought clues. Chiba and others found the abandoned amusement park that appeared in the dream in reality, but saw Himuro falling from the sky and falling to the ground. The ice room that was invaded by DC mini and lying in the ward seemed to be just a cover, and the mastermind behind the scenes was still hidden in the darkness.
At the same time, because another colleague who was invaded in the institute fell from the building and injured someone, Sheriff Fenchuan also came to investigate. Meeting his former friend, the group leader, the casual conversation of "I really miss my student days when we could talk about our ideals" evoked Fenchuan's inner feelings that he had deliberately buried.
Fanchuan had a panic attack while driving home. Chiba transformed into a red pepper and entered Fanchuan's dream. Fenchuan struggled to avoid the elevator on the 17th floor, but all the floor buttons turned to 17 and lit up in an instant. The door opened, and this time Fenchuan arrived at the end of the corridor, only to find that he was the one who fired the gun, and he was also the one who slowly fell down due to the gunshot.
Dreams are the key to opening the door to the subconscious. In his opinion, it was himself who gave up on his dream when he was 17 years old and killed himself who once persisted in his dream. The plot of 's self-betrayal was staged, causing Fenchuan to move towards self-loathing.
3 Breaking the fog in intertwined dreams
During the conversation, a fanatical procession entered Fenchuan's dream, and different dreams began to merge.
In order to find a solution, Red Pepper once again entered the ice room dreamland. After passing through layers of mazes and dilapidated streets, she arrived at the core of the dream, only to find Himuro lying on the ground like a dilapidated and empty shell, with the huge face of the chairman suddenly appearing beside him.
The real man behind the scenes was revealed. The greed of the chairman and the jealousy of Xiaoshanuchi who loved Chiba made everything happen.
At this time, Fenchuan, who had witnessed all this in his dream, rushed into the screen with all his strength, and escaped into his dream with Red Chili Pepper. In the corridor on the 17th floor, he shot the fleeing villain, writing a perfect ending to his movie dream.
4 Use acceptance to accumulate the power to defeat the darkness.
Chiba finally woke up and found that the dream and reality had begun to be confused: the huge kimono doll in the dream appeared in the real street, and the fanatical parade marched into the real downtown district. People in reality also transform into entities of their deepest desires.
And the red pepper also appeared in reality as a real individual. In the past, Chiba always believed that he and Red Hot Chili Peppers were not one, and kept the two images separate. At this moment, looking at Tokita who was trapped in a dream and unable to wake up, Chiba could not leave him alone. The cold shell of self-restraint was loosened. Chiba, who finally faced the true feelings in her heart frankly, got the answer: the passionate and free Hong Pepper has never been a clone that needs to be suppressed. No matter which side he is, he is his true self. Instead of caring about the evaluation of others, he should choose to accept all of himself. She resolutely chose to save Tokita.
The huge chairman climbed out of the pit and instantly sucked away all the light in the city. At the critical moment, Qianye merged with the red pepper, turning into a pure and true child between reality and reality, opening himself up to tolerate everything, absorbing all the chaos, and the whole city finally regained its tranquility.
1 The courage to break the inferiority complex
When a person encounters a problem that he cannot solve but firmly believes that he can solve it, he will show an inferiority complex. When individuals do not have the courage to make changes through hard work or growth, and cannot accept their incompetence and worthlessness, they overcompensate by immersing themselves in a false sense of superiority .
In the eyes of outsiders, the chairman is undoubtedly authoritative, powerful and confident. However, he is half-disabled and has a strong desire for a young and healthy body. Therefore, he deliberately maintains his authority by pursuing absolute control over dreams. Deal with your inner inferiority complex.
As an important researcher at the institute, Koyamauchi felt that no matter how hard he tried, he could not catch up with Chiba's ability. At the same time, he admired Chiba in his heart, but Chiba only favored Tokida. In the dream, Koyamachi's self-declaration of "I am a special person" is the embodiment of his superiority complex against his strong inferiority complex. However, when the things that trigger inferiority are mentioned, this false sense of superiority disappears.
Everyone has varying degrees of inferiority complex in their hearts. Inferiority itself is not a bad thing. Adler believes that inferiority complex can become an opportunity to promote efforts and progress. It’s just that when we don’t work hard for it, but only seek a kind of self-comfort, or even force ourselves to have a sense of superiority, problems in life will only continue to follow us, and the feeling of inferiority will become stronger.
Changing oneself requires courage: the courage to face the problem squarely and the courage to be down-to-earth. Believing in the ability to face difficulties and solve problems in life is the only way to build self-confidence and the only correct way to deal with feelings of inferiority.
2 Write the ending for the unfinished movie
Unfinished events refer to past situations that have not been fully resolved or completely bridged by individuals . The core problem is that the individual cannot accept what happened, fails to express inner feelings or take action, or Unable to resolve inner conflicting reactions to events.
When he was young, Fenchuan had a fanatical pursuit of movies and agreed with his friends to become film directors together.But Fenchuan, who believed that his talent was not enough, gave up his dream and became a police officer; his friend passed away due to illness after being admitted to film school and never contacted Fenchuan again. The dream and friendship related to the "movie" came to an abrupt end and became Fenchuan's nightmare.
In the face of unfinished events, we can improve our awareness of our own emotions, feelings, and thoughts, so as to keenly discover our own unfinished events. This is the first step in change. Then, you can look for opportunities, create situations, express emotions or take action. Just like Fenchuan writes an ending for his unfinished movie in his dream, will carry out the unfinished events to the end, thus letting go of the baggage and moving forward.
3 Renewed in Self-Acceptance
Self-acceptance is not self-affirmation. Self-affirmation means that you can't do it clearly, but you hint to yourself that "I can do it" or "I am strong"; while self-acceptance means that if you can't do it, you honestly accept "you can't do it" and try your best to achieve what you can. Work hard in the right direction and don’t lie to yourself .
Compared with Paprika, Chiba has a lot of self-restraint: she restrains her emotions and has difficulty facing her feelings for Tokita frankly; while Paprika is passionate and free, and can follow her imagination in dreams and fly freely.
Chiba initially did not accept Red Chili Pepper as a part of herself, but in the process of recovering DC Mini, Chiba gradually realized that her true self was not a one-dimensional existence, but a complex entity containing multiple aspects. .
We can neither discard nor replace the container "I". For Chiba, Red Hot Chili Pepper is not only an identity, but also the strength and resource deep in her heart. Only by truly accepting and integrating this part, and honestly accepting yourself as you are, can you gain true freedom and growth.
Red Pepper's adventure journey has come to an end. She is like a guide, guiding us to explore our inner world and find the path to our true self. Not seeking value in terms of "being different from others", but seeking meaning in terms of "maintaining oneself", this is true individuality. Hopefully we can all allow ourselves to be who we are.
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