posted January 13, 2014 03:37 AM            

I think this is an anxiety dream...as dreamt it 6am-8am this morning. I was in an apartment (not disimailar to type of one I live in now), I had walked in to find my sofa and bed had been taken! I walked out of my hallway into the outside to find a man peering through a peephole he had created to spy on me. Suddenly I thought, he will kidnap me. Then there was a party outside the apartment with tables but not a happy one. I was trapped at a table with this man . I planned my escape and stole someone's car keys, and went back into my apartment and grabbed my photo album (of my childhood photos) and my neckclace that I had bought for myself of a heart.

I go out into the corridor and another man is watching me, my plan was to steal the car and drive to safety.

I then woke up..

what is key for me is the missing sofa and bed (these are my comforts for me, I love cuddling on the sofa, relaxing etc), the bed too. So for them to be missing, seems to indicate I dont wish to lose this "comfort", the items that I chose to "save" are also significant, childhood and a neckclace that I bought as an adult for myself?

The dream left me feeling anxious and not happy..

posted January 14, 2014 04:25 AM            

You are precisely right. The bed and sofa represent rest and relaxation, so the dream is indicating your lack of these … aka, stress and anxiety, especially considering the rest of the dream elements.

Are you feeling vulnerable, trapped, or scrutinized? Or maybe you need to look at yourself, or what you are doing from another perspective?

posted January 14, 2014 05:47 AM            

I am very stressed right now as completing a marketing qualification and lots of work pressure. But I feel the dream is perhaps more emotional as the bed and sofa are where I am relaxed, happy, and I used to spend time with my ex boyfriend relaxing on the sofa. The party being one of control and fear, I am perhaps worried I am stuck or kidnapped by my own self doing? There is a desire to escape...

Sparkling

posted January 19, 2014 04:14 PM            

The bed & sofa are places of safety (& of rest as Ra pointed out). The sofa often relates to memories/convictions & beliefs we have.
You are in a house, so it relates to a journey of the self versus the outside world.
You are walking into it: so what situations are you walking into lately? Did you have to give something up and/or did you choose to give something up? Those (old) ideas & safeties?
The hallway is transition. But it doesn't feel like a happy one. Something/someone is chasing you and/or feels intrusive. What are you hiding to yourself/trying to keep out? What experiences from the 'outside world' are entering your personal environment?

You have to steal the keys (solutions) to get out. Car is personal journey, but stealing is not being open about something and/or possibly feeling trapped.
It might again relate to work, since you take those childhood pictures (were they a joyful memory?) & the necklace (being tied to sometimes/belonging to you/something of value) with the heart. The wish to live close to your heart? More softness? Your hearts journey?
Also the party relates to 'company', but it's 'bad company'.

posted January 19, 2014 05:21 PM            

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Originally posted by Twirl:
Hi

The bed & sofa are places of safety (& of rest as Ra pointed out). The sofa often relates to memories/convictions & beliefs we have.
You are in a house, so it relates to a journey of the self versus the outside world.
You are walking into it: so what situations are you walking into lately? Did you have to give something up and/or did you choose to give something up? Those (old) ideas & safeties?
The hallway is transition. But it doesn't feel like a happy one. Something/someone is chasing you and/or feels intrusive. What are you hiding to yourself/trying to keep out? What experiences from the 'outside world' are entering your personal environment?

You have to steal the keys (solutions) to get out. Car is personal journey, but stealing is not being open about something and/or possibly feeling trapped.
It might again relate to work, since you take those childhood pictures (were they a joyful memory?) & the necklace (being tied to sometimes/belonging to you/something of value) with the heart. The wish to live close to your heart? More softness? Your hearts journey?
Also the party relates to 'company', but it's 'bad company'.

Just some thoughts & questions

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Hey Twirl

Wow you have got me thinking too, it was an unhappy dream for sure! How interesting about the sofa, that was were my ex and I used to cuddle all the time,I miss that.The heart neckclace is one I bought for myself (a I love myself) type of neckclace and I wear it all the time. It is very much about my own self worth. The photo album is a collection of my best childhood pics and dear to me, my inner child.

I want to give up the environment I am in right now...workwise, I have dominating male manager and an aggressive female colleage who is so commpetitive she drains my energy and we share an office.I wish to escape I think, quite literally. It is certainly affecting me emotionally....

In real life (not unconscious, dream life), I made a list of short term and long term goals. I am applying for other jobs just to test the waters and working on what I would be able to do...

The corridor in the dream, wasn't easy as was blocked on way out by another man I did not recognise...

Sparkling