Reply #6: Good analogy!!

[crikkett]

I read this and thought, "bingo!"

On edit: I had to come back to add more. I can apply this to the many shapes and names my own dream-monsters have taken on over the years. Funny how the answer can sometimes be so simple.

Of course conformity is terrifying, it means giving up choice and individuality***, succumbing to another's definition of reality and taking on values that aren't your own. I just never consciously thought of conformists as monsters before. This was an important realization for me.

Thanks, BlueIris.

***not to be confused with giving up ego, which many people from many religions believe is the way to enlightenment.