THE DREAM I was at number 13 in a street where I grew up. A really attractive woman used to live there. The house was empty. I was there and on my own. I do not tend to fit into the world and have my own very odd habits which I was typically doing during the dream. The house seemed cold and lonely

GUESSWORK The day before the dreamer had been thinking about a crippling illness which he had just been diagnosed with. He thought his chances of relationships was now over

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ASSOCIATIONS AND SYMBOLIC MEANINGS
1. The number 13 house in this dream linked to a very attractive woman who used to live there. The woman had been thinking about his chances of ever finding a partner the night before and so any woman he was attracted to could link to his attractions.
2. An empty house could easily link into the issue mentioned in guesswork. The dreamers hopes and dreams had been shattered. They were now empty and gone
3. Cold and lonely. A cold and lonely house symbolised the dreamers worries that his life would be cold and lonely from now on
DREAM ANALYSIS In guesswork the dream was linked to the dreamers romantic dreams shattered by an illness diagnosed the day before. The dream deals with the following themes
- An empty and cold feeling
- bad luck
- Thoughts about women he was attracted to

If you weave together the different themes you find that they could capture this thought that the dreamer was thinking at the time-"This illness has shattered my romantic dreams. It will always destroy my chances of finding a woman I like"