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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.

GUARDS : Guards are not easy symbols to explain in full. They have several usages. The word guard is often used in several ways and thats the same case with guards in dreams. Guards can symbolise protection of the weak. But they also refer to your need to control your own worst tendencies - be on your guard. Often we act in reckless or irresponsible ways. Guards may symbolise the need to spot the signs.

QUESTIONS to help you make associations(pick the one that makes most sense to you)
- Has someone been trying to over protect you?
- Have you been a little reckless recently and need to be more on your guard?
- Did you feel unprotected and vulnerable in some way yesterday?

KEY WORDS : Careful, reckless, overprotect(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) :
- "I have got to be careful or I will ..."
- "I behaved recklessly"
- "things got serious for me"
- "he didn’t support me at all"
- "they will overprotect me"
- "feeling undervalued"

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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 guards in dreams?

Guards can symbolise people whom protect you. E.g.

"I had a dispute at school yesterday but my friend offered me no support whatsoever. I do not know if I want to continue my friendship"[Dream symbol - hide behind friend who is a guard][the dream on which this quote is based upon is featured in full at the end of this article]

"My family tend to protect me from others but sometimes I feel its necessary to stick up for myself - after all they cannot be there all the time"[Dream symbol - security guards wander off]

Guards can symbolise caution and the need to be careful. Maybe you are aware of some of your own worst tendencies. E.g.

"I have got to be guard against going totally crazy - being unemployed just drives me insane"[Dream Dictionary - soldier guards hangar]

"I have got to be careful not to test my manager too much as he fired someone the yesterday"[Dream Dictionary - arrested by security guard]

Guards can symbolise defensiveness and people on an emotional guard. E.g.

"I am feeling undervalued and defensive"[Dream Dictionary - guards on fortress wall]

"My friend is so difficult to talk to now - he is so much into human rights"[Dream Dictionary - friend surrounded by three guards]
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SAMPLE DREAM : Dreams generally link to some real issue of relevance to you right now. They may capture your feelings on some health issue, work problem , relationship in difficulty , your feelings about how things are generally going, your plans for the day ahead or some simple paranoia or fear. The dreams featured in this website will try to reduce the dreams meaning to a quote which captures your current feelings on some issue. When studying your own dreams try to think what quotes could capture your own feelings on pressing issues. Think especially of the day before the dream and your thoughts about the day to come.
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THE DREAM I was killing people by throwing knives at them. But my friend was like a guard. I would hide behind her and when the people I were to kill were looking for me, I would half pop out and throw knives at them and kill them. At one point in the dream the people told her to move and she wouldn’t, like she was protecting me.

THE REALITY The night before the dreamer had a mini argument with her friend in the dream. She spoke to her about something which upset her earlier that day at school. The dreamer told her friend that she barely knows her. Yet her friend gave a confusing reaction in that she gave no reaction at all.

DREAM ANALYSIS It is amazing how often dreams link up to the day before and some feeling on your mind about events that have just happened. So when it is clearly shown that something happened the day before its worth looking through the symbols to see if they correspond in some way to the thoughts going on in your mind.

This dreamer felt that she was not understood by her friend and was not offered support from her. Its interesting to ask the question - just how would such thoughts actually be symbolised in a dream? Its not an easy thought process to put into dream symbols.

Well lets have a look!

The dream features the friend acting like a guard. Guards are a symbol of protection. Clearly that could link up to reality as the dreamer wishes for her friend to support her and help her in the troubles in life.

People in dreams often link to issues involving behavior. They ask questions about how we are acting or how other people are acting. Thats clearly a relevant symbol here as the dreamer was confused by her friends behavior. It was clearly inappropriate behavior for a loyal friend.

Symbolic Meanings
GUARD : "The dreamer wants help and support from her friend"
KILL : "a wish to kill off some behavior "
KNIFE : "the dreamers issues and disputes at school"
PEOPLE : "the dreamer is upset because someone is acting inappropriately"
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