Dream Analysis
Jun. 5th, 2004 11:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beandelphikiI had a little dream last night, where me and a bunch of other people I didn't recognize upon waking were going to an old abandoned building (a warehouse? a farmhouse?) to perform some ritual sort of surgery.
I was cutting off a finger. A girl was adding a finger. Someone else was also cutting off a finger - it was all about our fingers. One girl managed to sew an extra finger to one hand, so she had 7 fingers on that hand (she'd had six originally.) I didn't know if I could go through with cutting my finger off. Too painful. (I also had some weird round disks stuck to my feet? ...Like poker chips.)
Also, we were sacrificing some huge beasts to do this, including a T-rex, which woke up when we poured blood all over its face, and started to lumber around in the other room where we were keeping it. It was chasing the girl who poured blood on it's face, and she was trying to fend it off with a hammer. We were terrified, of course, figuring it would come after us. Then I woke up.
This dream has been driving me nuts, because something keeps screaming at me that it was IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! - especially the fingers. What about the fingers, something about the fingers. Except I don't have a clue what the finger thing meant.
So I was desperate enough to consult a dream dictionary, although these things always struck me as silly:
Non-relevant parts of interpretations left out:
Fingers
To see your fingers in you dream, symbolizes physical and mental dexterity. They indicate manipulation, action and non-verbal communication.
To dream that your fingers are injured or have been chopped off, denotes your anxieties about your ability to accomplish some demanding task or perform in some waking situation.
Dinosaur
To see a dinosaur in your dream, symbolizes an outdated attitude. You may need to discard your old ways of thinking and habits.
To dream that you are being chased by a dinosaur, indicates your fears of no longer being needed or useful. Alternatively, being chased by a dinosaur, may reflect old issues that are still coming back to haunt you.
Blood
To dream that you are bleeding or losing blood, signifies that you are suffering from exhaustion or that you are feeling emotionally drained. It may also denote bitter confrontations between you and your friends. Your past actions has come back to haunt you.
Red [the blood again]
Red is also the color of danger, shame, sexual impulses and urges. Perhaps you need to stop and think about your actions.
Hammer
To see a hammer in your dream, signifies power, strength, virility, and masculine attitudes. It also symbolizes growth and construction.
To dream that you are using a hammer, signifies successful accomplishment in a task at hand. Alternatively, it suggests that you may be dealing with old demons and inner battles.
House
To see a house in your dream, represents your own soul and self. Specific rooms in the house indicate a specific aspect of your psyche. In general, the attic represents your intellect, the basement represents the unconscious, etc.
[...]
To see an old, run-down house in your dream, represents your old beliefs, attitudes and how you used to think or feel. A situation in your current life may be bringing about those same old attitudes and feelings. Alternatively, the old house may symbolize your need to update you mode of thinking
Feet
To see your own feet in your dream, symbolizes your foundation, stability and sense of understanding. It signifies your need to be more practical and sensible. Keep both feet on the ground. Alternatively, it represents mobility, independence and freedom. Perhaps you have taken a step in the right direction and are contemplating your goals or your next step. The sole of the foot may be a pun of being or feeling like the only support of some person/situation.
Poker
To dream that you are playing poker, suggests that a situation in your waking life requires strategy and careful planning. You need to think things out before carrying out your actions.
Stranger
To see a stranger in your dream, symbolizes the part of yourself that is repressed and hidden.
Wow. Lots of arrows pointing the same direction.
I also spent some time looking through interpretations of things I remember showing up frequently in my dreams. Evidently, the vast majority of my dreams are gloomy, pessimistic and hinting of repressed fears, anxieties and hurts. I also charge through life and wreck relationships willy-nilly.
They didn't seem like bad dreams to me, but according to this, I never have happy ones.
I was cutting off a finger. A girl was adding a finger. Someone else was also cutting off a finger - it was all about our fingers. One girl managed to sew an extra finger to one hand, so she had 7 fingers on that hand (she'd had six originally.) I didn't know if I could go through with cutting my finger off. Too painful. (I also had some weird round disks stuck to my feet? ...Like poker chips.)
Also, we were sacrificing some huge beasts to do this, including a T-rex, which woke up when we poured blood all over its face, and started to lumber around in the other room where we were keeping it. It was chasing the girl who poured blood on it's face, and she was trying to fend it off with a hammer. We were terrified, of course, figuring it would come after us. Then I woke up.
This dream has been driving me nuts, because something keeps screaming at me that it was IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! - especially the fingers. What about the fingers, something about the fingers. Except I don't have a clue what the finger thing meant.
So I was desperate enough to consult a dream dictionary, although these things always struck me as silly:
Non-relevant parts of interpretations left out:
Fingers
To see your fingers in you dream, symbolizes physical and mental dexterity. They indicate manipulation, action and non-verbal communication.
To dream that your fingers are injured or have been chopped off, denotes your anxieties about your ability to accomplish some demanding task or perform in some waking situation.
Dinosaur
To see a dinosaur in your dream, symbolizes an outdated attitude. You may need to discard your old ways of thinking and habits.
To dream that you are being chased by a dinosaur, indicates your fears of no longer being needed or useful. Alternatively, being chased by a dinosaur, may reflect old issues that are still coming back to haunt you.
Blood
To dream that you are bleeding or losing blood, signifies that you are suffering from exhaustion or that you are feeling emotionally drained. It may also denote bitter confrontations between you and your friends. Your past actions has come back to haunt you.
Red [the blood again]
Red is also the color of danger, shame, sexual impulses and urges. Perhaps you need to stop and think about your actions.
Hammer
To see a hammer in your dream, signifies power, strength, virility, and masculine attitudes. It also symbolizes growth and construction.
To dream that you are using a hammer, signifies successful accomplishment in a task at hand. Alternatively, it suggests that you may be dealing with old demons and inner battles.
House
To see a house in your dream, represents your own soul and self. Specific rooms in the house indicate a specific aspect of your psyche. In general, the attic represents your intellect, the basement represents the unconscious, etc.
[...]
To see an old, run-down house in your dream, represents your old beliefs, attitudes and how you used to think or feel. A situation in your current life may be bringing about those same old attitudes and feelings. Alternatively, the old house may symbolize your need to update you mode of thinking
Feet
To see your own feet in your dream, symbolizes your foundation, stability and sense of understanding. It signifies your need to be more practical and sensible. Keep both feet on the ground. Alternatively, it represents mobility, independence and freedom. Perhaps you have taken a step in the right direction and are contemplating your goals or your next step. The sole of the foot may be a pun of being or feeling like the only support of some person/situation.
Poker
To dream that you are playing poker, suggests that a situation in your waking life requires strategy and careful planning. You need to think things out before carrying out your actions.
Stranger
To see a stranger in your dream, symbolizes the part of yourself that is repressed and hidden.
Wow. Lots of arrows pointing the same direction.
I also spent some time looking through interpretations of things I remember showing up frequently in my dreams. Evidently, the vast majority of my dreams are gloomy, pessimistic and hinting of repressed fears, anxieties and hurts. I also charge through life and wreck relationships willy-nilly.
They didn't seem like bad dreams to me, but according to this, I never have happy ones.
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Date: 2004-06-05 01:47 pm (UTC)Earlier this year, I dreamed I strangled a stranger to death. Heh. Wonder what part of my repressed self I killed off?