Bears
To see a bear in a dream represents an aspect of yourself that is aggressively independent or that doesn't like to share. You or someone else that likes to do things all on their own. Not liking other ideas or other people interfering with you. You or someone else that is impossible to compromise with. An overbearing possessive attitude that puts itself first.
Negatively, the bear reflects possessiveness, an overbearing attitude, or unhealthy loner tendencies. You or someone else that doesn't want to share anything or do anything with anyone else. You want something all to yourself or to monopolize something. A fierce desire to have something all to yourself. Alternatively, a bear may reflect a problem that makes nobody like to be around you or an issue that make socializing impossible. Grumpy attitude. An intimidating control freak in your life.
To dream of being chased by a bear represents may represent an aversion to someone else's possessiveness, jealousy, or unwillingness to share. It may also represent a fear of being alone or being noticed by yourself. Problems taking time off work or fearing your boss.
To dream of being attacked by a bear may reflect feelings about conflict in your life with a dominant jealous person. Feeling attacked for your independence. Feeling attacked by someone who wants to steal your ideas or freedom. Feeling attacked by someone who doesn't want you to have friends. Feeling attacked by someone who doesn't like you have financial freedom. Feeling attacked by a jealous partner or family member. Fearing yourself being forced to be alone. Conflict with someone who thinks they are better than you are. Conflict with someone who doesn't like you owning or controlling property. A powerful greedy person who doesn't like sharing with you and will attack you with all their strength to avoid having to share with you. Terrifying jealousy of you. Overbearing selfish parents or authority figures.
To dream of a black bear may reflect feelings of fearing someone who doesn't want to share with you. Excessive feelings about wanting to be alone or monopolize a situation. Excessive need to have all the attention, importance, or power to yourself. Excessive selfishness that wishes to scare people away from sharing.
To dream of a brown bear (grizzly bear) represents behavior that is aggressively independent and doesn't like to share while not needing anyone else's help. Aggressive independence that doesn't like to share and wants other people to go away. Behavior that's more aggressive than other people about not wanting people around.
Example: A young man once dreamed of a brown bear trying to attack him in his bedroom. In waking life, he was very depressed and was thinking about being alone for the rest of his life. In this case, the brown bear may have reflected his depression temporarily making him aggressive about being alone while feeling that he didn't want people around him.
Example 2: A teacher often dreamed of seeing bears. In waking life, he had a tendency to dominate conversations and to discourage anyone else from having an opinion. In this case, the bears may have reflected his own aggressive and possessive attitude towards controlling discussions and not allowing others to share their ideas or perspectives.
Example 3: A man dreamed of bears attacking him. In waking life, financial problems forced his wife to work longer hours and he didn't like being unable to completely support her financially. In this case, the bears may have reflected his feelings of being attacked by the aggressive independence of his wife having to work.
Example 4: A woman dreamed of being attacked by a bear. In waking life, she felt that discussing her rape made it impossible to be around the people she loved. In this case, being attacked by a bear may have reflected her feelings about the reactions from people after discussing her rape making her emotional and aggressive about deserving to be alone and not talk to people again.
Example 5: A woman dreamed of a brown bear that was calm. In waking life, she had a nephew who was on life support and close to death. In this case, the calm brown bear may have reflected her feelings about her nephew's medical problem being impossible to compromise with because he had to be left alone in a sensitive state while being close to death.
Example 6: A young man dreamed of a bear's head being decapitated. In waking life, he was afraid of joining the military because he believed he couldn't deal with being shouted at a lot or ordered around. In this case, the decapitated bear head may have reflected his feelings about discontinuing thinking about joining the military which he felt would be too overbearing about never allowing him to think independently or do things on his own the same way ever again if he joined the military.
Example 7: A young boy dreamed of seeing a bear with a human face. In waking life, his little brother had been killed in a car accident and he was forced to go to therapy to discuss it. In this case, the bear with a human face may have reflected his feelings about not wanting to discuss anything about himself with a therapist and aggressively keeping all his private thoughts to himself in a civil manner.
Example 8: A young man dreamed of being attacked by a bear. In waking life, he had a very jealous father who wanted to keep total control over his life. In this case, being attacked by a bear may have reflected his feelings about his father about his father's aggressive possessiveness and overbearing nature, making him feel attacked and unable to have any independence or freedom in his own life.
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