Last night, I dreamt that I was in a room that had an aquarium that spanned the entire height of the room. There was a small shark in the tank. My father wanted to show off and climbed up a ladder to the top of the tank and caught the shark in a large, loose net and threw it onto the floor. There was a girl (I don't know who she was, but I called her "Heaven" in my dream) who tried to catch the shark. Next thing I saw was that she was somehow injured, bleeding from the mouth and both wrists and ankles were gone and also bleeding.

I woke up in the middle of the night from this dream, so disturbed. Any thoughts, comments appreciated!

Are you female? Do you feel that a male has recently been hurtful or unkind to you? Sharks are sometimes a symbol of aggression and dishonesty.

Yes, I am female. My ex-boyfriend lied to me earlier this year and betrayed me in a very big way. Around that time, I had alot of dreams related to that but this dream had my father in it and was so graphically violent?

Your father is the one male in your life who you are supposed to be able to trust, so this dream could be about being lied to in general.

Maybe now you have gotten over the issues that are specific to your boyfriend, but are worried about how you will be able to trust men in the future.

Heaven is the place where we hope we will end up in the future, so maybe the girl represents hope.