Same thing since for 15 years now, a T-Rex chasing me. I never actually am caught. I almost always dream but these dreams are intense, i wake up in cold sweats sometimes crying. What the heck do they symbolize?
2007-01-22 15:52:13 · 3 answers · asked by MB2008 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Think about what a T-Rex really is. This entry is from wikipedia:
"Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the largest land carnivores of all time, about 12 to 13 meters (40 to 43.3 feet) long, and 4.5-5 m (14-16.6 ft) tall, when fully-grown. Mass estimates have varied widely over the years, from more than 7,200 kilograms (8 short tons), to less than 4,500 kg (5 tons), with most modern estimates ranging between 5,400 and 6,800 kg (between 6 and 7.5 tons)."
What do you think a 40 feet long, 16 foot high, 7 ton object chasing you means? The dream would be the same if it were a truck or a spaceship. It signals an overwhelming 'fear' with whom our only response to it is flee or risk being destroyed.
With dreams in which the 'thing' that is chasing us is beyond our capability to overcome, it usually indicates a 'fear' against which we ourselves feel absolutely helpless. The best way to 'resolve' this issue is, after having the dream, to stop and 'visualize' yourself turning around and 'killing' the object, by whatever means you feel necessary (whether a special gun, a bomb, or even having the entire U.S. Air force come and bomb the thing into tiny bits of lizard chunks).
The more you 'program' yourself that you don't HAVE to be helpless, that you can actually 'fight' the thing and win (and you will probably have to 'train' yourself to do it a bunch of different times before your 'dreaming mind' takes over) the less powerful the image/dream will be. Likewise, the less powerful the underlying 'fear' will be within you, because when you have the dream that the object is defeated, you will feel 'empowered' emotionally. When we overcome fear (and that includes panic and retreat, which is simply panic in action) in any fashion, we symbolically teach ourselves to feel the same 'success' in real life.
2007-01-22 22:45:40 · answer #1 · answered by Khnopff71 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The dinosaur represents our very basic urges of survival such as fear, reproduction, and survival reactions to situations
also check out "chase dreams" at
2007-01-23 05:08:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well im no expert but i think it means u watched jurrasik park and are now extremely scared of T-rexs
2007-01-22 15:57:54 · answer #3 · answered by hotty_200173 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋