Dream Issues Options

Hey.
I'm not very skilled at remembering small details of my dreams, mainly because there are bigger issues that I notice and try to evaluate so forgive me for not offering much information.
I had a dream last night which was similar to a previous dream which left me feeling uncomfortable and basically wanted to ask if anyone has had a similar experience and what you make of it.
I will start with the main issue and present the similarities as I go. In my first dream, which was about 2 months ago, I was running from these random people and it was a dark setting, I was running along a typical main road( like a smaller motorway) but there were no cars..... not that I looked to see if they were there I just remember not seeing any. There was a moment when I was running down a spiral staircase which belonged to some ghetto flats and as I was going I became..... extremely slow, I was pulling on the staircase rail to aid me down the stairs, even when I would jump the last few steps to hasten myself it had no effect and I was litterally pulling myself against this unseen force which was like some kind of glue. This is my main issue, the feeling of running as though I was in water or like a website said 'quicksand'.
The dream I had last night was similar in that I was running away from people again, only this time it wasn't random people, it was the police. And this time I remember seeing my friends in the dream who was also running from the police as though we'd done something. Once again, as I was attempting to leap over something, I believe it was a fence which had some bush growing on it, I became incapable of moving faster than a slug as all the other people were perfectly fine, and catching up with me. I managed to pull myself over the fence and tried hiding within the bush which was growing up the fence but as I was, one of the officers leaped over and landed right infront of me and looked straight at me. I remember seeing his face but unfortunatley don't remember if he was someone I actually knew but it was kind of unsettling, because for one, he was chasing me and I have no clue as to why and secondly becuase it was one of the most personal moments of a dream I have had for a while, mainly due to the fact that he was there for me and we were practically face to face, he went to grab me and then I remember I'm running again, with a little more ease at this point, then I woke.
Can I just add that in the first dream, when I was running down the stairs or trying to run should I say, There was this african woman at the bottom just standing there, and then I noticed my exit point was no good becuase there was this metal gate which was locked......I was able to put my arms through the gate because it was like a railing but I could not fit through it and thats when I woke. The black woman became irrelevant to me when I noticed the gate. Also I felt a strong sense of lonliness in the first dream which was not a factor in the second dream.
Anyway, to finish up, my main issue is with this stiffness stuff. Whats it all about.
Peace
AL.
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This post has been edited by al_zaine: Jan 25 2008, 08:09 PM

From what I can discern it starts with me going into the bookies(betting shop) with a friend who wins some money and gives me a small amount to try my luck, so now i'm gambling on the machine and doing well, i'm winning..... not sure how much but know i'm winning,

I would take this to mean that either you are taking risks in life or that you desire to do so.

this next guy who I know comes to me.... in reality he is a big guy and feared buy some because he was ruthless -smashing toes when they wouldn't pay up for drugs - but in the dream he had a more menacing build, wider, but I didn't fear him he's my friend.

From a Jungian point of view you should ask yourself questions like "how are you like this friend of yours?". What qualities does he have that you exhibit as well? Then to me this guy represents a force either within you, or around you that is intimidating or inspires fear. I know you said he is your friend but he only might represent fear, not in the since that you fear him, just that he represents fear - to some degree. It doesn't have to be fear either. It could be power, brute force, a bully.

We both went to the shop to get something like a drink I think, I remember it was dark, the whole dream is quite dark. We go into the shop and it looks like your typical kurdish offlicence

I'm not sure what an offlicense is. Is it some kind of music club or dance hall? The image I get is more like a popluar bar - which may symbolize the desire to have fun and socialize. And places like bars or night clubs naturally tend to be fairly dark anyways. But the theme of darkness could represent regression, self destruction, or hidden thoughts/emotions/memories. Darkness tend to be a common thing with my dreams. Personally for me I think darkness is just what I am accustomed to since I tend to be more active at night. So the dark theme might simply represent what you are more comfortable with and nothing more.

when we were approaching the fridge area a female emloyee who was hold this white box was standing in the isle, I proceeded to walk past but my friend took ahold of the box and the both of them were playing tug of war with eachother for what seemed like seconds when finally the box broke and all of a sudden my friend just whacked this woman straignt in the side of the head with his fist knocking her against a fridge door

The female employee within the context of a bar/night club type setting might represent a part of your personality, that is feminine but is the key to understanding what is in the box. Instead your dominating masculine side, took over and forced her to give up whatever was inside the box. This bit of a spat (your friend hitting the girl) could represent a greater conflict between the masculine and feminine sides of your personality.

its seemed so random and very violent, so unnecessary was it to me that I asked him, "why, why did you do that", we both knew the police were coming so we're looking to bolt.

The act shows impulsiveness, lack of self control, perhaps issues with anger even. It underscores a possible conflict between aspects of your personality. And by conflict I don't mean a mental health crisis, just a part of yourself doesn't communicate very well with the rest of your self.

Police represent duty, authority, in the context of dreams they can respenet mental control and discilpline. If you do something where you know the police are going to get involved it represents acting in a manner that goes against duty, authority etc etc. I don't know what kinds of activities you engage in in your real life, but dreaming about the police could symbolize the need to check yourself before you end up busted. I can't tell you how many times paying attention to this has helped me stay out of trouble - legal or other.

Next i'm outside on familiar terrian, though I know this road has no offlicence but I just go with it, not even looking back to see the shop, I start to run. Ah once again this seems all to familiar, I can't run somethings holding me back, through sheer determination or will the only way of beating this rigidness is flying.... it feels so great, i'm untouchable, i'm moving fast but it's hard to control and its like I fall back into the stiffness where i'm fighting to move one foot infront of the other and fighting to fly again just to get out of there, I can feel the fear

The running and flying represent engaging in activities that allow you to avoid your responsibilities or baggage in life. But you know that you can't hide for those things for ever, hence the fear. If you know someone is going to catch up to you, then it is fear of that person. If it is something you are avoiding (like emotions or memories) then its not fear its anxiety - which will get worse in the future if that is the case.

I don't know how but then i'm at the guys house, or should I say room, its one room which reaches round giving the impression of two rooms. We're just jamming there and an older-good friend of mine appears there, and we all set off for bed, all in the same room. This bit is for me where it gets too much, almost like a dream within a dream which upon my awakening into reality makes me question if its real and the fear remains for a minute or so.

Your subconcsiousness is attempting to make you to pay attention to something, to be aware of something. More than likely whatever it is is within yourself. But it might be external as well. You should consider both thoroughly.

Its dark and we're in our beds "sleeping" and then the menacing guy is standing over me, all I see at first is just a silhouette but I know its him and then he bends over and reveals his face which just looks emotionless almost as though he does't even know what he's doing.....

The menacing man represents your shadow self. This can come in many forms. In your dream I think it is more like a menacing fool. Don't think of "fool" like you would an idiot or someone stupid. Instead think of the fool as more like the guy who really knows what he's talking about but no one listens because they think he's full of it. The fool is also a person without direction and who has a degree of gullibility. The fool as represented by the shadow self who depicts no emotion with no awareness to what he is doing, represents an inability within yourself to properly or maybe appropriately express emotions.

Remember, no matter how nightmarish your dreams may seem, they are still only dreams and you should not fear them. Fear only leads to self doubt which hinders growth. Embrace this shadow self as a teacher and it will manifest in ways that have more obvious meaning.

I think I intuit this mostly(in the dream) because then I make the 'conscious' decision to try reasoning with him all the while thinking to myself, get the f%*! out of there this guys going to kill you. I remember forcing myself to just lay as though safe so not to give the impression I was feeling threatened. I knew I could sway him, I just had to remain vigilant and it payed off, within a click of the fingers he's back in his bed, I remember it so much, I looked over at him and saw his face- he was sound asleep as though he never got out of bed, I thought f%*! this and slowly and quitely proceed to put my socks on.... something cause him to wake.... even my good friend and i'm still trying to get dressed, i notice something very unusual

The "reasoning" is how you deal with this shadow self character in real life. Whatever it represents in real life, you deal with it through intellectualization. A psychological term that is used to refference false logic, or misuse of reason. People use intellectualization to distract themselves from the real problem, or to minimize it or otherwise feed into a negative pattern that prevents a person from really fixing anything. Its very common for drug addicts especially - but not by any means limited to them. In your dream you reasoning with him (intellectualizing) pacifies him - he goes to sleep. But you know this is a person you are bedding down with, meaning it is a part of you. As such you know it will eventually wake up to manifest itself again.

theres this white pipe sticking through the front door, the exit, there was some numbers written on the side of it and a small bit of blood which was worrying, especially when my good friend came round the corner with evil intent in his eyes, an evil smile and blood on the side of his face. The two of them now wanted to kill, I don't know why

It'd be easier to interpret the white pipe if you could describe it more specifically. Was it like a rain gutter or exaust of some kind? Without any additional details I would have to combine it with the blood on it and assume it represents a hole, or, dysfunction within yourself that acts like an emotional leak. Blood represents life, life is full of emotion. So to lose either could be representing by a loss of blood. Again, like your big enforcer friend, the friend in this dream is taking on a similar role. The friend who looks like he wants to kill someone could represent the same things as the other friend at the offlicense.

I just knew to get dressed quick and get out, basically I got out of the room and was in this corrider of what seemed to be a hosptial, and I guessed it was an asylum, there were random people plotted about and I proceeded past the to this 'main desk' which was busy and directly behind I saw the staircase which I took as the way out,

Walking down the corridor of an asylum filled with strange people is fairly easy to interpret. It simply represents being in a time of mental and emotional strain and feeling unable to connect to others. This does not have to be in any extreme sense. Maybe your mental fraustration is simply being behind with the bills for this month. Maybe you are dealing with some bad relationships with others. Or perhaps you having difficulty in confiding with another person. It could be any number of things.

next I was outside and it was a place that i'd never been to before but it felt like it was in the city, I tied to run but again I could hardly put one foot in fron of the other, I turned back and see the two of them looking out of what appeared to be a car park window, they let of this terrifying laughter as though to say, we're coming....

Being in a place you've never been in before represents situations in your life you are not sure how to handle. They could be interpersonal, or things within yourself. Cities tend to be meccas for socialization and intermingling. So I would guess that perhaps you are having some strain on some relationships with others in your life.

I kind of lost you with "them" you didn't really explain who they were. But I'll assume that they still represent your shadow self, once again it is trying to make you aware of something and they are telling your it is unavoidable.

i'm in terror trying to run and I see infront of me stairs going up to this possible airport desk but it could have been a train but I knew it was transport out of there. As i'm fighting to go, i may have called out for help because all of a sudden about 3-4 people who all looked familiar took my arms and was pulling me towards the lobby, I feel confused but safer, I just want to get out of there. One or two of them get either hurt or killed trying to help and the next thing I know i'm at the looby then I awake, but the fear that they were coming for me remained for a minute or so.

Terror represents being in a situation that may be life threatening or unfamilar. People often fear change. So it could represent that as well. Transportation, or any vehicle often tends to resent a medium that will enable a person to travel in life. Wanting to get to that transport represents a desire to change. Asking for help from people you know in real life represents a willingness to reach out to others to get that help in order to make the right changes.

This post has been edited by Acid09: Jun 16 2008, 08:18 PM