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had a dream where i was getting ready for school went to the bud stop and realized i didn’t have my backpack i ran back to the house i walk in and it was occupied by different people hanging pictures on the walls they told me they live here now i asked if they daw my backpack they said no but it was where i left it and made it back to the bus stop in time.. what does this mean
Dear Adewyn,
What this dream means is that you have a tendency to allow other people into yourself or your life and do as they wish. They take over your self as if they now own it. What the dream calls for is for you to be able to be your own self, to know who you are, and to not allow others to determine who you are. Otherwise it will be like you are always living in someone else’s being or space.
I had a dream about a random guy who was running around town showing people a picture of me. Sort of like he was looking for me, but had no why to get in touch with me. So, he ran into one of my friends and they called me. They told me this guy was looking for me and that I should meet them at Target. When I arrived at the store I hugged the guy and we walked to my car. He asked if he could drive and I replied with “this is my country, so I am driving”, to which he replied with “well we drive on the right too”. Then we just drove around town and hung out.
Dear Stefanie,
The good thing about what happened in the dream is that you kept driving, and didn’t allow him to drive. This means that you have the ability internally to drive your own life and make positive choices about your relationships. If you would have let him drive, it would have meant that he was driving the relationship and driving you. This is not what you want. You want to be able to hang out together and have choice which is what you did. It is how all of your relationships should go.
I’m the dream i was looking for my 2 daughter’s father. I found him living with someone because he got kicked out of his house. When i was talking to him i was digging my nails into his face and he wasn’t reacting even though he was gashed and bleeding. I walked to the back of the house where people were and asked why he was there, they said he got kicked out of his house and they were kicking him or of their house because he wouldn’t pay his portion of rent. Now the part that stands out to me is he went into the bathroom and deficated in their bathtub then he tried to hug me. I was punching him in the face and he was bleeding bad. But unfazed all the same. Then he just up and walked out of the house with his belongings and disappeared. It’s the first time i could actually fight in a dream and didn’t feel sluggish
Dear D,
The dream shows that you have the ability to stand up for yourself and fight for the best for yourself and for your children. The problem is that, despite fighting, the children’s father does not respond to what you want from him. This means that, with a person like that, you have to let him go, and then use your energy in a positive way to fight for the best for your daughters and yourself without his help. It is not going to be there. After you feel your strength inside, then you will begin to develop confidence about what you can do with your life and be able to achieve it. Keep up the good fight.
My boyfriend dreamed that i cheated…well not intially cheated but he saw me get into a man’s car…what does this dream mean?
Dear Dianne,
First of all it is your boyfriend’s dream and not yours. It means that he has the fear that you are going to be attracted to someone else. The meaning for him is what he does with the fear. Does he become more negative when he feels jealous or does he go inside and own his jealousy and work on it? Most people get more negative. But the meaning of jealousy is that you are fearful to go forward strongly with your life. it really isn’t about you. It is about him. He is fearful of going after what he really wants to go for in life or what his inner self wants him to pursue.
during sleep/dream I heard a voice tell me — “The one, take this as a sign, green”
Dear Dennis,
Usually green is a go sign, but other than that, there is not a lot to go on. It is great that you heard a voice. If you have really positive motives, you will start hearing a lot more in both your waking and dreaming life. If your motives are not pure, the guidance is shut off.
Hi, So um I had a really weird dreams and I could only remember specific parts of the dream. Firstly in the dream I am not myself. I think I am in someone else’s body. So first I am at school. I’m trapped at a high school (I am a senior) . It started off okay. We were in class and I don’t know what happened but a girl started to go crazy and starts chasing everyone with a shot gun. I’m not sure what happened after that. But the scene jumps from that to being at a party for someone and a guy I like is there but something goes terribly wrong and we have to fight for our lives. I remember hiding. Trying to protect someone’s children from a monster. I remember trying to find the children and I do find them in a room inside of a house. Once I’m in the room a monster makes a noise the flash light of my phone (I was using to look around) draws the attention of the monster. The monster approaches me while I tried to cover the light from my phone the monster approached me started to sniff me and lick my face then I see it looks like two monsters. Then one attacks the children and all I can do is stand there . Then the scene goes back to the school where the girl with the gun is still chasing everyone and trying to kill them. I see that she checked a room already and decide to go inside to discover it’s a bathroom. Walking in I see a girl but I pay her no attention . I go find somewhere to hid but I couldn’t so I try to hide in a stall. As I’m going to the stall the girl starts crying loudly so i hurry and enter a stall. It goes quiet and then I see a shadow under the stall door so I try to pick my legs up. For some reason I’m the dream I could feel a sense of relief because it was actually the girl I’d seen crying. After that the scene jumps again and I’m in a auditorium with a president I can’t remebee if she is the school president of a president of the US visiting the school. The girl tries to shoot the woman president and I save her. After that everything is a blurr (this is where I can only remember certain scenes) the scenes go from me and the principal working together to save everyone . I discovwe I have powers and I try to get a hang of them. Then there is a scene of me arriving at the house from before to see a group of people trapped. I try to help them escape. It seems that everything is over until I end up at the school again and there is Deja vu. Then I’m in a old school car (I cannot remember what kind of car it was) me and the guy I had a crush on and the girl I seen crying. We leave school. The scene jumps to when we see a traffic building on a street leaving wherever we were. I decided to follow a semi truck that turned down a side street to avoid being stuck in traffic. In the car there is a conversation but I cannot remember what was really said that is when I woke up.
Honestly I’ve never had a dream like this and it’s had so many themes in one and it’s confusing. For some reason I feel like this dream might be important in my waking life well the parts and details I can remember. It’s just all so confusing but this is the second dream that I’ve had about protecting someone else’s children’s but in the last dream I sacrificed myself . This dream confuses me . I hope you can help me figure out the meaning of the dream.
Dear Notheria,
The monster and the girl with the shot gun represent people whose are trying to attack others or shoot others down so that they can get their way or feel better than others. In the first part of the dream your response is to be frozen, but as the dream progresses, you gain more courage and more abilities to do something about what is happening. In the end you seem pretty empowered to do something about the negative conditions. It signifies the process you are in from being frozen in situations where there are people with big negative egos, to actually being a courageous and strong positive force. There are other things, but that is the main point of the dream. You can begin seeing your true self which is a person that can act proactively without any fear.
Hi sir,
Yesterday I saw a strange dream,that I am in a school( don’t know it was mine or not) and I go to rooftop there I see a girl with someone lady I don’t remember that lady but that girl,I know her ( in real life she is living on 4 the floor of our flat and recently her little child maybe 1-2 years was sudden very sick my younger brother told me about her) but in my dream she have a embryo in a bucket and then don’t know what happen she fall in ditch with embryo and in ditch there is a big brown bear trying to attack or eat that embryo but I try to save him and fall down in water but bear also jumb in water and attack me bite me but don’t know how, i am able to save that embryo and again go to school then suddenly whole scenery was change I find myself in a garden and someone going on rickshaw out of the garden but I can see him( but I didn’t saw him in my real life) from between bushes and he pint out his gun on me and I put my hand on front of ahead of his gun’s hose and sudden I wake up..what does it mean I’m not able to forget about this dream but the most important thing which make me crazy that I’m not forget even a single picture about dream how can I remember all that clearly till now?please tell…
Dear Sumati,
Since you are in school in the dream, it means that this dream is about your own learning, specifically, what you are learning now. The main thing that the dream shows you is that have a lot of courage and compassion to help others even in the face of a bear attacking you. The embryo means an inner aspect or capability of the other person that is barely beginning to come to life. The bear attacking the embryo represents negative powerful people who do not want others to develop like men not wanting women to develop. Your courage helps save the embryo. It means that you are not overcome by fear when facing negative power people. It is a great ability to have because it means that you are going to help a lot of the downtrodden to achieve what they want in life. The symbol of the gun is that of someone who is trying to shoot you down, which means saying negative things about you in a harsh manner to get you to stop what you are doing. It is not unlike the bear part of the dream. Once again you show a lot of courage in not letting the person fire at you. The dream shows just how much courage you have that you should use all the time.
Hi Richard,
I had a very strange dream that I couldn’t stop thinking about after I woke up, and I was very agitated for most of the morning after it. It involved a large Tyrannosaurus Rex going on some kind of rampage, and everyone in the area running away from it. My partner and I would run and hide, such as running into a public bathroom or basements or large buildings, and usually running in the opposite direction to where the dinosaur was going, but after mere moments it would always crash through the wall again. At one point we found ourselves in a massive concert hall of some kind and when it reappeared, some security guards tried to prevent us from escaping. Later, we crossed an overpass that somewhat resembled an overpass by our university, my partner wrote a message on the wall of the overpass, saying they wanted someone (I don’t remember who, or if they even specified who) to be able to find them. The overpass led to a hallway, and we passed a door leading to a library. Inside was a friend we have recently had a falling out with standing on a stage. My partner said they didn’t want to go inside because they weren’t dressed right, and I noticed they were wearing a Hufflepuff Jersey.
I know this is all over the place but it’s really been weighing on me. I would really appreciate any help.
Thank you.
Dear Joey,
A T-Rex in a dream is a symbol of a person who is reptilian in that they use power in a really negative way without any compassion or feeling toward others. Their mission is to get what they want at all costs. You and your partner have a lot of fear of this kind of power. A metaphoric T-Rex person cannot exist in a culture where people are mostly focused on doing positive things because there is no support for their power base. They only exist where there is considerable negative energy already. The goal of the dream is be detached from that type of person and focus entirely on doing positives for others. Your goal is for you and your partner to build a positive culture. Because the T-Rex is so in your face, it is not an easy fear to just put aside. At times you have to seek self-protection, but for the most part you need to focus on doing positive acts that benefit others.
I had this dream, in my noon sleep.
The girl who broke up with me a month ago is getting engaged to someone else.. however for some reason the engagement broke apart and the potential groom and family left… I realise that I am the reason somehow (not clear why) that I am the reason the engagement was called off..
Towards the end of it , I find myself hiding in the attic of her house and she and her mom were angry that the engagement was called off because of me. Once they leave the hall looking for me, I escape from the attic and leave .. I would be very happy to receive an interpretation for this dream. Thank you in advance !
Dear Allwyn,
The dream shows that you are not over her because you are hiding in her attic which means that your mind is still engaged with her thinking about her a lot. It is time to let go, learn the lessons from the relationship, and move on. If you stay engaged thinking about her, you will have a hard time finding new relationships.
What does it mean to dream your 5 yr old was admitted to nursing home with hurt legs
Dear Mary,
For you personally it means that your internal 5 year old (the part of you that is 5) is injured which means that it doesn’t function very well. A 5 year old part is the part that is really playful and curious. This could also mean that your own 5 year old is having difficulties like you did, but I don’t know if you have a real 5 year old. Usually this happens when 5 year olds enter school. Your part and the child’s part need attention with a lot more play and encouragement.
I drive to a place my sister is meant to go with me but yet again i am let down i then drive to my parents house both my parents are there even though my mum passed 13 years ago. When i go to leave i either cant find or remember where i parked my car when i do find it its further than i remember putting it
Dear Sally,
When you pay attention to your sister letting you down, then you cannot remember how to get to where you want to go. Your parents seem to be there for you, but your sister is not. Let go of thinking about her and then focus on where you want to go and ignore her.
My dad died in May. I keep dreaming that he is knocking at the door. It seems so real but no one is at door. I have many unaswered questions about the way he died so when he knocks i want to answer and ask him
Dear Nat,
The reason that your father is knocking is not for you to ask him how he died. Right now that does not matter. What matters is more that he wants to help you in your life from the next world. If you remember him for his positive qualities, then they will assist you. Try to let go of the questions around his death. It seems like a dead end street right now.
Some years ago_ I saw a dream of black snake who was not looking angry but his head flatened and stood out at door and trying to enter in my home…but i suddenly locked the door
After that last week_ the same type of dream i saw.. in that some villagers were trying to get out a big..a huge snake who was running speedly…and villagers was following to running away him from the village… after that the snake suddenly came at my door…and _like a last dream_ this snake was also trying to enter in my home… but suddenly i hold my little brother and took my brother in home… and locked the door immidiately…
I just want to know… in both dream…both snakes was not looking angry.. then what will be the meaning of both dream..
i want noted also here… our diety god is lord shiva… and also… goddess mahakali devi…
plz let me know either it positive or negative dream…? i personally feels that.. its not negative…bcoz… i always pray lord shiva…
but still i want to know your opinion sir. plz reply… thank you…
Dear Shraddha,
Animals, when they are in dreams, can present either a negative aspect or a positive one. In your dream despite everyone else being fearful, you are not. This means that the snake is showing its more positive side. When you are positive with a snake, it means that you are open to transformation and change. The other people run away from change, but you do not. When it comes to your door, you are ready for it. So the question that the dream asks you is what charge is at your door? What are you hoping to change in your life?
Was the crowd turning into zombies or was your friends turning into zombies?
I was on top of a building and there was a crowd of people under me. Some of my friends were jumping off but when I tried I was frozen. Then they all turned into zombies and I started to freak out but still could not move. Finally I got to jump. Can anyone tell me what this means? I have been having this dream for a long time now.
Dear Madeline,
The pattern of this dream, according to the metaphors, is that your friends are trying to jump off into the crowd and then end up being zombies. Trying to be part of the crowd is analogous to being a zombie because zombies don’t have their own mind or will but are controlled by some other force. You hesitate, but then jump. While hesitating means that you were trying to activate your independence and becoming your own self, you still jump. This means you have a major issue with following the crowd rather than trying to go your own way. You are in danger of becoming a zombie. It appears that that is who your friends are. The goal is to start responding to your own inner self, rather than the mob.
Thank you, I wonder if this is related to me thinking about becoming self employed.
It could be related to becoming self employed because self-employed requires a lot of work to hit the jackpot, a lot more than is usually apparent.
Hi Richard,
I should start by telling you i found my pet dog I’ve had for 14 years dead recently.
My Dream starts with myself and my father going for a walk with this dog the day after a storm,
We come to an unfamiliar beach myself and my father are standing on a raised platform and the beach is beneath us, on the beach high piles of slimy ropy seaweed are piled on the shore and there’s a stream going out to meet the sea. A gust of wind takes me over the side and i know if i fall into the seaweed i wont make it out so i scramble and grab hold of a slippery ladder embedded into the wall of the platform and get back up to the top. meanwhile the dog runs off down on to the beach and is playing. My father panics and starts jumping around and shouting for the dogs attention and slips into the stream getting swept out to sea. So i jump down and run out to the water and he walks out of the sea shaken but otherwise unhurt. I start to play with the dog on he beach I pick him up feel him wagging his tail against my side and as we go to exit the beach the Dream fades away.
Its unusual for me to remember my dreams but this one was vivid and stayed with me long after i woke up the underlying feeling throughout the dream was fear and panic so i’m curious.
I hope you can shed some light thanks so much
Dear Lisa,
In the dream world a dog is a symbol of friendliness and loyalty, while fathers are symbols of support and encouragement. So after a storm, which means after a really difficult experience where you feel a lot of internal damage, you come to a new beach, which is normally a symbol for playfulness and tranquility. The two things you need the most after a difficult experience are loyal friendship and support. You seem to have it from your father, but after you lost your real dog, it seems like with the friendship part, you are fearful of losing it. It shows that the quality of being friendly with yourself and others as well as playfulness is what you need to work on. Fortunately the support inside is good so now you can just go for friendliness. Your dog is a reminder of what the quality looks like in real life.
Hi, I had a dream that I won an online jackpot, I was sitting at a desk and seen the numbers on the screen go up to about one hundred and twenty eight thousand and was shocked then I woke up. (The numbers were probably the same size text that this has been written in.) Please tell me if this is a good or bad thing, I’d like the meaning of this please.
Dear Jesse,
Hitting the jackpot has two sides to it. There is a positive side and a negative side to it. A lot of people want to hit the jackpot so that their life becomes easy and effortless, but the research shows that people who win a lottery that are in that state, lose all of the money in about a year. Hitting the jackpot in a positive way means that you realize that you have a huge positive potential full of unbelievable gifts and if you utilize them, your life will be rich and rewarding. So the jackpot is really an understanding of how gifted you are. The next part is how willing you are to work and make efforts. The work part is where all of the rewards are.
I dreamt I was falling asleep texting with my ex, when he got upset by something I said, I then noticed lights on downstairs. so I called my ex on the phone. Turns out my kids were up sneaking watching tv and playing computers and the front door was open, I told them to go to bed and close the door. Then a machanic man in green jumpsuit was holding a latter outside. He came inside and locked the door. I asked him to leave I told my ex and my children to call 911. I described a tall, white haired man, he said his name was Patrick and he was 42 or 43. No one called 911. He came toward me and I begged to go to another room without my kids. He ignored me he stood over me and cut my hair and scraped my scalp with branch trimmers. Then he went to the door and said he was a doctor and that I should feel better in a few weeks. Realizing he was crazy I humored him and said thank you doctor we will send you a check in the mail. But he stood by the door, stroking his erected penis through his pants. He said what am I going to do with this? I said can you take care of it over there? He walked toward me, I yelled to the kids again to call 911. He came over and began to rape me, I begged to let my children go to another room and I noticed my boys take their electrics up to my room and close the door but no one called for help. The man stuck his toungue deep in my mouth so i couldn’t breathe and pinched my left shoulder too hard while taping me. Then I woke up!
Dear Natalie,
Basically this dream is about the fear you have a men using their ego power in a negative way to take advantage of you. It seems to be stimulated by having communication with your ex (texting). Because you have children and are on your own, then it heightens the fear. While you need to make sure you are always safe, the real purpose of the dream is for you to get to your own empowerment, where you feel equal and strong in relation to men. When you are in a fearful state, it makes you dysfunctional in all parts of your life. You probably need some help to get over this kind of fear because it is obvious that negative things have happened to you.
Had this dream a long time ago but its been bugging me. The dream starts by me opening my eyes in this place. The land around me was dead and the sky a purple dark color. A Male whom face I could not see told me I shouldnt be there. I know I reply back but cant remember what I said but I think I ask why but I do remember being confused. He then approach me and push me down I’m sure and like he put his hand in my chest and was pulling out like light from inside me but I resisted by pulling it back in. In the end I know he obtain a piece of the light, he smile what seem to be a dark smile and I awoke after that.
Lately though it seem this character has reappear multiple times, I forgot about him before but he has reappear lately, think im not understanding something.
Dear Kaylene,
This dream has a lot to do with the issue of equality of men and women. The way that a percentage of men have operated is by the use of their physical power and pushing their weight around. In the dream you open your eyes which means that you are beginning to see the truth about the darkness of certain men. When you begin to see and get strong, you will realize that you have a huge amount of light inside of you that you can use to do positive things. In this phase of your unfolding of your strong self you need a lot of awareness. There is a significant part of the male population that wants things the way they used to be, but those days are over. Having relationships based upon equality is beneficial to everyone, but some of the male energy wants to hold onto the old ways of getting power which is to make women submissive.