FIGHTS : To understand a dream symbol you need to think deeply about the emotions that you feel. What happens in a fight? Well its a very personal struggle, its a highly involved struggle between two people. If dreams symbolize our emotions then what do fights represent? In practice our dream studies have shown that fights link to heated arguments and confrontations. It could be just your minds way of thinking over some confrontation from the day before. One dream occurred just after the dreamer had been trying to resist someone's ideas at work. So he was 'fighting' against the opinions of others.

Fighting in dreams can have a much more abstract meaning. Often fighting dreams will occur when you have been working hard on some work project. It shows that you have been putting in a hundred per cent effort. One dreamer had a fighting dream just as he was completing a major project and so the dream was really about the completion of this - he was thinking about how he had enjoyed the struggle and was wondering what he would do with all the spare time.

Several fighting dreams occurred at times when the dreamers had been feelings resentful. One had thought he was undervalued. So it seems that fighting can symbolize resentment. So fighting was a symbol for the effort he had to put in to gain recognition. He was literally fighting against the negative opinions that people had of him.

QUESTIONS to help you make associations(pick the one that makes most sense to you)
- Did you feel particularly frustrated or resentful about how someone was acting yesterday?
- What people are you really trying to resist right now?
- What epic struggles are you currently devoting lots of energy and effort too?

KEY WORDS :Proving yourself, confront, struggle, resisting, resentment, failure(write down some quotes that capture your key feelings on issues that have been dominating your mind. Then see if any of these words could appear in those quotes)

KEY PHRASES(Pick a quote which captures your feelings right now. Think especially of the day before the dream) :
- "they just do not recognise my abilities - its a constant STRUGGLE to prove myself"
- "I hate it when things do not turn out right!"
- "Why am I always a failure!"
- "a need to CONFRONT him"
- "I just cannot stop thinking about it"
- "I cannot accept it"
- "it was an epic STRUGGLE"
- "having to put all my energy and EFFORT into it"
- "fighting and STRUGGLING against something"
- "I just do not want to do that - I am RESISTING it as much as possible"

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SEE ALSO : Killing : Knives : Deaths : Police : Unknown men : Guns : Drowning
DREAM STUDIES : Guns,knives and Fights : Rapes and intruders : Police : Guards : Unknown men : Deaths : Fighting
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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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ESSAY : What is the symbolic meaning of fights in dreams?

Fighting is often symbolic of aggression within your mind. So just try to think back to the day before the dream. Where was that aggression in your mind. It maybe associated with some resentment such as annoyance that someone ignores you. Look also for arguments and bureaucratic delays which upset you the day before. It maybe that you were just very irritable the day before.

Fighting can suggest that you are encountering injustice or extreme frustration in your life. That things are not going right. They may be related to issues regarding low self esteem. E.g.

"My former boss just ignored me. He always thought he was superior. It was really annoying and leaves me with a sense of low SELF ESTEEM."[the dream on which this quote is based upon features in full at the end of this article]

"I am realising that I am not the type of person who employers would consider to be ideal. Its something I am FIGHTING AGAINST. "[Dream interpretation - Dreamer was a skeleton fighter in a RPG game]

"I was really ANNOYED at how my ex boss treated me. He just ignored me. He just thinks I am a failure. That's just not the right way to act."[Dream symbol - Fighting group of men]

"I have found out my ex boyfriend was lying to me for ages. Its something that really gets to me and I CANNOT STOP THINKING about it"[Dream interpretation - fighting]

"My boyfriend just dumped me and I hate seeing her with him. Its something that I am having DIFFICULTY ACCEPTING"

Fighting may suggest that you are trying to combat something in your mind. You are trying to overcome feelings inside you. E.g.

"me and my boyfriend have both been divorced so we are a bit doubtful about getting serious"[Dream interpretation - boyfriend fighting with ex]

"I have been trying to combat the constant boredom of being unemployed. I feel like I am about to go crazy. I then have to try to think of something to keep my mind occupied. "[Dream interpretation - Fighting zombies]

"I have to start opening windows on a nighttime because I really do burn up in the summer. But its something I do not want to do because I really fear burglars"[Dream interpretation - fighting burglar]

Fighting can suggest that you are openly expressing powerful emotions against someone you dislike. E.g.

"I have been trying to reason with her and calm her down. She is very passionate at the moment though and still is ANGRY for being kicked out of the club. " [Dream interpretation - Fight ]

"I have always HATED my step dad but now he has split up with my Mom I am feelings able to express that with my Mom. I am able to let go of all those bad feelings I have built up against him"[Dream interpretation - fight step dad]

"I am having to struggle with my neighbour who is constantly causing BAD FEELINGS. But I am scared of her so do not want to start an argument that I could lose"[Dream interpretation - fight tigress]

But equally the fighting may suggest you are fighting to control emotions and stay out of fights. E.g.

"I am trying to avoid getting drawn into an ARGUMENT between two friends"[Dream symbol - two animals fighting]

"My boss gave me a funny look the other day. I am wondering if I have done something to OFFEND her"[Dream interpretation - fighting with manager]

Fighting can link to struggles within your life and the ability to show great effort and determination with some work task or situation. E.g.

"I have been fighting an epic STRUGGLE to get this project finished. But now its over I will have to start to relax more"[Dream interpretation - Fighting man's boat sinks]

"I am having to meet TOUGH DEADLINES at work. Its a constant struggle"[Dream symbol - violence and fights]

"I tend to put a lot of effort and time into my work. I think I should slow the pace down. It may help me increase the quality of the work"[Dream symbol - refusing to fight a man]
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DREAM TIP : Dreams are about our feelings. Often dreams will be triggered by specific events. But we can also get dreams triggered by our own feelings. Sometimes we just want to feel sorry for ourselves. We may be depressed all day. Our dreams may reflect some imaginary feelings of resentment within us.
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SAMPLE DREAM
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THE DREAM I am in the old part of town. Much if the streets seem deserted. I then see boys who seem to be part of a gang. I know I am going to have to fight them. There was a general bad feel to this dream.

THE REALITY The dreamer had met her old boss the day before. She had visited her old workplace. She felt a bit annoyed because she did not receive the warm welcome she wanted. She felt a bit ignored.

DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer - "I felt really frustrated when I went back to my old workplace. I was virtually ignored. I tend to think of myself as being as an integral part of the team yet I felt really snubbed and a little worthless. It actually annoyed me a lot because I feel my boss never recognised me or my contribution."

DREAM ANALYSIS Often its able to see what a dream links to by the emotions in it. Often if you felt some bad emotions the day before they will played out in a dream. In this case the dreamer did recognise those same emotions when she woke up. She had visited her old workplace the day before and felt a sense of rejection. She was ignored by some old co-workers.

The dreamers old workplace is within the old part of town where the dream takes place. The deserted streets could symbolise the feelings that she was rejected by people whom she used to mix with in the past.

Fighting in dreams can often link to bad feelings. They can link to resentments and feelings of rejection. The dreamer wanted her former co-workers to recognise the progress she had made in her life. She just felt rejected especially by one or two whom she always felt thought they were superior to her. It was all probably in her mind as its a busy environment. But dreams capture how we feel about something not the reality. She felt rejected and that's what the dream captured.

Symbolic Meanings
MEN : "thoughts about general behavior - the dreamer felt generally rejected"
FIGHT : "resentments and frustrations - the dreamer feels rejected because her former co-workers largely ignored her "

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