I had a dream last night that I was having a miscarriage, and I am not even pregnant. Can anyone tell me what this means in the world of psychology? Does this particular dream have a certain meaning?
2006-08-02 09:38:11 · 7 answers · asked by brandiwhine 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I cannot tell you what this means in the world of psychology, but I maybe can tell you something about your dream. Being pregnant can have 2 meanings: 1: the literal meaning: You can be pregnant of a child; 2: the symbolic meaning. Since you are not pregnant, it must be the symbolic meaning.
Being pregnant symbolically means: That it is not your body that is pregnant, but your mind. For instance, you can be 'pregnant' of a new poem, if you write poems. Or of another work of art (let's say, a painting or a song). Or you can be pregnant of an idea, that will solve a problem at home or somewhere else.
The poem, song or idea is, so to say, already staying inside your mind, for a couple of time. But it has not yet come out. You sometimes can feel it, but you have to wait till it will come. Just like a child, already being inside your body, but it is still waiting to be born.
This is the symbolic meaning of 'being pregnant' in dreams. You were not dreaming of being pregnant, but about having a miscarriage. That means (in my opinion): what has been waiting in your mind to come out, has not come out the way it should. The poem, song, or the idea has come out somehow deformed, you could say.
You can look back to the day before the dream, or to the last few days before the dream. And try to find out, what has been inside your mind, and did not come out the way it should have come out. Maybe it is a thought, an idea, a plan, or another sort of 'inspiration'.
peter.
2006-08-02 10:18:58 · answer #1 · answered by pe51 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
stick with #3 response- a good guess is that it has meaning, but it is very subjective. The meaning is not going to come from the world of Psychology but your world, how it relates to all the things in your life.
How much signifigance this deserves is again, up to you, but if it becomes a recurrent theme, I would take more notice.
If you want to try working on your own interpretation it might be interesting to play around with a Gestalt perspective- you in some way represent everything in your dream (e.g., the person having the miscarriage and the miscarrage as well).
Good luck.
2006-08-02 17:01:09 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me analyze the dream
Miscarriage = baby not born, relationship not established or/and
stay away from responsibilities
Yes, you are not pregnant, but you projection is telling you that having pregnant is one of the greatest tasks in life and you are not handling well. You turned to have miscarriage. That alsoo implies that you may want to run away from responsibilities in life. It als suggested that you may have a relationship that is about to be broken up and you are not willing to face it.
I could be wrong, but that is how I see from your dream
2006-08-02 17:46:47 · answer #3 · answered by YourDreamDoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The miscarriage could represent your wishes or something you been creating or working on that might not come to fruition or work out the way you want it to?
Best Guess? Good Luck!
2006-08-02 17:01:34 · answer #4 · answered by Red Angel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, this type of dream does have meaning. Obviously it is your fears manifesting themselves in your sleep. You would have to be the one to interpret it though. Only you know what is going on in your head.
2006-08-02 16:47:22 · answer #5 · answered by The Eight Ball 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means that your subconscience is telling you that that is possible within your biological make-up, therefore if you ever do get pregnant, take all possible preventive means to have a successful child-birth.
2006-08-02 16:46:09 · answer #6 · answered by THE Jester 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means the death or closure of something that's been bothering you in your life or a new start..........
2006-08-02 16:46:42 · answer #7 · answered by amylr620 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋