Being in the school represents childhood insecurities and repressed feelings of inadequacy. The zombie represents being under intense stress in your waking life and are avoiding issues. The reason the zombie came specifically out of the mathematics class signifies that in the waking life there needs to be a more calculated, and rational way of thinking when solving a problem. When the girl stomped the zombie that is also another form of repressed anger occurring in the waking life similar to vandalism. While being chased signifies close-mindedness, and refusing to acknowledge a certain viewpoint or idea. Also, it represents not wanting to listen to any opposing opinion. People chasing you can be interpreted in many ways, some including that you are running from the truth, hiding something that needs to be told, and issues that need to be addressed. Being trapped, such as when the children were surrounded inside and outside of the school by zombies indicates the feeling of confinement within a personal relationship, job, or aspect of life. Also, it can signify being tired of the same old habits and routines. Dreaming of the woods symbolizes having anxiety over leaving behind something that is familiar. Being scared within the dream signifies lost of control in the waking life, incompetence, and/or self-doubt. Running to the woods and in the woods from the zombies states the fear of …show more content…
This is also where the body's muscles stop moving due to REM atonia which is "a state in which the motor neurons are not stimulated and thus the body's muscles don't move." This is done so that the body does not act out dreams, especially scary ones such as being chased by zombies. That could lead to many possible dangers not only to the dreamer, but also anyone around them. "Adult humans spend about a quarter of their sleep time in REM (approximately 90-120 minutes), much of it dreaming. During a typical night, humans experience 4 or 5 periods of REM sleep (short periods at the beginning of the night and longer periods as the night progresses)" which means that throughout a typical night one can dream this dream during one cycle of REM sleep then move onto a more peaceful dream in the next cycle. Interestingly people like to believe that the heart rate and breathing of a person in REM sleep is consistent and steady, it is actually irregular and body temperature during this time is not easily controlled. That is why when having troubling dreams such as these, a person can wake up completely drenched in sweat and their heart rate beating extremely fast. Dreams have an effect on people, and are lessons taught to humans by themselves. This is why people may act differently due to a dream or come to great insight due to a dream. Sometimes fear will