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Using psychology we find that REAL "torture" dreams link to the following real feelings

- "I have found out my manager is leaving. He has been a real NASTY person." (a dream about a torturer can just be a symbol for someone who is nasty - it's the type of person who tortures)
- "I had a TERRIBLE DAY yesterday" (a metaphor for a tortuous day)
- "That's something would I NEVER ADMIT too" (something that you would not admit to even if you are being tortured)
- "They made fun of me. I was HUMILIATED." (humiliation is a metaphor for being tortured)
- " I feel I want to die and all around the world there is only PAIN and EVERYBODY WANTS TO HURT ME and I will never be loved" (a dream about a tortured life. Being tortured in a dream is often just a symbol for being tortured metaphorically in real life)
- "I am going to have an interview with my social worker. I know it's going to be REALLY DIFFICULT AND INVASIVE." (a job which involves tortuous questioning which is a part of the the dreamers job which they do not like)
- "I saw a TV program about gangs. They were RUTHLESS." (the gangs are a rich source of torture. Ruthless is simply another word for torture)
- "I have an EVIL OUTLOOK to life. I think it is full of nothing but PROBLEMS." (an evil existence frequently involves torture of all kinds. Torture in a dream is accompanied by tortured emotions the day before)
- "I am having nothing but PROBLEMS IN MY RELATIONSHIP." (problems in real life often feel like torture)

Research into dreams of torture :Understanding dreams is not so difficult. In practice dream symbols translate into certain words within the english language. For instance a "Torture" dream may simply this type of emotion - "Yesterday was difficult to endure - I felt such pressure all day". The dream simply uses the torture instead of these words "Difficult to endure" and "Pressure".

Why are these key words linked to this symbol?
This section will give you an insight into virtually any torture dream.
- "Endure terrible experience" (What traumatic experience has just happened? What terrible experience is still haunting you?)
- "Bleak view of the world" (Do you expect the worst? Are you in a very pessimistic mood?)
- "Ridiculed" (If someone makes fun of you it can under extreme circumstances feel tortuous)
- "Ruthless methods" (Have you been thinking of someone who would go to any lengths to get what they want?)
- "Embarrassing and awkward" (Are you worried about something that will be excruciatingly embarrassing? Did you give an awkward smile yesterday?)
- "Gang" (Gangs really will do whatever is needed to get their own way. They by definition use tortuous methods so think of any link with gangs in your feelings and thoughts. The same could be said of the army - they constantly pressurize you! Or any tightly knit group of people!)
- "Keeping a secret" (Were you thinking of a secret you need to keep under torture of death!)
- "Humiliate" (Did you feel utterly humiliated yesterday?)
- "Pressure" (Constant pressure might be described as torture)
- "Being watched" (Is someone constantly monitoring you waiting for the smallest mistake? That can feel tortuous)
- "Tortuous" (How do you feel tortured? If you can think of anything then it maybe related to this dream.)
the best dream dictionary is an ordinary dictionary. Dream symbols are best translated into ordinary words and phrases in the English language such "Keeping a secret." try to understand why certain words and phrases are linked to the symbolic meanings of dreams. Keeping a secret is linked to torture because we say things like "I would not reveal that under pain of torture." in understanding a dream you have to get straight to the heart of the minds thinking. If you were thinking yesterday how "My friend will tell everyone what happened. She will cave in under the slightest pressure." therefore we can guess at the meaning of torture symbolism - her friend would not need to be subjected to torture in order to tell the truth. But it also hints at the deeper meaning - that her friend could not be relied upon to hold a secret. So in this way we can see how dreams portray deep analytic thought processes such as "My friend cannot be relied upon to hold a secret. I have made a real mistake in telling her".
Now try to see how words in this list feature in your thoughts. Think of the things that you write down in a diary or tell a friend. Its likely that dreams translate into conscious thoughts that you are all too aware of - nowadays not many people believe in the unconscious mind. If any of the thoughts that you have seem to feature words on the list then its likely that the dream could link to that thought - it may even portray that exact thought process. So if you have been feeling that "She really humiliated me yesterday - I was totally ridiculed" then the "Torture" is symbolic of the feeling of embarrassment at being humiliated. Its the equivalent of you saying "She tried to torture me with subtle comments".

The more you understand dreams the more you will see how they represent very sophisticated thought processes. One dreamer had a dream of second world war germans who were torturing their prisoners. The day before one thing had stuck in the dreamers mind. The dreamer's mother had found out that the dreamer had become very friendly with a college professor and was very pleased that he was mixing with such educated and influential people. However, she did not know that the dreamer knew this college professor from their poker nights. She would not be so pleased if she knew they knew each other from gambling and drinking nights. The dream seems so ridiculous and unrelated to real life yet it perfectly captures the dreamers key feeling - that he should not let the secret of these gambling nights out under any circumstances. If we read the dream we find it captures this exact feeling - "I should not let this secret out under pain of death". So the germans torturing their victims did have relevance as they were trying to get the truth out of their prisoners.


HERE ARE SOME MORE TORTURE DREAMS (ALL WITH GOOD BACKGROUND INFORMATION)
•Dream - shaggy man died and haunts me
• Torturing experience - dream interpretation
•Germans torturing a secret agent - dream analysis
•Torture dream
•Children tortured dream
•Coping with asthma dream
•Terrible Nightmare
•Dream - prisoner killed by suffocation
•Angry dog dream
•Torture/running/trapped dream

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