Dream About War Psychological vs Spiritual vs Religious Meaning
It seems there have always been wars between different people, with the first war in recorded history having been fought nearly five thousand years ago. There have been civil wars, and wars between tribes and countries. The 20th century saw two world wars.
War is on TV, in films, and on the news. Sometimes it feels impossible to avoid it. Therefore, it is no wonder images of war leak into our dreams since dreams are a way for the brain to process information from the day.
Psychological Meaning
Usually, war dreams represent internal and external conflicts. The latter conflicts might be about your families, loved ones, and friends. Because of your troubles, anxiety, stress, struggles, instability, and other negative emotions, you tend to interact with others negatively as well.
Dreams about being attacked often relate to feelings of your own vulnerability. While they may be disturbing to experience, attack dreams are often exploring sources of pain or control in order to be released from it. Attack dreams can often represent the way we symbolically attack ourselves.
Many dreams of physical aggression do not, however, reflect actual experiences of aggression. These dreams may use violence as a metaphor (e.g., a dream of physical attack as a metaphor of feeling emotionally vulnerable). They may reflect instances of fictional aggression (e.g., seen in a movie).
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