Nightmares: what do they mean?
Last night, I had the most awful dream, that a friend who has been unwell, was pushing himself to the limit and not letting himself get better, had a car crash. It felt so real. In the dream, I found him all mangled, and lifeless. After months in hospital, it was time for him to get out, but there was no-one to look after him, as he had literally no-one in his life. No-one knew what to do, and no-one felt it was their responsibility. I started to cry in my dream because I felt for him. Then, the tears streaming down my face woke me up. I was completely shakened. It felt so real. The pictures in my dream were so real. It took moments before I realised that it was just a bad dream.
I don't know if you experience nightmares that are really realistic, but the few times I have, it really affects me.
I know that they say that there is messages behind your dreams that people should look at. As I put some thought into that when I walked around the park this morning with my dog, I realised that this did not mirror me as I have a big, loving family, so it wasn't meant in that way. Then I looked behind it a bit further. Maybe its about control. Perhaps the underlying message is that we cannot control the outcomes of our life or our work, no matter what we put in place. That sometimes, things happen and decisions are made for us. No matter how much money we have, or how determined we are, we cannot write our own path to perfection.
My message out of this bad dream was "that life is out of our control and we will never know what tomorrow will bring'.
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Yvonne
16 Jul 2012Objects in nightmares are often symbols for other things in real life that are stressing you out. Perhaps you're worried about finding yourself in a situation where you are left alone. Maybe you have a thought of leaving your loved ones for another opportunity and your subconscious is warning you that it will be lonely and no-one will be there to take care of you. Or it could be trying to tell you something completely different. I once had a nightmare about a giant Jewish man asking me the time and then chasing me down a street outside my primary school and breaking the ground as he ran. I have some idea of what that meant, but it's my dream, so it's mine to interpret and like a horoscope, I'll always be able to apply it to my life in some way. Just like you'll always be able to apply it to yours, no matter what you figure it to mean.
ReplyDavid
26 Jun 2012Im one of those people who can rarely remember their dreams/ nightmares. Next time i will be sure to look at what it means and what underlying message it has.
ReplySandra
22 Jun 2012I think your interpretation of your nightmare sounds about right. When I have a dream that I can remember, I try to do a search online using a dream dictionary to find out what it means. I think it's fascinating that there are underlying messages in our dreams and how we can visit various dimensions when we go to sleep.
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