| abandonment |
if
you were neglected as a child, these dreams could contain
references to your parents.
abandonment may represent a lack of guidance in your life.
could be a result of the death of someone you relied on.
the neglected one in the dream may signify a neglected
part of you, like drive or ambition. (ackroyd) |
| abdomen |
represents
our most vulnerable and vital area. most of our vital
organs are housed here. dreaming about your abdomen
could mean that are scared of being hurt down the very
core of your being. (pliskin)
may
represent sexual feelings.
represents unconscious telling you to follow your instincts.
for women, dreaming about the abdomen may be a message
to have children.
physiological cause - gas, indigestion, etc.
if abdomen pain occurs in the dream, it may represent
an unwillingness to accept something in your life. (ackroyd)
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| abyss |
represents
anxiety toward impending danger.
symbolizes bottomless unconscious.
may signify death in order to get you to look at life
in another way.
the neglected one in the dream may signify a neglected
part of you, like drive or ambition. (ackroyd) |
accident
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if
you are accident prone, this may reiterate your worries
about your proneness. (ackroyd) |
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if
it's someone you know, you may be harboring hidden resentment
toward that person, no matter how close they are to you.
(ackroyd) |
| alien/unfamiliar |
encountering
something unfamiliar in a dream may represent a part of
your psyche that is unfamiliar to you. identifying the
alien will help you to realize what part of you is missing,
and then you can begin to integrate it into your conscious
self.
travelling to a foreign land represents an exploration
of the undiscovered parts of your unconscious. (ackroyd) |
| angel |
if
the angel is good, offering blessings and protection,
it symbolizes something in your psyche that can overcome
obstacles and propel you towards happiness.
if the angel appears evil and makes you feel uncomfortable,
think of it as something within yourself that will erupt
and cause problems if you do not acknowledge and try to
fix it. (ackroyd) |
| anger/abuse |
expressing
anger in dreams (ie. hitting someone) could mean that
you are holding on to your anger and not finding a healthy
way to release it and resolve it. (pliskin)
your
unconscious is telling you that harbor unacknowledged
aggression and are not acting upon it properly. (ackroyd)
people
with terminal illnesses may dream about killing someone
to express their anger (pliskin)
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this
could mean that you were a victim of past abuse, feel
guilty about something you did, or are trying to surpress
yourself so you don't surpass the image of someone more
successful than you whom you are close to (pliskin)
you
are in a situation, be it at work or at home, that is
threatening to diminish or destroy you, and you must
get out of that situation immediately. (ackroyd)
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animals
(try looking up specific animals, e.g. cat) |
represent
the wild and untamed aspects of yourself (pliskin)
freud
believed that dreaming about animals represented hidden
resentment towards one's parents. (ackroyd)
dreaming
about an animal with a particular aspect, like shyness,
could represent someone you know with a similar aspect.
how you react to the animal in the dream shows your
feelings toward that person. (ackroyd)
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the
animal represents a controlled instinct that will come
back to haunt you until you accept it. (ackroyd)
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either
changing completely into an animal, or having animal
parts could express primitive urges that you are hiding
from society (sex, aggression) (pliskin)
if
your pet had just died, dreaming about becoming that
pet is a way of compensating for your loss (pliskin)
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a
more dramatic representation of society controlling
the expressions of your instincts. (ackroyd)
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you
have been ignoring something inside yourself for the sake
of propriety (pliskin) |
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symbolizes
need for controlled expression of instinct, society
controls your actions. (ackroyd)
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| arms |
we
use our arms to do things, so they represent creativity
and usefulness. pain in the arms may represent feelings
of incompetence or low self-esteem. (ackroyd) |
| authority
figures |
dreaming
about authority figures from work or school refer back
to our parental authority figures (pliskin) |
| awakening |
dreaming
of awakening from sleep may symbolize a new awareness
that you are just acknowledging or need to acknowledge.
(ackroyd) |
