Strange Dream

Canada
April 5, 2008 4:01pm CST
Hey, is there anyone who knows how to describe and decipher dreams? If so, please listen. For several days now, I've been plundered by dreams that always make me wake up with tears in my eyes. I will describe my recent one, and hopefully, someone will be able to tell what the heck's going on with my mind. Okay, so my dream started with me running down the driveway away from my house with my dog beside me. It's pouring and thundering like mad, and my legs feel like they're being weighted down by cement. When I finally reach the end of the driveway, I look down both sides of the road, but I do not remember what I was looking for. I stood there in the rain for what seemed like forever until a car finally pulled up, and the driver told me to get in quickly. I did go in with my dog, and when I got in, I saw that there were a lot more people in there, all speaking rapidly. I don't remember what they were talking about, but we sped down the road. I told them to drop me off at my Grandmother's place, and they did, and when I got into her house, it looked like an earthquake tore through it. My grandmother was stuck in the living room, swearing at my dad and telling him that it was his fault that all of this was happening. And it wasn't just him she cursed. She cursed me, my mother, my siblings, and told us to just go into the basement before the roof collapsed. When we went there, I saw a few girls from my school sitting there with the rest of my family crying. They kept saying things like 'the end's near' and things about the Apocalypse. Then one of them stood and announced that we had to hurry to the nearest airport to escape. At this point, I had realized my dog was no longer with me. I tried to call for him, but I could never find him again. By the time we reached the airport, I stood only with one of the girls and my father. We began to walk up this great staircase, and the girl reached the top before me and vanished. I then stood there with my dad. I pulled a piece of paper from my pocket that had french writing on it, that said that if something was too flawful, it could never be trusted. I changed it to be that if something was too flawful, it COULD be trusted no matter what. I then thought of showing it to my dad, because in real life he and my mom aren't getting along too well, and I wanted to show him that even through that he was quick to judge and hot-tempered, I still loved him. But when I had looked up from the paper, he wasn't standing beside me anymore. I just stood at the top of the staircase calling for him until I forced myself awake. You don't have to believe this is true, and you can believe that I'm just some weirdo who wants attention, but I assure you: I would never lie about this sort of thing. Call me crazy, call me a loser, call me whatever you like. I don't care. Just please try to help me understand this.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
5 Apr 08
You are neither weirdo or crazy or a loser. You evidently have been under a strain because your dad and mom are not gettingalong and you probably wish you could change things but know that you cannot. so this comes out in some really bizarre dreams that include your family coming and then disappearing again.
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@Browisn (782)
• United States
5 Apr 08
Let me say right off that I can not decipher dreams, but I had to write and tell you that I believe you have a very good imagination and a great ability to clearly remember your dreams. I can never remember more than a couple of things about any dreams I have. I have to assume by the nature of your dream and also, your moniker for MyLot, that you are a young girl. I would suggest that you ask you father and mother and grandmother to all sit together and listen as you recite your dream just as you have done here. I believe they should have the answer you seek. If that is not possible, maybe you should explain it to a school counselor or a regular psychologist. Good Luck...
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@theprogamer (10534)
• United States
6 Apr 08
First you run away from home with your dog. This could symbolize you running from the comfortable and starting some new task in life. Later rain occurs which could mean sorrow, trouble or apprehension. You also experience a slowdown/weighdown when running away. Either you want to slow down, or maybe something else maybe weighing you down in your life. A car pulls up and you enter, even though you aren't really supposed to go into strange cars. This could have symbolized another choice in life along the road, something that could be seen as an escape (ironically from another escape that the dream starts with). The people inside talk too rapidly, and this could symbolize facts and actions in life going too fast. Also note that the driver is going fast too along with this. Maybe something in life is rushing you...it could be something like school or work, or maybe something more withdrawn (age perhaps). You end up at grandmother's house, a possible sanctuary. The house is in shambles and grandmother is cursing at everyone. If this was truly a dream about apocalypse and the end, it could be part of the flow and represented by your own fears of the event. If its something related to life, this could still represent what some events in life are doing to you and how you really feel about them. It could also represent that a sanctuary in your life may no longer be there. Later on you hear "the end is near", but ironically the dream doesn't end, it only continues. When thinking of the apocalyptic frame of mind, the phrase fits, but in terms of life and problem analysis, the phrase would represent something else in your life. Maybe some phase of your life is over or you think it'll be over soon. And next the dream has you fleeing yet again... Now you are at the airport. You also lose some of the people in your travels, slowly but surely. In a life perspective, this can symbolize loneliness or a growing loneliness. In terms of the end of earth theme, this follows a logic as one can easily lose loved ones in such a situation. The note is also important symbolism. It has the message that things too flawed can never be trusted, but you changed it to something too flawful could be trusted. And you mention your mother and father in this and their not getting along. In fact, marriages and relationships seem to fail in the present day due to people wanting things flawless (or being completely selfish with demand of flawlessness from their partner). The message itself could also refer to yourself. You are quite right and worthy, flaws and all, and maybe you want others to see this. The final part, standing on the staircase alone. Its a grand staircase and during the ascent(and entire journey) close ones vanish. You end up alone on a grand climb and perhaps another symbol of loneliness when dealing with a grand event in life. The only other thing I can think of is the last event you do in the dream. You call out for your father, rightly so, but this could be yet another escape in the dream (you supposedly forced yourself awake from here, instead of continuing the dream further). Naturally, this is the most speculative thing in the assessment, but still worth mentioning for dream and life analysis.