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NIGHTMARE - 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.
NIGHTMARES : This site features hundreds of real dream interpretations. This page is an attempt to summarize each one of these. The page features many quotes. Each of these represents a single dream interpretation. These have then been grouped together. Therefore we can see what real issues may cause bad dreams and nightmares.
We all seem to recognise nightmares. Often we can have
scarey and violent dreams and yet we would not describe them as nightmares.
Yet other dreams may lack violence yet may be described as nightmares. The
best person to judge this is the dreamer. We have all had nightmares but what
type of real issues do nightmares tend to link to in practice? Obviously traumatic
events can affect you such as deaths of people close to you or accidents.
Many nightmares can link to a need to be aware of a risk such as mothers who
need to be aware that their toddler is starting to open doors and get into
all kinds of trouble. We take all kinds of risks and our dreams may be reminding
us of all the dreadful things that can go wrong such as the people we are
being rude to and offensive to may suddenly retaliate. Issues of trust are
also important. The inability to trust someone after they have clearly failed
to repay our trust is important. If have the strength to trust again then
we are clearly taking a risk(so risk is clearly important in that as well).
Nightmares can also result from changes in our life. The mind prefers to have
a settled environment and so it dislikes change.
QUESTIONS
to help you make associations(pick the one that makes most sense to you)
- Did you take some risk yesterday and not really realise just how serious the consequences may have been?
- Have you started to realise that things are about to change?
- Do you mistrust someone at the moment?
- Do you find it difficult to trust?
- Are you suffering a serious illness which has been getting you down?
- Are you wanting to do something that may have serious consquences?
KEY WORDS : Risky, making sense, illness, trust, change, abused, consequences
KEY PHRASES(Pick a quote which captures your feelings right now. Think especially
of the day before the dream) :
- "I simply am not finding it easy to deal with this. I cannot accept
what happened. It was so traumatic and so unfair"
- "Why did it happen?"
- "I have just realised that things are going to change"
- "I am starting to realise the consequences of it"
- "I feel so alone and simply do not feel accepted"
- "I know that the risk is small but things may go dreadfully wrong"
- "I am taking such a major risk"
- "I am totally aware of the danger I am taking"
- "Its so risky - I may lose him."
- "This illness is hideous. I feel such pain"
- "How could I ever be honest and tell him what I truly feel"
- "I treated him badly and I need to realise that he may fight back"
- "I would like to trust him but how could I ever trust anyone again
after what happened last time"
- "I simply cannot trust a word that she says."
- "I really do not feel I have enough confidence to do that"
- "I simply cannot trust what he says"
- "I have never had to face such a change before in my life"
DREAM WORK : Now write down some quotes that sum up your
thoughts and feelings right now. Concentrate on incidents the day before,
paranoia's and fantasies, health issues, challenges of the day ahead. Then
try to see where the words and phrases above appear in your quotes.
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SEE ALSO :
Attempt
: Distress
: Empty
: Excite
: Grab
: Halt
: Impatient
: Jump
: Nasty
: Nervous
: Nightmare
: Pain
: Panic
: Paralyse
: Pressure
: Protect
: Pull
: Push
: Rescue
: Safe
: Search
: Shout
: Silent
: Slowmotion
: Sudden
: Surround
: Torture
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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 type of issues do nightmares link with?
Nightmares can link to some recent traumatic incident that has affected
you. E.g.
"I am just beginning to realise how bad Hurricane Katrina was. I watched the
victims on TV but when I saw them I realised that it could quite easily been
me. This didn't happen in some far away country. These people were Americans
just like me. Its scarey". [Dream symbol - nightmare]
"My best friend died 2 months ago." [Dream symbol - nightmare]
Nightmares can link to some terrible dilemma. E.g.
"I am disappointed in him and have discovered alot of weaknesses he has that
I never saw before. I used to think so high of him and was so proud and now
I feel sorry for him and find him pathetic. This is why I haven't talked to
him. How do you tell the person you love that you think of them in this way?"
[Dream symbol - nightmare]
"I have just handed in my notice at work but I feel really guilty about leaving.
There is a serious staff shortage so I feel I have let the team and my friends
down" [Dream symbol - nightmare]
Nightmares can be warnings. They show that you need to change your ways
or be aware that others may retaliate towards you. E.g.
"I was absolutely hideous towards someone yesterday. I simply did not care
that I hurt him" [Dream symbol - demon nightmare]
Nightmares may reflect some changes in your life and a very unsettled outlook.
E.g.
"I think a lot of things in my life are out of control. I just broke up with
a very long term girl friend and moved out of our home. I am now living with
a friend while I sort stuff out with the rest of my life. " [Dream symbol
- clown nightmare]
"My father is ill right now . I fear that I may lose him." [Dream symbol -
nightmares]
"I have just moved out from home for the first time. I am not depressed but
maybe a little unsettled" [Dream symbol - nightmares]
"My sister has recently got engaged. I will really miss talking to ehr about
things. Also I feel as if all my mothers has concentrated all her attention
on my sister." [Dream symbol - nightmare]
Nightmares can reflect a need to listen to your intuitions rather than
view issues rationally. Some intuition may simply be too strong to be
ignored. E.g.
"I have got to sack one of my workers. I know that the most obvious person
is a disabled person and I now realise that I simply cannot sack her even
though its the logical decision" [Dream symbol - nightmare]
Nightmares can be linked to an inability to trust anyone. E.g.
"I am the emperor of china. I have had nightmares for years. I have had several
attempts on my life. One was linked to my mother. How can I ever trust anyone?"
[Dream symbol - nightmares of death]
"My boyfriend cheated on me last year and it absolutely destroyed me emotionally.
I am not sure that I can trust men any more" [Dream symbol - nightmare]
"I am worried that my mother is going to stay in Japan. She has done that
kind of thing before just left without saying anything. She simply moves to
another country and does not even tell me. I do not know where I stand" [Dream
symbol - nightmare]
"I am estranged from my mom because we did not get along. But she sent me
an email yesterday. I am not sure I want to get back together" [Dream symbol
- ghost nightmare]
Nightmares can link to some risk that you are taking. E.g.
"I got nightmares all the time when my husband was fighting in Iraq. The nightmares
ended when he came home. But then I had another nightmare when my husband
nearly got killed in a traffic accident" [Dream symbol - nightmare]
"My flatmate has a very bad temper. He has been violent in the past. I am
certain that he will never harm me but I can never be totally sure" [Dream
symbol - nightmare ]
"I hate going to work because sometimes I am so scared that I will be mugged.
Its a very dangerous area" [Dream symbol - nightmare]
Nightmares can relate to major problems in your life. E.g.
"I have just moved. People round here do just not accept me. I have tried
mixing in with the local population but they are simply not willing to let
me into their community. We just do not fit in. " [Dream symbol - nightmare]
"I have been left by my partner. Its the first time in my life that I have
been left alone" [Dream symbol - nightmares]
"I've had a lot on my recently and I'm under a lot of stress. " [Dream symbol
- nightmare]
Dreams can be linked to illness. E.g.
"I had been sick during the night. I muust have vomited whilst I was dreaming"
[Dream symbol - nightmare]
"I have got terrible toothache right now" [Dream symbol - asylum nightmare]
"I am overweight and sometimes i wake up numb in my limbs " [Dream symbol
- nightmare]
"The day after the dream I was very ill. The illness must have been building
up" [Dream symbol - vampire nightmare ]
Nightmares can link to major scares. E.g.
"I saw a man been carried into an ambulance yesterday. He had collapsed on
the street. For a few seconds he looked like a friend who I work with. It
was quite eerie" [Dream symbol - ghost nightmare]
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SAMPLE DREAM
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THE DREAM My husband was screaming and yelling and kicking all night
long. There was a sound of total terror in his voice.
THE REALITY The dreamer was one of the 14 survivors of the collapse of the
World Trade Center. He was a fireman in the stairway that survived the collapse
of the hundred story building. He was trapped for several hours before finally
getting out of the rubble. He returned home that night and watched the continual
coverage on TV.
THE INTERPRETATION There are roughly two types of nightmares. There are the
kind that make you aware of risks you are taking and dangers you need to be
aware of. Then there are nightmares which relive bad events and emotions.
Much of the dream will capture the immediate sense of horror and the need
to survive. The dreamer will just not be able to get the thoughts of his mind.
He would have relived the whole event in every detail. Yet there are also
important questions that need to be answered by the dreamer. Just why did
such a tragedy happen? How could anyone commit such an atrocity? In another
sense they also need to answer the question - when so many people died how
could I have survived the collapse of that building. Its a miracle. So many
dreamers are trying to come to terms with the traumas that they have faced
and the need to make sense and understand their situation. In just one day
this dreamer was taken suddenly from a quite sheltered lifestyle and thrown
into a major catastrophe. He then went home and watched the whole thing again
in slow motion replay on TV. Everything that went before simply could not
have prepared him for that.
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