(04-04-2010, 09:27 PM)SlaKe! Wrote: Post dramatic trauma,
do you have a fear of dogs?

(04-05-2010, 10:46 AM)Whizdom™ Wrote: This could either be a subconscious manifestation of you newly acquired fear of dogs or this could mean something else entirely. I had a dream once that I was bitten by a snake and thought it meant I had a fear of snakes, only to find out that when interpreted it means that someone close to you is going to betray you. I looked up your dream on a few websites and have included what I think to be a good piece of information here in a spoiler.

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Depending upon how the animal in our dream is presented, and what it is doing, dream animals represent our fundamental drives such as the fear reaction, flight or fight response, aggression, need for food, urge to breath, sex or procreative drive, parental urges, drive for recognition or dominance in groups; survival drive; love of offspring; spontaneity; home building.

As such the animal can portray your relationship with the fundamental life processes in you. Dreams depict these processes as intelligent and responsive, not just as chemical actions and reactions as modern medicine so often does. Therefore our conscious attitudes influence these fundamental living processes in us - processes that maintain health, digest, beat our heart, rebuild damage and fight infection. Negative feelings or attitudes can cause these 'animals' is us to despair or lose motivation, and thus lead to depression or illness.

Animals are one of the most frequent of symbols that appear in dreams. Because we see them in so many ways, such as the cunning or trickery of the fox or coyote, the strength and mystery of the elephant, the loving fierceness of a lioness with her cubs, and the almost unconditional love dogs give us, the animal in our dream can express a very wide spectrum of meaning or feelings.

Because we project these characteristics onto animals, we may occasionally dream of an animal to represent the feelings we have about a person. An attacking dog for instance may be used to depict how we see someone who is being aggressive toward us.

Thus dream animals are complex symbols, and there are many shades of meaning in animal dreams. Some animal dreams for instance display personal need for affection, desire to be touched, or the need to care for another creature and thus feel needed. Others are about our sexual needs or desires. Some display ways that we enter into or avoid love. Because of these huge variations, the long commentary at the end of the individual description of animals, given as Animals as Dream Figures, has been added to help awareness in looking at such dreams. Each animal is also given an entry, as the character of the various animals suggests different things to us. Pets, for instance, have given to each of us very different experiences. We therefore have very personal associations and feeling responses to pets we might dream about. Also see Animals in Your Dreams. Source: http://www.dreamhawk.com/animald.htm

(04-05-2010, 10:57 AM)Ŵ ĩ ļ ĺ į ā м. Wrote: Maybe if you talk about your happenings with someone, it will help this stop.. Like a parent, or counselor.

(04-05-2010, 09:22 AM)Omniscient Wrote: I had a similar experience when I was a teen. I was a paperboy and the meanest rotweiler attacked me. For weeks I had nightmares and I was scared to go near that house. I've never liked dogs much and to be honest I have a lot of experiences where dogs just get on my nerves.

This probably isn't helpful because I've never overcome my dislike for most dogs. Especially ones that bark or jump on you. I find them highly annoying.

As for the nightmares. Just try to empower yourself in the dream where you kill the dog. Weild a sword and butcher it.