[LiteraryLark]

I have recurring nightmares during times of stress where I am in the water with sharks. Most times, I am faced by an ocean and forced to go in...I jump in the water, open my eyes, and see sharks approaching. Sometimes I can see the sharks swimming around before I jump in, and sometimes I just see the body of water and know there are sharks in there. Sometimes there are swarms of sharks, sometimes there is only one. Sometimes they attack, sometimes I recognize it is a dream and know they won't hurt me, but I feel an intense fear during these dreams. They are always great white sharks, sometimes of an unusually large size.

Last night, I dreamt of the body of water and knew there was sharks, but when I jumped in, there were passive whales breaching and swimming casually. In the dream, I had an "out of body" experience where I watched myself being hunted by the sharks. I looked at the whales and compared the sizes of the sharks and thought "Why would the great whites be bigger than the whales?" Then a shark jumped out of the water and attacked me.

Any ideas as to what the recurring nightmares and last night's dream means?

[Thunder Bow]

This dream may relate to a real life situation where you feel you are under personal attack, by some one. You feel hunted. It is a situation that you feel forced into.

[yugh]

Hi,
I'm willing to assist you in learning about your dreams regarding sharks. Based on my own experiences with nightmares, what I'd like you to do is to select two of these dreams and then answer, to the best of your recall ability, the following questions:

FOR EACH SCENE I want you to tell me the following:

Location:
I want you to look in your mind, as the observer, in the following directions and tell me what you see:
1. To your left.
2. To your right.
3. In front of you.
4. Behind you.
5. Above you.
6. Below you.

It’s all right if you can’t recall much. Simply tell me what you see and make sure I know what direction it is from you the dreamer. In my interpretation, you’ll see how this is a symbol itself.

When you are describing what you see, tell me in as much detail as you can recall about it. So things I am very interested in is what are walls, doors, windows, stairs, tables, etc. made of, age/style, colour, etc. The same goes for anything outside. You’ll see in my interpretations how all of this tells us lots about ourselves.

Lighting:
1. Tell me what the lighting was like, i.e. bright, dull, black, cloudy etc.
2. Then tell me where the light was coming from.
3. Can you tell the time of day or season?
Lighting is important in a dream because it’s a symbol of vibrational state. I’ll explain this during my interpretation for you.

Objects:
If there are any objects in a dream scene, then tell me about them as follows:
1. Shape, size, colour and what they were made of.
2. Where the object is in the dream relative to you, i.e. left, right, etc.

I’ve found objects in dreams are usually symbols of things we first need to concentrate on spiritually. I’ll explain this in the interpretation if you had any objects in any of the scenes.

People:
For each person in a dream scene I want you to do the following:
1. Describe them to me in as much detail as you can recall. This includes age, gender, clothes, colour of the clothes, what the clothes were made of.
2. Tell me where they were in the dream scene relative to you, i.e. left, right, below, etc.
3. Tell me if they were lying down, sitting, standing, walking, etc.
4. Tell me what they did with you. Don’t skip the details. Simply tell me exactly what happened.
5. If there are any conversations or thoughts between you and the person or others, then tell me EXACTLY WHAT WAS SAID. This is important.
6. If there were others you couldn’t see but felt, then let me know where you felt they were in a scene relative to you the dreamer, i.e. left, right, etc.

Animals. Etc.:
If there were any animals, insects, birds, reptiles, fish or whatever in any of the scenes, then tell me. Describe them in as great as detail as you can recall. Also let me know where they were in the dream scene relative to you, i.e. left, right, etc. Then let me know of any thoughts that passed between you and them.

Thoughts/Feelings:
This is a very important part of every dream scene. Take your time, go back and tell me the following for each scene:
1. What was your first thought/feeling as the dream scene began.
2. Tell me of any thoughts/feeling changes as the dream scene progressed and let me know where in the scene this occurred.
3. Tell me your last thought/feeling as the dream ended.

When you've done this, I will then happily provide you with an interpretation of your dream as if it was mine.

With kind regards,
Guy

Originally Posted by LiteraryLark

I have recurring nightmares during times of stress where I am in the water with sharks. Most times, I am faced by an ocean and forced to go in...I jump in the water, open my eyes, and see sharks approaching. Sometimes I can see the sharks swimming around before I jump in, and sometimes I just see the body of water and know there are sharks in there. Sometimes there are swarms of sharks, sometimes there is only one. Sometimes they attack, sometimes I recognize it is a dream and know they won't hurt me, but I feel an intense fear during these dreams. They are always great white sharks, sometimes of an unusually large size.

Last night, I dreamt of the body of water and knew there was sharks, but when I jumped in, there were passive whales breaching and swimming casually. In the dream, I had an "out of body" experience where I watched myself being hunted by the sharks. I looked at the whales and compared the sizes of the sharks and thought "Why would the great whites be bigger than the whales?" Then a shark jumped out of the water and attacked me.

Any ideas as to what the recurring nightmares and last night's dream means?

[unaluna]

Stop watching shark week and sharknado stuff? Watch more my little pony stuff. Boy im glad i dont have cable!!

[fema4psychiatrists]

this makes me glad I don't dream too much anymore. Maybe you feel like you can't confront the big white sharks? suppression of freedom?