I started having this dream about three years ago, and it keeps coming back. There are variations in it but it is the same story each time. I am surrounded by a crowd of people who are very angry with me. I am wearing a very heavy dress (the style of the dress changes but the weight and feel of it is always the same) What changes is how I feel about the dress. Some times I love it and wish the people would understand it is my armor. Other times I wish they would take it to help themselves, but sometimes I hate the dress and what it means, I hate the weight and know the people hate me for the dress.
It does not matter how I feel - every time the people grab me and pull my arms behind my back. I am often shackled but sometimes tied. The pain in my wrists is in every dream as is the feeling of the pole between my shoulder blades. I die horribly every single time. I wake up with out pain from my death but with the pain in my wrists, I can still feel that pain. I have had this dream so many times now it feels like a memory.
I don't have carpal tunnel and I am pretty sure my husband doesn't tie me up in my sleep! LOL! Any guesses what this dream means?
Dreams don't mean anything. They're just your brain's way of clearing its cookies.
To me?
You feel you have the ability and skills to help others, yet feel powerless to do so.
Dreams, in my opinion, are our subconscious trying to tell us something and guide us.
Death to me means you are stressed beyond all get out and it's killing you. Your mind is trying to help you find a way to solve the stress.
The shackles to me, represent you being held back by something. Not feeling empowered to do what you want to do or need to do.
The dress being your armor, again to me, represents your self-esteem at the time of the dream. You state that sometimes you love the dress and other times you hate the dress.
This would be my interpretation of it.
I'm curious: What is your job? Are you in a position of great responsibility?
ETA: For the most part, Fuzzy is right. Dreams don't exactly "mean" anything. But their content can give us insight to our subconscious state of being, and, if you take the time to consider and reflect, you can help yourself into a better, healthier state of being.
For instance, I sometimes have dreams that my teeth are falling out of my mouth, or crumbling away. I've noticed that these dreams usually happen when I'm under a lot of stress and feeling overwhelmed by things that feel out of my control. So I take steps to reduce the stress, and create an action plan so I'm not feeling overwhelmed. Taking control of my conscious life calms my unconscious state of being, and the dreams subside.
For you, I cannot tell you what your dreams "mean," but I will say, consider carefully what has been going on for the past few days when you have this dream. What's been happening in your relationships? What's happening with your finances? Your business or work? Your responsibilities? Are there choices you have to make that affect others? Are there being choices made that affect you? Write it all down...and you might see a pattern.
Have you tried talking to a psychologist about it?
Here's my stab at it.
(I'm not a psychologist or any sort of health professional - taking advice or leaving it is entirely up to you.)
You feel apart from people - perhaps socially isolated.
You feel you need armor to protect yourself from people.
It's not clear whether the people are angry at you (for locking yourself away from them) or the barrier (your armor) that you place between them and you.
You have a love/hate relationship with your armor - you love the protection/privacy but hate the walls/isolation.
You fear being hurt/trapped/captured by people and you fear that being more connected to them might be the death of you/change who you are.
Next time you dream it - try to identify any of the people in the crowd.
Are they anyone you know or just general strangers?
Try joining a social group or volunteering so you feel more connected to friends/family/community.
I think that might go a long way to changing what's happening in your subconscious mind and will have an effect on this recurrent dream.
I have repetitive dreams, and I sometimes even google them. Sometimes a agree other times others don't.
Do you sleep on your arms in any way that they may fall asleep or pinch a nerve that could cause the pain and your mind has created this scenario?
Your dream to me sounds like you feel everyone hates you and it's weighing you down.
But who knows, something been bothering you, that you never cleared up?
Have u ever been in a car accident?? Stress or your sleep position my be causing nerve pain. I would try to visualize a different ending while u are awake but relaxed
That is a bizarre dream! And the fact that you wake up feeling residual pain shows how stressful the dream is! I would guess that the weight of the dress could symbolize strength, the dress itself could symbolize motherhood. That could explain why you love it sometimes, but feel its burdening weight at other times. Do you see things that others don't in terms of parenting? Have you had struggles in this area pertaining other people? Maybe you fear the reactions of others from voicing your insights? Or perhaps other people try to hold you back from what you feel is right? Best of luck! :)
Monitor your diet hours before bedtime---as in try to not eat at least two hours before bedtime. Undigested food and lying flat does strange things to our body and brain.
