A dream about being attacked by a wild animal

These kinds of dreams usually evoke the most negative feelings in us, because they are never pleasant and usually we cannot come to ourselves for some time after waking up.

Dream of being bitten by a wild animal

The point here is most often not only that it is chasing us or attacking dangerous, dangerous animals, but also in dreams of this type, an atmosphere full of tension and horror often appears, which intensifies our negative feelings, both in our sleep and when we are awake.

Interpreting dreams about the attack of a wild animal

Wild animals attack: dreams of this kind appear most often in children, who, in the form of monsters, personify various fears, otherwise they cannot define them. It is usually associated with the news and any experiences that cause stress in children.

Scientists have proven that this kind of dreams most often happen to boys, which of course does not mean that girls do not have them either, just like adults, because they also sometimes dream of an animal attack. It is then a metaphor for the desires that are hidden in a man, so that he may not even become aware of them.

Usually, after interpreting this type of dream, we may come to the conclusion that the object of our fear is within ourselves, but maybe we do not fully understand the needs or drives we feel, and that is why we do not accept them.

All these contradictions make it difficult for us to live a normal life, which is reflected in our dream. Therefore, we can be almost sure that such a dream will appear in us when we inhibit or hide our desires and desires, which seem to us contrary to the prevailing social mores.

When interpreting a dream in which we are attacked by a wild animal, we do not have to take into account its species, because it has practically no meaning, moreover, often in such dreams we are not able to determine which animal is threatening us.

Much more important for the interpretation of the symbol is how the animal behaves, whether we have any contact with it, and the most important are any behavior that may be considered unusual while awake. A thorough analysis of such details will certainly help us come closer to finding an answer to the question what the dream may have been about, we may be able to relate the events shown in it to our real experiences or find references to people we know in the dream.

Dreaming about being attacked by more or less aggressive and wild animal is never pleasant.

The beast may have various forms – usually it is an alligator or a crocodile, a wolf, a bear, a tiger, a shark, a panther, a mad dog etc. It is usually dogged, tenacious, it raises the dreamer’s level of adrenaline and causes waking up scared.

Usually, such dreams are accompanied by the unclear, tense and mysterious atmosphere, as well as by the sense of fright.

How to interpret dreams about being attacked by a wild animal?

A dream about being attacked by a wild animal appears usually in an early period of human’s life – when we are children and beasts frighten us. However, it may also happen in our mature life. Studies show that wild animals are more likely to appear in little boys’ dreams than in little girls’.

Wild animals appearing in our dreams may symbolize our hidden desires. Interpreting a dream, after an accurate analysis of every detail, we come to a conclusion that the object of our fear is the closeness of something we can not understand and what is rooted deep inside us and makes our normal existence harder.

A dream about wild animals concerns the fear, which is caused by hiding or controlling everything what we consider to be an inappropriate social or sexual behavior.

For children, wild animals are the symbols of all new difficulties and stresses they have to face.
It rather does not any meaning what kind of wild animal attacks us. More important is its behavior, “personality”, the ability of communicating with it, whether it surprised us with something…Finding all the answers will help us match the situations or the people from our real life to the events in the dream and tame our fears.

How would Freud interpret a dream about being attacked by a wild animal?

Beasts, wild animals, etc. appeared in Freud’s dream interpretations quite often. He believed that their presence in our dreams attests the dreamer’s fear of latent, muted and hidden desires. A wild beast may represent a person suffering from these unrestrained problems, or his libido and it’s unused power. The dreamer may also distance himself from his neurosis and fears, turning them into a different creature and finding the way to soothe his anxiety.

How would Jung interpret a dream about being attacked by a wild animal?

Just like Freud, Jung assigned a significant meaning to the wild animals appearing in dreams. He believed that they are important mythical and cultural metaphors, connected with the archetype of shade, symbolizing the mysteries of unconscious mind.

Continuing Jung’s research, the psychologists came to a conclusion that the more ominous the beast is, the more the dreamer gets seperated from his intuition and instincts in real life. The fact that we memorize the dream is a good sign – probably we are willing to take care of the issues in the future and we will start to pay more attention to the role of intuition.