DREAM DICTIONARY : This dream dictionary is based upon hundreds of real dreams and has been meticulously researched. However, the only person who can truly identify the cause of a dream is the dreamer. Use the questions and quotes on this page to help you find out what has triggered your dream.

ATTACK : Attacks in dreams often represent strong emotions. They can symbolize the attacks which people make upon us with critical and abusive comments. They can represent obnoxious people or a recognition of our own unpleasant tendencies. In a positive sense they can represent moments of boldness when we are taking the world on. In a more abstract sense they represent the attacks on our body as we suffer from ill health.

QUESTIONS to help you make associations(pick the one that makes most sense to you)
- Where you thinking about a very unpleasant or obnoxious person yesterday?
- Have you been thinking about or talking about illness?
- Do you tend to be imposing and forceful?
- Did someone make any critical comments about you yesterday?
- Was somebody abusive the day before the dream?
- Do you think the dream could be a premonition of some terrible event?

KEY DREAM DICTIONARY WORDS critical comment,obsessed,forceful,abusive,pressurized,unpleasant,illness,blamed,bold

KEY PHRASES(Pick a quote which captures your feelings right now. Think especially of the day before the dream) :
- "I was really STRESSED"
- "I have had a terrible time"
- "I have been OBSESSING about it"
- "I am going to be BOLD and take on the CHALLENGE!"
- "I was thinking about him - he is really UNPLEASANT"
- "He always BLAMES me"
- "I think this was a premonition of something bad that happened"
- "His health is really declining"
- "I have been thinking about my ILLNESS"
- "I was ill yesterday"
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- "It could have gone drastically wrong"
- "I heard some very CRITICAL COMMENTS"
- "He was very ABUSIVE"
- "I have been too FORCEFUL AND IMPOSING"
- "He has been PRESSURIZING me"

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ESSAY : What is the symbolic meaning of attacks in dreams?

Attacks in dreams may represent premonitions of horrible events and emotions. E.g.

"This dream was a premonition of the 9-11 attacks"[Dream dictionary - men attacking]

"I dreamt about it and told my friend who said she had just watched the event on the news"[Dream dictionary - suicide bomb]

Attacks may represent some physical illness that you have been suffering from or thinking about. E.g.

"My brother in law is in the final stages of cancer. He used to be so healthy yet now he has lost all his vitality and is barely alive." [Dream dictionary - cats attack]

"I have a tummy bug" [Dream dictionary - wild kittens attack me]

"I think I am strating to overcome my ill health. I was beginning to think that I was cursed by illness" [Dream dictionary - attacked by a witch]

Attacks may represent some general stress . E.g.

"I have been very stressed out" [Dream dictionary - kidnapped and attacked]

"I have had an awful month. I just want to scream! I feel abused by the world!" [Dream dictionary - Man tries to attack me]

"I kept obsessing about remaining calm yesterday" [Dream dictionary - whale attacks]

Attacks may be symbolic of boldness . E.g.

"Everyone is telling not to set up a business but I will not be discouraged" [Dream dictionary - I attack snakes]

Attacks may be related to difficult relationships and unpleasant people. E.g.

"I was talking about my boss yesterday. I have been off with maternity leave so I forgot had bad she is" [Dream dictionary - we attack coyotes]

"My mother caused so much bad feeling" [Dream dictionary - Missile attack]

"I am having problems with my husband at the moment. Whatever I do he still starts a fight. Its always my fault!" [Dream dictionary - attacked and assaulted]

Attacks maybe linked to some risky behaviour. E.g.

"I know I should not have a relationship with a married man. In fact I am a hypocrite. I could have easily been found out yesterday." [Dream dictionary - attacked by some young boys]

In a similar sense attacks may represent worries about how bad things can get. E.g.

"I have ended my relationship but we still have occasional sex. But really I have got to stop seeing him or I will not heal at all." [Dream dictionary - python doesn't attack but need to get away from it]

"I was just getting paranoid about her leaving but it was just for no reason." [Dream dictionary - attacked by aliens]

Attacks in dreams may be symbolic of critical comments made by you or others. E.g.

"I read her diary and read some really hurtful comments about me" [Dream dictionary - attacked by shark]

"He sent me an abusive email" [Dream dictionary - man chasing and attacking us]

Attacks in dreams maybe linked to your own admission of your own faults - that you are too forceful or imposing. E.g.

"I know I tend to IMPOSE ideas on others." [Dream dictionary - pub attacked by group of scousers]

Attacks in dreams maybe linked to your own response towards abusive behavior that you have come into contact with. E.g.

"I work in the area of family violence and these recent murders in my city have left me feeling anxious for my clients. I feel that there is a lack of an appropriate response to family violence in North America."[Dream dictionary - pub attacked by group of scousers]

Attacks in dreams may represent pressure placed on you by others. E.g.

"My boyfriend worries so much about my eating habit's. He keeps PRESSURIZING me."[Dream dictionary - pub attacked by group of scousers]

Attacks in dreams may represent sudden changes in our circumstances. E.g.

"Things have all changed at work. There is a new manager. I am just wondering if he will start to interfere with my department. He has not shown any indication so far."[Dream dictionary - President killed in terror attack]

"I cannot accept that my relationship with my boyfriend is over. I know I have to move to a new state with my parents but there must be some way of continuing the relationship."[Dream dictionary - school attacked by alligator]

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DREAM TIP : Try to think of dream symbols as words. Think of actors in dreams as representing the word "pretending". Now write down some phrases which capture your current feelings. E.g.

"I am upset with my sister after she messed up my computer"

"I hate having to perform this new task at work. I do not feel confident but I am trying to at at least pretend I know what I am doing"

"I have injured my shoulder and need to let it rest"

Now work through those quotes and see where the word "pretending" seems at all relevant. If there is a strong connection then the dream may link to that very issue. Next try the same process with other symbols in your dream.
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SAMPLE DREAM
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THE DREAM - I was being protected by SAS special forces. There was one man as protection and just one man chasing me. We were chased up a mountain and the man chasing us attacked the protection and then turned on me.

GUESSWORK The previous day the dreamer was sent an offensive email from a someone. The person who sent the email was very unpredictable and vindictive. The dreamer felt that he would be protected by others around him but he was not completely sure.

The "Guesswork" stage of interpreting a dream involves spotting issues likely to cause dreams. For help with this click here

ASSOCIATIONS AND SYMBOLIC MEANINGS
1. The dreamer was being attacked. This could represent any form of personal attack in real life. The dreamer had just been sent a very nasty email by someone. The email is almost certainly about this.
2. The dreamer has protection in the dream (the best in Special Forces). This represents the belief in the dreamer that other people would protect him if this offensive email actually tried to attack him in person. The only place they were likely to meet.
3. The attacker overcomes the protection. This represents the real life fear that the emailers unpredictability could spill over and he could be capable of anything.

DREAM ANALYSIS The dream seems to linked to the personal attacks the previous day. It covers the following themes.
- A personal attack
- A belief that people will defend him
- A worry that this vindictive attacker may take matters to any length.

Together the dream captures these real thoughts "I know he is out to get me. He will not be able to get to me in the only place we are likely to meet because the people there will defend me. But there again who knows what he is possible of!"

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METHODS : For a full explanation of the methods used in this dream study CLICK HERE
Below you will see a series of quotes. Each quote represents the meaning of a particular dream(these are all dreams where the meaning is understood totally). For instance one dream may have meant that the dreamer was having trouble at work. In that case the quote may simply be "There is a bad atmosphere at work". Some information is included about which dream symbols were included in the dream(within the squares brackets). Often a sample dream is included which shows you how the dream interpretation was reached.
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