[angyl_amal]

Had another one of my dreams last night. I don't remember a lot, but I'll try to give what detail I do remember.
My dad said that we had to leave because a forest fire was getting close to our house. I didn't know there even was a fire, so I asked where or how close it was and he said it was getting too close. I grabbed my backpack, which supposedly had my laptop and such in it, as it usually does, and my sister, dad and I left on a motorcycle or something (we do have one, but it's not operational and I've never seen my dad drive one before). I remember he left a large piece of cardboard hanging at the front of our house with a note on it. I didn't get to read it, but dad said it was for the fire crews, something like a "thanks for not helping" kind of note.
Before we could even get to the road, the fire cut us off and we had to turn around. We then got cut off again and eventually ended up back at the house. We have two buildings: the main house (one story) and a two-story building right next to it, the downstairs is a garage and upstairs is half my room and the other half is an office. At first, I remember the property being completely surrounded by the fire, some areas being burned and we had to fight it off ourselves. Next thing I know, there's only a few small brush fires left and we get them out with a couple hoses or something. I didn't see the inside of the house, but from the outside at the front, it seemed to have been spared. The other building took some damage to the outside. I was sure that the inside would have been destroyed, but when I went upstairs, nothing inside was burned. The room was clean and the furniture was in different places from how it is now, so that little bit confused me, but I was also relieved to see that the only damage was outside.
That's all I can remember. What do you guys think it means? This is the second fire dream I've had (the first one was different, but still a fire), and I'm wondering what it could mean.

[medkev13]

Fire is typically a reflection of anger that's been left to simmer and stew. The fire growing from past dreams (I'm guessing it wasn't as big as a forest fire last time) tells me that something at the source is being avoided/ran from/repressed. Scratch that...it's definately being ran from. Hence the family getting on the motorcycle and trying to evacuate. But you're trapped and eventually you have to be back at the house. I'm guessing that the anger issue (anger here could be vague, and it could simply be a tension that's been growing exponentially) seems to have affected every part of your world except your home life. The best thing you can do is face the issue, put the fire out, and begin repairing the damages.

[angyl_amal]

You're right, the fires in previous dreams (forgot that I've had one or two before the two I've had in mind, but those were a long time ago) were not this severe. The first one or two dreams, all I can remember is running around the house, going to different doors that lead outside and finding a brushfire right outside that door or a little further away on the ground or a tree, I think ranging from one to three feet in height, and when I'd try to tell someone about it, they wouldn't do anything. Everyone just went on with their business as though nothing was happening.
The recent dream before this new one, I was on a bus, going.....somewhere, no idea where, and there was fire all over the place, but it was not quite a foot in height anywhere. It lined the dried out grass fields along the road and between fields (did not fill in the areas, just the borders), and completely covered the roof of the junior high school I went to, maybe more of the structure, but I can't remember. I remember staring at the building feeling freaked out and asking myself where my little sister was going to go to school if this school isn't saved. I think I remember trying to tell someone on the bus about the fire or asking what was going on, but wasn't acknowledged. Heck, I might have tried to call someone on my phone, but it didn't work. I think this was close to sunset and the air was smokey, as though this were a real forest fire. The last thing I think I remember before waking up was a person (male, I think?) standing in the middle of the road, facing us, and the bus couldn't complete a right turn through an intersection.
Then comes this new dream. The first one/two were a long time ago, almost forgot I'd had them, the next was sometime in the last year I think, so there's a good amount of time between them, but getting closer each time. You think they're connected?
Note - I live in the woods, so forest fires are things we always have to be aware of and prepared for every summer.

[medkev13]

I don't think it has much to do with the forest fires, save for the connection to the destruction it brings. I think the forest fire image in the latest is simply the symbol your subconscious mind is most familiar with, so it acts as the path of least resistance. The message is still the same in all these - the source of the fire needs to be addressed or the fire will engulf the world you know.

[angyl_amal]

Well, I just had another fire dream last night. I only remember bits and pieces, but I'll try to describe what I can.

The first thing I remember was being in the driveway in the middle of the night, I have no idea why I was walking around at this time because it gets very dark, and I remember a few people running past me towards our second building. I followed them and there was a fire a few yards from the structure, kind of the size of a small bonfire. A few people had fire extinguishers or something similar, I had one of some sort in my hands as well (no idea when or where I got it), and as I was trying to put out the fire, I noticed that while something was coming out of it, the fire wasn't affected one bit. Almost like I was using a small flamethrower thing instead and it was keeping the fire going rather than making it bigger or smaller.

Cut to mid-morning the next day, the fire's out, and the damage was contained to where it was when I first saw it. I go in...one of the buildings, I think it was the house, but I can't remember, and the inside looked way different from how it really is; different structure and design, more enclosed. I noticed that it looked like things were being pulled out and packed, and so I asked if we were evacuating, and was told that we were.

I think that's all I remember at the moment. Note, this is about a week after I first told a family member that I need help for depression.

[medkev13]

I think you've really answered your own dream interpretation x_x

You've been facing the damage your depression is causing (why would you be getting help if it's not causing problems in your life). The fire is a way relating the spreading damage your depression has caused, and since depression is a continuing issue, it doesn't start with a certain damage and then stop. The depression grows and the damage gets worse, gets -more-.

But now you have a plan to get help for the depression (yay for you, btw ^_^ ) So your subconsicous has acknowledged that the fire is being controlled and put out. The depression will still fight against the help initially (when I'm off my meds I -hate- the idea of even taking the pills, so I know how the battle goes) But it still goes out in the end. There is a lingering uncertainty, and that's shown through the remaining plan for evacuation.