I wonder how these kinds of dreams are affected by dealing with the underlying anxieties.
I remember having the "naked in public" dream in the past. I've also had a fair amount of body shame for most of my life.
But after getting in better shape and spending time on nude beaches and in the occasional (mixed gender) nude sauna in the last few years, my body shame pretty much disappeared. I now feel almost no self-consciousness from being naked.
I can't recall having a single "naked in public" dream since getting more comfortable with my body.
Getting in better shape did make it easier, but I think just being naked around others and seeing that no one really cares that much what your body looks like is the more important ingredient.
I guess it's a form of de-conditioning. We've been trained to expect this extremely negative response from others when we take our clothes off. Doing it over and over and receiving no negative response whatsoever seems to eventually alter the expectation.
I remember having the "naked in public" dream in the past. I've also had a fair amount of body shame for most of my life.
But after getting in better shape and spending time on nude beaches and in the occasional (mixed gender) nude sauna in the last few years, my body shame pretty much disappeared. I now feel almost no self-consciousness from being naked.
I can't recall having a single "naked in public" dream since getting more comfortable with my body.