Dream Journal Ultimate
Date: 1/5/2020
By ChefRiggs
The dream starts late evening in a small farming town better known for its gangs and overlooked drug manufacturing. I found myself in a old barn converted into a bar or club house of sorts. There were about twenty guys hanging around talking and drinking. A deal must have gone bad because everyone there wanted me dead. The guy closest to me pulls out a box cutter and comes at me. I hit him in the face and take the blade from his hand. Everyone turns toward me and I realized there is no way I’m getting out of here. I grab a girl near me and hold the blade to her neck (with no intention of hurting her) I grab a knife near me with my other hand and point it at the guy I just hit and insist they let us go. The girl seemed calm. She didn’t know me but I think she felt safer with me than with them. We exit the building, I drop the blades, grab her hand and we sprint to her car. We both know they are chasing us so we get in the car and speed off down some dirt roads. Dozens of headlights following us at a distance. There was no where we could go. They knew her and they probably knew who I was by now too. We had to lose them so we drove through some late night town fair and hid the car. We decide to walk around and blend into the crowd but they are everywhere now. She suggested hiding in a shop near by. I escorted her to the restroom while I watched the door. Someone kept trying to talk to me but I wasn’t paying attention. It was a local girl at the bar asking me if I wanted anything to drink. Before I could answer the girl came out of the restroom, kissed me, grabbed my hand and led me out. We get back in her car and I drive to the lake. She explains how she was forced to work with them and how they threatened her and her family. We sat on the hood of her busted up car talking by the lake for hours. The moon finally set, the sun peaked over the hill glistening across the water. Then the dream ended.
AI generated interpretation The dream appears to be a manifestation of your subconscious mind's attempt to process and resolve deep-seated feelings of insecurity and vulnerability in the face of potential harm or danger. The setting of a small farming town with a history of gang activity and drug manufacturing may represent an environment in which you feel exposed or unprotected. The fact that everyone in the barn wants to harm you may symbolize a fear of being targeted or attacked by others in your waking life. The knife and box cutter, which you use to defend yourself, represent your instincts for survival, as well as your capacity for self-preservation. In the dream, you hold a girl hostage, but you do so without any intention of hurting her. This may suggest that your subconscious is using this archetypal scenario to express your desire for protection and safety. The girl may symbolize an aspect of yourself that is vulnerable or in need of protection. The fact that you and the girl escape and find temporary refuge in a crowded town fair may indicate a desire to find safety in numbers, or the need to blend in and avoid attracting attention. However, the fact that your pursuers eventually catch up to you and force you to flee again suggests that your subconscious understands that true safety cannot be found in external factors alone. The conversation you have with the girl by the lake at the end of the dream may symbolize an attempt to process and resolve these feelings of insecurity and vulnerability. You are able to connect with her on a deep level, which may represent a desire for human connection and support in the face of adversity. Overall, the dream appears to be a reflection of your subconscious mind's attempt to process and resolve deep-seated feelings of insecurity and vulnerability in the face of potential harm or danger. It may be helpful to explore these feelings further in order to gain a deeper understanding of their underlying causes and find ways to address them in your waking life.