THE DREAM I was at my school, and all of a sudden it was under attack by an alligator. It seemed like I was getting a rush out of running from it. It was HUGE. It was surprising that it fit through my school doors. I think that my brain distorted and made the doors larger. Anyhow, while I was running from it I ran into the gym and then I was instantly in some sort of battle. It was a battle of magic abilities. It seemed that it was me who spun around on my head making a sort of tornado spinning around me. It was amazing.

There was this one part where we were I was playing with a baby golden retriever dog. It was very very cute! But then, the people who were trying to keep the alligator from harming people, said they were going to use it to lure the alligator to them. I was horrified and tried my best to not let them but in the end I failed and when they put the little puppy in the water, it couldn't swim and I looked away and I'm pretty sure it died because the people looked away like they were sad.

THE REALITY There was a very strong issue dogging the dreamer at this time. Her boyfriend was about to move many miles away. Realistically this relationship was now doomed.

DREAM ANALYSIS Water in dreams often links to our subconscious minds. So alligators in them show that we have a troubled mind. Some issue is biting away at us. In most cases this is pretty easy to spot. Its a major emotional issue eating away at us. In this case the dreamer mentioned that her boyfriend was moving away. That's a pretty important issue and the subject of the dream seems settled. This dream is about how she is dealing with the issue of him leaving.

Gyms in dreams are often symbolic of our mind and how we are thinking in athletic and imaginative ways. They show our minds performing somersaults. Perhaps they show the dreamers mind working over time thinking up scenarios where they could continue their relationship. Indeed she perhaps wished for the magical powers mentioned in the dream to suddenly allow her to stay with her beloved boyfriend.

Often puppies in dreams are symbols of faithful and devoted relationships. a puppy may represent a devoted son who follows his father about. In this case perhaps the puppy refers to the wish that her boyfriend finds some way of staying where he is so the relationship could continue.

Yet the puppy is bound to die. The dreamer realises that the thoughts going through her mind are an over active imagination. The relationship is doomed.

Often huge things in dreams refer to the outside world. They show us how our thoughts and feelings are being shaped by the world around us. The dreamers world was been devastated by the actions of others. It was not even her boyfriends choice. She was powerless to react.

The tornado in the dream is symbolic of major change about to happen.

Symbolic Meanings
ALLIGATOR : "a situation you would rather avoid at all costs. Its an overwhelming problem - in this case the dreamer knows that moving will end her relationship with her boyfriend"
BATTLE : "a battle within your mind"
GYM : "keeping something healthy - in this case keeping her relationship fit and healthy"
HUGE : "the outside world is having a major impact on your thoughts and feelings"
SWIM : "trying to get to a new situation - the dreamer wants to avoid losing her boyfriend"
TORNADO : "major change in your life is coming up - in this case the dreamers move to a new state"

DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer - "I cannot accept that my relationship with my boyfriend is over. I know I have to move to a new state with my parents but there must be some way of continuing the relationship

See how the Symbolic meanings weave together to form a key insight

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