THE DREAM The following are short summaries of dream which all contain attempts. I have tried best to isolate the symbolic meaning of attempts in each dream.

A dream where here mother makes several attempts linked to the pressure that she was putting on the dreamer to be more commercial in her career aims. She was trying resist her mother. The dream symbolised her persistence on this issue.

A dream where teenagers are attempting to steal the dreamers car linked to her going through a break up. She felt rejected and as if everything was going wrong.

A dream where people are attempting to kill the dreamer or lure him linked to him trying to be more disciplined. However, he slept in again. People attempting to kill him symbolised the various distractions in life which were getting in the way of him.

Attempting to move forward but its against the law linked to the dreamer taking pictures of surfers. The action was far away and he wanted to get closer but it was not safe or practical to get closer.

Attempting to get out of the room but failing linked to the dreamer trying to adopt new ways of thinking. Attempting symbolised the real effort he was putting in to change.

A dream where the dreamer was attempting to steal money from a shop and the shop does not attempt to stop her linked to the dreamer lending money from her grandfather. She was going to pay him back but some other family members thought she was taking advantage of him. Not attempting to stop her stealing was a symbol for the dreamers grandfather not acting and feeling like he had had money stolen from him.

Attempting to stab a guy linked to the dreamers ex spreading rumours about him and causing his current relationship to break up. Attempting in the dream symbolised the belief that his ex was really trying to cause him trouble.

A dream where the dreamer attempts to take control of the car but it has unexpected results linked to the dreamer being burnt out. She was exhausted and stressed out by everything - her daughter had just fallen out of bed in the middle of the night.