I have dreams of trying to run away, but failing. Trying to escape, but being caught and dragged back to the place I so desperately want to get away from.
All the deffs for running are either about competitive running *wtf? who thinks race and run should be considered the same? i don't* or running away and getting away.
I want to know what trying and failing to leave could mean.
And to answer the "have you had an experience where you couldn't get away in life?" questions, YES. From an ex not taking "it's over" for an answer and literaly clinging to me to a "friend" not taking "i'm not gonna hit you" for an answer to a thing with school where they wouldn't let me leave but wouldn't deal with me either. Yes, there are things from real life, but I don't assotiate the situations in the dreams to the ones of real life.
Anyone got anything that ight help?
2006-12-20 08:13:08 · 6 answers · asked by mandy 3 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Oh, and some insight to dreaming that you're typing and watching your fingers but when you look at the screne what is says is completely diff that what you were typing. Or writing thinking you're writing one thing and then looking and it says something totally different. Thanks.
2006-12-20 08:14:44 · update #1
Um... yes, I KNOW that dreams can be a porthole into our SUBCONCIOUS, which is often the way we truly perceive our lives.
Problem with that response is that it had nothing to say. Yeah, a dream can tell you what you feel you need to do. No, it can't help if you don't understand it's meaning. That was the question. Had I asked about what dreams really are, that first answer would have been fine, and it'll prolly get a bunch of good votes because nobody takes the time to read a question, they answer the headliner.
That doesn't quite help. Ever.
Thanks for the response, though, however useless it may have been.
2006-12-20 08:24:14 · update #2
I don't want to put this in a way that'll make me sound like a b*tch, but dreams do not tell the future. At least not all of them. If they do, it's normally a self fulfilling prophecy *like you dream you have a bad day, and the dream itself makes it happen because that's what you expect* As much as I want to beleive I'm pschic, turns out I'm only psycho and they've got meds for that... haha.
But either way, the importance of dreams is not in knowing the future from them, it's from understanding the past. And I guess we protect our future selves by knowing our history so that it doesn't repeat itself. If you know what happened, but don't know why, then you really can't protect yourself in the future, can you?
Learn the past, every aspect of it, to keep it from repeating itself.
2006-12-20 08:33:32 · update #3
The dream is in bright colors, usually. And I'm not holding on to anything, for sure. I guess something's holding on to me. The running away but being dragged back I guess would meen that there's no way out of something, and not that I want to leave but am not because of whatever. It's I'm trying to leave but CAN'T because whatever it is that I'm trying to leave wants me, not the other way around...
And because I do beleive in the supernatural *stuff like god and demons and stuff like spirits and possesion* and I'm starting to think there's something holding on to my mind an an exorcism is in order... damn my dislike for priests...
Yes, I'm joking about the exorcism. Any demons can be dealt with personally, and a demon can be concidered chronic depression, so there it is right there.
Funny how I got it from answers from people that didn't...
2006-12-20 08:39:53 · update #4
Why meditate to not dream? Dreams are a great way to get a better perspective on your personal issues. At least for me... but that might be because I get bummed for no apparent reason, but when I go to sleep I'll dream about recent things that have gotten to me and I'll know what it is bringin me down.
2006-12-21 03:35:07 · update #5
Don't you see that our dreams are a port hole to what is going on in our real lives.
What you need to do is to make a significant change.
2006-12-20 08:19:13 · answer #1 · answered by Laela (Layla) 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Okay, I hope I'm understanding your dream....
You are running away but can't and you keep getting pulled back to the place you want to get away from.
I am guessing the dream is darker in color, is that right? Okay so when interpreting a dream, pay attention to the colors in the dream. What color are you wearing? Is it dark or light? That kind of thing, it really helps to know where the dream is coming from.
Is there something in your life where you know you probably shouldn't do that or be there but you keep holding on for whatever reason? Like you want to quit your job because you boss is a jerk but don't leave because your best friend works there or something. That is just an example, but if there is something like that then you dream might be telling you to get out anyway. Are you holding on to something that you need to let go? Is there someone who had hurt you and you can't/won't forgive them???
To interpret dreams, you kinda need to be able to answer these questions. If you would like more information, email me and I can try to help.
2006-12-20 08:29:26 · answer #2 · answered by Abundant Life 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you tried www.dreammoods.com?
Good luck. There are alot of sites out there that give such silly explanations but I found dream moods to be pretty low key on the silly-meter.
But if you have this dream, there might be other details that are the real issue, not the running part of it.
And sometimes dreams are just our mind tossing out various images we've stored during the day (like your typing). That one may be nothing more than an image you stored and your mind has decided its not necesary.
2006-12-20 08:24:37 · answer #3 · answered by Joyce W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Running away in dreams usually means that you have a problem in real life that you can't get away from. Problems of the world do manifest themselves in your dream. Try meditation before bed each night and no caffeine or nicotine.
2006-12-20 08:31:16 · answer #4 · answered by Extra Blue Note 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Running away could symbolize trying to get away from someone or something, feeling tied down, feeling you can't get ahead... Really, you're the only person who can tell, because the symbols come from you, to be interpreted by you.
2006-12-21 14:29:58 · answer #5 · answered by Kd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you're going to fail something that can be important to your life. if in your dream was all white then someone in your family or someone you know is going to die. Every dream means something and if you don't carefully study them you don't know what can happen.but nobody really knows what dreams are. so good luck.
2006-12-20 08:25:38 · answer #6 · answered by nika 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
oh uh-- i know this one. it means either u r going to lose some to lose something precious to u and if not ur life
2006-12-20 08:20:18 · answer #7 · answered by kevin 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋