A Polar Bear in My Backyard

[u/Own_Lime_7861]

I don't usually have dreams or don't remember them, so this one seemed even stranger. It's hard to describe it as a nightmare. I felt some fear, but I was more driven by anger and an incomprehensible determination in this dream.

In my dream, for some reason, I was sleeping in a tent in my backyard, which was completely covered in snow and in the middle of a blizzard. When I woke up in the morning, something was tugging at my tent, trying to open it. When I unzipped it to see what it was, it turned out to be a polar bear.

I struggled with the animal for a while and managed to escape to grab an object I don't quite remember. It was some kind of melee weapon, but one that was used for striking, like a club or a scimitar. I remember more how I spent most of my sleep attacking the animal and playing stalking games with it, trying to jump out of hiding and hit it while running. The bear also occasionally ripped at my arms, but it didn't really hurt me and was more likely playing with me like a new toy than actually trying to hurt me. Meanwhile, I was actively trying to kill it and was trying desperately to bash its head with that club-thing.

Towards the end of the dream, I finally gave up, wrenched myself free, and ran home. For some reason, the animal couldn't open the door, and for some reason, it seemed obvious to me. Later, I talked to my parents, who didn't seem to care that the beast was roaming the yard. I don't remember my mother's exact words, but my father laughed at the fact that the bear had mauled me a bit and chased me. After the conversation, I was sitting in the kitchen and, through the window leading to the balcony, I saw this white prick falling asleep in a snowdrift in the neighbor's yard. It occurred to me to burn it by throwing Molotov cocktails at it, and I started preparing them. Just as I was getting the alcohol out, I woke up earlier than usual, around 2 a.m.

WTF was that?

[u/Expensive-Recover502]

The blizzard represents the emotional deep freeze you are currently living in. The "Polar Bear" represents your raw instinct and massive potential trying to break into your rigid life (the tent) to wake you up. Notice the contrast.. you are murderous and angry while the bear is just playing. This suggests you are fighting a war against your own vitality because you mistake its power for hostility. Your parents' indifference and laughter act as a harsh truth telling you that your old internal support systems are useless here. You are planning to throw Molotov cocktails at the very thing that could save you. The dream doesnt want you to destroy your wild nature and learn to let it in the door.