(Dear Sealchan,
I think that the idea of a dream dictionary is cool, because especially when a dream has strong emotional content, it is often difficult to see it as a (dynamic) language expressing something rather than signalling an upcoming catastrophe whatever. Or at least this is my personal experience, that the more intensely emotional (fear, anger, danger, etc) a dream is, the more difficult it is for me to distance myself from the actual events in the dream. For example, when I was at university, I had a dream in which my mother wanted to cut off my left arm. The atmosphere of the dream was that of panic, anger, frustration, feeling unprotected but fighting (most probably in vain). The overall frustration I had in the dream stayed with me for days and I caused quite a few bad moments to people around me (and to my mother especially, who couldn't see why I was so offended when nothing happened).
And even though each dream is as unique as each dreamer, especially in these emotionally intense situations it is utterly helpful to have some clues. Because it is only when the tension lessens that we are able to start working on our own interpretation, and it does help to "cool down" a bit when we see that our dream actually uses certain themes, structures and symbols, and the dream is thus a language rather than a "crisis" in itself.
Love,
Maria)