How to Analyze Dream Characters
The characters that populate dreams may or may not remind the dreamer of a certain person or life situation. Analyzing dream characters helps unlock mysteries that surround human dreaming life--the mysteries of the subconscious mind. Dream personalities may serve as substitutes for an issue the dreamer needs to explore in depth. Characters in dreams can also symbolize unexpected talents or abilities: A friend or teacher may represent nurturing or authority. Only the dreamer can say if an interpretation is accurate.
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Understand the meaning of family members who appear in your dreams. If your mother finds her way into your dreams, you may feel a need to be nurtured and protected. Fathers, on the other hand, tend to symbolize discipline, and possibly a need to exercise logic and reason in some area of your life.
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Know that dreaming about old relationships can indicate unresolved past issues. If you dream about a happy chat with someone you know, this may foreshadow imminent success. An unfriendly encounter may indicate the approach of a humiliating experience.
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Ask yourself certain questions when work colleagues appear in your dreams. How is the person related to you in the workplace? What does the person say in the dream? What does that mean to you? How do you feel about it? Can you discern the dream content's relation to a work situation in which you are involved?
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Recognize the power of suggestion. If you need to avoid giving into an inflated self-image, you might dream about a famous actor or a rock star. This is your subconscious mind advising you to get in touch with your true self and release your attachment to a persona that only inflates your ego.
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Acknowledge fictional icons. Dreaming about fantasy characters carries meaning for situations you may be encountering in your daily life. Dwarves, for example, appear to help you understand that a problem may not be a serious as you think. When a pirate appears, you may have an unrealized desire for adventure, to step out of the mundane.
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Consider that dream characters represent different aspects of yourself. This may be your deeper self seeking integration and fulfillment, using images that have meaning to you.
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Write down the characters who star in your dreams. Reflect on what feelings and thoughts come to mind. Record those ideas. Make connections only you can make. The salient point about dreams and the people who appear in them is that the dreamer can recognize meanings that are elusive to others.
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Comments
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dreams are confusing and often bad!
