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DREAM
DICTIONARY A to Z of symbols complete with essays on symbols in everyday real
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BASIC SYMBOLISM - DREAM
SYMBOLS : Basements
- Your boss
- Best friend
- Babies/pregnant
- Brothers
- Cafes
- Cars
- Castles
- Children
- Creative dreams
- Clothes
- Churches and cathedrals
- Deaths
- Demons,witches and goblins
- Dogs
- Drink and drugs
- Farms, gardens and plants
- Factories
- Fathers
- Faucets/taps/pipes
- Food
- Earthquakes and volcanos
- Foreign Countries
- Grandparents
- Guards
- Guns and knives
- Horses and animals
- Hauntings
- Hospitals
- Hotels + huge buildings
- Houses
- Locks
- Men(unknown)
- Military -
Money
- Mothers
- Monster
- Mountains
- Movies
- Music
- People
- Police
- Phone
- Politics
- Planes and flying
- Prison -
Rivers
- Rapists and intruders
- Railways
- Roads
- Schools
- Sea
- Sex
- Shops
- Sisters
- Skies in dreams
- Skyscrapers and tall buildings
- Snakes and spiders
- Space
- Sports
- Street
- Teeth
- Tidal waves
- Time
- Toilets in dreams
- Towns and streets
- Trees
- Water
- Weddings and engagements
- Windows
- Work
OTHER
SUBJECTS: external
causes of dreams : Music
in dreams :
Premonitions :
Telepathy : Specific
dreams :
Synonyms in dreams :
Children's
dreams and dreams about your child :
Recurring dreams CASE STUDIES :
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SCHOOLS : Schools are often quite negative symbols.
They show you realising that something is going drastically wrong or that
you have made a mistake in behaving a particular way. But they can also be
symbolic of harsh and difficult situations. They show you not really knowing
what to do. Often we get caught in situations where we really are not sure
how to react. They are about self control and the need to act appropriately.
KEY WORDS(Pick a quote which captures your feelings right now. Think especially
of the day before the dream) :
- "realising something is failing"
- "I learnt the hard way"
- "I cannot do it"
- "Its a harsh lesson to learn"
- "I did not know how to react"
- "I have got to learn what is best for me"
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COLLEGES : Often colleges and universities can be about the things
we think about before going to bed. They represent issues which we have developed
an educated and considered opinion after long and serious thought. Think about
the personal issues and the books and ideas that have stimulated your own
personal thoughts. Of course if you are presently attending a university it
is very possibly just symbolic of some issue regarding your life there.
KEY WORDS(Pick a quote which captures your feelings right now. Think especially
of the day before the dream) :
- "its really starting to interest me"
- "I think I definitely know what is happening now"
- "yesterday at college"
- "I had a good think about it"
- "I have my own ideas on this"
- "I feel my opinion is worth listening too"
TEACHERS : Schools are usually very negative symbols in dreams
but those which feature teachers may not be so negative. They show that you
have maybe spotted a weakness in your life yet you are aware of how to change
and address this. So think what lessons you have learnt in life recntly and
how you are attempting to change things.
In another sense you maybe trying to teach others in real life and offer the
best advice that you can. In some cases the dreams maybe about those attempts
to help others.
KEY WORDS(Pick a quote which captures your feelings right now. Think especially
of the day before the dream) :
- "He is a real role model"
- "I am ready to learn now"
- "I think I know what the problem is now"
- "He needs to learn"
- "how can I put across my ideas"
ESSAYS
Teachers
in dreams : A detailed essay on the symbolism of teachers using real dream
interpretations
Schools
in dreams : What do schools mean in real dreams
Universities
and colleges : A detailed essay on the symbolism of colleges
Dream
Dictionary : An A to Z of symbolic meanings with every meaning for each symbol
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DREAM STUDIES : Dreams of schools and colleges
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THE DREAM I am in a school. I get up to leave the class and suddenly
something very embarrassing happens. I act in a way that I tend to when nervous.
When I woke up I thought of a guy who had been irritating me the previous
day.
THE REALITY At work the dreamer occasionally sees a man whom really annoys
him. He is rude and the day before he acted in an especially obnoxious way.
The dreamer kept thinking all day about what he would like to do to this man.
How he would like to humiliate him with some clever 'put down' or to tell
him exactly what he thought of him.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I got really annoyed by this guy who really irritates me yesterday.
I want to really humiliate him because he is basically a petty individual.
But I have got to resist the temptation. It may backfire"
THE INTERPRETATION Often people 'get to us' in real life. They act in a very
obnoxious way and we cannot get them out of our minds. Often we may dream
about the incident. The dream will help to calm our minds down. Certainly
we often go to sleep and wake up to find some issue we cannot get out of our
minds has magically disappeared.
This dreamer wanted to humiliate the person who had been rude to him. He wanted
to draw attention to the persons weaknesses and embarrassing faults. This
dream drew attention to his own embarrassing faults. So perhaps the message
is that he needs to cool down and not resort to such extreme tactics. The
dreamer knew this all along but sometimes we get carried away by the feelings
of the moment. Behaving in a childish way by trying to humiliate others and
exploit their weaknesses will only result in the same being done back to ourselves.
The dreamer knew very well that this man he disliked had a tendency to behave
in an obnoxious way to many people. Then fault was clearly his and getting
drawn into his world would only result in being dragged down to his petty
level.
Symbolic Meanings
SCHOOL : "A lesson in life that we have learnt usually from the day before
we have to learn how to behave in trying circumstances"
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DREAM TIP : Often premonitions capture bad days in our lives. A dream
may capture emotions and situations we are about to experience on the actual
day of the dream. School dreams can occasionally be linked to premonitions
because they link with the harsh lessons we learn in life. So if something
bad happens on the actual day of the dream then think back to your dreams
the previous night. That dream may have captured that bad day before it even
happened.
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THE DREAM I saw my high school where I was standing in the queue to
deposit the fee of my son. As soon as I finish depositing the fee and turn
around the whole scenario changes and I find myself wearing a school uniform,
now I'm a student myself. I had just deposited my own school fee this time.
Everything seemed to be fine. I just walk out of the lobby of the school towards
the main gate where I meet HIM, he was his normal self only I was as young
as a 14 year. Old. I discuss with him about how our school needs a good teacher
and he can be just right for the job. That was the reason why I recommended
him to the school authority. I was just about to take him towards the interview
hall when I woke up.
THE REALITY The dreamer had a traumatic experience when she was 14 years old.
Since then she has not been able to trust men properly. Now she is very settled
as a person and has a very good male friend whom she trusts. She was thinking
about starting a relationship with him on the night of the dream.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I have never been able to trust men totally. I had a bad experience
when I was 14. But now I feel able to trust a man totally. I want to start
a relationship with a friend"
THE INTERPRETATION In life we learn constantly. Dreams about schools are generally
not about academic qualifications but about the lessons we learn. Mostly school
dreams are negative dreams which concentrate on harsh lessons in life that
we learn. This dream has a positive feel. So its likely that the lesson been
learned is a positive one. This dreamer has been unable to trust men. But
she is starting to believe that not all men are the same and some are good.
This is a lesson that she is learning.
The dream features a child and the dreamer is single and has no children in
real life. So the child represents a new part of her growing. Often when something
bad happens to us we need time to starts thinking in a rational way again.
Our mind can think in generalities and hence she dismisses all men as the
same. But here she is learning to distinguish between good and bad men. The
child probably represents her attitude towards men. She recommends the teacher.
This shows that she has strong views about how men should behave and that
these should be encouraged and nurtured.
The very fact that the dream takes us back to the traumatic period of her
life shows that she is leaning to think in new ways and has started to heal.
She is in school uniform so she is now ready to learn from her male friends
example.
Symbolic Meanings
GATE : "the dreamer is willing to open up some opportunity - in this case
she wishes to start a relationship"
HIGH SCHOOL : "learning something about yourself - the dreamer is learning
to trust "
QUEUE : "it takes you a long time to realise something"
TEACHER : "learning by someones example - looking up to someone - the dreamer
really has learnt trust from her friend "
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DREAM TIP : The link between dreams and the day before is very strong.
Try to first establish some association between dreams symbols and something
that has happened the day before. For instance , you may recognise some feeling
you felt during that day. If someone appears who you met the day before then
think of issues linked to them or people connected to them.
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THE DREAM - I am in a college type place . I seem quite alone. I at
one stage in a library. I follow the library / bookshop up the stairs and
I suddenly realise the stairs do not continue upwards. There is no upstairs
. I am then in a room. There is a guy in the room saying where he is having
lunch - in the college canteen. He thinks it is quite cheap and reasonable.
I am then in a room. There are some teenagers there . They are acting badly.
At one stage I am looking at the rooftops. I am moving into a position to
capture the rooftops with a photo. But I end up being surrounded by buildings
on all sides
THE REALITY The dreamer was a regular dream interpreter on the Internet. He
tried out a new site which was a specifically Jungian dream site. This was
largely a negative experience with people not really been receptive.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I tried out this new forum. But I was not given a very warm welcome.
In fact they seemed a little distant. But perhaps its my fault as I was basically
on a forum which holds different ideas on dreams than myself"
THE INTERPRETATION College dreams are often about ideas which have been forming
in your mind and are now definite views. In this case the dreamer felt as
if his participation on this new site was definitely not welcome. He was not
a Jungian interpreter and so felt as if his ideas were not welcome. The site
was closed to people who were not specialists in this field. He was not openly
rejected but definitely felt unwelcome.
The bookstore is probably symbolic of the sharing of ideas that the person
was hoping to experience. However, this library had no upstairs. The upstairs
in dreams is symbolic of the higher ways of thinking. In this way the lack
of an upstairs represents the way that new ideas were not welcome. The web
site was a specialist site for people who accepted the ideas of Carl Jung.
Any deviation from those ideas was not accepted or merely marginalised.
The teenagers were maybe a symbol of the dreamers feeling that he was a little
bit mischievous. Teenagers represent bad behavior and rebellion. In this case
this represented his own misbehavior. He felt he was maybe not welcome because
it was rather cheeky to participate on a web site which was for specialists
in Carl Jung. The dreamer did not fully accept these ideas so maybe felt as
if he was being rude taking part. After all the web site openly states its
focus.
Symbolic
Meanings
ALONE : "feeling isolated - the dreamer felt unwelcome"
BOOK : "ways of thinking - the dreamer felt that his ideas were not appreciated"
PHOTO : "picturing what people are thinking"
ROOFS : "principles - the dreamer disagrees with the principles and ideas
of the other people on the forum"
TEENAGER : "rebellious views and attitudes - the dreamer feels his presence
on the forum was perhaps a little mischievous"
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DREAM TIP : Dreams are like poetry. When a poet describes a beautiful
woman as a flower blooming in the full light of sun we understand the metaphor
he is using. Yet dreams often use metaphors and do not mention the subject.
They will simply show you the blooming flowers and you are supposed to work
the rest out. So for each symbol try to trace back to your waking life what
it could mean.
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THE DREAM I dreamt I was in my third grade classroom and I had the
blue bong in my desk. I was trying to hide it so Mrs. Shock wouldn't see it.
I was certain that she would because of the hole in the other side of the
book place. I don't know why I had a butter bowl or a vase of flowers in my
desk. But I was eight years old. I didn't even know what a bong was. I had
a vague idea about the origins of babies. I knew the bong would get me into
trouble if they found it, though. Strange. (The butter bowl was from the first
grade. The one I kept my modeling clay in.)
THE REALITY The dream took place in the wild phase of this dreamers life.
She was smoking pot and having sex. This was totally unacceptable behavior
in the community she lived in.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I have just started becoming sexually active. I am happy to be outrageous
in front of my friends yet sometimes its embarrassing if I get caught out
by more conservative minded people."
THE INTERPRETATION The teacher Mrs. Shock is the most obvious of synonyms.
It clearly links to something that is shocking. The dreamer had started to
behave in a shocking way and as a girl who had been thought of as very straight
laced and goody two shoes this was a major transformation.
Quite often when we start to behave in a very new way there are remnants of
our behavior and attitudes. We may act in a wild way when with our friends.
Yet when we meet family and other people within a close community we may revert
back to old styles of behavior.
Quite often when we start a sexual relationship it is obvious to intuitive
people that the relationship has become sexual. There are obvious signals.
This is what this dream is probably relating to. After all the dream was about
something that was obvious and yet the dreamer was trying to hide this.
As an old dream there is no very clear link to some incident as dreamers diary
does not mention this. But this would have been a recurring theme over a period
of weeks or months as the dreamer starts to show new behavior. It may link
to other people and their shock at the dreamers behavior. It may link also
to the innocent schoolgirl inside the dreamer. On the outside she is behaving
in a very sexual manner. Yet she may also be still very shy and also trying
to hide her nature.
As an old dream the specific trigger is forgotten for this dream. But it will
also certainly be a dream about the themes mentioned. But most dreams have
as a trigger incidents from the day before. So once the basic themes of the
dream are understood its good to go back and see what specific links to real
life there were from the day before the dream. In most cases dreams are about
feelings that are newly felt. They are about fresh feelings. So compare the
message form the dream to real life. The dream may also have been a premonition
in which case it is will link to freshly felt emotions probably from the very
day of the dream. Of course we will have themes running through our lives
and long term issues. But we will generally only dream about new feelings.
The dream is a school dream and so shows that she is learning a lesson in
life. If she starts to act in a shocking way then she is going to have to
deal with peoples reactions. The dream probably links specifically to sexual
activity. The flowers are also symbols of her blossoming sexual nature.
Indeed the very word bong is a very sexual sounding word.
Symbolic Meanings
FLOWER : "beautiful growth within your life - something is starting to work
- success"
HIDE : "hiding something embarrassing - the dreamer has been trying to hide
her own outrageous tendencies"
MRS. SHOCK : "the dreamer is coming to terms with her own shocking behavior
and sexual promiscuity"
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DREAM TIP : Always look for wordplays in dreams. Think about the names
of people and places that appear in your dreams. If you are in New York it
may refer to some new feeling within your life. If you are in Smallsville
it may be a wordplay on the word small and so think about what that could
mean. If you are going through the town of Effingham it may link to swearing
and so try to link that to some issue in your life. Song lyrics are also charged
with meaning so look how they relate to real emotions right now.
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THE DREAM - I am outside and there is a character from a soap opera
who is a teacher and another three young kids, one who is an actress in another
soap, who is called Haley. The teacher says "This is great - it is like we
are meant to be together"
THE REALITY The dreamer was the process of writing a report. He wanted to
put across some ideas in a popular and understandable way. She wanted them
to be accessible and cut across boundaries - rather than written in jargon.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I am in the process of writing a report. But I want to write this
in a clear and intelligible way and avoid jargon. I want to put some enthusiasm
into it."
THE INTERPRETATION The teacher in the dream(a grown man) was mixing with popular
young teenage girls. That represented the wish to bring ideas down to the
level of the average person. The teacher was mixing naturally with the students.
The three girls were also young and that often represents enthusiasm. The
teacher was much older and age often represents wisdom and experience. So
the dreamer was trying to meld together a sense of enthusiasm and strong and
wise ideas. Girls often represent openness to new ideas - females are more
open to communication and hence symbolise a willingness to listen to new ideas.
These were all characters from a soap opera and maybe represented how this
was a continuing theme that the ream was trying to concentrate on - it was
a serial within her life.
Symbolic
Meanings
KIDS : "wanting to write the report in an enthusiastic way"
TEACHER : "wanting to put across serious ideas"
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DREAM TIP : During the day we store up thoughts and feelings in short
term memory banks. Its only at nighttime that we integrate these new thoughts
into long term memory banks. Thats why many dreams link to new feelings and
thoughts and events that took place from the day before. So look at the highlights
of the day and also simply look at what your mind has been occupied with.
Its those new concepts and feelings that dreams are probably linked to.
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THE DREAM I was hanging out with this person who I felt was really
close like a best friend to me but when I looked at her face I didn't recognize
her at all. I felt really comfortable with her though. She introduced me to
one of her best friend's and then we all became close and before the first
girl (my friend) leaves she hugs me and I then talk to her friend which is
now my friend too. She tells me there is this guy who has a crush on me and
he sits on my bus. School bus. I'm a bit confused and asked her who and then
she introduces me to this friend of hers, (the guy who has a crush on me).
He says hello and things and he ask if I remember him and I say "I haven't
seen you around sorry. I don't remember you." He feels kind of bad and tells
me "Oh well I sat right across from you on the bus practically..." Maybe about
one seat behind. I'm thinking "Oh My God, I FEEL SO BAD!" Then I kind of smile
and look down and he tells me he has liked me for a while. I'm feeling even
worse now because now he likes me and remembers me and I just told him I didn't
even notice him! His name was like Dan, Danny, something with "DA..." sound
to it, but after that I woke up.
THE REALITY In real life the dreamer had recently been told by two guys that
they have crushes on her. One of the guys hasn't spoken to her since they
spoke. The other guy has continued to talk to the dreamer. At the time the
dreamer was currently in a year relationship so it was totally impossible.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I have got two guys who have crushes on me. I want to be nice to them
but I have a boyfriend so cannot date them. I want things to be friends with
them but they do not want that. I just cannot get the ideal situation."
THE INTERPRETATION Often we will dream about emotional issues and the resulting
dream will symbolise the very thoughts and thought processes that are going
through our heads. This dream clearly links to a real life issue of guys crushing
on the dreamer. The dream links to the way the dreamer is trying to find the
best possible solution and remain friends with these guys. She is clearly
trying to understand their feelings - empathizing.
Quotes are often of great meaning in a dream and the dreamer says "Oh My God,
I FEEL SO BAD!". That clearly shows that she realises how these guys have
feelings and are quite vulnerable. Understanding how they feel and working
through exactly what these guys are thinking is really what the dream is about.
Buses are often symbolic of shared emotions. In this dream the dreamer has
clearly experienced emotions in a situation which has involved her and the
two guys who have crushes on her. They are been carried along in common journey.
If the crush feels bad then the dreamer is clearly sharing those thoughts.
A best friend in a dream who you do not recognise is not a good sign. Friends
often link to a feeling of friendliness and an ideal situation which you are
striving for which will please everyone. Best friends who you do not recognise
symbolise the absence of such things. That is clearly the case since one of
the crushes has stopped talking to the dreamer.
Finally the dream takes place in school(well on the school bus). School often
symbolises a harsh lesson in life that you are learning.
Symbolic Meanings
BEST FRIEND : "an ideal picture of how things should be - the dreamers ideal
situation would be to get along with the two guys who have crushes on her"
SCHOOL BUS : "learning about other people and their emotions"
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DREAM TIP : Dreams are about conceptual thoughts which sum up our emotions.
For instance think of the quote "I wish my husband would try harder to get
along with my mother". Thats the type of thing that dreams deal with. Try
to think up such quotes which capture your feelings from yesterday. Then try
to establish links between these new feelings and the dreams symbols.
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THE DREAM I'm waiting for someone as a big school bus pulls up. My
daycare provider's adult son gets off and asks if I can help the driver get
his things. As I help carry boxes and containers to the kitchen (The kitchen
is barely lit by weak fluorescent bulbs, cramped and cold.) The bus driver,
a nice but unknown bland woman, starts unwrapping big foil trays of food.
She proudly shows me how she's pre-portioned Thanksgiving meals (much like
TV dinners) for us. All that needs to be added is the Turkey. (The food looks
bland and smells processed - canned vegetables, instant mashed potatoes, canned
cranberry sauce.) When she shows me the 'turkey' it looks like grey and dry
shredded meat in an oily-watery sauce. She confides in me that its actually
donkey but no one will really notice the difference. Although I am being polite,
inside I am crushed that I won't be able to show off my cooking and that I'll
have to eat what she brought.
THE REALITY The day before the dream the dreamer bought a frozen turkey for
the homeless shelter in which she worked in. This was for the thanksgiving
days meal. She was organizing this and felt that things were not progressing
well. She did not know who was intending to bring supplies.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I am organizing a Thanksgiving dinner for the homeless. I want this
to be special. I just fear that things may not go well. The event may get
into trouble. I am not sure who is bringing what. It hardly makes the planning
easy."
THE INTERPRETATION Well there are obvious parallels with real life here. The
dreamer bought a turkey for the homeless shelter she helps in. She was cooking
a thanks giving celebration in just a few days.
So its quite possible that the dream associates with this issue. So quite
clearly the dreamers obvious thoughts are about the need to get a thanks giving
dinner organized. This dream could quite easily link to that thought so maybe
its best to seek evidence to support this. This will at least see if this
is consistent with the dream.
Schools are often symbols of something going wrong. They show that you feel
something is failing. A school bus can symbolise a feeling that something
is on the way to being a failure. That certainly fitted the truth here as
the dreamer felt that plans were not fully in place.
Cold in dreams often links to a feeling that something is not progressing
well. That you are really trying to achieve something yet its just not working.
That certainly fitted the situation here. The cold kitchen linked to the lack
of solid plans and reliable help.
The day care providers son is a difficult symbol. Day care providers are symbolic
of helping vulnerable people. But quite often its difficult to know exactly
what a symbol means in practice. The dreamer depends on her day care provider.
She is a reliable and trusted friend who will always be a hundred percent
reliable. So maybe the dream associates with her in this odd way(through her
son) as a wish for some reliable help to organise this dinner for the homeless.
The dreamer wished for this event to go well. She really enjoyed helping the
homeless. She did not want to present a second rate dinner with a turkey which
was actually donkey meat. Perhaps she was polite in the dream because she
could not start laying down the law to other people helping. She could not
start insisting that people have to do what they promise to do. Its a charity
event and people will contribute what time and resources they wish towards
this. They will not take kindly to someone judging them for not providing
the contributions required to make the event go well. Her best strategy was
to simply be thankful for whatever was provided.
Its quite possible that the dream instead linked to the dreamer feeling some
self guilt. She was buying a frozen turkey for the homeless and actually hated
frozen turkeys. Its difficult to say. After all there is no conclusive way
to prove a dream links to one thing above another. Its only possible to suggest
ideas.
Another thought to consider is the way the dreamer is upset about not being
able to show off her cooking skills. She is a keen cook and enjoys making
good food. But making something that is sub standard maybe goes against the
dreamers own cooking principles. A person who takes cooking seriously knows
that good ingredients are essential and a frozen turkey is not going to produce
the best results. So maybe its not to do with guilt its just simply disappointment
at not been able to show her cooking abilities.
Symbolic Meanings
ADULT : "accepting responsibility"
COLD : "not much progress - the dreamer fears that people may not bring enough
food "
SCHOOL BUS : "something is on its way to being a failure - in this case the
dreamer needs help from others"
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DREAM TIP : When we lie awake in bed we worry and think over the problems
and situations in our lives. Yet when we wake up from our dreams we cannot
seem to connect day to day life with the strange images within the dream.
But in many cases the things we could not stop thinking about when we went
to bed are represented in symbolic form in our dreams. Look through the symbols
and see how they are relevant to thoughts on your mind.
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THE DREAM - I was in school and suddenly this girl placed all her
things in my locker without asking.
THE REALITY The girl in the dream was constantly taking liberties with the
dreamer. She was constantly been taken advantage of.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "She always takes advantage of me. My friends simply does not respect
me and takes liberties.
THE INTERPRETATION The dreamer dislikes others taking advantage of her. The
locker was her own private space and that was being invaded. So when the girl
placed things in her locker it was inappropriate. She just wanted to be asked
and have her own space respected. The suddenness of the act reinforces the
feeling that this was felt to be a natural thing to do - the dreamer felt
that in such a situation is should not be automatic
Symbolic Meanings
LOCKER : "your own private thoughts - a need to respect "
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DREAM TIP : Try to establish simple associations in dreams. If you
felt really tired in the dream and felt as if any movement was restructed
then try to think back to the day before and see if you can spot moments when
you felt those same emotions.
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THE DREAM I was with my younger brother (he’s 9) and I was following
him around the house helping me out making sure he brushed his teeth, did
his homework etc. So I tell him he has a class at 10 AM on Saturday. He took
a shower, but did not use any soap. Normally, if he had done this we (mum,
dad or me) would send him back. I just told him, not to take a shower again,
and go to class. But then mum comes in and she tells me to take him to the
bathroom so he could shower. I told my mum that he had already missed two
classes and if missed another he’s be kicked out and she looks at me.
I go to the doorway, look at the cupboard and it’s full of these different
types of soaps, shampoos and hair products which dad had brought from various
hotels. This happened in an apartment I had lived in like 3 years ago.
THE REALITY Many issues can be caused by day to day arguments. This is typical
as something happened the night before involving the dreamer , her mother
and her brother. So this is in someway safely linked to that. We just need
to understand the symbolism. So many dreams do link to the day before. So
if something big happens such as an argument you can usually expect a dream.
In real life her brother is annoying(typical 9 year old) and tends to drive
both the dreamer and her mother crazy. The dreamer is responsible for helping
him with his homework(partly because when her mother helps she gets driven
crazy). The night before the dreamer told her brother that she would not help
him because he has done that type of work before and was capable of doing
it. He just wanted help because he wanted his sister to do the work for him.
Later things got heated and the dreamers mother blamed the dreamer.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I was trying to help my brother. He has to learn. I am annoyed at
my mother because I was doing the right thing and got blamed. I was taking
my responsibility seriously. I did try to make a point to him and teach him
a lesson. I was not just been vindictive. I was trying to take my role as
teacher (homework supervisor) seriously. Yet this was disregarded by my mother.
".
THE INTERPRETATION The dream seems clearly linked to this incident the night
before over the homework. It kind of mimics what happened - that is typical
of dreams. In the dream the brother clearly does something wrong and it deals
with the reaction. The dreamer in the real life incident was trying to be
responsible. She was trying to show concern for her brother. She clearly saw
that he was trying to get her to do the homework. She wanted to make it clear
that he had to do his own homework. Her primary motive was concern for her
brother. She was doing the right thing yet she got the blame off her mother.
This is a typical issue to cause a dream. Its the sense of unfairness that
the dream captures.
Symbolic Meanings
BRUSH TEETH : "Just one example of the brothers inability to do things properly"
CLASS : "My brother has go learn to do his homework on his own when he can
do it"
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DREAM TIP : Dreams link to all our thoughts including our paranoias
and fantasies. So think back to the feelings you felt the day before and if
you were particularly caught up in your own emotions then the dream could
very much symbolise those exact thoughts.
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THE DREAM I've had two dreams with frogs in them. In the first one,
I was in a huge university setting, with lots of rooms and staircases, and
you needed to take specific staircases to get to certain floors, but then
I found myself outside in an enclosed fenced in area with a pond. In this
pond was a frog (single frog) sitting on a Lilly pad in the middle. In the
second dream, there was a frog trapped in a window well, and I looked at him
and he smiled at me and I told him I'd get him out of there.
THE REALITY The dreamer had been going through a lot of transitions lately,
and have been focusing a lot on trying to improve herself. She was wondering
what to do with her life and wondered if she was truly happy or just fooling
herself.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I have been thinking about my own situation recently and have come
to some conclusions. I am in a stage of transformation. I think things are
clearer in my mind now".
THE INTERPRETATION Ponds are symbols of your own personal emotions and this
dreamer was indeed thinking about herself and her own emotions. They show
you are thinking a lot about yourself.
But this dream matches reality in other ways very strongly too. Universities
are symbols of moments when we are thinking very seriously and making considered
judgments on our life in some way.
The staircase is connected to judgment. It symbolises how we are trying to
make up our minds or coming to some new conclusions. In this case it links
to her examining her own conclusions.
Frogs are classic symbols of transformation. They link to the dreamers own
need to change to her new life circumstances. She had had to give up work
due to ill health and this was affecting the dreamer as her work was very
important to her.
Symbolic Meanings
FROG : "a symbol of transformation"
POND : "The dreamers own personal emotions and thoughts about herself"
STAIRS : "Examining your own conclusions "
UNIVERSITY : "considered and careful thinking about issues in your life"
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DREAM TIP : If you were learning something new on the day before the
dream its likely that the dream may link to that. So think of some new task
which involved you learning new skills. Then the dream may simply capture
your strategies and thoughts about this new task.
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THE DREAM I was in a college somewhere. I was reading a book and said
that this was a good book. I was wanting to go to the staircase and stand
where all the girls would see me with my new baby. I then was involved in
a fight with a man. I said that I was not going to fight him.
The book in the dream reminded me of my report I have written at work. It
is the culmination of several months intense research. The report was written
in a similar font and layout style.
THE REALITY The dreamer had just completed a major work project. He felt the
ideas in his research were good ones. He was pleased with himself and wanted
to show off his skill and knowledge. He had also put in a lot of effort frequently
and wanted to slow the pace down.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I pleased with the research I did at work. I feel proud of myself
and want to show off my newly acquired knowledge. I also want to slow down
a little as the work has put a strain on me. "
THE INTERPRETATION Colleges and books can link to the dreamers own work and
the learning he has put in towards this. He was pleased with his finding and
was emotionally attached to his results. We often describe a work project
as 'our baby' and in this case this was something that hew had taken great
care with.
The fight at the end shows that the dreamer was not willing to engage in a
struggle now. He felt he had put in a lot of effort at work and wanted to
take things at a little more of a sedate pace.
In the dream the dreamer felt the book reminded him of his report at work
and the research he had carried out. Such an association really clinches the
dreams meaning. These associations do not happen by chance. The dream was
definitely about his work project and his feelings about its finish.
Symbolic Meanings
BABY : "the dreamer had become emotionally attached to his work project
and took great care with it - it was 'His BABY' "
BOOK : "the dreamers own work and work project - well thought out "
COLLEGE : "the dreamer feels he has improved his own knowledge at work"
FIGHT : "The dreamer turns down the fight "
IMPRESS THE GIRLS : "the dreamer feels proud of his efforts and wants
to show off his new skills "
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DREAM TIP : Try to think of dream symbols as words. Think of schools
in dreams as representing the phrase 'learning a harsh lesson'. Then try to
write down a few quotes which capture all major issues and in particular things
that took place the day before. Think of quotes like "I have got to learn
to control myself. There is this petty guy at work who seems to draw me into
arguments", or "I am planning my holidays right now. Maybe I should try looking
on the Internet", or "I have been getting some bad headaches recently". Now
look at these quotes again and see where the phrase "learning a harsh lesson"
seem to apply. In practice schools may link with several words or phrases.
Work through all of these different words or phrases and see which has the
best connection.
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CONTACT : If something big happens in your life then take special note
of any dreams that you have that night. Its almost certain that any dreams
you have will link to that big event. If you have any such dreams then please
feel free to e-mail me at hairybobby2000@yahoo.co.uk (please try to give as
many details as possible about what happened and what your feelings were towards
this).