Polar bear chase in woods

Question

I had a dream last night where a polar bear was chasing me in the woods, as strange as the location seems, and I held a large knife in my hand the whole time. I somehow climbed up a tree, and I waited for it to climb up the tree while I held out the knife. It climbed quickly after me and I tried to stab in between in its eyes, but the knife wasn't going through. Its skull was rock hard. I eventually shoved the knife into its mouth, and I woke up. I apologize in advance to any animal lovers out there who find the dream offensive. I'm an animal lover myself, but the bear in the dream was attacking me and wanted to kill me...and I happened to have a knife. Any ideas about what the dream could possibly symbolize, or provide any insight as to what I'm subconsciously going through?

Answer 1

bears represent destruction.  Could it be that there has been some kind of trouble in your life that you at first tried to avoid, but then confronted?  You shoved the knife into the mouth- perhaps someone

who was saying mean things, something like that.