THE DREAM I was in some kind of shop. I was slouched down and someone was talking to me. He was like a police man and was getting very annoyed. He was especially annoyed that I was ignoring him so I sat up and acted more respectfully.

GUESSWORK The day before the dreamer was told off by someone for breaking rules. He had been told off by this woman before and almost completely ignored her as she was telling him. This time he acted more respectfully.

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ASSOCIATIONS AND SYMBOLIC MEANINGS
1. POLICE. Police in dreams can represent any kind of rule breaking. So if the dreamer broke rules or was thinking of it the day before then police could represent that. Officials have to enforce rules in the same way that policemen have to.
2. ANNOYED. The dreamer had previously been told off by the same woman who told him off the day before this dream. Later he found out that she was very annoyed because he had virtually ignored her making no eye contact whilst he was being told off.
3. RESPECTFUL. When the dreamer was told off in real life the day before he realised that he should be more respectful than he was the previous time.

DREAM ANALYSIS In guesswork the dream was linked to an incident the day before. The dream deals with the following themes
- acting respectfully
- breaking rules

If you weave together the different themes you find that they could capture these thoughts -"I was told of by her again. She was quite right but I need to act a little more respectful. I heard that she was annoyed when she told me off last time and I almost totally ignored her."