Saturday, January 12, 2008

interpretation of "superintenseselfdefense"

i'm pretty sure i've never had a dream like that EVER before. as i was typing out the dream i started to get an idea of what some of the dream elements might've represented, i.e. the anonymous blonde woman represented a naked barbie doll that as a child, i used to prance about in the window sills of the same study room in the dream. in the eyes of a child, barbie's prowess had the capacity to entice my lawn-mowing neighbor, who was not only a grown man but a husband and a father. it's interesting, the sociological implications that can be taken from the design of traditional barbie (don't know what she's like nowadays.) the scene with the surprise party came from my debating that same night of the dream whether or not to tell a different friend that i had guessed what her surprise for me was (turns out my guess was wrong). the dream was telling me that ruining surprises by knowing what they are ahead of time is not cool.

about the attack and self-defense scene...according to dreamhawk.com, "defense" and "kill" mean a lot of things, depending on the context, as is with every other dream symbol...but essentially a theme of restraint, repressing feelings, livin
g defensively appears through the different definitions.
 Most of the plentiful interpretations for "attack" did not resonate with me, except for this one possibly relevant note, "It is important to define or be aware of ones response to threat or attack in a dream. Experiments in connection with dreams in which the person runs away from attack, or is very passive, show that if the dreamer visualises changing the situation and faces attackers, their dreams and even waking behaviour changes radically... " So, that seems like a good indication to face whatever one is running away from.

Dreammoods.com: "To dream that you are being attacked by someone signifies questions on your character and the need for you to defend yourself. You are feeling stressed, vulnerable, and helpless. You may also be faced with difficult changes in your waking life."  I think I was feeling defensive about a spat I had with my brother, but other than that, no difficult life changes...my parents are planning to sell the house i grew up in, the one with the study room from the dream...i have a lot of good and meaningful memories associated with that house...maybe that's something?

1 comment:

bananasplitz said...

I really like the post dedicated solely to interpretation! I think it was definitely necessary after such an intense dream. and interesting to walk through your process with you! thank you for sharing :D

any follow-up thoughts?