Again, With These Hordes!, Why is it always hordes!?? Options

A long while ago, I did a post on dreams where I was facing off against hordes of some sort of foe or another.

Ever since, at least once a month, I have had a dream of the same theme. The enemies were different, but the feeling was the same.

First, it was Cops/Guards. Then, it was Nazis. Then, it was Zombies. Then, it was Demons. Just last night, it was a battalion of Starcraft Firebats all trudging to me, announcing that they mean to capture me.

A typical psychiatrist would ask, "Well? Why don't you surrender?" Because the compulsion to fight, and the feeling of danger was too great.

What do these dreams mean? Sometimes, I am sought to be killed. Others, captured. Always, I am the hunted, being pursued by a group force of some sort.

Insight, please. Serious insight. I've gotten lots of heckles of, "Lay off the video games!" but after a while, the joke gets old, and the question remains unanswered.

Please, help me with some input.

ADDED NOTE: I am always fighting back. Always swinging, or shooting back at my pursuers. I am always backing up, evading, countering.... but they keep coming!!

This post has been edited by Xenomancer: Mar 8 2010, 10:36 AM

Well generally speaking the ideal way to dispatch with a battalion of firebats is in a v line formation with several stragetically placed lurkers and at least one defiler that can plague them. Or you could get all air superiority on their asses and hit them with any flying creature since firebats can't shoot at anything that flies.... Of course if you're not the Starcraft fan I think you are, you probably have no idea what I am talking about.

Anytime you face off against masses of enemies, be they zombies, bugs, aliens, monsters.... an army of Gumbies (believe me its more scary than you might think... especially when they brandish battle axes and sing sing along songs), it symbolizes internal conflict. By that I mean that there is something deep within your psyche that your lower mind is trying to make you aware of. Its in conflict with your everyday to day life. This could be represented by being at a dead end job, going for a major you really are not into, having a relationship with someone who you no longer like, even something more subtle like not paying attention to what you eat. This could be related to something in your past (something part of you wants to remember or find closure for) or even be about anxieties in the future.

When these hordes chase you, be it to capture or kill you, it only underscores the main theme of internal conflict. Just because the underlying translation of these kinds of dreams you've been having is conflict do not think that this all means bad things. Interal conflict could be interpreted in a hundred + different ways. It may represent a desire to get out more, try new things, think from a different point of view, see different people, learn about new things, find a more fullfilling job/hobby (or just a job in general, as is the case for me....) or even face old demons from your past.

Where in relation to time and space this theme applies to you personally depends on other aspects of the dream. When you have these dreams are the details more related to situations you dealt with in the past present or future? So for example, if the dream was more about your past the theme of the dream might be a horde of zombies comming after you at the place you grew up as a kid. If its about your present then look for details in your dreams that you find in your current life. If its about the future then things might not make sense at all or simply look more futuristic. That is, at least, my linear approach to deciding if dreams are about your past, present or future.

If I were your psychologist, I wouldn't simply ask you why don't you give into those hoardes of attackers. That doesn't really get you to express anything apart from "I don't want to become zombie food". I would ask you something like "what do you think would happen if you did surrender" and this is really a rigged question meant to get you to look inside yourself and really just express your feelings. It might take a little beating around the bush to get to the resolution still. So say you did respond that you didn't want to be zombie food; my next questions would simply be what does being zombie food mean to you and where in your life do you feel like you are zombie food? The idea is that if you ask yourself questions like these, you can understand what it means to give in to these dreams as apose to keep resisting and you might be able to understand both the emotional and thought processes that are causing you to have these dreams. Thus you should be able to assess your life, where these dreams apply and make any changes that might be beneficial.

Of course, as always, I still think if you want to really get to root issue with any reoccuring theme within dreams you should record them as often as possible and examine the details surrounding the main theme. Those seemingly minor details can make a big difference. The real trick, which is always the main hang up of dream interpretation, is figuring out when a red wagon is just a red wagon and not a more significant aspect of your dream.

This post has been edited by Acid09: Mar 10 2010, 10:28 PM