What does it mean to dream that you a mother if you are not in waking life?

Question

Last night I dreamed that I had a son who was only a few months old.
This is what happened in my dream: My mom wanted to spend some time with her grandson so he went to spend the night with her and I went out for the night. At 3:16 AM I called my mom because I missed my son and wanted him to come home (apparently I had never let him spend the night anywhere else yet). When I got to her house, he had grown up to be a little over a year old or so (in the beginning of my dream he was a newborn). I started getting upset because I felt like I had missed out on a lot of time with him. Then he started saying words here and there and I was upset that I missed his first words while I was gone. I started feeling like a bad mother and felt like I hardly knew my son and he was only months old. Then my phone rang and I woke up...
I am not a mother and I am not pregnant to my knowledge (and never have been). What could this mean?

Answer 1

It is a guilty feeling in your dream and you have guilt conscience in reality. Venting out in dream is a way to tell you that there are things you know subconsciously you should correct.

Son = responsibilities.

Having a son or being pregnant in dream shows sign of responsibilities. In you case, you felt like being a bad mother and missed out lot of time with him. That shows that you are very bothered by the fact that you didn't fulfill certain task willingly in reality. Perhaps, that shows you that you may be in denial of something. Therefore, you project the scene of having a son in dream to symbolize the guilt conscience.

Of course, if you have seen movie about son and mother relationship, that dream would just be a media effect.

Answer 2

According to the activation-synthesis theory of dreams, the dream probably has no meaning at all. (Sorry, that may not be what you wanted to hear.)

Although dreams are influenced by our thoughts throughout the course of the day, this does not mean they are special messages to us that we should carefully consider.

Here's one perspective:

"Activation Synthesis Theory is a neurobiological theory of dreams, put forward by James Allan Hobson and Robert McCarley in 1977, which states that dreams are a random event caused by firing of neurons in the brain. This random firing sends signals to the body's motor systems, but because of a paralysis that occurs during REM sleep, the brain is faced with a paradox. It synthesizes a narrative by drawing on memory systems in an attempt to make sense of what it has experienced."

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activation_synthesis_theory

Answer 3

biological clock is starting to work.. hormones are kicking in.. and you are afraid that one day you won't be a good mom.

it's normal, it's natural.. and from the look of things your mom did a good job so you will most likely do the same.


those are my opinions.. but there's a good chance I'm right.

Answer 4

You worry whether or not you will make a good mom, OR you and your mom have some competition going on.