ive been having the same type of dreams but in different versions. does this actually point out to something?

Question

it does bother me sometimes as its been happening ever since the middle of last year. its where im being chased by flocks of people, things or sometimes just the unexplainable. i usually have to hide or keep on running but ive never been captured before. i hope someone can help me. itd be nice too put an end to it.

Answer 1

I'm a senior psychology major at my university, and I've done a lot of research on dream interpretation, and presented this research to one of my 400 level psych courses. I actually taught the class some techniques for dream interpretation. First off, many books claim to have definitive answers to what certain symbols or themes mean. These can be helpful in a limited way because they are actually just common meanings, and may not be exactly right for you. They can be helpful because they give you an idea of the way our dreams try to communicate with us.

I believe that dreams are the language of the unconscious. The unconscious does not use words to communicate, but instead uses symbols, themes, and characters to represent things, and everyone’s unconscious has a different idea of what these things may mean.

I'll give you a technique that many psychologists use to help people figure out just what their unconscious is trying to communicate to them. First, write down everything you can remember about your dream. It may be helpful to keep a dream journal and record what you remember just after having the dream, while it is still fresh in your memory. The next step is to do some free association with things from your dreams.

You want to write down all the symbols, themes, and characters from your dream on one side of a piece of paper. Now take each one of these things individually and just write down everything you associate with that thing. If your father appears in a dream, write down everything that comes to mind when you think of him. For me, I would write something like this:

Father Controlling
Confident
Mean
Strong
Anger

You want to go as far as you can with your free associations. You should write down everything that easily comes to mind about whatever the theme, symbol or character is. You should also do some free association with the things you write down. For me, I may have a boss at work who is also controlling, mean and confident, so I would also write down Boss in the right hand column of my paper.

You do this for everything you can remember about the dream, and then you want to pick out things from the right hand column to create a narrative. It can take a long time and be hard work, but if you do it a few times, you will learn the language of your unconscious, and begin to understand how it's communicating with you. Usually your unconscious has put things together that you may not even realize. You may be in a relationship where your boyfriend is similar to your father, but you don't even realize this until you have a really strange dream that your father is in, and he may actually be in it to represent your boyfriend. A dream may be actually telling you about someone other than the characters in it, using those characters to represent them.

Just as an example, I'll use a common dream many people have.
Lets say you are having repeated dreams about losing your teeth. I have had this dream many times recently. In the dream, your teeth begin to fall out, and your mouth is a bloody mess. You're terrified by what is happening to you, but you have no way to stop it. You wake up in a cold sweat, feeling your teeth to make sure that they are still there.

By looking at my current circumstances, and examining what happened in the dream, I can easily tell you what the dream is really about: change. The loss of my teeth represents change that I can't stop. I'm about to graduate from college. I'm also leaving many of my friends that I used to party with in order to lead a more responsible life. The blood that I see so vividly in the dream represents consequences (as blood many times represents in a lot of people's dreams). I am losing my current identity and taking on another one, a more responsible one. I will lose many friends, and my social status on campus soon because I am graduating and changing my lifestyle. I can't really stop this from happening because it is necessary for me to really grow up and become an adult. I am terrified in the dream, and this represents the anxiety and stress I feel at all these changes, and just like my teeth falling out, I can't change it.

So my dream about losing my teeth is really a my unconscious working on lifestyle change. Other dreams about change may have themes like the death of a loved one, or a permanent injury,

No one can truly decipher your dreams but you, but someone who knows about how dreams work can help you to realize what your dreams may mean to you. You really just need to think about what bits and pieces of your dreams may mean when taken out of context.

If you want to share your dream with me, and maybe some of the things that are going on in your life, I can try to help, but you will probably begin to realize what your dream means just by telling me these things.

Hope this helps. Good luck.

Answer 2

Back years and years ago, while I was in middle school, I had this dream where I was walking down a street, Baltimore st. and when I got to the end of Baltimore st. which ran into 5th Avenue, there would be this large, white sphere behind me. I never touched the sphere, but it was supposedly soft, and mushy like. Anyway, at the traffic light on 5th avenue were these tiny little mountains, that were rough and hard. I would jump out of the way, before the sphere got to me, and when the sphere hit those tiny mountains, I would wake up, and I'd have this tingling sensations in my hands for 10 or more minutes.

I had this dream for 3 nights straight, and in every occurance, it went the same exact way. So the 4th night, I thought to myself that before I fell asleep, I would try to make the sphere go onto a street that ran in front of my elementary school. When I did that in my dream, I woke up and had no tingling sensation in my hands, and never had that dream again.

Answer 3

According to the most comprehensive book I ever read on "nightmares, " the writer--Basil Hill explained the differences between nightmares and what he called night terrors. What was nice is that he gives a sort of check list of symptoms. Since i read his book, I definitely identified with specific symptoms. I said the specific prayers, revisited the hurt , faced them and forgave the person and now I do not have them anymore. I have gone from having the same weird frightening dreams once per week at least to none in the past 6 months. By the way, the book is The Golden Fleece Found. I got in on-line on Amazon. Actually someone on Yahoo answers recommended it. Thanks whoever you were. Thanks yahoo--you provide a great service.

Mabel.

Answer 4

I've heard that dreams are about what you've been thinking about - even if not directly, but sub-consciously. Perhaps it's that you haven't gotten over them or something is going on in your life that reminds you of them. Like one of the above responses, if you want to get rid of them try eating healthier foods before bed and don't sit in front of the TV or computer screen either, then immediately head off to bed. Trying to go bed at a different hour (ie earlier) than usual might help also.

Answer 5

From what I am reading, it sounds like you have a subconscience fear of facing problematic situations that come at you too fast. People are chasing you and you are running to hide from them. What happens if you stop running and you are captured? The reason why this dream keeps repeating itself is because you need to conquer the fear. Its like the saying..."history repeats itself"...when history repeats itself...its because the root of a problem hasn't been solved so thats whats happens. When you are dreaming and you realize that you are having this dream...once again...lol...say to yourself..."Im not running this time..." just stand there and most likely they'll disappear right before your eyes. Good luck!

Answer 6

Anything that you have put in your mind,may come out in the form of a dream.I look at it like a pc,your brain is the hardware,and your mind is the software.Dreams delete all the unused files or junk.But the more you think about this,the more you will dream it,because you are reloading the info.Try thinking about something else before you sleep,like hearing ocean waves or something pleasant.Forget about this dream it means nothing except for what you have thought about it.Sweet Dreams&Peace!!

Answer 7

How do you feel when you are running? If you are exhilarated because they can never catch you, then this could be a power dream. If as I suspect, you are scared while running and feel afraid that you will be caught, then this dream may be reflecting a feeling of powerlessness or being stuck. Is there an area of your life where you feel like you can "never catch up" or where you wish you could "run away from this?"

Recurring dreams are often a sign that our subconscious mind is trying hard to tell us something.

Answer 8

The dream seems to be a fear of crowds, or Agorophobia. If you have a fear of crowds, you need to face the fear in order to overcome it. Another theory is that maybe you are afraid of what people think of you.
Sometimes dreams are just dreams and mean nothing, and if fyou go to bed thinking of the same things (the same dream) every night, then you are likely to have the same dream.

Answer 9

your dream could mean many things. one of which is that you are running away from conflict, or have some sort of problem in your life that you dont know how to deal with and just want it to get away or you want to get away.
Has anything dramatic happend in your life? a death?
Since you havent been captured your dream could also mean you are about to face a conflict in your life and your dream is trying to warn you of it. i hope i have helped if you want more info feel free to contact me.

Answer 10

truely you are in charge of your dreams and thoughts.... it sounds like you are worried about what the "masses" feel anhd worried about their oppinion! if you are true to yourself and the fundimental rules of living.... then who cares.... it is a battle within yourself, figure out what you are doing that bothers you and change it...good luck and be well.

Answer 11

go find a book on lucid dreaming and follow the exercises, you will be able to get past that dream then.