The meaning of my nightmare?

Your dream is a way of processing emotions that have in your sub conscious so it is important to remember how the parts of the dream made you feel.

The creature is not what your afraid of but rather what the creature represents. You may have to examine areas in your life that may may evoke similar anxiety or fear. The people looking at you and being alone on a dark street may indicate feelings of isolation or being separated in some way. The animal is a construct of a fear you have in life but you may not be dealing with. This fear may be from a close relationship possibly girlfriend/parent where you may feel a lack of support or warm emotions thus the cold heart imagery.

You should look at areas of your life that may evoke similar emotions or feelings and be aware of what you are feeling in your relationships and identify where this isolation imagery stem from.

You may want more support or a warmer relationship with someone close to you in your life like your girl friend.

Dreams are a random hodge podge of high strangeness. To give an exact intrepretation of your dream would be difficult.I do appreciate a good strange dream every now and then , Its a good reminder that my brain is still working well while Im asleep. That you have such a description of your dream is natural ,not all dreams can seem so meaningful and the ones that are , are the ones we usually remember and left wondering what it is suposed to mean. I would recommend keeping a dream journal . Its a good way to keep track of them . I would not worry , this will not be the last strange dream you have.

I'm a bit rusty on the symbolism, but the stag may be a symbol of personal power. Some ancient cultures revered the stag. Look up Joseph Campbell. It is significant that it attacked you, but what it means is not clear. I agree that you are hiding something about yourself that you are afraid to let out. I think this might be telling you not to be timid- but I could be way off base.

Joseph Campbell is the ultimate authority on symbols and myths. Look there.

to dream that you are fighting with an animal signifies a hidden part of yourself that you are trying to reject and push back into your subconscious. Refer to the specific animal in your dream.

To dream that you are being attacked by an animal, is a warning to be careful with those around you. Take notice of who you know in your waking like that shares and exhibits the same qualities of the animal that attacked you in your dream.

Remember that all the parts of the dream are you.

My guess is that you are just about to have a personal revelation of some importance, and part of you is uneasy about it.

I think that it will soon, however, become apparent to you - what this is.

A previous answer follows: Remember the troubling nightmare in as much detail as you can. Create a scenario in which you manage to prevail. "Tonight, in my dreams, I want to confront the ???/call on a dream ally for help". Write down your chosen form on a piece of paper, at least 3 times, and repeat 3 times aloud, after lights out, and visualise yourself doing it, as vividly as you can, and WANT TO DO IT!!!, with all the desire you can muster, to better communicate this concept to your subconscious mind, through imagery & emotional intensity, so it understands that this is important. Place the piece of paper under your pillow (metaphorically "sleeping on it"). Your subconscious existed before you could walk, or talk. It knows images, muscles/movement, and emotions: communicate with it in terms it can understand. It doesn't understand negatives, and everything is in the present tense to it; there is no past or future. When dreaming, try calling for assistance from a dream character - anyone, alive or long since passed on, even your favorite superhero is available to provide assistance, in the dreamstate. You can even try the technique of "dream re-entry", and use your new solution in that exact same situation. Try the above for 2 - 3 weeks; I believe there is a good chance they will work. Options, for later: Hypnosis is merely a heightened state of suggestibility, in which you are better able to communicate with your subconscious mind. 85% of people are suggestible, to some degree, so you could either seek professional hypnotherapy, or more alternatives along such lines are at http://your-mental-health.8m.com/blank_13.html where this came from. My experience, however, is that the subconscious mind will re-manifest them in a different form, until what it sees as the problem is satisfactorily dealt with. In dream analysis, we are taught that each character inhabiting a dream represents some part of us. It is an axiom that the sole judge of the interpretation of any dream/nightmare is the person who dreamt it. If the nightmare doesn't respond to the above, after a few weeks of trying that technique every night; then it is time to look deeper for the cause. You may benefit from looking at your normal waking life.

What problems, and decisions are there? Is there something you have been avoiding, or putting off? Your subconscious mind is trying to get you to focus on something which it considers is important, and resolve it. You could try asking for an answer in your dreams, as per the previous answer, writing it down 3 times, repeating to yourself in bed, after lights out, and focusing on wanting the answer. "Tonight, in my dreams, I want to remember what the figure is trying to tell me". This method, if it works, should do so in a week, or two. If not, hypnotictapes.com has one titled "dream the answer", but professional hypnotherapy is always much preferable. Many nightmares result from anxiety, so I suggest that learning to deal effectively with the anxiety in your normal waking life may well have a carryover effect into the realm of dreams. I have noticed that, since I began using 100mg of 5-htp daily for anxiety, my dreams have become considerably less unpleasant. Eating some things, like cheese, large, hot, heavy, or spicy meals late at night, results in nightmares for some people, so be aware of this, and if you experience a nightmare, ask yourself what was it that you ate beforehand, and avoid such "nightmare triggers" in future, unless consumed early in the evening, or before. Avoid coffee/caffeine products within 6 hrs of bedtime; a list is on page F, at 8m.com, below. If you go to http://www.mercola.com/ and type "EFT" (and EFT therapists) in the taskbar provided, there is an affirmation on nightmares, and this technique is well worth trying, before paying for remedies or professional therapy, and if you give it a good try, but find it ineffective, the alternatives are still there for you to try. www.tapping.com has 13 free videos on it; also www.emofree.com. Read: Banishing Night Terrors And Nightmares: A Breakthrough Program to Heal the Traumas That Shatter Peaceful Sleep by Christopher Raoul Carranza and Jane Rogers Dill, from your bookstore, or Amazon.com More suggestions are shown at http://your-mental-health.8m.com/blank_13.html and effective natural treatments for anxiety as shown on pages 1, and i. More about dream analysis is on page o.

um, you're either afraid of deer, or guilty about something. it's a NIGHTMARE but if you get another one then just fess it up!! :) If it bothers you, calm yourself, drink milk or something...OH YEAH

it's the movies you've been watching, shows, or either ghost stories.

Night - mare http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9F8vpyaykU

you feel guilty about something and you're afraid of the consequence

Dreams don't mean a thing. Don't they teach this in school?