Thread: Dissapointing Someone of Importance?

I think you are right about the bar, and that this dream is about your beliefs. One way to define a belief is something you are willing to die for. That seems like the reason he finished the job with his knife. You on the other hand, seem to have jumped off the bridge because he did. As you distance yourself from him and the bar, or his beliefs, the better you become.

Other than that, your background information makes it seem like you did not really have a dad growing up. That seems like more of a concern. If that's true, I'm willing to say that's the reason why you are Atheist. Feel free to ignore this paragraph, though.

Being in a bar with your 26 year old teacher, doesn't bother you even though you are underage. I think it does bother you. I think, well, you do realize something inappropriate is going on. You say you've "developed a sort of dependence on him." There is some violation of boundaries here--it sounds like and on some level, you know it.

Being stabbed in the head sounds like being wounded intellectually. You've made an intellecual choise to be an Atheist. You stab yourself exactly the way he stabs himself--maybe a reflection of his influence on you. But this doesn't hurt you. You take control; you drive the car and arrive (as far as I know) without incident at the destination you chose. Strong will and good control of your life, I think.

It looks as if you are going to the hospital for help for your injury. The teacher's father is a doctor in the dream; whereas, in reality, he is a well-known preacher--which doesn't seem surprising as your teacher is preaching to you. You may see preacher as a healer and want to explore religion--maybe on your own or with a friend your age or parent.

Anyway, the injury is incidental. You say it "does not hurt at all." So, your real mission besides getting you out of the bar is to tell the teacher's father that his son is dead. You really aren't seeking help for yourself and you don't especially need it. I think the knife stuck in your forehead is this thought of religion that has been implanted in your mind. The wound has healed, but the knife remains.

In your dream, this man, your teacher takes you to a place where your life is endangered. Well, this doesn't seem good. Maybe it's a cue to you that things aren't completely on the level? I don't know. Or do you regard religion as a threat to you? Knife in the forehead.

The women of African American descent is an interesting character. Are you writing African American to be politically correct? Is there something about her that seems distinctly African? Could you describe her a little better. She is sitting behind your teacher. She becomes enraged. Since this dream is so much about religion and this man, do you have a feeling about how African Americans or this particular woman feel about Christianity? Anyway shooting him in the back of the head, injury to the intellect--not sure. Then, he injures himself. Not her, in self-defense or in defense of you, but stabs himself. Which is the fatal injury? Something just doesn't seem right about how you feel about this guy. How together is his head?