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answer
all sorts of questions about the
scene,
as if the dreamer had before him a
picture
of the dream for review. If only
selected
visual images are associated with
the
memory for the dream, and the dreamer
cannot
scan the memory image to pick out
additional
detail, then the visual category
should
be rated "1."
Color (C): See previous discussion of color
recall.
Positive
Emotion (E+):
If you do not recall feeling any positive,
pleasing
or supportive emotion score the
dream
"0." If you recall from the content of
the
dream that you felt such positive
emotion,
but you cannot now actually expe-
rience
that emotion as you recollect the
dream,
score "1." If when you recollect the
dream
you can still experience the feeling of
the
positive emotion, score "2." If you
awaken
from the dream in an especially
good
mood, it is very likely that you can
trace
this feeling to something experienced
in
the dream, for which you can score the
dream
"2."
Negative
Emotion (E-):
The same scoring system applies, except
in
this category we are dealing with
negative,
upsetting and frightening
emotions,
and other feelings that are
unpleasant
to experience.
Sounds (So):
A variety of sounds and noises sometimes
occur
in dreams, often related to a particular
activity
in focus, sometimes as background:
the
crack of a bat in a baseball game, the
cheers
of the crowd, sounds of nature,
music,
the breaking of glass. If sound does
not
figure in the dream as it is recalled,
score
the dream "0." If you recall hearing
sounds
in the dream, either as background
or
accompanying a particular action, but you
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