(Adrian - man, age 29)
Dream:
"I was in space, inside a spaceship and I was dressed like a character from a science fiction movie - like Star Wars or Star-Trek. I had a shotgun in my hand. I held it pointed forward just as I was ready to shoot...
“If you look for a meaning, you'll miss everything that happens.” - Andrei Tarkovsky
The weapon somehow made me feel stronger. There was a little boy standing next to me, and I was holding his hand. Then behind my back I heard someone talking about me - "look at him, he is trying to be like some kind of a hero or something". These annoyed me because I didn't want to be seen as I am trying to pretend to be like someone. I replied: "not like a movie hero, I want to be like me, but with a gun". Then the little boy who was holding my hand suddenly ran away. I ran after him, but I couldn't find him anywhere."
Dream interpretation:
The dream came the night after one of the monthly meetings at work. At the meeting Adrian disagreed with one of his colleagues. After he took his voice publicly, his boss showed interest in what he was saying and asked him some questions. Adrian then felt nervous as he "had been put on the spot" and found it difficult to follow up and explain the point he made earlier. He said that when he spoke publicly, he felt shy and afterwards felt very frustrated that he could not explain more precisely what he meant. This real (awake) life context may with no doubt be the opening point for the dream interpretation.
Adrian is dressed up as a movie hero. The outfit embodies his Persona i.e., how he would like to be seen. He also has a shotgun, which he associates with strength. The gun in his hand in fact represents the subconscious compensation for how vulnerable he may have felt at the meeting. In his other hand, he holds the hand of a little boy who eventually, runs away from him. The boy is a symbol of what the dreamer perceives as his own weakness but on the other hand is also (and more importantly!) a symbol of creativity. Perhaps the creativity which he lacked when he was trying to express himself at the work meeting. And, quite literally, the creativity imprisoned by himself, or to be more precise, by his Persona. If we follow the dream, we will see that, Adrian dressed as a movie hero (Persona), holds the boy's hand (is holding to a certain idea of strength) and with his gun pointed forward (perhaps ready to verbally counter his colleague). The boys escape from the dreamer's own hands may resemble the essential (unconscious) wish and in fact symbolises the unspoken words during the work meeting.
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