THE DREAM - In the dream I'm asleep in my bed and my boyfriend comes in though the window. I don't see him but I get scared because someone is breaking into my room, I don't know who. So I get the knife I keep under my mattress and without getting a good look at him I stab him in the chest.

THE REALITY The day before the dream the dreamer said something that she did not mean to a friend.

DREAM INTERPRETATION Many dreams simply use symbols to reflect some key thoughts about how we have just behaved. This dream was clearly a short story revolving around a mistake. The dreamer would clearly not have meant to hurt her boyfriend. That's the whole point of the dream - she is reflecting on her own mistake. She clearly would not meaningfully hurt her friend.

Symbolic Meanings
STAB : " The dreamer is recognising her words could have caused pain to a friend "
BOYFRIEND : " Clearly the dreamer would not stab her own boyfriend - this was a mistake just like her comments to her friend"

DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer - "I shouldn't have said those things I said to my friend. It might cause confrontation when I see him. "

See how the Symbolic Meanings above weave together to form a key insight about the dreamers in the DREAM MEANING