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Dream: I am being chased or attacked

Description: You are being pursued or attacked by a menacing person, wild animal, monster or some other villain that may even catch, harm or kill you.

Frequency: This is the most common nightmare.

Usual meaning: You are feeling threatened by someone or by a strong emotion of your own. You feel frightened, attacked and in danger. Occasionally your brain may be replaying an actual event in your own life.

Questions to ask yourself:

Who or what is chasing you? What does it look like — size, color, shape, etc.
What is its outstanding physical characteristic?
Of whom does it remind you or who has similar characteristics?
What happens in the dream?
How does the dream end?

Pictures: DCI |
Adapted from The Universal Dream Key: The 12 Most Common Dream Themes Around the World by Patricia Garfield (Cliff Street Books, 2001). Used by permission of the author.

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