2 reoccuring dreams that i have--interpretation?

I have 2 dreams that I have that are reoccuring. The circumstances change somewhat but the signigicant details are almost always the same.

1. I dream of tornadoes ALL the time, sometimes I die in the dream, sometimes I don't. I have no real fear of tornados (more then what any other person would have anyway). Its just horrible, Ive been woken up crying several times. Its rather scary!

2. Ive been having a dream about gangs jumping me..usually a large number of men and sometimes I'm raped, sometimes I'm not. But they always hold a gun to my head. Its really horrible and scarey..I wake up really confused and jumpy every time. I have never been around a gang, and I don't live in a city..so this really isn't a logical fear for me to have.

I just don't understand these dreams..neither are realistic fears or anything I even think about often when Im awake and going about my life--so why are they haunting me in my sleep? Any ideas?

Hi,
Dreams are dreamt to do certain tasks in your sleep. These dreams are dreamt to wake you up for some reason. Your subdonscious uses the things or ideas that you're afraid of to wake you or make you change your sleeping position.
There are many things, both physical and psychological that impact on your sleep and require a moving or waking dream.
Roughly in order of frequency:
1) Digestion poroblems.
2) Sleeping positions.
3) Chronic pains.
4) Psychological upsets.
Only you can tell what is causing your nightmares.
You may say that you're not afraid of tornados or gangs, but your dreams tell a different story.

Maybe your subconscious has hidden fears that you don't know about?

Can you think of when you started having each of these kinds of dreams?

If there were my dreams, I'd say the tornado one had to do with loss of control or things "spinning out of control"? Have you felt that way in your life about anything? The gangs are probably more about how you feel around others, as if you're "ganged up on"? I use to dream about spies and/or mafia/hoodlum sorts when I was working hard in therapy. I guess it was my feelings about my therapist and working with her. I was anxious/a worrier.

something powerful is overwhelming you or threatening you, it could be real or abstract...an idea. Something is forcing you to run..the tornado, is it a force urging you to change? or preventing it?

the gang are again a force overwhelming you..but human. they sound negative...fears, that you threaten to hurt or conquer you.

remember your dreams..while awake...recreate them with you in charge. how would you change these dreams....now that you have control??

You can change this force that u fear..... it fears you more.

I personally feel that both dreams mean the same thing. The tornadoes and the gang. Both are large forces. Both are not in your control. Both are threatening to you. Both can cause bodily harm to you and others around you.
I feel that this si a pattern of dreaming that is addressing issues of feeling that things in your life are out of your control. There is danger. There is a feeling of being a vicitim of something. You sense trouble headed your way. Trouble that you feel helpless to control. Maybe you feel small and unable to meet the demands of a situation you are dealing with. But i honestly feel that this is only 2 versions of the same message.
Good luck.