THE DREAM There is some kind of commotion going on. I decide to use my phone to call the police as they will sort things out.

GUESSWORK The dreamer was getting psychiatric help for phobias. He found it very difficult to use phones and indeed tell his support workers if he was in a crisis. He was trying to get used to phones but it was not easy for him. He tended to bottle things up and this usually made any crisis worse.

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ASSOCIATIONS AND SYMBOLIC MEANINGS
1. PHONE: Using a phone was extremely difficult for the dreamer. He was nervous using phones so its possible that this dream linked into this phobia and his treatment.
2. POLICE: The police and the commotion was a symbol for the dreamers need to get in touch with his psychiatric support workers if he got into a crisis.

DREAM ANALYSIS In guesswork the dream was linked to the dreamers thoughts about overcoming his phobias. It deals with the following themes
- A need to report something that was wrong
- overcoming phobic fears of telephones

If you weave together the different themes you find that they could capture these thoughts -"I know I find it difficult to tell people when I get into problems. I tend to bottle things up."