THE DREAM There is a kidnapper with a child. He is holding a knife to his throat and pulling him along threatening to kill the child if people come near him. Suddenly the child breaks free and the attention turns to the kidnapper. People start to chase after him.

GUESSWORK The dreamer was starting to realise that he was abusive to women. He tended to be very obsessive and vindictive. He was aware of this. He was starting to try to deal with his anger. He was aware that how he was behaving was wrong.

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ASSOCIATIONS AND SYMBOLIC MEANINGS
1. The kidnapper represented the dreamers bad side. It was symbolic of his obsessive abusive side.
2. Chased: Being chased was symbolic of the dreamers guilt and worries that he was doing wrong. He felt people were constantly watching him.

DREAM ANALYSIS In guesswork the dream was linked to the dreamers thoughts about his own obsessive behavior. It deals with the following themes
- Behaviour that is just wrong.

If you weave together the different themes you find that they could capture these thoughts -"I know I have obsessive tendencies towards women and could be considered as abusive."