Zombie Vandalism

The School of Zombies Some believe dreams are the gateway to our inner thoughts. Others believe it is pointless, and only is a way to keep people asleep. Whatever the belief is, it does not matter. Dreams happen and they are inevitable unless you have a mental disorder that causes dreams not to occur. Whether you believe in dreams have meaning or not dreams effect us, from the occasional nightmares to the nights filled with lust. They have an effect on humans the moment they wake up from this dream. The dream may not follow, or haunt humans throughout the day, but they do hold a certain power over them. This is why dreams are so commonly interpreted, and researched throughout the psychology community. One specific dream was a large
group of zombies attacking a school. While walking to the back doors of the school with a group of friends on the weekend trying to impress each other by being bad. The kids were going to vandalise the building. As they begin to spray paint the school they hear a noise coming from inside. Walking slowly towards the awkward noises they took a glance into in the window. Something strange was inside the school, the group of friends decided to go into the school. Inside the school a zombie ran out of a mathamatics room and started chasing the group. The one girl in the group turns around, and hit the zombie in the throat with a textbook that she found on the floor. The zombie fell, and the girl took her left foot and kicked the zombie in the foreheard then brains splattered out. The kids ran screaming, seeing other zombies walking towards the group of friends with their hands out straight, mouths open, making scary growling noises, bloody clothes, dirty faces, a disgustingly terrifying appearance. Even though the kids got to the back of the school and were able to get out of the school, it did not matter. The zombies were everywhere. They were in the front of the school, back of the school, sides of the schools and were closing in on the kids. Suddenly one of the kids saw a little area towards a large forest. She pointed it out to her friends screaming and starting running towards it since there was no zombies seen as of yet. Running into the forest they were trying to stay together, but it was so dark that they slowly lost some of the friends along the way. The deeper they got into the woods, the quieter the zombie noises became. The kids began to feel safe then the dream was over abrruptly. The symbolic meaning of the vandalism of the school refers to repressed anger.
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
facing one's fears, and simply running away from a problem. Collectively it is interpreted that the dream represents being influenced or damaged by something within the waking life, which is causing immense stress unconsciously. The mind then portrays these issues as monsters coming to consume the person. When the simple solution to these problems may simply be to slow down, and think rationally about the issue at hand. Anger can sometimes be expressed openly or hidden behind other emotions, being angry is sometimes portrayed as being afraid. The repressed anger caused by the situation is evident, contributing to the overwhelming amount of zombies there were within the dream. The blatant and passive displays of aggression such as vandalism and violence also hint to the anger being repressed within the waking consciousness. The knowing of wrongfully doing something can increase the internal feelings of guilt and stress, thus making the person want to run away from their problems as a means of solving it as displayed by the running into and through the woods. This interpretation was reached by inferring the symbols to the waking life situations, and consciousness. Rapid Eye Movement or "REM sleep" is the deepest form of sleep where dreams occur and the body's functions slow down.
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
cause a person to choose a different approach to a problem, or a new look into the situation. Both equally having a powerful effect on the person. It can be concluded that whether it is a pleasant dream, or a fearful dream; dreams have power over humans.