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Change And Conflict Dream Meaning

Dreams about change are common because the experience of change is an inescapable fact of life and whether the change is minor, such as a new hairstyle, or major, such as getting married, all change involves both loss and gain.

Dreams about conflict are also very widespread. This is because, in the same way as with change, we all experience conflict to some degree in our daily lives. We do not, as a result, spend all our lives feeling hostile, but every one of us experiences varying degrees of tension and anxiety.

Understanding conflicts and changes can help us manage them better, and many dream researchers believe that dreams are an invaluable tool for self- understanding. For example, Freud believed that dreams reflect hidden conflicting aspects of our personality, whilst Jung believed that the process of adapting to change or conflict was vital for survival and dreams offered an insight into that process. Adler believed dreams could solve problems, and theorists from the Gestalt school believe dreams increase self-understanding.

Dreams about change and conflict should therefore be listened to closely. They are a way of processing the thoughts and feelings surrounding that change and / or conflict and by so doing they can lead us towards psychological healing and personal growth.

See also: STAGES OF LIFE. [1]

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Sources and Authors

  1. The Element Encyclopedia by Theresa Cheung [Back to dream]

What does CHANGE AND CONFLICT mean in a dream?


Dreams about change are common because the experience of change is an inescapable fact of life and whether the change is minor, such as a new hairstyle, or major, such...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Conflict suggests that two aspects of our personality are having difficulty in reconciling their needs and requirements. Conflict arises when the conscious self needs to make...

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1- To dream that we are quarrelling with someone indicates an inner conflict.For a man to be quarrelling with a woman, or vice versa, signifies a conflict between drive and...

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A warning to the physical from the mental that you are approaching a breakdown. You need to make a change as soon as possible; either a change of job or...

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lucky numbers: 35-40-42-43-46-49fanatic, being a: resolve the conflict within yourself before you inflict it on another. man, being a: time to take charge of your life. company of a, being...

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lucky numbers: 13-24-36-37-41-46bad weather, registering: evaluate your emotions before you change them. fair: control your emotions, don’t act on them. good: do not block this change in your emotional climate....

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1. Self, inner conflict.2. Feelings of being overwhelmed, drained.3. Conflict in domestic affairs.

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(1) A fight may represent conflict in a real-life domestic or work situation.(2) The conflict may be within you, between opposed forces in the psyche. An obvious candidate is a...

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An obstacle dream if you were struggling to get through it, in which case the meaning depends on the outcome of the action. Otherwise, it represents a change, a risk,...

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To dream of the apocalypse indicates an inner conflict or struggle that you are experiencing.The dream may also signify a personality change. You might be choosing to follow a different...

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General Meaning: Hair is a good picture of the image we present to the world.It is amazing how much a person’s looks change simply by changing their hair.Dreams Positive:To dream...

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An emotional conflict situation, fear of emotional conflict.Folklore: In almost all cases, a ship at sea is a bad omen.

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A fight in dreams is quite literally a spiritual conflict. We need to work out where and why there is a conflict and perhaps deal with it in a subtle...

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Any sense of danger in a dream means there is some inner conflict - between conscious and unconscious — that needs to be sorted out. In such dreams you should...

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Temptation is a conflict between two different drives.For instance, in dreams we may experience a conflict between the need to go out into the world and the need to stay...

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Iraq is a Middle Eastern country ripped apart by conflict, bitterness and fanatical devotion to religion.If it should appear in your dreams, it may be expressing your concern for the...

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To see a belt in your dream, suggests an inner conflict. You may be caught between what you know intellectually, and what your heart feels.If you wore or put on...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: There is a heroic part in each of us which must face dangerous conflict in order to overcome the lower side of our natures and reach...

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Material aspects: Temptation is a conflict between two different drives.For instance, in dreams we may experience a conflict between the need to go out into the world and the need...

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Two aspects of an argument are worth noting from a spiritual perspective. You are trying to resolve some internal conflict or unsettled issue which may not yet have come to...

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Jousting in a dream represents a conflict within yourself.The matching pair of horsemen riding against each other indicate that there are mirrored aspects of your personality which are struggling for...

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As a play on words, a dream set in Israel may be telling you that it “is real” A pilgnmage to Israel may reflect your desire for spiritual salvation. As...

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To dream that you are schizophrenic, symbolizes your conflict between two ideas, opinions or ways of approaching life. You could also feel stuck between two people or groups in your...

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A duel will almost certainly signify an inner conflict, or a warring relationship with another person.If it is the latter, you already know the antagonists; if it is the former,...

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Wanting is a primal drive which, through social­isation, we may crush and thereby lose contact with what we want from our own feelings and needs. In doing so we may...

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1. A fear or reluctance to change, possibly due to an un­healthy environment.2. A feeling that troubles will soon end.3. A time of change.

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1- To dream of being on a ferry indicates that we are making some movement towards change. Because the ferry carries large numbers of people it may also represent a...

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Afghanistan is a war-torn country bordered on the north by Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan, on the extreme north-east by China, on the east and south by Pakistan, and by Iran...

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1. Lucky at love.2. A change for the better (to change into clean ones).3. Exposure, shame, embarrassment (to be caught in).4. Feminine self; an exploration of sexuality.

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1- The caterpillar appearing in a dream usually indicates that we are undergoing some form of major change. We may be being warned that we must undergo a complete metamorphosis....

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Dreaming of a gate usually signifies some kind of change, often in awareness. We are passing a threshold in our lives, perhaps trying something different or...

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You are likely soon to be contemplating a change of occupation if your dream featured the possession and/or use of psychic powers.Consider carefully, but don’t make the change unless there...

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This dream may represent one’s commitment to an ideal or to a relationship.It is symbolic of a ceremony that may be expressing the dreamer’s change in attitudes or some other...

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1. A negative omen, trouble, perhaps even danger in the offing.2. Something once thought unchangeable can now change— likely a situation, often a relationship.3. A change in character or personality,...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: As the earth becomes more threatened, issues of climate change, conservation and preservation will become part of our everyday concerns and, therefore, part of our dreams....

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As the harbinger of great change, the presence of Uranus in a dream may signify that forces of change are at hand. Much like a tornado hitting your house. Uranus...

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Dreaming of searching for jobs denotes the need of the protagonist to feel useful.It is possible that you are dissatisfied with your current activity and you are trying to find...

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To dream of being in this event is a feeling of not only a dramatic negative change in your life, but also to everyone around you as well as your...

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Depends on dream. Already packed case: readiness to meet change. Packing and wondering what to take: deci­sions about what stance or attitudes are suitable to meet pres­ent situation or change;...

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Material aspects: A nuclear explosion is not always an act of war, but can sometimes be accidental. Such an accident can unintentionally have very far-reaching effects.To dream of a nuclear...

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