Angela,
What emotional issues from your past are there that need to be finally let out and brought to consciousness so you can end the issues {let it die}. Very likely it is related to an experience when you were 17 {at a deeper level it could be addressing issues from childhood, 17 years ago and having to do with a relationship with an older man}.

Petting it and comforting it may be an unconscious nurturing the experiences, keeping them in the unconscious and keeping them alive so consciously you will one day let it all out and resolve whatever issues there are {you may be repressing the issues}. It had a good life in staying alive in the unconscious and not letting it upset your conscious life. The good life may also refer to some past relationship that was good while it lasted but now you need to let go of it. The old man could represent something or some person from your past that is related to the energies. Not ever have seen him before would represent having buried it in your unconscious.

There seems to be something from your past that needs to be confronted and let go of. It could relate to a past relationship. It could be addressing two issues from your past {all dreams have at least two meanings/applications}. One may relate to when you were 17 and the other when you were a child {17 years ago}. The later would be a very early experience and may not be fully recognizable at that age. One or both need to be let out and resolved.

Jerry

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