THE DREAM The following are summaries of dreams that involved bears. The dream interpretation tries to isolate the meaning of the bear in each case by drawing upon real life background information - especially feelings from the day before.

One dream about a bears head being decapitated linked to the dreamer worries about joining the military - he was wondering how he could cope with being shouted at. The bear being decapitated probably symbolised himself - someone strong like a bear but knocked about by people even stronger.

One dream about a male and female bear linked to the dreamer working with a co-worker the day before. Previously she had very bad tempered but this time it had been OK. The bear symbolised her previous tendency to be bad tempered.

A dream where an adult is feeding the bears probably linked to the dreamer moving state. She was very busy and had a hundred and one things to do and was having to cope with her daughter playing up. The bear symbolised her bad mood in such a busy time period.