THE DREAM I dreamt that I woke up and there was a thin dirty cat in my room (not my cat) I got up quickly to look for my cat and the whole lounge was full of cats all shapes, colours and sizes but all were very thin and mange. Kittens were hanging from the curtains trying to get inside, it was raining outside. All I was worried about is that they are all wild and will attack me, they were friendly and loving, but I was scared to pick any of them up because they were so dirty.

GUESSWORK The previous day the dreamer had suffered from a tummy bug. The mind will concentrate on new things and any kind of illness will certainly preoccupy the dreamer.

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ASSOCIATIONS AND SYMBOLIC MEANINGS
1. Dirty cats can be associated with anything dirty. In this case the dirty cats could represent bugs which had infected the dreamer.
2. The dreamer feels under attack from cats. That could be a metaphor for being under attack from a tummy bug.

DREAM ANALYSIS In guesswork the dream was linked to a an illness
- something dirty that needs to be protected from

If you weave together the different themes you find that they couldcapture these thoughts -"I have a tummy bug. I hate this infection"