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scorpbaby
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posted November 10, 2004 01:53 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for scorpbaby     Edit/Delete Message
Ok- over the past two nights I've had two consecutive dreams with a a common theme. I'm running from things...
The first dream may be the result of watching far too many movies!
I was sitting in my grandma's Cheverolet Blazer reading a term paper that a guy I have a crush on sent to me to look over for any mistakes. I felt so happy he wanted to share this paper with me. Then the dream takes a turn..A black man jumps into the car and pulls a gun to my head, I'm guessing it was a car jack. I quickly distract him and jump out! I hide behind a brick column outside of the grocery store where the car was parked. I make a dash for the stores entrance and he fires the gun, and just misses me. While I'm in the grocery store I notice all the food and products are misplaced in the wrong isles. Things are randomly placed next to eachother that don't fit categorically. Then all of a sudden the car jacker and his gang take over the store. Then the leader of the gang appears... Keifer Sutherland!! For some reason Keifer is in a lot of my scary dreams lol Also I developed a crush on Kiefer Sutherland when I was about 7, after seeing the movie "Lost Boys". For some reason even at a young age I was attracted to the idea of a sexy vampire. So back to the dream. The gang tells everyone that no one will get hurt but I know they are lying. Somehow I get outside and hide in a bush. And the from inside someone tells me they are torturing people. I panic and just start running down famliar streets in my town. For some reason there is a crippled girl in a wheelchair with me. We try to find a good hiding place and end up in a dressing room? The dressing room is inside a flower nursery place in my town. We realize all the female captives are also in there. They are being forced to try on clothes! The clothes are very beautiful and even I am compelled to try some on but I'm scared of being caught. Instead I hide in these really giant racks of clothing so no one finds me...
Ok second dream
At first I'm with a guy. I assume we are dating. We are kissing by a hill beneathe a tree but I don't like him at all. I feel slightly attracted yet very detached from this person. I feel guilty so I tell him my true feelings. Then we are in my old highschool cafeteria, he's yelling at me for being so deceiving. I feel horrible about this and run out of the school. All of a sudden I'm running from a group of people with yellow shirts. I'm running fast through all these neighborhoods in my town and then through some small forests. I come to a clearing with a huge fence. I climb it and then I realize I've climbed into a "territory". So I run to the other end of the field to climb up the other fence to get out! But this time Im scared to climb the fence so I dig a hole underneathe instead and crawl out. For some reason I feel like I'm being chased by an Al Quieda group or some cult? Then my friend who happens to be from NYC pops in the dream. She tells me she's fearful of a "blood bathe" day and she's moving out of the city. This part of the dream kind of popped up and interrupted the rest of the dream. And then it continued back to where I'm running.
I run up a dirt bikers hill, at the top there's a huge tunnel waterslide. The yellow shirt people spot me at top the hill and tell me it's ok. But I don't believe them. I go down the slide and end up in a little pool. I jump out of the pool and find myself in a quaint neighborhood, similar to one in my home town. I keep running until I find a small house and I go inside for shelter. For some reason it's Paris Hiltons house! She lets me stay there to hide. The house is really cozy and it almost looks like an old ladies home. It actually reminded me a little of my Great Grandma's home. Then I see a black kitten in the house and start to play with it. All the anxiety is gone at this point. The end!
They were a very vivid and whacky set of dreams. I really don't know where to begin with figuring them out but I'm most curious as to why I was running. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

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Ra
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posted November 10, 2004 02:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ra     Edit/Delete Message
Hello scorpbaby

I'll have a look as soon as possible.

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scorpbaby
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posted November 10, 2004 03:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for scorpbaby     Edit/Delete Message
BTW I added in a little more. Just in case anyone already browsed it and notice it's different

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posted November 12, 2004 02:44 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ra     Edit/Delete Message
Hello scorpbaby

Both of these dreams have nearly identical meanings ...

First dream ~~ Your life is going along quite nicely when all of a sudden you are surprised by (car-jacked) someone's anger towards you (gun to head), which you quickly try to avoid.

Have you "dodged a bullet" lately?

Are you feeling all mixed up about something? (misplaced products)

Who or what are you suspicious of? (know they are lying)

What has you feeling impaired, handicapped, dis-abled? (girl in wheelchair)

Do you feel as if you are being "forced" to act like something you are not? Have another's views/beliefs/attitudes been imposed upon you? (forced to try on clothes)

Is there something attractive about it, yet also something you know or feel may not be right? (compelled to try clothes on/scared of being caught)

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Second dream ~~ Again, there is something or someone who is not acting in your best interest, and yet you are curious, or "slightly attracted". (kissing him but don't like him) It could be that you have misled someone (feel guilty/accused of deceit) and are now hiding from the truth (people in yellow), or that someone has misled you and you are hiding/running from them out of caution or fear (yellow). Which is it?

You are afraid of attracting attention to yourself while trying to leave this situation (scared to climb fence) and would much rather "dig your way out" inconspicuously, unnoticed.

Again, there is mistrust (you don't believe them) in someone/thing and you need to escape it. The process of the "escape" may take you on an emotional (water) ride, but there is light at the end of the tunnel (all anxiety gone).

There is developing feminine power/energy (kitten) within you that is close to awareness - but not quite (black). This could be in the form of intuition, feeling, reception, etc.

OR, in the end, you have escaped, but not learned. Perhaps you are ignoring the intuition, the feeling, that is trying to tell you something (black kitten). Perhaps you have chosen to ignore the reality (Paris Hilton). Which is it?

Which parts of this make sense, and which do not fit? There are a couple of ways to see some of the symbols, so I could have some things mixed up or reversed.

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scorpbaby
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posted November 14, 2004 10:37 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for scorpbaby     Edit/Delete Message
Thank you Ra, for bringing me clarity on this dream. I've been a bit inarticulate lately and I wasn't able to interpret the symbols. After reading what you wrote on the 2nd dreams I can see now how the dream is mainly concerning my sexuality and feminine energy/power.

In the first dream this has some significance because of my attraction to Keifer Sutherland yet he is portrayed as a bad man in my dreams. And someone I'm scared of. This may be because I feel a lot of uncertainty and sometimes fear with men. But I also do wish to have relationships with them. I've never had a real relationship with a man... including my father,stepfather,grandfather. I've known them but have been abandoned emotionally and let down somehow by all of them. In many ways I've been left handicap like the girl in the wheelchair. This fear of being left handicap has caused me extreme anxiety with having relationships. It has also caused me to run...

I feel deceptive because despite my fear I still wish to attract men. And when I do attract them I later find a way to evade certain situations(escape/run) out of fear and uncertainty that I feel. Sometimes I'm nervous to be looked at because of the sexual anxiety (climbing under the fence but not over) Maybe I should seek therapy because of the distress it has caused me. I really don't know.

The kitten was symbolic of a female anima, like you said. I believe the kitten was me. I haven't grown into my sexuality yet and I still feel most comfortable being a young girl (kitten). But Paris Hilton is what I portray myself as. I want to look the part of a sexy woman and attract admirers but inside it causes me anxiety.


The waterslide is something that interested me also because the more I think about it the more it reminds me of falopian tubes. Again, a female symbol. Maybe I was being born again and cleansed of some fear in this dream. Even though my encounters have taken me on a wild ride emotionally. There was light at the end of the tunnel/fallopian tube-like water slide. And in the end I felt comfortable in Paris Hilton's house (symbolic of sex) I'm still transitioning into feeling comfortable with owning my sexuality as a woman. Even though I'm fearful at times there is hope that the fear will subside someday.


Thank you again for helping me. This has been very therapeutic for me. It means so much

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posted November 17, 2004 05:20 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ra     Edit/Delete Message
Ah, yes scorpbaby ... you understand the symbology well. After your comments, I can now see the dream much more clearly. Thank you.

Perhaps your dreams will reveal more.

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