THE DREAM - I woke up and heard these words inside me "So much violence". The tone of the voice was soothing and friendly. It was a woman's voice.

GUESSWORK The dreamer was working alongside a woman he was attracted too. It was obvious a relationship was not possible so he was very cut up and depressed. He was trying to stay on good terms with her but this was not seeming possible.

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ASSOCIATIONS AND SYMBOLISM The following associations and symbolic meanings can be attached to this dream.
1. The dreamer associated the phrase "So much violence" with his disrupted emotions. He felt constantly unsettled around a woman he was attracted to.
2. The woman's voice reminded the dreamer of the woman and her friendliness towards him. He wanted to be calm and settled around her because he liked her as a person.
DREAM ANALYSISIts always important to try to see how dream symbols can translate into reality. This dream deals with the following themes.
- Feeling unsettled around a woman
- Wanting to be calm and relaxed with the woman who was being very friendly

If you weave together these various symbolic meanings and themes and link them to reality you find that this dream could easily represent the following key feeling - "I just cannot settle around her. I am attracted to her yet I know nothing will happen. I just feel disrupted and unhappy whenever she is around. Yet I just want to be friends with her. It shouldn't be that difficult. Yet I cannot seem to manage it"

The dreamer was working alongside a woman he was attracted too. It was obvious a relationship was not possible so he was very cut up and depressed. He was trying to stay on good terms with her but this was not seeming possible.

DREAM INTERPRETATION The dreamer was suffering from deep depression because of his feelings for a woman at work. The violence represented his own disturbed feelings and resentments. He was trying to control his negative own feelings. The woman's voice represented the woman he was attracted to. She was soothing because he felt she was obviously sympathetic to his cause. The previous night he had been especially downcast and depressed.

Dream Dictionary Meanings
VIOLENCE: The dreamers state of mind the night before. Feeling resentful and unhappy.

DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer - "I keep sliding into depression and resentful feelings. I am really attracted to this woman at work but cannot have a relationship. I want to stay on good terms and she seems sympathetic towards me but I keep sliding into depression".

See how the Symbolic meanings link to the dreamers current state of mind.