Nightmares

[Zophael]

I'm not good at dream interpretation but I'd like to see what some people think about the nightmares that plagued me when I was younger. It was from roughly as early as I can remember till 11 years old. When I mean plagued, I really do mean plagued. I had them each night, a lot of times and combined with a lot of false awakenings. Nast stuff that combined with my rotten schoolife and parents didn't see to a happy childhood. In all the dreams there was the tiger from the jungle book cartoon (looked more like a real tiger) and he was well hunting me all the time. In every dream I had he came, I would be running through forests, cities, festivals, it didn't matter he would be there. In the end he usually attacked me and I woke up. Sometimes it didn't and it would just show itself in the dream to make me constantly aware he could come after me. What I also had were a lot of "commercial dreams" I tend to call them. They wouldn't be longer than a few seconds and featured my cat (whom I loved in real life) going berserk each time I came across her and trying to kill me in a similar way the tiger did. Both dreams were combined with a lot of false awakenings. I'd wake up and be relieved and then find the tiger or cat opposite me in the bedroom and it would continue then. (you can imagine what an impace this all had) They stopped when I became 11, not just stopped but rather I reached an agreement with the tiger in my dreams. He'd still come to hunt me but at the time he pinned me down I told him I'd do anything he'd want me to do and then he'd leave me alone and the dream would change in me having to accomplish some silly mission (a movie or so where we'd have to thwart the good guys). The nightmares stopped with that and only ocasionally now the tiger appears but I've grown up and don't fear it anymore. Looking back it seems silly it plagued me that much but I can still remember how it felt. The nightmares I now ocasionally have just feature bad real life people from my childhood turning against me. What I was wonder is whether the dream had any significant meaning (other than to scare the living daylights out of me, one time during a holiday the dream had been so vivid that I had felt the tiger moving next to the tent when I woke up, I was terrified the entire other day) and whether my succeeded attempt in reaching an agreement with the tiger has anything to do with lucidity. thanks!

[gameover]

interesting. Im not very good at dream intepretation, but Im sure that tiger must have been symbolic of soething. Maybe someone said something that scared you when you were younger? The important thing is that it doesnt plague you now. I think it might be theraputic if you summoned that tiger in an LD and kicked its ass.

[Zophael]

hehehe I first need an LD in the first place for that to happen Symbolic of something? Anyone has an idea?

[gameover]

Shit....we gotta pick this us Zophael. Im a horrible parent... How about the Lucid by 2 weeks plan? SOund good? Its gonna work. I know it will. I can feeeeeel it.

[reikigirl]

Hello! Tigers in dream symbology represent Passion, Power, Devotion, and Sensuality. I've also heard that sometimes menacing animals are really gatekeepers in disguise. You must face them to be permitted to the next level of consciousness. It has to do with facing your worst fears. Anyway that's all I know. Hope it helps some.

[Zophael]

Aih too bad it failed last night. Ah so stupid I didn't notice the window wasn't closed correctly. Anyone has any theories about my former nightmares? So with facing/reaching an agreement with the tiger I went unto a next level of consiousness? Interesting

[zanelle]

Geez that Tiger sounds scary. It also sounds like a kid thing. I used to dream of a waterfall that got bigger and bigger... Dreams as a grown up for me seem to involve bad people and situations. Where I suddenly am aware that things arent as they seem and then get almost caught by the bad guys and wake up very scared and wierd.

[Inspirer]

To see a tiger in your dream, symbolizes repressed feelings or emotions that frighten you. To dream that you are attacked by a tiger, signifies overwhelming gloom and disappointing failures. You may find yourself distressed and tormented by rivals As for your parents, you'll be choosing their retirement home someday.

[zanelle]

Geez, since I first had the nightmare that led me to this group I have had two more. And I havent eaten any more banannas. This one early this morning was a doozy. A dead baby. Very sad. I think maybe I am under alot of pressure in life but that isnt new and it isnt really anything that life doesnt already have for anyone. Im eating the same things. Even a chocolate peanut sunday last evening. sigh... I dont like nightmares. They are very real and I can sense myself in them and they wake me up..... phooey. :(