Interpret dream about a wolf?

So this morning I had a dream so vivid and intense that I know it means something. I was hoping someone could help me figure that out.
First here's a little background information:
I'm 19 years old and pregnant with my first. He's a boy and is due within the next 6 weeks so pretty much everything I do is revolving around him. The pregnancy was unplanned with my boyfriend and we were married when we found out. I've had my share of emotions from excitement to regret and everything in between.
Some things to note:
Besides through my pregnancy, I haven't visited a doctor in years and have never had any type of surgery in my life so with my due date coming up, I have a lot of anxiety.
Lately my husband, who is living with me at my Mom's house, has been gone for the majority of every day at his trade school and his job.
I haven't really connected with the baby until lately and I'm feeling much more confident in everything.
Now, with all of the background out of the way, here's the dream.
I was with my husband, his friend Brian, and my 12 year old cousin Paige at my Dad's house. The two guys were playing video games in another room while Paige and I were in the living room. It wasn't clear, but I'm pretty sure we were baby sitting her and I think I was mad at my husband. Anyways, we have a door that leads to our laundry room and then the laundry room has a door leading to the backyard. I went to lock up the door to the laundry room when I saw, through the window, a huge dark wolf. He had black and grey fur, a thick mane, and was much bigger than normal wolves. When he saw me he began thrashing and biting at the farthest back door which was closed. For some reason, I knew he had been trying to get me every night for a long time. I was panicked and immediately tried to lock the door I was at but it wouldn't lock or close all of the way. When I saw him get through the farthest back door, I ran. I went straight to the room my husband was in and closed that door all the way while frantically explaining to them what was going on. But, they didn't seem to care. Almost instantly I remembered my little cousin and yelled to them that she was out there but again they didn't care. So I ran out of the room and the wolf got to me and began biting me everywhere but the weird thing is, his teeth were very dull so it hurt but I didn't bleed. I tried to calm him down and finally I pinned him with my body and tried my best to soothe and pet him and he calmed down. What happens next is sort of fuzzy, but I remember wanting to take care of him because he didn't have food and everyone was out to hurt him. And I remember he was very loving and dependent on me. I woke up and have thought about him ever since. I miss him and can see his face perfectly. Any ideas what this could mean? I'm almost certain that its connected to my pregnancy. Thank you for reading!

Now I wouldn't all-out rely on what I'm about to say and I haven't interpreted too many dreams but I would venture to guess that the wolf would be possibly your child that you plan to have. As of now it's causing much anxiety and usually being pregnant is pretty nerve-racking, at-least from what I've heard. (I would never know because I'm male) This anxiety and such seems to represent the angry wolf. Then the calmed wolf represents a little further on, after your birth, predicting that things will be much more calm and that your child will be happy in his home and you will be taking care of him. What I believe your mind is telling you is just to calm down and not worry about it.

This is a very common type of dream - though I don't know exactly what it means. I used to have dreams of being in the house and seeing wild animals (sometimes dinosaurs) outside moving toward the house threateningly, and then I'd suddenly realize my dog was outside and I needed to rescue him. Inthe dreams I'd tell my mom about the situation and she didn't care, or I'd ask her where the dog was and she'd unconcernedly say she had let it out earlier, and she'd just go onwith whatever she was doing as if it didn't concern her at all. In fact in some of them she was busy chopping food on a cutting board and she started getting all crazy and violent about it. (shut up about Freud! :lol:)

But I never befriended the wild animals. That's pretty remarkable I think!

It became clear to me after quite a few of these dreams that the ouser represented security - I had lived a pretty sheltered life, and the wild animals outside (which sometimes started breaking through the doors, or sometimes were threatening my dog) represented some aspect of life that felt threatening to me. Sometimes I was able to rescue my dog (barely), sometimes I got her but we couldn't get back to the house and had to run off into the woods ina nightmare scenario. But it sounds like you've been able to integrate with whatever frightening forces are represented by the wolf. Trust me, that is an amazing thing!! Whatever the wolf represents, it means it isn't really as threatening as you thought it was and that when the time comes you're confident you'll be able to face it and not only survive but nurture the situation and turn it into a positive.

The wolf could represent generalized fears about the life ahead for you. It could represent the fear of moving out or just of your life changing when you become a mother - something maye you don't feel prepared for. Good old Jung, who corrected much of what was wrong with Frued's theories, tells us that when a life-changing event comes along like pregnancy (or even just moving out on your own, or marriage, or what-have-you), we will have archetypal dreams. He also says that, even though your pre-change self feels unprepared, the event itself triggers changes that are sort of programmed into the genes - the very fact of crossing that threshold brings out the new you that was waiting inside unsuspected. Some people are too neurotic to make that corssing gracefully, but it sounds like you aren't.

When you woke from the dream, how did you feel?

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Ok, it sounds like other people in the dream being uttelry unconcerned or unable to grasp the importance is common, maybe universal. Now it sounds like that means it's a dream of something you must face alone - that nobody can help you with. Probably something internal, coming from the unconscious, that they aren't even capable of seeing. Wish I would have known that t the time!! I thought my dreams were telling me that my mom just didn't give a damn or that she was part of the problem (though in my case I'd say that's quite accurate).

The fact that the wolf's teeth were dull and his bites didn't hurt is very important I think - it means whatever you're afraid of won't really be able to hurt you - that you can handle it. Take comfort from the fact that your dream ended much better than mine always did. Though I was never killed, nor was my dog - just chased or threatened.

Has anybody else experienced this kind of dream? It would be amazing if we could all compare notes.

Whoah... NecroSpam! :sniper:

First of all congrats on becoming a mother soon. That's so exciting. Little boys are so much fun - I've got two little rascals, and I don't know any more how I could live without them in my life. :)

During pregnancy one commonly has vivid and bizarre dreams. This has to do with anxiety, hormonal changes, plus pregnancy interferes with sleep and the entire experience of sleeping is just different.

That said, I agree that this dream sounds like it is probably significant for you, a powerful dream with a very empowering ending. May I suggest that your babysitting Paige in this dream and then taming the wolf is a healthy sign that your motherly instincts are strong within you? You feel the need to take care of the helpless, to protect your family, and you realize that you will love your child no matter how naughty or difficult he may turn out to be.

I think our culture puts a lot of weight on the symbolic significance of the big bad wolf, wolf in sheep clothing, taming the wolf, crying wolf. Personally, Little Red Riding Hood has always been my favorite fairy tale of all, and I have enjoyed seeking out songs and stories that put a different twist on this fairy tale. One of my favorite songs is Lil' Red Riding Hood by Sam the Sham, in which the wolf is really the kind of "bad boy" romantic interest.