Dreams About Obstacles: When the Dream Stays With You
If your dream involved chaos and confusion, your subconscious mind is most definitely trying to tell you something! Below is a recent dream submitted to Dream Prophesy for dream interpretation. The dreamer is looking for the meaning of the dream because the frustrated feeling the dream left with her is lingering.
I hope you can help me with a recent dream I had. I woke up feeling so frustrated and confused and the feeling is still with me over 24 hours later. I have the feeling that my mind is giving me a message of some sort but I can’t figure it out. Here’s my dream. I was in a village in the middle of nowhere. The people didn’t talk at all. They didn’t even use sign language. I tried to communicate with them but they just looked at me, then looked at each other like I was crazy and they were amused by me. If they did make noise, I knew they would laugh at me.
Because no one would talk, I couldn’t figure out how to get out of the village and to the town. See, I knew that I had to leave the village and, for some reason, it was the most important thing in the world to get back to town. Whatever town it was!
Each time I tried to take off for a certain direction, I found trouble or a dead end then had to go back to the village, where everyone was looking at me like I was a crazy woman. The people were Indians – all dressed up like you’d see in a Western movie. Feathers, tomahawks, etc. They were so beautiful, but I hated them because they wouldn’t talk or help me find where I needed to go. I can’t describe how helpless and frustrated I was or how much I knew I needed to get to the town. But each way I tried lead to mountains or lakes or fire or wolves. Nowhere I went was the right way! I woke up completely frustrated and the feeling won’t go away. Please help so I can have peace of mind. Thank you. – Brenda
Brenda, fascinating dream! I can feel your frustration in your words and can practically see it in your dream symbols. The good news is that this dream’s meaning is pretty clear to me. The bad news is, you may have a little work in front of you for the peace of mind you’re looking for.
The first thing that came to my mind after reading your dream is this: Somehow you have lost your way in life and are, subconsciously, trying to find it. This doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ve gotten WAY off track in some area. It could be as simple as slacking off with a few goals or even New Year’s Resolutions. Many people, after trying to battle some particular goal they’ve set for themselves (losing weight, saving money, controlling their temper, quitting smoking….) will fall off the wagon, so to speak. They grow frustrated and even wonder if they can meet the goal – they often wonder if they should even try.
During this time, they can sort of lose their way. Their purpose in life is clouded by the clouds of doubt and frustration. This can quickly lead to great frustration.
Another instance of losing your way is if you allow other people to make choices for you. If you keep allowing someone else to decide where you go to school, where you work, what you eat, who you spend time with, what you wear (or any combination of personal choices) – you’ll eventually feel trapped and wonder where that person ends and you begin.
If you recognize your personal situation in either of the descriptions above, I’m sure you realize how frustrated your subconscious mind is. YOU are inside trying to get out! Whether you are in your own way, circumstances are holding you back, or someone else is in your way can only be determined by you.
The bottom line is that you essentially feel that you have lost your way. You find yourself lost within a situation that your subconscious mind wants out of. The way you longed for the “town” in the dream is symbolic for what you yearn for in your real life. The best way to figure this out is to simply sit down with yourself and have a good old-fashioned self-talk! Free yourself from all distractions and really get in touch with the real you – beneath the layers of day-to-day stress, responsibilities, relationships, etc. You will undoubtedly uncover what it is you feel is holding you back. This thing (whether it’s a personal trait, situation, or individual) is symbolic of the obstacles you kept encountering. You feel that, in life, something is in your way
The villagers represent helplessness. In some area of your life you feel helpless – just as helpless as the people were when they either refused to help you or didn’t know how.
One final thought about the dream symbols. The fact that the people, themselves, weren’t aggressive and the fact that the obstacles you met were not human obstacles leads me to think that the obstacle you face in your day to day life is probably yourself and/or circumstances. I believe that if your obstacle involved another human being, you would have encountered an angry or aggressive human in your dream. By contrast, they were silent. In society, we have often referred to people as dumb who refuse to speak. I believe this is an important symbol in the dream and believe that you somehow feel “dumb” because of your situation. Of course, that’s ridiculous because we all “lose our way” from time to time.
As for the dream staying with you, when this happens we can rest assured that our subconscious mind is deeply troubled and looking for answers.
I have complete confidence that you’ll get back on the right track right away. Keeping a Dream Journal is an excellent way to keep track of your dreams. They really help you sort things out.
Best of luck and thanks for sharing your dream!
Dream Dictionary: What Do Flower Dreams Mean?
A “Lovely” Dream Prophecy from a Symbol of Beauty
Many dream experts believe that a flower dream’s meaning depends upon the type of flower in the dream. While there are extenuating circumstances where the type of flower carries a lot of weight, I believe that flower dreams can pretty much ALL be dealt with similarly, regardless of the type of flower it is. Besides, a lot of people don’t know a Daffodil from a Lily!
Personally, I believe that the color of the flower or flowers is of greater significance, but we’ll get to those in a minute.
Like most things, flowers have a lot of different meanings to a lot of different people. They’re symbolic of everything from romance to funerals. We give/receive flowers when we’re in love, when someone is sick, when congratulations are in order, when someone has a baby, when someone has died, when someone has moved into a new home, and to celebrate special occasions such as Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day.
Flowers essentially represent the following:
- Beauty
- Emotion
- An attempt to make things better
Think about it, when we give flowers, we’re letting someone know that we care. We’re attempting to bring beauty into their lives with one of the most universal symbols of beauty: Flowers.
In dreams, if we are giving flowers to another person, it is symbolic of our desire to make something better for someone or to at least let them know we care. We may have done something that we’re seeking forgiveness for or we may simply want to show our love. Only the dreamer will know for certain when it comes to the motivation.
If we receive flowers in the dream, almost always the interpretation is the same: We are looking for love, concern, and for someone to acknowledge us in some way. Many people who feel under-appreciated and taken for granted will dream of receiving flowers.
If the flowers are flowers you associate with funerals or death (usually carnations or black flowers in dreams), the dream interpretation is that you are gravely concerned for someone’s health – possibly even your own. On the other hand, if they’re flowers you’d associate with a newborn baby (usually pink and/or pale blue), you have babies on the brain! Interestingly enough, this could even symbolize kittens or puppies. They’re babies, after all!
If the flowers in the dream indicate a wedding to you (Calla Lilies, white roses, baby’s breath…), the interpretation is that you are either, literally, thinking of a wedding, or you are contemplating a commitment of some sort.
The first things to ask yourself about the flowers in your dream are:
- What do I associate these flowers with? (gardening, love, sickness, funerals, beauty, Valentine’s Day, weddings)
- How did the flowers make me feel in the dream? (comforted, happy, sad, loved)
- What colors do I remember most about the flowers? (pink, red, blue, black, white, yellow, purple…)
The answers to these questions will lead you to your own personal interpretation of your dream.
A few Dream Symbolisms from Flower Dreams:
- Black flowers indicate depression, sadness, disappointment, and even death. Dreams are not prophetic, so don’t jump off the deep end when you read the word death! This simply indicates that death has been on your mind fairly recently – whether you’ve been thinking about your own life, someone who you are worried about, or someone you’ve already lost.
- Blue flowers generally represent something soothing, but they can also be symbolic for a male.
- Red can be symbolic of several emotions. The dreamer must look at how it’s used in the context of the dream (in other words, how did you FEEL in the dream when you saw the red flowers). Red usually symbolizes love, romance, and passion – but it can also represent anger and jealousy.
- Pink usually means romance, flirtation, or girls. However, it can also be symbolic for breasts – breast health, breast cancer, and breasts in general!
- Purple flowers stand for great success – royal success even. If you have purple flowers in your dream, you have success on your mind. You may have also recently achieved something that you feel very proud of.
- Gold, Silver, and Bronze flowers symbolize celebrations. Whether it’s weddings, anniversaries, or other milestones, flowers in these colors mean that you’ve recently had something of great importance on your mind and/or in your life.
- Yellow and/or orange flowers indicate pure joy, cheerfulness, and happiness. Generally when people dream of yellow or orange flowers, it indicates a clear conscience as well as a great mood.
- White flowers usually represent honesty, purity, and love. However, they can also represent a desire to CLEAN something or even someone! White is a highly complex color when it comes to dreams, so you really have to rely on how you felt at the time of the dream.
- Green is generally considered to be symbolic of jealousy or envy. If you dream of green flowers, you may have recently dealt with one of these common emotions.
Dream Interpretation: Why Garden Dreams are Particularly Fascinating!
Dreams about vegetable, flower, or herb gardens are absolutely fascinating for dreamers and dream analysts. What’s more, the dream interpretation can give the dreamer a lot of insight into their lives… and minds.
If you’ve had one of these dreams, the most important thing to do is to determine the condition of the garden, itself.
Here’s why: The garden is a symbol of our life, or more importantly, how we view our life.
If the garden in your dream is lush, beautiful, and causes you to feel at peace, content, and happy – it’s a sign that you are at peace with your life right now. The way the garden makes you feel in your dream mirrors your attitude toward your current life as well as the person you perceive yourself to be.
If, on the other hand, the garden in your dream “needs work” or “requires attention,” your subconscious mind could be trying to make a point – in a decidedly colorful way.
If the garden is in ruins, with dead/dried vegetation, weeds, and overgrown plants and leaves you feeling discouraged, angry, or even sad – your dream interpretation would be that there’s regret or disappointment somewhere in your life. Generally speaking, whatever emotion you feel in the dream is the emotion you feel about this REAL life situation. If you feel remorse or regret, you possibly have undealt with guilt in your life. If the situation causes you to feel angry, you obviously have an underlying anger that you haven’t fully dealt with.
If, in your dream, you feel angry at someone else for the state of the garden, as opposed to yourself, you are possibly harboring resentment and finding it difficult to forgive someone for something they’ve done or said (or failed to do or say, for that matter).
If the garden’s required work seems too much for you, it reflects a feeling of being overwhelmed in your life.
In the dream, if you find yourself simply observing everything that needs to be done… and then rolling up your sleeves to do the work, it’s a sign that you know there are things that you need to do in your daily life. If, in the dream, you don’t possess any negative feelings or emotions, it’s a sign that (deep down), you’re anxious to get started on the work you know needs to be done.
In fact, you may even be excited about the challenge!
Dream Analysis: A Mother Misses Her Baby Ducks
Every now and then, a Dream Prophesy reader will submit a dream to share on the website, simply for the sake of sharing. Because the dream’s meaning is obvious, they know exactly what the interpretation or analysis is.
They simply want to share it with other readers. I think that’s great and LOVE for dreamers to share their dreams. Other dreamers may be having similar dreams and can benefit from seeing what another person “gets out of” their dream.
Below is an e-mail (along with the dream and a very accurate interpretation!) from a reader in Florida named Sandy.
Over the past year, both of my daughters moved out of our home. Our oldest daughter got married and moved with her husband 46 miles away (south). My youngest daughter – two months later – moved away for college, 2 and 1/2 hours away (north). I’m stuck in the middle, missing them with all my heart.
I’m proud of both of them and I love my son in law, but I miss my daughters badly. I cry more this year than I have in my whole life.
My husband and I have not been getting along. He says I am always sad and never happy any more. He doesn’t understand. If I seem unhappy it’s because I am.
Anyway, two nights ago I had a dream that just makes so much sense and is so perfect, I wanted to share with you and other readers of Dream Prophesy.
Here’s the dream. I was helping people move farm animals from one part of the state to another. I would put them in cages and move them onto a truck. Then we’d drive them to their new farm. Everything was okay until they showed me three ducks that had to be moved. Before I could say anything, they put the mother duck in one cage and the two baby ducks in a different cage. The mother duck started sqwaking and crying – waving her wings and acting very upset. She became angry and aggressive, and if she wasn’t in a cage, she would have bitten us all.
I said, “She wants her babies!” but they put her and her cage on one truck and the cage with the babies on another truck. I had to drive the truck with the unhappy and mad mother duck. She was so loud that she was upsetting the other animals in their cages and none of us were happy. I felt so sorry for her. So instead of driving on the road I was told to, I followed the other truck and honked until they stopped. They thought I was crazy but I yelled at them, “She wants her babies!”
I got the cage with the two baby ducks and opened it. I put them into the cage with the mad mother duck and she pulled her babies close to her with her wings. I told them, “You will never be apart again.” Then I woke up.
The dream is obvious, isn’t it? “She wants her babies!” That’s me. And no one else understands but me, just like in the dream. You want to know something else about the dream that makes it cute? I have collected ducks (figurines, books, pillows, pictures, stuffed animals, and anything with ducks on it) since my daughters were in diapers. They even had duck diaper bags.
I just wanted to share my dream because it is neat how they show what’s going on in your life. Thank you for your website, I read it all the time. – Sandy
Thanks for sharing your dream, Sandy! Your dream is, in many ways, adorable. As a “mother duck,” myself, I understand all of the feelings you described. However, as a dreamologist, I think I see something that you overlooked, and it’s something that may actually help you. Notice that you say the mother duck acted mad (angry and aggressive – and that she’d have bitten you all if she weren’t in a cage). I actually think this is the most important part of the dream, even more so than the separation anxiety the mother duck felt which matches your own.
The mother duck’s intense pain and heartbreak manifested itself as anger and aggression. Could it be that your own heartbreak manifests itself as anger? You mentioned that you and your husband aren’t getting along. If your heartbreak were manifesting itself only in tears and a long face, that would be pretty bad, but I don’t think that would (in and of itself) lead to arguments or tension. It would probably lead to your husband taking you out to eat more or doing things to cheer you up!
Given the details of the dream PLUS the details you shared, I think your subconscious mind is trying to show you something of the utmost importance. Many people, when they feel pain, loss, or sadness, lash out in anger. What’s worse, they usually hit a target that had nothing to do with the pain in the first place. Different people react to pain differently. Some people keep it all in, some “cry it out,” and some “lash out.” It seems to me that you’re probably crying it out AND lashing out.
Like the mother duck in the dream, you have been (and are) beside yourself with loss and unhappiness. My heart breaks for you, because the pain is obviously hideous!
I could point out that your daughters (or baby ducks!) are each within a car drive and certainly within reach of a phone call. I could point out that you’ll see them on birthdays, holidays, and probably many other times as well. However, when the heart is filled with sadness, words won’t heal it. Only time can do that.
You need time to see that this isn’t the end of the road, it’s just a different road. Much like the one you took in the dream. I think that’s yet another dream symbol.
I hope you’ll realize that, like mother duck, your pain was showing up as anger and, possibly, aggression. Hopefully no one ever felt like you’d bite them, but with us moms, you never know!!!
On my Self Help Blog, Self Help Daily, I actually write frequently about empty nest syndrome and things you can do to make the transition easier. I think you’ll find advice and tips there that’ll help you out. Please feel free to e-mail me again any time you want to just talk and keep your chin up. Life’s FAR too beautiful to spend any time looking down.
What Does it Mean to Dream About Being Hungry or Wanting More Food?
Here’s a recent dream submitted for dream analysis. The first effect the dream had on me, when I read it last night, was making me incredibly hungry for pancakes! (Guess what I’m making for supper…)
I’ve had a couple of really odd dreams recently and I hope you can tell me what they mean. My first dream was all about being hungry. I was starving in my dream and couldn’t find anything in my home to eat. So I got in a car, I don’t know who’s it was, and drove around town. None of the restaurants were open, so I went to a big grocery store. When I got inside, I realized that the food was fake food. I got into another car (again I don’t know who’s car it was) and drove to a different grocery store. I went in and saw that the food was real food so I got ready to buy some and didn’t have any money!!! I woke up feeling really frustrated and hungry. A few nights later I dreamed about pancakes. I made a big batch for me and my wife and daughter. We all ate and ate and ate. They both got full and got up to go into another room. I was still hungry, so I finished off the platter in the middle of the table. Even after about 20 pancakes, with butter and syrup, I still felt hungry, so I went to get the pancake mix box to make more and all of a sudden it was empty – but it had been half full only a minute before. I can’t help but think there is some connection with these dreams because I woke up feeling similarly frustrated in each. I hope you can help me figure this out so I don’t have another pain in the neck dream. Thank you.
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First of all, good call! You are absolutely right, these dreams are connected. Also, you did a great job of remembering how you felt when you woke up, which gives you bonus points! Dreams in which we feel hungry are about being unfulfilled. Generally speaking, there is something “missing” in the dreamer’s life that he or she “hungers” for. (Thirst dreams often have the same translation.)
This lack of fulfillment could be personal or professional. It could have to do with weight loss or gain, school, work, a relationship, progress in giving up a bad habit, or lack of progress in taking up a good habit. Only the dreamer knows for certain where he or she feels unsatisfied or unfulfilled.
Here’s something else: In your first dream, you “came close” several times. You found a grocery store BUT it had fake food (so worthless to an empty stomach!). Then you found a store with real food BUT you didn’t have any money with you to pay for it. In your second dream, you “came close” again. This time you had the food. You ate a good deal and wanted more BUT the box was empty.
These “close calls” indicate that you have probably come very close to fulfilling your heart’s desire, but somehow didn’t quite make it. Your subconscious mind remembers all too well how close you came! I believe these dreams are:
- Your subconscious mind crying out for what it’s missing.
- Your subconscious mind reminding you that you can make it happen, if you stick with it.
Best of luck to you and, again, KUDOS for for your dream smarts!
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