THE DREAM - There seemed to be lots of gypsies or some group of highly undesirable people who had suddenly started squatting in the back garden. It seemed as if they were here to stay. I saw my neighbour staring disapprovingly at them. It seemed like a bit of a nightmare scenario.

THE REALITY The dreamer really did not get on with his elderly neighbour. He realised that he was probably her nightmare neighbour. He had thinking how he should show more consideration towards her. She was very conservative and hated low class people, foreigners and gypsies. She was not easy to get on with but he did realise that some of his actions were unreasonable. He was starting to realise that his neighbour really hated him.

THE INTERPRETATION Some dreams help us put things in perspective. They help us see things from someone else's point of view. This dreamers neighbour definitely didn't like him. From her point of view, he was the kind of "undesirable" who was in the dream. He was the nightmare neighbour that was in the dream. The dream turns things around a little. In this dream the dreamer experiences a worst possible scenario. He witnesses nightmare neighbours who look they are there to stay.

The dream probably taps into this kind of thought "I should try to be more considerate. I am probably her nightmare scenario. How would I feel if I had a nightmare neighbour."