THE DREAM I was in my home town and with people I went to high school with. I was holding a baby and a kitten. The first tornado the sirens went off and they told us to to go up in the stadium and I was confused because I was always taught somewhere low. So when I saw the Tornado coming I took the baby and the kitten and ran down to a sawmill into a big grey cylinder looking shelter I put the baby girl down and the kitten I had someone hold. Then we saw then next tornado it was huge black and I never saw anything like it and it missed our path but destroyed where we were in the stadium and destroyed the school. Then my daughter came to me and said that everything was okay except for the big outfit it was a little dirty. I am pregnant and I have the baby boys clothes hanging upstairs in the closet and the big outfit she is talking about is the one my best friend got me and it is 6-9 months.

GUESSWORK The dreamer was having all sorts of problems at the time. She had broken up with her boyfriend and was very upset the night before because she was in love with a man who did not want her unborn child. She was also having money problems and difficulties with a friend needing support who was seriously ill. She was also scared that she would lose her baby.

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ASSOCIATIONS AND SYMBOLIC MEANINGS
1. BEST FRIEND. The dream features her best friend and so might in some way be about her. In this case the dreamer was thinking about her best friend the night before because she was being pressured by her for support during her illness.
2. BEST FRIENDS PRESENT. A present that the best friend bought appears in the dream which is probably an indication that the dream is about that friend. The present signifies the friends strong sense of bond and friendship. It's probably the mind way of saying "she bought me that outfit because I mean so much to her". So the dream probably explores the deep friendship.
3. TORNADO. Tornadoes often symbolise stress. In this case they probably represent the feeling that lots of things are going on. She had been upset the night before and was suffering money problems.

DREAM ANALYSIS In guesswork the dream was linked to the dreamers worries about her relationship with her best friend. The dream deals with the following themes
- Her friend
- A special bond of friendship with that best friend
- Lots of stress
- protecting the baby from danger.

If you weave together the different themes you find that they could capture these thoughts -"There is so much going on at the moment. My friend is giving me grief because I am not supporting her during her illness. She bought that outfit for my unborn child. I just worry that I will lose my baby"

It's difficult to tell what any dream is about. In this case there are strong hints that this is about her friend because a present appears in the dream from that person. Presents symbolise that bond between them.