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Knife

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💡Possible meaning

This symbolizes the ability to cut through things, both literally and figuratively. It can represent the ability to get to the heart of a matter, as well as the ability to make tough decisions. This can also signify violence or aggression, so it's possible that you were feeling threatened or unsafe in your dream. Alternatively, it can also represent a painful experience or difficult decision.

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What chaos do you need to cut through? Are you feeling threatened? Remember, be encouraged, be bold and feel empowered. The same knife that threatens you in your dream is YOUR knife that you can use to cut through the chaos that surrounds you. Be decisive and make a move; you got this!

❤️ Feelings

The dream of a knife can evoke a range of emotions, depending on the context and individual experiences. It may bring feelings of fear, vulnerability, or danger, as a knife is often associated with violence or harm. On the other hand, it can also symbolize empowerment, protection, or the need to cut ties with something or someone. The emotions tied to this dream can be intense and unsettling, as it represents a potential threat or the need for decisive action.

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9 Nov 2024

dream-about-murderers-and-escape
Bus
Help
House
Knife
People

Dream

The dream started off inside of a house where we were all hanging out with friends. There was a man, an older man, and a younger man. they both were murderers The first man came in with knives and so I ended up getting a knife trying to protect the person that I was with. It was just two of us at first. Once we got him down another man showed up and we ended up trying to get out of the house. out of nowhere a big school bus showed up and we knew it was time to go so after killing the first guy we subdued the second one and took him on the bus with us he was really badly injured but before I could go back inside of the house to go get my car keys because I wasn't gonna go back in I had to leave my white car there so it was like the dream was recent. I got on to the bus because it went from being two people to being at least five people on a bus and the guy who was trying to kill us and the bus driver drove us to the correction facility to try to drop him off. It was like there were marshals in a school and they were learning to be able to catch criminals. The first guy that got off the bus went to go get help and those people arrested him. And so when he came back I asked him what took him so long and he said I just got finished being detained. so then I got off the bus and I yelled we need help and the white lady turned around and said we all need help and I said but we have a dying guy on our bus and she said well why don't you start off with that in the first place I'm gonna come and take a look and she went from being a white lady to being a black lady and she came and got on the bus and she went to check his pulse and he was still alive so no matter how many times we stabbed him or tried to kill him he was still alive. She didn't ask us any questions but it's like she knew who this guy was and so we told her to be careful walking so close to him and when she did she came back to the front of the bus and she looked really sad and she sat down and put her head against the seat and said we have to finish him. she stayed on the bus with us it was like she was a part of one of the people that were at the house but she had recently escaped before that same guy and so we all drove off on the bus and somehow it went from being a small group of people to a full busload of people. Then I stood up as we were driving off and I said we all have to take turns stabbing him for him to die. And then we drove off and that was it. I ended up waking up.

7 Nov 2024

dream-about-church-and-dark-forces
Escape
Knife
Car
Church
Darkness
Driving

Dream

I was sad and worried about something and I was driving and praying for solution. Then I thought about going to a church. I was in a neighborhood that I didn’t know, and I looked up the available churches close to me. I continued the GPS direction to find the church but at across section I was kind of lost and I got off my car to ask somebody for direction and in a few moments I realize it was a bad neighborhood and there were a lot of bad people with woods and knives trying to get in my car and steal my car so I ran toward my car and was able to get in my car and get out of that area safely and little further down the road I found the church. The church was beautiful and very fancy and I was wondering how could such a church be in such a neighborhood? So I went inside and I was amazed with the black and green marbles and golden cross designs. I realize there was, a black foggy misty and scary appearance is moving around some people in the church and for some reason I realize there were bad energies in that church specially hovering around a little girl which I tried to warn her. I got out of the church. Outside of the church the little girl was there, but now she had no limbs, and the dark forces were trying to trick her to get her in. I warned her and told her not to go back in that church and if she wants healing and salvation, just ask Jesus for help & pray. She was listening to me very carefully, but confused, and it seemed she couldn’t see the dark forces and they were taking her apart to get her back in. She wasn’t sure whether she should listen to me or go back in the church. The dark forces were trying to get to me as well, so I got out of the church and escaped that bad energy area , thanking Jesus for saving me and guiding me.

5 Nov 2024

dream-about-killing-friends-2
Car
Crying
Death
Friends
Knife

Dream

Ok so this is my friends dream that she just shared with me about me, the conversation goes like this: ME Tf?? Well what happened YESTERDAY HALEIGH You killed me in my dream Imao So much random shit happened I remember like bits of it ME wtf!? How!? Why!? HALEIGH Idk I was driving with two of my buddies from red deer and one random night you called me and you told me to come get you in Bonneyville cause you were crying so l made my friends drive me to go get you and then when I showed up I knocked on your door and you opened the door and told me to go behind the house and I did then you started tazering me and told me you always wanted to kill me Imao I was like talking in my sleep through this whole thing too I guess, but ya you ended up stabbing me at the end lol It was fucked up Hilli!!! ME 12:11 AM WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK HALEIGH. no more candy for you before bedtime, little miss!! NEW HALEIGH 12:12 AM MAN YOURE TELLI MY ME I Woke up sweating it seemed so real it was crazy Imfaooo ME 12:24 AM I don't like that. Can I screen shot this? lol HALEIGH Me either yes why hahahah Hillary it was fucked ME 12:25 AM 12:25 AM To send to Shawn lol. HALEIGH 12:25 AM Hahaha yes ME 12:26 AM That scares the fuck out of me. Why would you even dream that?? I am also going to plug this little shit into my dream app to see what it says. I gotta get to the bottom of this! YOU TOOK A SCREENSHOT OF CHAT!

3 Nov 2024

dream-about-serial-killer-and-dangerous-situation
Killing
Gun
Serial killer
Harassment
Knife
Police

Dream

I was bringing my crush to my childhood home for some reason. We pull up and I overhear this guy harassing my next door neighbor about going to his club. It sounded like a cult. He spots me and my crush and I’m unlocking the front door and comes straight for us. I told him I would kill him if he got any closer. He then pulls out a revolver and points it directly at my crush. It was shiny and nickel plated. I couldn’t reach for my gun because he was already aiming and ready to go. We get inside somehow and I’m able to knock the gun out of his hand and I pull out a knife and stab him in the ribs a couple of times. Then his daughter comes out of nowhere and starts trying to kill my crush now. And I kicked her while still trying to keep the other guy from getting off his knees and stood on her wrist. My crush grabs the knife and throws it away. I’m about to kill the guy right when the cops show up. I feel guilty and like I’m about to go to jail because I didn’t own this house and I was doing the wrong thing. One of the cops ended up texting me saying that this guy that was trying to kill us was actually a serial killer and wanted in several states. He killed six people. 3 in one state and buried on a bed of newspapers and 3 in another state and buried on a bed of cotton balls. This guy was dressed in an 1800s black suit. One with coattails and everything. His daughter who was found out to be some random girl he kidnapped was dressed like she was Amish.

29 Oct 2024

dream-of-violent-protective-acts
Abuse
Violence and death
Knife
Police
Hugging
Family

Dream

This was sometime last week. This dream was intense and violent. It was me, my friends Telvin and Kyland. We were at my house hanging out and playing video games. My sister Megan and this guy she was dating came to visit. That guy was pushing her and shoving her to the ground. I grabbed a knife from the kitchen. I told Megan to go in another room upstairs. Telvin, Kyland and I took this lowlife coward outside and he gave us a bs story about how he couldn’t take it anymore being with Megan because according to him she was controlling. I put the knife to his throat and yelled at him to tell me the real truth. He then told me he was abusive toward Megan because he had anger issues and decided to take his anger out on her. I told him we don’t take kindly to abusive behavior and nobody and I mean NOBODY hurts my baby sister. I then started stabbing him multiple times eventuality cutting his head off. I told my friends to get trash bags so we could dump his remains in the trash. We then called the police and I told them everything. The garbage cans were hauled away and the police let me go. I ran into my house and grabbed Megan. She was crying and told me she tried so many times to break up with him. I told her he’s gone for good and that nobody hurts my baby girl. She then held me tighter and hugged me and thanking me for getting rid of her abusive boyfriend. I told her many times that I’ll always protect her and she’ll always be my baby no matter how old she gets.

27 Oct 2024

dream-about-concert-and-argument
Knife
Argument
Girlfriend
Friend
Concert
House

Dream

I had a dream where I was at a concert with my girlfriend and her friends, and I wasn’t Vibing with her friends that much so I ended up leaving my girlfriend to go with one of my friends to a different spot at the concert to get a better view of the artist and have a good time. After the concert I remember she got a little upset at me and I getting annoyed at her. This is strange because in real life, we don’t get into arguments like that. I had another dream that my girlfriend and we’re staying at a tiny house that we rented. She did something before we went to bed that frustrated me and I woke up before her as she was still sleeping. I noticed that she also responded to one of my friends on my phone in a rude way without even telling me and decided that I was just going to leave but before that happened I heard someone coming into the house. She woke up and there was this younger Hispanic guy who seemed to be intoxicated or out of it. When I opened our bedroom door and confronted him he seemed all dazed and confused. Being flustered and not really knowing what to do He picked up a knife from the kitchen and tried to come after us. I picked up a pillow to protect us and attempt to take him down but the dream ended.

20 Oct 2024

dream-about-chucky-attacking
Being chased by murderer
Death
Fear
Abandoned home
Anxiety
Broken Heart

Dream

about chucky. I was in a big, huge house/mansion the whole house was white and so was the inside of the whole house. The house was HUGE! I remember certain parts of my dream that it felt like a movie but I saw chucky and.. he was coming after me like chucky was running fast towards me and it was VERY! Scary I was terrified so I acted quickly and I started to grab a knife that was long and sharp my anxiety was HIGH! And I stabbed chucky on his back his skin was distorted on his back, his entire back but I forgot to stab him in the heart because he dies quickly through the heart. I stabbed him in his back multiple times. I stopped and I left the knife on his back and I ran fast enough to go to my mom and dad I told them “mom, dad!! He’s coming, chucky is coming he’s going to kill me and you the entire family!!! Listen to me! We have to go now, like right now!! Mom! Dad!!! We have to go please 😭😭” I was literally terrified like I was having ptsd and paranoid couldn’t talk, couldn’t explain that right, couldn’t breathe. And I saw chucky coming and running when I felt that he was going to kill me and harming me and threatening me! I didn’t know what to do but I decided my body to go flight mode! To dash, run for my life! He stabbed me on my back but I felt on the front of my body that my heart was coming out of my chest and a little achy, tightness so strong! I kept seeing my face peripherally and spiritually like I zoomed out of my body like a reflection seeing myself, my face! 😭😭 chucky killed my parents and me! While yelling and screaming violently and maliciously! I couldn’t even explain it! Then I woke up.

20 Oct 2024

dream-about-haunted-school-and-spirits
Blood
Abandoned home
Knife
Spirit
Storm
School

Dream

I was working at a school or daycare with little kids when we found out it was haunted. Taylor was encouraging me to try and speak to the spirits. One day, I came in early to get some opening things done, and the scene shifted to an optical store. A man who had been hurt was hiding, holding his bleeding arm. The scene changed back to the school, and there was a blonde girl in a purple shirt holding a bloody knife. She was walking towards the principal's office, identifiable only by the light being on. Worried about the situation, I tried to contact someone but couldn’t, so I helped the man escape. The principal came running, bleeding somewhere, and I helped him escape too. The girl with the knife was still there. I put the school on lockdown as more teachers arrived. Suddenly, a computer near me started typing on its own. It was a spirit trying to communicate. They used nearby objects since I couldn't hear them. I didn't know if the girl was a spirit, but the spirits helped me apprehend her by giving instructions and guidance. I ended up with a big cut on my left arm. The spirits also helped solve past murders. Outside was an abandoned pavilion, old and unkempt. The spirits let me know bodies were hidden there. By digging, we found a body in a cement-filled bucket. At some point, we apprehended the girl, and we all got out. My car was missing, so I stopped someone and asked if they could call the vice principal or principal because someone I had helped escape had taken my car. While waiting, a dumpster truck came by, dropping off a large piece of furniture and taking some other stuff. I asked the driver to contact someone to give me a ride, and they did. Someone came to pick me up and drove me to my grandparents’ house. The principal, who had taken my car, had somehow gotten a warrant to issue an APB so people were looking for me to return my car. When they arrived at my grandparents’ house, the principal was there with my car, along with the chief of police and some military guy who thanked me for apprehending the little girl. I decided not to work at that school anymore. A few days later, I went to work, and it was the optical place again. Kim and a couple of other employees were there. A spirit was still following me, like a little buddy, helping me see things I couldn’t. It communicated by typing on my computer or leaving videos. At some point, me and two others needed a ride. A guy volunteered, and as we drove, a giant storm flooded the road by a lake or river. The water got up to the windows, so I called it and opened my door for an escape route. We grabbed our bags and electronics, left some things behind, and swam to shore. I remember getting up, soaked, with my bag on my shoulder, walking on the beach. After that, the details get hazy.

19 Oct 2024

dream-about-getting-married-and-fighting
Ex
Fight
Knife
Wedding
Love
Family

Dream

I dreamt that I was getting married to one of my friends, his name is Brahim, and I don't know why we were getting married, but we were very in love in my dream, and my entire family was there. I don't remember seeing any of his, but probably because I've never met them. My whole family was there, they were really supportive, they made it look beautiful, and they brought an officiant, and Brahim and I got married. We exchanged rings, we had a bunch of bridesmaids, which were my aunts and cousins, and it was really nice, but I remember having this feeling that he was one of my exes that my family wouldn't approve of, but he wasn't, and he isn't, and my family liked him. After that, right after we had gotten married, there was this guy, Brahim and I, we were walking towards the exit, and there was this guy that came up to us, and he was threatening us, and Brahim attacked him because the guy had a knife, and he was threatening us, so Brahim protected me, and made sure I was okay, and I ran, but I ended up coming, like I could hear the guy running really fast after me, and I wasn't fast enough, so I hit behind the door, and he ran past me, and then turned around and threw the knife at me, but thankfully, it didn't hit me, and I picked it up, and I think I stabbed him with it, after we fought for a little bit, and then I remember trying to, like I think I killed him, or knocked him out, and I remember trying, like waking up, pulling his body, like down the hall.

15 Oct 2024

dream-about-killing-in-a-glass-box
Knife
Doctor
Party
Guy
House
Panic

Dream

I was outside. There was like a block party of some kind because there was music and people were dancing, talking and hanging out In the street and on people's porches. I was on one them porches just looking out and enjoying people I recognize dance and have fun. I was enjoying myself. There was this guy to my right sitting on the porch with some of his friends but I could tell he was watching me every so often. And there was this other guy who was inside the home who's porch I was sitting on and he was busy working or something but something was pushing me to go in. And it felt like as soon as the party started it was ending there was a slew of commotion and people were leaving. I took it as a sign to go inside the home. But the guy who was sitting on the porch beside me decided to speak but to only tell me to go home. Not to go inside the house. Buy I didn't listen. I went inside the house. Butbi felt like I had to because part of the commotion was this man was acting erratic and I didn't trust him at all. He kept walking towards me like he specifically looking for me. So I went into the house where the other man was. When I approached him je was sitting on a stool and had a white doctors coat on. He gave an aura of I can trust you and made me feel sage. But I could hear and see the man outside from the windows go around and around til I heard him enter somewhere in another building that was connected to the home. I realize now we were in some type of office tht was connected to some type of hospital or Doctors office because it smell like one and through the blinds it resembled a Doctors office. Somehow that erratic man came through another opening and was in the Doctors office. I was hiding at this point behind a sort of a counter top and I had this bad feeling come over. And I was hoping he wouldn't find an entrance to where we were. This whole while I was panicking the man on the stool was just smiling like everything was alright like he couldn't sense our immediate danger. But alas, the erratic man found entry and came in. At this point thought the man on the stool got up as If to greet the man or something, but then the erratic man skip the other man and straight for me. But for some reason I had a knife in my hand and before he can even touch me I stabbed and sliced his stomach open thin his neck. I had killed him. The other man was just a smiling. But he beckon me to come with him. And I did. He lead me outside back on the porch and again another man swiftly walked up on me and before I can even think I still had the knife in my and stabbed and sliced him up as well. I felt satisfied and relieved after killing both of them. I felt that the danger was clear and I can breath. But then the other in man in the white coat was briskly walking and he was talking to me but I don't remember what he said. But he lead me to a big window where he opened it from the bottom and stepped aside so I could go first. And I did. When I got through the window on the other side there was thick glass and it came down but left like a couple inches of the ground when I tried to slide through only my legs got through and it stopped at my butt. I couldn't fit under the glass. And as I was doing this the man never followed me through the glass. He slid it down with a bang and was smiling at me. I scrambled to the window trying to get it open but I couldn't. I was surrounded by glass in front of me in the back of me and on the sides. He's face changed. Something like he was pleased that he's plan worked or something. I fell straight into his trap. And then he was gone. Then it dawned on me that I was stuck in a glass box with noone to come rescue me. I was going to starve to death and that exactly what he wanted. He wanted me to kill those men but something told me those men was not the danger. he was. I did he's bidding for him. With everything inside me I starred banging on the glass and til finally it did shatter. But what I mistaken as snow was white painted metal covering the window like vines. It had the same thing on the window to the back of me. when I finally realized I was not getting out I woke up.

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