Intruder

To dream of an intruder represents feelings of violation, unwelcome change, or the breach of personal boundaries that makes you feel you have to protect yourself or take action to counter it. A sense of intrusion into your personal space, whether physical, emotional, or psychological. A situation where your safety, security, or sense of control feels compromised requiring you to scramble to keep it. Unresolved issues or conflicts that are intruding upon your peace of mind. A violation of personal boundaries that is creating tension.

Unwanted changes at work or in relationships often bring dreams of intruders. Unwelcome stress in your life.

Example: A man dreamed of an intruder entering his house. In waking life, he was beginning to feel that an extramarital affair he was having was beginning to encroach on his relationship with his wife. He felt that getting caught was becoming a very real dangerous possibility after never believing that it would be. He felt suddenly threatened by the possibility of being caught. In this case, the intruder entering his house may have reflected his feelings about the possibility of getting caught having an affair becoming a real problem that threatened or "intruded upon" the stability and security of his personal life and relationship with his wife.

Example 2: A man dreamed of a man breaking into his house. In waking life, he was practicing abstinence for his religious studies and couldn't resist it anymore. In this case, the intruder reflected his awareness of himself not being as sexually abstinent as he was supposed to be while feeling that he was robbing himself of feeling as spiritually strong as possible by violating his own rules. He may have felt that his sexual desire was inappropriately violating or "intruding" into his sense of normal safety regarding controlling himself when it wasn't supposed to.

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Jimmy Kimmel

To dream of Jimmy Kimmel represents an aspect of your personality that is more incredible than someone else (or gets more attention) for being laughable for liking never deserving to think you're stupid while drawing attention to anything that doesn't make sense.

Any late night TV show host may represent your interest in enjoying entertaining yourself while avoiding having to think about emptiness, being uncomfortable, or not being safe.

Kidnapped

To dream of being kidnapped represents issues in your life that trap, restrict, or distract you. A problem or negative thinking pattern may be diverting your concentration or attention away from more important issues or goals. Feeling forced to do something that you don't want to do. Feeling that everything in your life is going wrong. A moment of extreme stress or pressure. A loss of control and security. Negative influences in your life that may forcing their way into your life and making you feel helpless.

Alternatively, kidnapping may reflect a situation that leaves you feeling victimized or that something's being done against your will. You may feel a loss of security. Making others do something against their will.

To dream of yourself being kidnapped represents feelings of being forced to do something you don't want to. Feeling that your happiness or sense of stability has been stolen from you.

Example: A mother dreamed of fearing that her child would be kidnapped. In waking life she feared that someone that had been mean to her child was going to permanently rob her child of inner happiness.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of being kidnapped. In waking life she felt jealous of her friend getting married. She felt that everything was going wrong in her life because she was losing her friend to someone else. The kidnapping may have reflected the how unpleasant and unusual it felt to feel stable life and friendship being taken from her.

Example 3: A man dreamed of being kidnapped, attacked, and bleeding. In waking life he felt a lot of stress from the sudden emergence of serious personal problems causing a major distraction in his life.

Example 4: A man dreamed of a seeing a kidnapper take a child, hold them hostage. and then see the child escape the kidnapper. In waking life the man began to realize that he was being abusive and controlling to women in his life. He was having issues controlling his anger and need to control people.

Example 5: A woman dreamed of seeing people being kidnapped, trying to help them, but then being kidnapped herself. In waking life she felt bad for people dealing with a problem, but then got stuck in the problem herself after she tried to help them.

Example 6: A man dreamed of his wife being kidnapped. In waking life he felt she was becoming someone he didn't like anymore. He may have felt that his wife's interests or changed personality "Kidnapped" the original person he fell in love with.

Example 7: A young woman dreamed of being kidnapped by the Phantom of the Opera. In waking life, she was obsessed with the Phantom of the Opera, trying to immerse herself in everything related to it. In this case, her kidnapping by the Phantom of the Opera may have represented her awareness of how the obsession was heavily distracting her from other areas of her life due to the extensive Phantom of the Opera material she had acquired.

Killer

To see a killer in your dream represents you or someone else that has the intention to end something. Beliefs, friendships, or situations that are being intentionally terminated.

Positively, a killer may reflect you or someone else that fully intends to put a stop to something. If the killer attacks bad people, the dream may represent purification and the healing process. You are standing up to negative thoughts or situations.

Negatively, a killer may reflect your fears or even other people that are purposely killing off good things in your life. Fearing serious losses or being overwhelmed by humiliating failure. Fearing being the biggest loser you know. Fear that a problem you have is impossible to overcome.

Example: A women dreamed of being chased by a killer. In waking life she was terrified of financial ruin and was doing everything to avoid it after being forced to change jobs and take a pay-cut.

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Killing

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Knife

To dream of knives symbolizes emotional conflict, division, and separation. There are issues with loss or change that you are struggling with in your waking life. An emotional hurt or threat.

Alternatively, you may feel threatened by a possible loss or change.

To dream of being in a knife fight represents a struggle or competing views about loss or change. A fight over who has to make a sacrifice or take a loss first.

To dream of being stabbed with a knife represents pain, consequences, or embarrassment you are experiencing for resisting something in your life that you disagree with. It may also represent someone in your life that you feel is trying to get back at you. Experiencing a significant enemy or opposition in your life. Experiencing the consequences of people who are jealous of you or who don't want you doing something.

To dream of a bloody knife may reflect feelings of guilt or regret for hurting someone else. A fear of having to pay for what you did to someone else. Alternatively, it may reflect your feelings about dangerous conflict in your life. Fearlessly overcoming a big problem or dangerous situation.

Women often dream of being chased by a man with a knife. In waking life these dreams may be a sign that they fear being dumped or being single again. A struggle to keep the partner happy. Alternatively, it may reflect the woman's attempt to avoid aggressive sexual advances. Men usually dream of knives to reflect a conflict of opposing ideas or agendas.

To dream of a pocket knife represents confidence that you can get rid of a problem should it arise. Preparedness.

To dream of a pen knife represents hidden intentions to defend a permanent choice you've made. Positively, it may reflect preparation to stand your ground. Negatively, it may reflect a problem discussing your true feelings to others.

Example: A young girl dreamed of seeing herself stabbing herself with a knife. In waking life she was keeping a relationship with a boyfriend that her friends didn't like. Stabbing herself with a knife reflected the emotional conflict she felt with her friends being caused by choosing to keep her boyfriend and refusing to breakup with him. She felt she was hurting herself socially by keeping the boyfriend.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of seeing a knife hovering above a baby's head. The baby said "Don't do it." In waking life she was considering getting an abortion. The hovering knife most likely reflected the potential decision to get an abortion that was on her mind.

Example 3: A woman dreamed of seeing intruders in her home wielding sharp knives. In waking life she was pregnant and fearing the need to get a c-section.

Example 4: A woman dreamed of fearing knives sitting on a sidewalk would be picked up and used to hurt her. In waking life she was having fear about being fired from her job.

Example 5: A man dreamed of having to throw away 2 knives. One knife was a mail opening knife and the second a bigger claw knife. In waking life he felt the need to stop yelling while refusing to listen to what people were saying and to stop believing that violence was a first option.

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Lingerie

To dream of lingerie represents enticement. Your or some aspect of your personality is arousing hope or desire. Lingerie may point to sexual enticement as well as desirable life situations that are arousing interest.

To dream of wearing lingerie represents your personality being focused on enticing a person or situation towards a goal you have. It may also reflect sexual desire you feel for someone or your attempts initiate intimacy with them.

Lingerie can also represent the readiness of one aspect of your life to merge with another aspect of your life in creating a life experience. One area of your life or aspect of your personality enticing or luring another to form another kind of experience.

Lions

To dream of lions represents feelings of total control or domination of others. Either your own need to control others, or your projection of other people who you feel want to control you.

Positively, a lion may represent leadership, courage, or using your temper for good purposes. Yelling at misbehaving children or dishonest people. Angry threats towards criminal-minded people. Terrifying enemies or bullies with your anger. Standing up to someone. Forcing other people to respect you with fear. Strong leadership.

Negatively, a lion may reflect a fear of people who you are allowing to control you. Control that is too serious. Angry intimidating people in your life. A fear of bullies. Fearing upsetting someone powerful. A persistent feeling of trying very hard not to upset someone. Fearing employers, doctors, dentists, police, or other people with professional authority that you don't want to embarrass yourself with. A fear of legal consequences. Fearing not complying with high standards that are expected of you. Alternatively, it may reflect your abuse or exploitation of power to control others. Losing your temper with people you care about. A really bad temper. An overreaction or embarrassing power trip. Feeling controlled by bills or creditors that will threaten you if you don't pay your bills.

To dream of a female lioness may represent controlling females or feelings of being dominated by women. A fear of angering a powerful women. Feelings about caring too much what passive people think and being controlled by it.

Example: A woman dreamed of having a pet lion. In waking life, she was cheating on her husband with a very aggressive man whom she felt she had to look after.

Example 2: A man dreamed of female lions running around a store he regularly shopped at. In waking life, when he shopped at the store he was very insecure about what the store owners thought about him. He felt socially controlled.

Example 3: A man dreamed of trying to avoid lions. In waking life, he was successfully treating a serious health problem with a natural vitamin supplement and he feared that when he spoke to his medical doctors that they would force him to stop taking it.

Example 4: A young man dreamed of fearing lions. In waking life, he was very insecure about attending a really strict school with high standards.

Example 5: A man dreamed of a lion he was trying to avoid. In waking life, he regretted yelling at his son and was having problems apologizing for it.

Example 6: A man dreamed of seeing a lion. In waking life, he was concerned about his boss making threats about the DEA showing up at his workplace to investigate drugs. In this case, the lion symbolism may have reflected his feelings about his boss being too controlling using threats about the dangerous controlling power of the DEA if he was caught with drugs.

Example 7: A woman dreamed of seeing lions. In waking life, she was concerned about being controlled by her creditors requiring payments for debts.

Example 8: A woman dreamed of a lioness. In waking life, she was having problems with a female boss that was too controlling.

Example 9: A young man dream of a lion being left at his house. In waking life, he felt that his family was yelling at him too much and was too serious about controlling him to force him to behave.

Machetes

To see or use a machete in your dream represents extreme hostility. Powerful feelings of opposition. Hatred or conflict towards a situation or person. You may be very frustrated or angry.

Consider who or what is being attacked bu the machete for additional symbolism.

Example: A man dreamed of holding a machete. In waking life he was very interested in getting revenge on a friend that was unfaithful him.

Example 2: A young man dreamed of using a machete to chop off his brother's head. In waking life he was angry at his brother and considering cutting him out of his life forever.

Example 3: A woman dreamed of chopping up an anaconda snake with a machete. In waking life she felt she had to take hostile action against someone who was making comments that where destroying her business.

Massacre

To dream of a massacre represents big changes for better or worse. Some area of your life has been completely wiped out.

Negatively, it may reflect confidence, resources, happiness, or relationships that are totally gone. Positively, it may reflect a lot of fear, negative emotions, bad habits, or negative situations that are being confronted at once.

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Michael From Halloween

To dream of Michael from Halloween represents feelings or fears about emptiness that needs to finish you off if it ever sees you. Fear of total failure never wants to listen to anything you have to say including noticing your innocent. Feelings of fear or an evil that you feel never cares about anything except getting you back. Situations that terrify you that someone or something isn't stupid about only getting you back. An enemy that is impossible to deal with rationally. Enemies or fears that want to get you back while noticing you never get to talk back to them. Feelings of fear that someone or something will never stop coming for you like it's their job. Fear of someone or something that surprises you that it can afford to do nothing except come for you. Enemies that aren't listening at all. Enemies that don't care about why they don't like you and don't care about anything except getting you back anyway. Feelings about

Fear of an impossible ruthless enemy that will never change its mind and never want to stop coming for you. Feeling that once an enemy sees you that nothing else matters to them except making you look like a complete failure. Ignorance of terrible people that will never stop believing it's their full time job to finish you off getting you back. Putting up with an idiot that feels it's their job to never want to stop scaring you with never getting to relax.

Michael Myers from Halloween in a dream may be a sign that it's not a good idea to hope that your enemy or powerful fear will go away on it's own. It may also be a sign that getting as far away as possible from a problem or confronting a problem with a permanent reaction that you've never tried before may be better. You may need to embarrass a person publicly to draw attention to their behavior to make dealing with it easier.

Example: A woman dreamed of seeing Michael from the movie Halloween. In the dream she tried and failed to beat up Michael. Michael ended up holding her throat. In waking life she was dealing with people who belittled her and felt bad that she didn't stand up to them when she wanted to.

Midnight

To dream of midnight represents feelings about a deadline. Feelings about their being absolutely nothing else left to do or change in a current situation you are experiencing. Feelings that a deadline might be dangerous. A sense of danger or uncertainty with a new beginning. A sense that "the inevitable" has arrived, but hasn't shown itself yet. Feelings about a temporary moment of dangerous transition. Feelings about having nothing left to say or argue about before judgment comes. A quiet sense that "the end is here." Empty feelings about the end of a situation being slow or meaningless. Feeling that time has run out with a deadline and that there is nobody to help you. A sense of danger about confronting jealousy or conflict that nobody else is aware of you confronting.

To dream that midnight has arrived after experiencing daytime may represents feelings about the obvious worsening of a situation, increased sense danger, or uncertainty of an inevitable ending. Feeling that a deadline has finally arrived. Dreams of midnight may also reflect feelings about the end of your day.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing parents go for a midnight swim. In waking life he was feeling tired, listless, without any clear direction, and then suddenly became more creative after a break. The parents going for a midnight swim may have his feelings about taking a break or doing something different to restore his enthusiasm at the end of the day.

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Monsters

To dream of a monster represents an aspect of your personality that is acts terrible towards others or is totally unfair. You or someone else that cares about others feeling bad. Feelings about others being intentionally mean to you. Authority figures with the power to make decisions for you that ruin your fun.

A monster is often our projection of a person or situation that is totally unsympathetic to our wishes or feelings.

Alternatively, a monster in a dream can reflect our own wish for something terrible to happen to someone else. Children may dream of monsters eating their smaller siblings to reflect their desire for the sibling to go away.

Children may dream of monsters after confronting parents that are strict or that lose their tempers. Abused children may also dream of monsters. The monster can reflect how startling or disturbing it is to experience the scary side of an adult. A friend, family member, or boss that surprises us with their darker side.

Students of very strict parents, or people who are overachievers may dream of monsters to reflect someone or something that forces them to work hard or live with standards that feel unfair or excessive. Feeling forced to study, do homework, or go to the school you don't like.

People with family or friends experiencing a slow painful death my dream of monsters to reflect how terrible and unfair the deteriorating health of the loved one feels.

Consider the features of the monsters for additional meaning. Big sizes may reflect fears of being overpowered, sharp teeth may reflect fears of being consumed by embarrassment, and lots of eyes may reflect fears of something that you believe is impossible to avoid being witnessed by something that sees everything you do.

Example: A woman dreamed of all the machines and mechanical equipment at her work turning into monsters that wanted to eat her. In waking life she was severely inured in her hand by the equipment at her work. She may have thought about how scary, terrible, and unfair it felt to have to keep working at the same place after having such a serious injury and living with the fear of an accident happening again.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of her fiancee turning into a scary monster. In waking life she was having last minute fears about he fiancee choosing to not marry her. The monster most likely reflected her feelings about how terrible and unfair it would feel if her fiancee did in fact decide to call off the wedding at the last minute.

Example 3: A young boy dreamed of being chased by monsters. In waking life he was experiencing his parents being very strict and yelling at him.

Example 4: A woman dreamed of seeing her father turn into a monster. In waking life she had experienced her father die a very slow painful death.

Example 5: A woman dreamed of being threatened by a monster. In waking life her boyfriend was slowly becoming more violent and she felt that he was close to seriously injuring her.

Example 6: A woman dreamed of being chased down a hallway by monsters that looked like her dad. In waking life she felt she didn't like making the choice to have to get a new job because she felt that her old boss was terrible.

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Mummy

To dream of a mummy in a tomb represents an aspect of yourself that is remembered for its accomplishments, achievements, or who you are as though it never goes away. Feeling professionally or carefully preserved as a person in certain way.

Negatively, dreaming about a mummy may reflect feelings about yourself or someone else that did something respectable once and never gets to forget it as the only thing you did. Feelings about a situation or person being too serious about staying exactly the way they are to the point that it scares you. Feeling professionally or carefully preserved as a person in a way that isn't working or that's lost. Feeling unintelligent for needing to explain to others why it's important to permanently respect yourself or a situation that isn't working anymore. A situation so awful it professionally stays respected or honored as failed. Feeling good that your life or winning is overwith in some way so you respect yourself staying the way you are for the rest of your life. Preserved losing or outdated methods.

To dream of a mummy chasing you or touching represents fear or anxiety about being carefully preserved in a way you don't like. Terrifying yourself that you'll be remembered for never having done anything different. Feeling useless or impotent to change. Feeling that you are never going to accomplish anything different, become recognized for something else, or make your mark on the world with something innovative. You may be experiencing a midlife crisis. Avoiding feeling carefully or professionally preserved.

Example: C.G. Jung once dreamed of mummies coming after him. In waking life he was going through a midlife crisis. In this case the mummies chasing him may have reflected his feelings about running away or avoiding feeling "professionally preserved as a person" not doing anything else in life with his midlife crisis.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of observing herself being mummified and thinking that she would die before the mummification ended. In waking life she was stuck in a contract not able to get a new contract. The mummification may have reflected her feelings about looking weak or unprofessional being too professionally respectful to a current contract that was outdated.

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Murder

To dream of committing murder represents ending, removing, or forcefully cutting off a part of your life, identity, or situation. Your motivation to make absolutely sure you never think a certain way ever again. Making sure a change occurs to end something no matter the costs, how ugly a situation gets, or how dangerous it feels. Putting an end to a habit, thinking pattern, or situation for good. An intentional ending to a relationship. Showing the courage to stand up to something difficult so that it never repeats. Bravely overcoming a powerful fear. Getting revenge on someone, feeling hatred, resisting problems that you feel are unacceptable. Guilty feelings or awareness of yourself having destroyed something or ruined someone's life.

Murder in a dream can also represent resentment you have or that you feel towards you from others. Friends who are jealous or people who like watching you lose.

Negatively, murdering someone in a dream may reflect situations where you are experiencing intense jealousy. Killing off someone else's happiness, success, or power. Feelings about family members you don't like seem to purposely enjoy making you unhappy. Worrying that your reactions to end something were too extreme.

People who are giving up addictions or bad habits commonly dream of murder.

To dream that you are murdered represents powerful negative feelings about failure or an unpleasant change you couldn't stop. Experiencing failure or feeling that someone likes to see you fail. Feeling that a person has purposely ruined you or tried to stop you from winning. Feeling that someone has intentionally tried to embarrass you or destroy your reputation for good. Being murdered may also reflect a problem that overpowered you. Feeling that your addictions or cravings are too hard to resist. Fearing that someone will react badly. Fearing scary consequences. Feeling that someone has destroyed some area of your life.

Dreaming about being murdered is common for people experiencing depression.

To dream of attempted murder represents you or someone else who has tried to permanently cancel or fail something. A failed attempt to embarrass someone. Feeling that someone is out to get you, but doesn't have the power or resources to carry it out. You or someone else who has risked everything to eliminate something and failed at it.

To dream of murdering an entire family represents a drastic attempt to erase an entire way of living or thinking. Feelings about an entire area of your life being completely failed. Feeling that enemies have cut off all your assistance or alternative options. Feeling that you never get to do something ever again no matter what. Feeling that there is nothing left to protect you or support you. Feeling that you are intentionally left abandoned or alone. Destroying sources of support, history, or belonging.

Women who fear their abusive ex-boyfriends or ex-husbands often dream of being murdered or seeing people murdered.

Example: A young man dreamed of confidently murdering a terrible person he knew in elementary school who used to pick on him and call him a "faggot" every day. In waking life, the young man lost his virginity after being very insecure about girls.

Example 2: A woman had recurring nightmares of being murdered. In waking life, she feared being severely beaten by her abusive husband.

Example 3: A woman dreamed of murdering someone. In waking life, she had broken up with her boyfriend after having carefully planned it. She felt that she had to be coldhearted about the breakup to make it work.

Example 4: A woman dreamed of a murderer killing lots of people. In waking life, a number of her friends had coincidentally died at the same time. In this case, the murder may have reflected her feelings about god choosing to make all her friends die.

Example 5: A woman dreamed of seeing people being murdered. In waking life, she feared her abusive ex-husband showing up at her house to kill her and her new husband. This ex-husband had previously made threats to kill her.

Example 6: A former friend of O.J. Simpson confessed to the jury during his trial that Simpson had confided in him that he had dreamed of killing Nicole Simpson before she was murdered. In this case, the dream could have reflected his thoughts about planning the murder or simply that he wanted to get back at her in his divorce.

Example 7: A woman dreamed of people from a small town trying to kill her by making her eat a cracker. In waking life, she was very concerned that staying off her diet for too long would not be good for her. In this case, the threat of being killed may have reflected her worries about staying off her diet in small ways for too long making her fail at her diet. The potential for death might have represented the potential to permanently feel like a loser who gave up being someone who wants to diet.