What research shows
Being physically attacked scored 42.4%, twelfth of 55.
Objects
Force at a distance, and the decision to use it — gun dreams turn on whether it fires..
What research shows
Being physically attacked scored 42.4%, twelfth of 55.
The psychological reading
A gun that will not fire is one of the most reported dream frustrations and belongs with the trying-again item at 53.5% — the failure is of effect, not of intent.
Not among the 55 themes ever measured — searched 2,350 times a month. Which dreams have been counted →
The version matters
Most dream dictionaries give one meaning for the whole symbol. In practice the specific version carries most of the information — losing every tooth and losing one tooth are not the same dream.
How to record a dream, why the feeling matters more than the content, and when recurring nightmares are worth a doctor rather than a dictionary — set out once on the main page.
How the dream felt matters more than what was in it. The same image can arrive as comfort or as threat, and that difference tells you more than any entry in a dictionary — including this one.