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Elderly

To dream of elderly people represents experience or the wisdom to know better. Having "been there and done that." Re-experiencing a similar situation. Sound advice coming from experience. It may also reflect boredom with something you know too well.

Old women may reflect experience with supporting others or being screwed over. Old men may reflect experience asserting yourself or embarrassing others.

Alternatively, an elderly person may represent you feelings of being old.

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Father

To dream of your father represents your conscience, your ability to make positive choices, or choose between right and wrong. Dreaming of your father may also reflect your feelings about a decision you've already made or are considering. Feelings about someone with authority making decisions for you. Fathers in dreams can also symbolize your current feelings about him if you have issues with him that need to be dealt with.

Positively, dreaming of your father may reflect the decision to make a moral or positive decision. Deciding to stand up for yourself or feeling that a problem has gotten out of control and deciding to do something about it. Choosing to be realistic or practical.

Negatively, dreaming of your father may reflect decisions you dislike having to make. Feeling that you need to make a choice that doesn't feel good at all or one that will not benefit you or cause long-term problems. A decision to keep doing something that isn't a good idea. Letting someone with authority make decisions for you or that aren't in your best interest. Feeling that you've made a terrible decision or horrible mistake.

If your father is angry or sad in a dream it may represent your feelings or disappointment or frustration about how a situation turned out based on a choice you made. Being angry at yourself for having made a wrong or stupid decision. Alternatively, it may reflect anger with your father or anger towards yourself due to past issues with your father.

To argue or fight with your father represents an inner struggle in your waking life with choice. Internal conflict or debate with yourself over what choice to make. Struggling to stand up for yourself.

To dream of getting married to your father may represent feelings about permanent decisions being made. Negatively, it be a sign that you feel you will be permanently stuck with an undesirable situation if you make a certain choice.

If your father dies in a dream it represents moral decay. You have lost your ability to make positive choices, to stand up to problems, or are cold and uncaring in your decisions. No longer caring about your conscience or having to do the right thing. Feeling that other people with authority don't get to make decisions for you anymore. Alternatively, it may reflect failed decisions or choices that didn't work out.

If you father is dead in real life and appears in your dream he is most likely just a symbol for your conscience unless you have issues with your father from your past that you haven't dealt with.

Alternatively, your father in a dream may reflect a father figure, role model, or person that has authority over you such as a boss. Negatively, it may reflect feelings about someone totally controlling you or making important decisions for you that makes you feel less important.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing his father talking to his friend. In waking life, he was debating whether or not to call that friend on the telephone. In this case, the man's father may have reflected the man using his conscience to consider the choice about whether to call the friend or not.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of being unable to find her father. In waking life, she was felt unable to make the choice to confront people who were treating her poorly. In this case, the woman's missing father may have reflected her awareness of how difficult it was to make the choice to stand up to people.

Example 3: A man dreamed of biting his nails and anxiously trying to avoid his father's criticism for it. In waking life, he was very nervous about not upsetting his new boss. In this case, the father may have reflected his concerns about his boss being an decision making authority figure and the need for approval.

Example 4: A man dreamed of his father slowly sticking his penis into his anus. In waking life, he felt that he was close to make a decision that would totally screw him over in business. In this case, the father may have reflected own internal conflict and feelings of vulnerability regarding the decision, as well as the potential negative consequences he feared would arise from making the wrong choice.

Example 5: A man dreamed of his father telling him about alligators. In waking life, he made a decision that certain financial choices he had on his mind were too dangerous and needed to be avoided.

Example 6: A woman dreamed of seeing her father fall through thin ice into freezing water. In waking life, she decided to move knowing it was expensive and then began to experience financial problems. In this case, seeing her father fall through ice may have reflected her feelings of vulnerability and the potential danger of her decision to move, as well as her need for guidance and support in navigating the challenges that arose from her choice.

Example 7: A woman dreamed of seeing her father worried and anxious. In waking life, she was worried about not being assisted spiritually by her deceased father. In this case, the father may have reflected her desire for guidance and support from her late father, especially in times of difficulty or uncertainty to the point of being irrational.

Friends

To dream of a real-life friend represents a quality in yourself based on your most honest feelings about them. Ask yourself what qualities, memories, or feelings stand out the most about them and how that may apply to your own life.

Negatively, dreaming about real-life friends may represent conflicts, misunderstandings, or unresolved issues that are currently affecting you. Feelings of being left out, unsupported, or betrayed in some situations.

Alternatively, real-life friends in dreams may also represent your current projection of that person based on a current situation or conflict in your life.

To dream of having a friend that you've never seen before may represent feelings of support, assistance, and help being received in a new situation. A supportive or cooperative aspect of yourself. Your projection of a situation or arrangement that is beneficial to you. Feeling optimistic about enduring a problem situation. Unexpected help.

Negatively, dreaming about a friend that you've never seen before may represent feelings about needing help in a serious situation or being uncertain about whether you can survive a situation on your own.

To dream of a friend dying may represent your feelings about an impending change, loss, or failure of an aspect of yourself that feels good being supportive. Consider what qualities stand out the most about that friend and how that quality may be lacking or suffering in your life at the moment. Alternatively, seeing a friend dying may reflect your feelings about that person losing power or undergoing an unpleasant change.

To dream of a deceased friend may reflect the most apparent quality about them that stands out the most in yourself. Unless their death was recent or you are having issues with grieving the fact that they are dead in real life is most likely not significant to the dream's symbolism. Alternatively, dreaming of a dead friend may represent something good in your life that was lost and is now returning.

To dream of an ex-friend may represent a quality in yourself based on your most honest feelings about them when they were still a significant part of your life. Consider what emotions or memories are most associated with this ex-friend�whether positive or negative�and how these could be influencing your current feelings or situation. It could reflect issues of betrayal, loss, or unresolved emotions that are still affecting you. Lingering feelings of bitterness, disappointment, or being misled. A part of your life that you have outgrown or a reminder of a past conflict that still impacts your current emotional landscape. Lingering anger or sadness about the loss of the friendship. Guilt, regret, or nostalgia for the time spent together. Fear of repeating the same mistakes in current relationships or friendships.

Example: A man dreamed of walking beside a friend he had never seen before in real life who helped him walk up to a ledge and fly in the air at the last minute. In waking life, he felt that God had helped him make a major transition in his life. In this case, the friend may have reflected his feelings about receiving divine support during a challenging life transition.

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Grandfather

To dream of your grandfather may represent your conscience in situations that you have previous experience in. Your ability to make a decision or choose between right and wrong when you already have previous experience.

Alternatively, a grandfather may symbolize wiser choices or experience that overrides your own decisions. Grandfathers may also represents decisions made for you by someone smarter or more experienced than you. A decision to stop what you are currently doing because you feel it's in your best interest. Being objective about your own bad work or poor decisions.

Example: A woman dreamed of seeing her Grandfather showing her some beautifully crafted bookcases that were empty. In waking life she was beginning to think about making the decision to stop putting off her ambition to write. The Grandfather reflected the overriding decision to change her life towards writing from her current life.

Example 2: A man dreamed of walking with his grandfather and having a conversation. In waking life he was trying to decide what educational path he should take for his future. He was considering what was really best for him and what strengths would be best to develop.

Example 3: A man dreamed of his Grandfather screaming at him to wake up. This caused him to actually wake up from the dream. In waking life he had a serious medical condition that could kill him if he fell asleep for too long. The dream may have actually been a metaphor for experiencing God making the decision to wake him up from sleep to save his life. In this case the Grandfather would metaphorically represent God making the decision to wake him up, overriding his stupid decision to allow himself to fall asleep.

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Necrophilia

To dream of necrophilia represents feelings about yourself or someone else inappropriately enjoying others failures. Secretly enjoying someone else losing. Enjoying some area of your life that has failed because it's so important or enjoyable to you that you don't care if it's a failure. Eagerness to enjoy someone else being a total loser. Enjoying having the power to never be resisted or argued with by someone who has lose power. Enjoying others insignificance or stupidity.

Enjoying not having to fight for your goals. Excessive enjoyment of a situation that is finished. Excessive need for revenge. Awareness of yourself not caring about others feelings or respecting them. No concern for the quality of an experience because you are happy to experience your desires in even a pathetic manner. Enjoying an experience being too easy.

Tomb

To dream of a tomb represents a permanent reminder of something in your life that has changed or failed. Always noticing how powerful you used to be. Nostalgia for how great things used to be, remembering your youth, or noticing a great achievement from the past.

Negatively, a tomb may reflect feeling that you lost something perfect that you never get to feel good about again. It may also represent feeling forced to think about a big failure.

To dream of being trapped in a tomb may represent feelings of being unable to outlive or forget the past. Feeling stuck having to discuss or be reminded of how great you or someone else used to be. Feeling that nobody wants to know the current you or how your life is in the present. Feeling that you are loser that can't talk about something different ever again.

Example: A woman dreamed of walking into a beautiful tomb. In waking life she was looking at pictures that showed how beautiful she used to be before she had children. The tomb reflected the remembrance of how perfect she used to be.

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Trees

To dream of a tree represents an area of your life that is well-established or deeply rooted. A situation or problem that is immovable or unchangeable. Something that requires significant effort to alter or remove. Feelings of about an establish area of your life or roots with people that can always be relied on. Your confidence, faith, or reliance on something. Feelings about protection from parents or family life. A tree can also symbolize a well-established are of your life that you have become very comfortable with, or that you think will never change.

Negatively, dreaming about a tree may reflect an established persistent problem. An entrenched issue or problem. An enduring problem that is deeply rooted.

To dream of a tree being chopped down represents a loss of some established or secure area of your life. Often a symbol for losing parents, family homes, or jobs.

To dream of a tree being uprooted or ripped from the ground represents a dramatic change to a well-established are of your life that you thought would never happen or that you became too comfortable with. Feelings about parents selling a family home after you graduate school, people you rely on dying, or losing a sense security of deep-rooted connections or protection.

To dream of a tree trunk up close may reflect your emotional or situational proximity to an area of your life that is well-established. Experiencing an entrenched issue up close.

A dead tree represents a change to a stable or well-established situation. Either your confidence has been lost, or a difficult problem was solved. Feelings about total loss or that some well-established aspect of your life is lost. Feelings about a loss of confidence or that your life is ruined. Feelings about a thriving part of your life being lost.

To dream of a tree stump represents feelings about a significant change or a loss in your life regarding something established that you are learning to live without. The end of a phase, a loss of stability, or the remnants of past experiences that are still rooted in your life. This dream could reflect your thoughts about the importance of adapting, resilience, and moving forward. Taking a moment to reflect on your past. Grappling with feelings of regret or missing what once was. Alternatively, dreaming about a tree stump may represents an established persistent problem that you have overcome or made the effort to confront.

To dream of climbing a tree represents waking life situations where you are taking extensive steps to prove you can overcome, manage, or overtake a well-established aspect of your life if you have to. Alternatively, if you dream of climbing a tree out of fear or a need for safety it may represent a need to seek refuge in a secure, established area of your life to avoid failure or harm. It may reflect clinging or running to your family in order to avoid difficult problems.

To dream of walking on the tops of trees represents feelings of mastery, control, or transcendence over well-established areas of your life. You may be navigating over complex or long-standing problems with ease and confidence. This could reflect your ability to confront and overcome challenges, showing that you have grown past them and are now viewing them from a higher perspective. Bypassing necessary confrontations or evading responsibilities. Believing that your parents aren't important in order to feel that you are on top of something.

To dream of a tree top represents feelings about something established in your life that provides stability and protection. Parents, role models, or mentors who possess abilities beyond your own and demonstrate power or leadership, offering guidance and a higher vantage point from which to view life or problems. Power or leadership that either protects you or overshadows you. The tree top symbolizes a sense of security and the reassurance that you will never be considered inferior or insignificant in comparison to others.

Example: A woman dreamed of standing beside a tree and looking up at the stars. In waking life, she was struggling to renew her religious faith and was surprised when a friend wanting to practice faith with her. In this case, the tree may have reflected her feelings about her deep-rooted faith being a well-established aspect of her life that she could always rely on, providing a sense of comfort and security.

Example 2: A young man dreamed of seeing a tree being ripped from the ground. In waking life, he was shocked to find out that his parents home was going to be sold. In this case, the tree may have reflected his sense of home being permanent and established. The tree being ripped from the ground symbolized the sense of stability and establish homelife that was being quickly taken from him.

Example 3: A young man dreamed of climbing a coconut tree and dropping the coconuts to the ground while someone watched him. In waking life he was being accused of financial failure and had to take a number of long drawn out steps to prove that he was in fact financially secure. In this case, climbing the tree may have reflected his efforts to navigate and manage a complex and deeply rooted financial situation.

Example 4: A young man dreamed of seeing dead tress. In waking life he was very good-looking and developed a disease with caused humiliating baldness. He felt that his life was over. In this case, the dead trees may have reflected his feelings of a drastic change to a well-established aspect of his life - his appearances. His confidence and self-perception were deeply rooted in his appearance, and the sudden onset of baldness felt like the 'death' of this significant part of his identity, hence the symbolism of the dead trees.

Example 5: A woman dreamed of seeing trees getting chopped down. In waking life, her father died. In this case, the trees being chopped down may have reflected her feelings about losing her father's sheltering presence. His presence was a well-established part of her life that provided emotional security and stability, much like a towering, robust tree.

Example 6: A man dreamed of seeing a tree with honey dripping off of it. In waking life, his ex-wife was being nice to him and he believed it meant she wanted to be intimate with him. In this case, the tree dripping with honey may have reflected his feelings about the well-established history of his relationship with his ex-wife. The honey dripping from the tree symbolized the sweetness or desire that he perceived in his ex-wife's actions, hinting at a potential revival of their once intimate connection.

Example 7: A woman dreamed of seeing a tree with black birds sitting on it. In waking life, she was annoyed with how long it was taking her granddaughter to breakup with her boyfriend. In this case, the tree may have reflected her feelings about how established or "well rooted" her granddaughter's relationship was with the boyfriend. The blackbirds in the tree may have reflected her feelings about the annoying friends the boyfriend had that hung around with her granddaughter as a bad influence.

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Zombies

To dream of a zombie represented automatic or blind thinking. Feelings about people or situations that are relentlessly mindless, driven by a single motive, or can't think for themselves. Feelings about people who are blindly following others or are consumed by a singular purpose. Feelings about people being stupid, thoughtless, or making mindless decisions. Fear of a irreversible traumatic event or crisis. Mindless thinking or decisions that reckless or dangerous about ignoring the potential consequences. Your own feelings of helplessness and frustration as you watch someone close to you making poor choices or acting in a way that goes against their own values or best interests.

Zombies in dreams are a sign that you are not thinking independently or objectively. Feeling overly concerned with with what other people think. A zombie is a common symbol for someone experiencing strong peer pressure.

Negatively, dreaming about zombies may reflect powerful feelings of jealousy that you are experiencing from other people who are desperate to pull you down. Blind unthinking jealousy. Exhausting oneself mindlessly in order to stop, control, or possess one thing. Feelings about someone else's need to be socially acceptable or fit in interfering with your happiness. Conformity or blind automatic thinking with the potential to ruin you.

Alternatively, dreaming of a zombie may reflect your feelings about people in your life that are mentally ill or empty.

To dream of running away from zombies represents fear or avoidance of mindless conformity the opinions or actions of others, particularly if you perceive them as thoughtless or narrow-minded. Avoidance of a jealous person that you perceive to be mindless, relentless, driven by a single motive, or can't think for themselves. You may also fear losing something special because someone jealous is desperate to pull you down with them. Avoiding an annoying follower.

To dream of your mother being infected by zombies may represent feelings about your intuitive sense of safety or ability to make safe choices for the future being being compromised by peer pressure or status quo. Feelings about a negative influence that is spreading and consuming the dreamer's intuitive self, leading to a loss of control and a sense of being overwhelmed. Someone or something that is influencing the dreamer's decision-making, leading to automatic or blind thinking and preventing the dreamer from making independent choices. Feeling that you intuitive sense is influenced by outside forces, leading to feelings of fear, insecurity, or frustration. Feelings about being unable to escape peer pressure situations, bad luck, jealousy, or fearing what other people think. Alternatively, it may reflect your fear that your mother is losing her ability to think independently and make wise decisions for herself. The dreamer's struggle to balance between their own thoughts and feelings and the expectations or pressures from others.

To dream of killing or defeating zombies may reflect your resolve to stand up against pressures, influences, or behaviors that you perceive as mindless or damaging. Actively resisting peer pressure or attempting to correct your own thoughtless behavior. Waking life situations where you are confronting mindless or automatic thinking. Confronting people you think are jealous of you in an unthinking or ignorant manner. It might also symbolize overcoming fears or negative influences that you feel have been mindlessly driving your actions or decisions. Dealing with a difficult situation in your waking life, where you felt others were acting without thinking or consideration. This could be in relation to personal relationships, work situations, or social dynamics.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing a zombie. In waking life, he was very insecure about things he said on an Internet message forum to someone and carefully spent a lot of time deleting those comments fearing embarrassment that they would be read by someone. In this case, the zombie may have reflected his fear of his own actions, behaving mindlessly and reactively, as he scrambled to delete the comments he regretted posting.

Example 2: A young girl dreamed of zombies. In waking life, she was grounded by parents and felt that they never cared about listening to her point of view while making sure she endured her full punishment. In this case, the zombies may have reflected her perception of her parents as creepy mindless enforcers of punishment, blindly sticking to their decision to ground her without considering her feelings or perspectives.

Example 3: A young girl dreamed of zombies. In waking life, she was very insecure about her social skills and talking to people. She tended to go along with the crowd as a way to avoid having to reveal her weak social skills. In this case, the zombies may have reflected her feelings about herself and others in her social circle as mindlessly conforming, being driven by a singular motive to fit in and not stand out while attacking each other for doing anything different.

Example 4: A young woman dreamed of a dead zombie being kept alive. In waking life, her she was trying to keep a long-term relationship alive even though she felt it was dead. In this case, the dead zombie she was trying to keep alive may have reflected her feelings about the 'zombified' state of existence of her relationship that she knew she was wasting her time with.

Example 5: A woman dreamed of seeing zombies and having to kill them with an axe which was becoming heavy in her left hand. In waking life, she was taking care of Alzheimer's patients while trying to go to school. In this case, the zombies may have reflected her feelings about the patients she cared for, who may have appeared mindless or 'zombified' due to their illness.

Example 6: A woman dreamed of trying to escape zombies. In waking life, she was jealous of never getting to pay off her debts because of peer pressure at school to party a lot. In this case, the zombies may have reflected her feelings about her peers who seemed mindlessly focused on partying and having fun, disregarding the potential consequences. Their relentless pressure for her to join in, despite her concerns about her financial stability, might have left her feeling as if she was being pursued by a 'horde' of thoughtless, one-track-mind individuals.






 

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