俗話(huà)說(shuō)，日有所思，夜有所夢(mèng)。

如果說(shuō)美夢(mèng)由美好的愿望和期許孕育而成，那么噩夢(mèng)則可能源于壓力和焦慮。

不過(guò)，噩夢(mèng)中出現(xiàn)的意象可不能從表面意義上去理解……

Within the hazy realm of nightmares, a cigar is never a cigar. Dreams are categorically symbolic, and the images within them should never be accepted for their face value. If you interpret them as such, you're likely to miss the important issues your subconscious may be trying to convey.

在含混朦朧的噩夢(mèng)中，雪茄并非只是雪茄。夢(mèng)具有絕對(duì)的象征意義，夢(mèng)中那些意象也絕不是表面上的意義。如果你這樣理解夢(mèng)境，那么就可能會(huì)錯(cuò)過(guò)潛意識(shí)試圖向你傳達(dá)的關(guān)鍵信息。

Having a dream about natural disaster or particularly exasperating car trouble doesn't necessarily represent a fear of these events actually taking place. More often than not, these nightmares reflect your inner feelings toward a pressing predicament in your waking-life.

夢(mèng)到自然災(zāi)害或者惱人的汽車(chē)故障不一定意味著你擔(dān)心這些事會(huì)真實(shí)發(fā)生。通常情況下，這些噩夢(mèng)折射出的是你內(nèi)心對(duì)實(shí)際生活中緊迫困境的感受。

predicament /pr?'d?k?m(?)nt/：困境

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-考砸了-

考砸了是人們最常做的夢(mèng)之一！

Even if you've been long removed from the day-to-day realities of class schedules and the quadratic formula, you still might have midnight hauntings of pop-quizzes and impossible exams.

即使早就遠(yuǎn)離了天天上課學(xué)習(xí)和解二次方程式的日子，你仍然可能在午夜夢(mèng)中，被突擊測(cè)試和無(wú)法解答的考卷嚇得驚魂不定。

Failing an exam in your dreams reflects your waking life concerns about how deserving you are for the things you have achieved in life.

夢(mèng)見(jiàn)考砸了反映出你在生活中擔(dān)憂(yōu)自己所取得的成就是否應(yīng)得。

如果你夢(mèng)到考試成績(jī)不好，那說(shuō)明你對(duì)自己做的事有所懷疑或持否定態(tài)度。

-被人追、遭攻擊-

To be chased or attacked by something or someone is a ubiquitous nightmare shared by all dreamers.

所有人都?jí)舻竭^(guò)自己被人追或遭到攻擊。

場(chǎng)景和攻擊者的形象可能會(huì)有所變化，但被追逐的夢(mèng)境總是向我們的身體發(fā)出“戰(zhàn)或逃”反應(yīng)（fight-or-flight response）的信號(hào)。

The chase dream is remarkably prevalent because the fight-or-flight response is a primal reaction embedded in every single human being, arising when faced with dangers or fears.

追趕夢(mèng)相當(dāng)普遍，因?yàn)椤皯?zhàn)或逃”反應(yīng)是每個(gè)人在面對(duì)危險(xiǎn)或恐懼時(shí)都會(huì)產(chǎn)生的一種原始反應(yīng)。

弗洛伊德將這種夢(mèng)定義為“焦慮者的典型夢(mèng)境內(nèi)容”（"the manifest dream content of persons suffering from anxiety"）。

在夢(mèng)中被追逐產(chǎn)生的焦慮可能源自生活中各種各樣的擔(dān)憂(yōu)，如擔(dān)心堵車(chē)、擔(dān)心與人發(fā)生劇烈沖突等。

而你在夢(mèng)中逃離危險(xiǎn)的方式則反映出你在實(shí)際生活中面對(duì)焦慮、恐懼和壓力時(shí)，所會(huì)采取的行為。

-受傷、生病、死亡-

Dreams of serious illness or death are very distressing, especially when we're reminded of that chilling old rumor that claims "if you die in your dreams, you will also die in your sleep."

夢(mèng)到生重病或死亡的確會(huì)讓人深感不安，特別是想到那個(gè)可怕的古老傳說(shuō)：“在夢(mèng)里死去的話(huà)，你就會(huì)長(zhǎng)睡不醒”。

別擔(dān)心，不少人都說(shuō)自己做過(guò)這種夢(mèng)，但現(xiàn)在還活著。

Death can represent the end of a certain stage in life -- you know, like the end of your flannel and overalls hobo-chic stage -- which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

夢(mèng)見(jiàn)死亡可能意味著生活中某一階段的結(jié)束，比如告別了法蘭絨和工裝褲流浪漢風(fēng)穿衣風(fēng)格，這不一定是件壞事兒。

夢(mèng)到受傷、生病或死亡也可能代表情感上受到傷害，或?qū)κ軅目謶帧?/p>

夢(mèng)到所愛(ài)的人生病或死亡，或許意味著內(nèi)心對(duì)他（她）的感情改變或消逝了。

夢(mèng)到自己死了，那可能是你遇到了無(wú)法處理的情況，也許該試著尋求他人的幫助。

-汽車(chē)出故障-

車(chē)子出故障本身已經(jīng)是噩夢(mèng)般的體驗(yàn)了，尤其是早高峰時(shí)期！

但夢(mèng)到車(chē)出故障并不等于車(chē)需要加油或者即將爆胎。

Vehicles often represent the physical body, yet they can carry emotional implications as well.

汽車(chē)往往代表身體，同時(shí)也承載著一定情感意義。

Like dreams of a home, the appearance of the car represents your outward perceptions, and your inner feelings are represented by what's under the hood.

和房屋相關(guān)的夢(mèng)境一樣，汽車(chē)的外觀代表著你的外在，車(chē)頂下的內(nèi)容則代表你的內(nèi)在感受。

有時(shí)，你開(kāi)著外表光鮮但內(nèi)部亂糟糟或性能不佳的車(chē)，這就是你內(nèi)心對(duì)自己的感受。

有時(shí)，你就坐在方向盤(pán)后，眼睜睜看著車(chē)禍發(fā)生，這象征著手足無(wú)措和失控感。

-公共場(chǎng)合裸奔-

Dreams of appearing naked in public are invariably one of the most common nightmares shared by people of all ages.

各個(gè)年齡段的人都可能會(huì)夢(mèng)到在公共場(chǎng)合裸奔。

These dreams tend to act as reliable measurements of your self-esteem.

這種夢(mèng)是衡量自尊的可靠標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。

衣服起到遮蔽作用，能夠藏起你不想向外人暴露的東西。

If you are comfortable being nude within your dream, you are secure about exposing your feelings and have nothing to hide.

如果你在夢(mèng)里赤身裸體很自在，說(shuō)明你不抵觸暴露自己的感想，沒(méi)有什么想隱藏的。

Embarrassment about nudity implies vulnerability, guilt or shame, while being oblivious to your nudity can mean a lack of self-awareness.

如果你覺(jué)得尷尬則意味著感到脆弱、罪惡或羞愧，對(duì)裸體無(wú)感則說(shuō)明缺乏自我意識(shí)。

-下墜、溺水-

最近是不是覺(jué)得有些頭大？

可能你正扛著某項(xiàng)任務(wù)的壓力。這種焦慮感很可能導(dǎo)致人們夢(mèng)到下墜或溺水。

Dreams revolving around a continuous fall or drowning demonstrate an internalized anxiety about a situation or task at hand.

夢(mèng)到無(wú)盡的下墜或者溺水表明你對(duì)手頭任務(wù)或當(dāng)前處境存在焦慮。

The emotions they evoke can range from loss of control to exhilaration.

這樣的夢(mèng)要么喚起失控感，要么喚起興奮感。

你在夢(mèng)中的行為反映出你在類(lèi)似真實(shí)情境下可能采取的辦法。

如果經(jīng)常做這種夢(mèng)，可以告訴自己這只是個(gè)夢(mèng)，以此緩解下墜或溺水帶來(lái)的焦慮感，從而自主控制夢(mèng)境（這種在夢(mèng)里知道自己在做夢(mèng)的夢(mèng)境，叫做lucid dream）。

如果夢(mèng)到下墜和溺水，就暗示自己飛起來(lái)、游起來(lái)吧。

-打不通電話(huà)-

你有沒(méi)有做過(guò)這樣的夢(mèng)？不停地打電話(huà)但一直打不通？

這不是典型的噩夢(mèng)，但對(duì)于部分人而言，打不通電話(huà)相當(dāng)于天塌了！

Malfunctions with technology, especially communicative technologies, may mean you are failing to reach out to someone on an emotional level.

夢(mèng)到技術(shù)故障，尤其是通訊故障，可能意味著你和某人的情感聯(lián)系上出了問(wèn)題。

If this is a common nightmare of yours, take the time to evaluate your relationships and identify key areas that need to be mended.

如果經(jīng)常夢(mèng)到打不通電話(huà)，花點(diǎn)時(shí)間審視一下你的人際關(guān)系，看看是否有一些重要的東西需要修復(fù)。

-迷路、被困住-

Feeling trapped or lost in a dream indicates a concern of being lost or trapped into a certain situation or position in your waking life.

夢(mèng)到迷路或者被困住意味著你擔(dān)心在實(shí)際生活中迷失自我或遭遇某種困境。

想想看，是否有人在強(qiáng)迫你做什么事？是否感覺(jué)自己在紛亂的事情中迷失了方向？或者遇到了困境？

Realize this dream is a direct warning to your internal concerns, and it should be a cue to consciously address these feelings before it's too late.

要知道，這樣的夢(mèng)直指你內(nèi)心的焦慮，暗示你需要盡快解決問(wèn)題。

網(wǎng)友們也忍不住分享了自己的夢(mèng)境！

編輯：左卓

實(shí)習(xí)生：張琳曼

來(lái)源：HowStuffWorks