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Dreams of being attacked typically represent feelings of being attacked, emotionally, in our waking lives. If we are able to identify the attacker in our dreams, we will learn who—or what—is causing us the distress.

Is the attacker someone we know? If so, we are alerted that we feel threatened (emotionally) by this person. Other common attack dreams—a man or woman being chased by males at night, someone shooting us or attacking us with a knife—may reflect literal fears of violence or vulnerability. If we resist and stand up to an attacker it is a positive sign of self-confidence and assertion. If we are attacked and are unable to defend ourselves, this reflects a feeling of powerless against whomever or whatever our attacker represents. Attackers may also represent internal struggles—“battles” with drug, alcohol, or food addictions, for example, that a person “just can’t beat.” Attackers may also represent social pressures to conform.


Related Dreams
 attacked by bullets!

Related Dream Symbols
 attacked
 gun

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