l as expectant fathers tend to dream about babies, birthdays parties more than married men whose wives are not pregnant (Cartwright 158). Dreams about births represent the beginning of something, religious salvation or remodeling project. There is also death. These dreams tend to focus mainly on the ending of something, specifically relationships or people who have had bad experiences in the past. These dreams also may signal to a therapist and possibly the dreamer that the time is approaching for successful course of therapy. Violent deaths may represent anger and aggression, although much depends on the more general tone or atmosphere of the dream. When the dreamer dies but is not unhappy in the dream it may symbolize letting go of an old part of oneself or the destruction, which once may have existed in their life (Sheldon 101). This is known as self-transformation. However if the dream is a lifeless corps then this tends to mean that you are living a lifeless routine, which is called devitalization. Finally there are the dreams where you are being chased. Being chased in a dream could mean that there is something, which is on our minds. Something that is concerning us, mainly focusing on others and their aggressive intent or other something that is threatening or frightening (Keatz 83). If the dreamer is the pursuer than it tends to mean that he/she may be chasing after a difficult goal. Falling is a universal dream motif. Fearful falling has been studied and believed to deal with failing in life, or being overwhelmed or out of control. Flying is another type of dream that means that the dreamer has risen above something. Sigmund Freud believed this to be associated with sexual desire (Lewis 304). Astral projection, which is what is used to explain flying, falling, nakedness and unpreparedness dreams is theory that there are degrees of projection ranging from fully conscious projection to unconscious projection, which occurs during ...
