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

A dream where the dreamer was suddenly outside running for the hills linked to her attending a funeral the day before. Whilst there it suddenly dawned on her that virtually all the congregation had been in prison or done drugs. The 'sudden' change in the dream captured her feelings the day before when she had suddenly realised that if most of the congregation did not change their ways they would end up dead like the man whose funeral this was.

A dream where the dreamer suddenly realises that the stairs do not continue upwards linked to a new forum the dreamer tried the previous day. He was not made to feel very welcome in fact he was rather ignored and shunned. They held very different ideas to himself. The 'sudden' change in the dream symbolised the dreamer suddenly realising this.

A dream where the dreamer finds that he is suddenly outside linked to him overhearing a conversation. Someone mentioned that Misha was off sick due to depression. This really shook up the dreamer who was completely surprised that Misha could ever suffer from depression. Suddenly being outside symbolised the moment when the dreamer just stopped and thought about this totally amazing revelation.

A dream where 'all of a sudden I saw a huge snake' linked to the dreamer breaking up with his girlfriend and now realising how badly he acted. This sudden event symbolised his sudden realisation of how he acted.

A dream where the dreamer suddenly find himself perched upon a church spire linked to him having got a promotion. Everyone was saying he got the job because he was favoured by the boss. Suddenly finding himself on the spire symbolised his sudden realisation that people were thinking this way.

A dream where suddenly something very embarrassing happens linked to the dreamer getting really wound up by someone the day before. The dreamer wanted to humiliate this person and get him back. Something happening 'suddenly' symbolised his need to be wary and not to provoke this person as there maybe consequences.

Thinking of himself suddenly being tortured by Germans linked to the dreamers mom finding out that he knew someone important and influential. He became very defensive about this because his mom might also find out that he knew this person through playing poker. Suddenly being tortured symbolised his immediate realisation that he had to keep this secret.

A dream where a man suddenly changes into a hobgoblin linked to the dreamer finding out rumours that her mother was going to leave for Japan. She was going to live there and was not going to tell anyone about her move. She had done this before. The 'suddenness' of the dream was symbolic of this totally surprising news.

A dream which featured things happening suddenly linked to the dreamer having a real health scare the previous day. He had forgotten his medication and this had shocking results. The 'sudden' events in the dream symbolised these surprise events the previous day when things could have gone seriously wrong.

A dream about a friend falling into a narrow drain linked to the dreamer talking to an old friend the day before. She had had a lot of troubles and was talking through her problems.

A dream where the dreamer 'suddenly sees what the distraction is' linked to the dreamer ignoring someone by accident the day before. This was a pity because this person was someone who had been very friendly. He had met him at a club which he did not go to any more. Slowly he was losing touch with all these people. Ignoring this person the day before was not something he meant to do - he was distracted by something. The 'sudden' in this dream was symbolic of this moment which all happened so quickly that he could not really do anything to put the situation right.

A dream where the dreamer suddenly takes fright linked to the day before when he felt under pressure. He did not like to show his frustration as people were watching. Suddenly taking fright was symbolic of a particular moment the day before when the dreamer was freaked out. The dream was about him thinking about this particularly difficult moment.

A dream where dragon eggs start hatching linked to the dreamer working in a strip club. The suddenness of the dream was symbolic of the quick moving situations in such places which could easily get out of hand.

A 'sudden' dream where walls suddenly cave in was thought to be a premonition of the day ahead when the dreamer suddenly acquired a bad back.

A dream where the dreamers sister in law comes into the bedroom was thought to be a premonition of the day ahead when the dreamers sister in law suddenly turned up asking for money.

A dream where 'all of a sudden the figure stops it gets really bright and everything goes black again' was thought to be a premonition of the dreamers husband dying.

A dream where the dreamer was 'suddenly' with a man on a deserted beach was thought to be a premonition. The next day the dreamer met the man in the dream. He looked at her like a ghost and told her that he had a dream about her. The 'sudden' dream was symbolic of this premonition.

A dream where the dreamer 'walks to the noose and suddenly images of my family flash across my head and I firmly refuse to be hanged' was linked to the dreamer having an interview for a job. However, he was badly ill. Suddenly seeing images of his family was symbolic of a real moment of meaning. He was recognising thinking deeply about the importance of this job and of his family and things important to him.

A dream where 'all of a sudden, I remembered that the army was having a visiting day' was linked to the dreamers boyfriend having recently joined the army. He was currently in boot camp, and there was very little communication between them. He had been her best friend for two years, until about a month ago, when he gathered the courage to tell her how he felt about her. She was really wanting to know how he felt at this crucial point. The 'sudden' dream was linked to her really wanting and wishing to see her.

Suddenly being with her boyfriend was linked to them being in a long distance relationship. He was suddenly there - which was symbolic of her wishes and fantasies.

A dream where the dreamer suddenly had a camera was linked to his co-workers thinking he was just a boring cleric. The camera was symbolic of his creative side. The way it suddenly came out was linked to the surprise that his co-workers would have when they found out he was very creative.

A dream where the dreamer was suddenly in a short white towel was linked to her having fantasies about a guy. She was very young and innocent and the 'suddenness' of the dream was symbolic of her fantasies - suddenly what she wants is happening.