Posted by seldomseen on January 29, 2008, at 8:31:21
In reply to Anxiety over dreams (long), posted by Daisym on January 28, 2008, at 23:22:58
To be completely blunt - I dream a lot about shooting people. Guns and knives were a huge part of my childhood and they surface in my dreams as symbols for a lot of things.
My therapist has offered the explanation that guns represent control. Whoever held the gun in my family had control of the situation and that is translated into my dreams as I wrestled for that control in my life.
Perhaps your dream indicates that you are wrestling for control over your past with your mom in your mind. She was in control then, now you are. It may sound like a really good thing, but, for me, it was actually a terrifying transition - a good one, but such a fundamental paradigm shift that it freaked me out for sometime.
A knife usually represents a much sexualized version of control - according to my T. He just LOVES to talk about my dreams.
Alternatively, you may just be mad as hell, and you're finished being angry with yourself (hence the shift from shooting yourself to your mom).
I don't know, but I would try as hard as I could to hang in there and explore these dreams. They may represent a sea change in your thinking.
Seldom.
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