Thread: Vivid Dream Which Involved Family

Right... I had this dream fairly recently, so its still fresh in my mind. This one happens to involve my family, even though the theme of this dream is survival/being chased/hunted, which is a recurring theme in most of my dreams I've had for awhile. Since I am new here, I might as well post the dreams which interest/bother me.

Basically, it starts off with my walking with my family in Corfu Town (My parents live in Corfu), mum, dad and my siblings, all together having a nice time walking through the centre of town. All of a sudden, screams are heard and people start running about in a panic. I run to see what was going on and then I spot what was causing the commotion. Reapers (well, I assumed they were that since they were skeletons covered in dark, torn rags) were killing off the people in the town. I run back to my family to lead them on through the town streets in order to get out of the city and into the open. Along the way, our escape is cut off by another reaper. I however, run straight at it before dodging its swipe in time, tackling it down to the ground before getting off it quickly enough to prevent it from touching me with its fingers (its method of killing). Eventually, I lead my family away from that reaper and we end up on a beach outside of the town, where everyone else in town also was gathering.

Calming down a little, we then go into the crowd to ask about exactly what was going on, but what we get is just more confusion. It was either "the government set the reapers upon us" or "the government and the police failed to stop the attack", or some other confused story. People start protesting however, angry at how the town was lost and how nothing was being done about it. Then things go from bad to worse. Riot police suddenly arrive and begin to try to disperse the angry crowd, isolating one group and beating back into the town, where the reapers were still occupying. The other group, which I was in, became enraged at seeing what was happening, and we begin to attack the riot police. I however, realise my family wasn't with me, but in the group being forced into the town. In the confusion/melee, I managed to make a break for it, running towards my family, who I can see and hear calling out to me in the group, but as I get about halfway to them, I get hit and knocked out by a rubber bullet fired from one of the riot police. When I come to, I am lying on the beach alone, the police had dispersed the crowds and I had been left for dead. All I can hear is the waves breaking and the screams of people as they get chased and killed by the reapers in the town. Knowing I had lost my family, I break down into tears, screaming and shouting into the air, overcome with grief and feeling completely powerless from being unable to save my family.

That was when I wake up, feeling rather shitty, but also a few seconds right before my alarm went off. I don't usually dream about family, since my dreams often involve people I haven't met and are mere figments of my subconscious mind, however I have a few before. Anyway, the peculiarity of this dream, and dreams similar to this one I had, is the lack of feeling fear. All I feel is a resolve to survive, to conquer the situation. However, in this dream, despite me taking charge and acting fearlessly, I still fail to protect my family.

Basically, I am very close to my family, they mean a lot to me. I am the eldest sibling, so often, whenever I'm home, it usually is my responsibility to look after my younger brother and sister when parents are out, or just keep them entertained. I'm especially close to my younger brother. But now as I'm at uni in UK, I don't get to see them often.

Anyway, that should be enough info to help you all with interpreting the dream. I feel I know where it is coming at, however, it helps to have someone else's perspective on it to help me understand it completely.