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Originally Posted by abaya
Whoa, ng. I'm PM'ing you next time I wake up from a hellraiser of a dream!! 
Personally, though, I think a lot of my dreams are less about puzzles and more about expressing my fears about people or situations. It's always totally absurd stuff that would never, ever happen in real life (and rationally/consciously, I know that)... but in my dreams, it's oh-so-real. Maybe my waking life just doesn't have enough drama going on to keep things exciting, so my subconscious makes up for it. Yay.  |
Dreams are about feelings, fears, etc. and let us see those feelings in their most basic form-as symbols. They feel real because they
are real. Put those symbols together (ala a puzzle) and we can deal with the feelings they represent.
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Originally Posted by Augi
Dreams are the sticky notes your subconscious leaves for your conscious mind to find. When you are not consciously acknowledging some element of your life, your dreams have a tendency of becoming more frequent and vivid---just like you leaving more colorful posted notes for yourself to find so you don't forget something.
Ng's analysis is good, but I never go into such detail with dreams. From what I have learned, which is not much, and from my dreams, individual elements do not convey specific meaning. The entirety of the dream itself is the posted note. That and I usually only figure the simple answer.
Based on the intensity of the dream, you feel angered or threated but aren't doing anything about it.
Or, you want to watch an action movie or miss riding roller-coasters.
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Individual elements are single pieces of the "puzzle"; it's how they're put together that makes the statement. F'instance, bullets being fired represent aggression and/or anger. A hostage represents powerlessness or being held back. Hiding can mean either keeping something secret or, as in this case, not facing up to the situation at hand. The town being deserted is loneliness, isolation and/or despair.
Every element means more than one thing; it's within the entire context that the meaning is understood. Once that is clear, the reason for the dream can be dealt with or at least understood.