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This
dream has been bothering me for a while because I have no idea
what
it could mean. Thank you. (I'm 16 and got my driver's license
only a little while ago)
I was driving with my sister over this mountain. The road was
in the middle of woods, and it was dark. There were a lot of
curves and I was going too fast to control myself, although I
hadn't crashed yet. At the top I saw a police car hiding off
the road. I thought he was going to stop me for speeding, and
sure enough he started following me. I pulled over and my
sister and I got out of the car and put our hands over our
heads. But he drove right past us and I noticed what was going
on. Right where we stopped there was a lake, and there were a
lot of police cars, the policemen were in the water and on
land, surrounding this piece of forest where criminals were
hiding. I saw the criminals through the trees, and suddenly I
noticed there was one that was inching his way to me. Before I
could do anything he had grabbed me and made me hostage. He
gave me a big heavy cement hammer and told me that I was to be
another suicide. With great despair I noticed that they were
making their hostages kill themselves with the hammer on their
heads. I started crying and I cried out, "I want my
mom!" It was horrible. But I woke up before anything
happened.
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Dear
Dreamer, thanks for sending us your vivid, symbol-packed
dream. Dangerous
driving through dark mountain woods, encountering law makers
and breakers in and out of water, wanting your mother to
rescue you--this is a succinct snapshot of life on the
precarious verge of adulthood.
When
reading a dream, I bring my intuition and experience to the
dreamer's words; that's what I have to go on.
In this case, I also have your parenthetical
introduction "I'm 16 and got my driver license only a
little while ago" to thank for informing my
interpretation of this dream.
Keep
in mind, this is YOUR dream, and ultimately you are the one
who knows what gift it has for you.
As you read my words, pay attention to your reactions,
they will give you further clues to your dream messages.
Ok?
One way to see this dream is as a metaphorical
cautionary tale: Be
careful on the road of life.
When it's dark and scary (going into the woods is a
familiar literary setting for innocents who are about to be
called upon to grow up fast and save their own lives--think of
Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, for example) it's a
good idea to have an ally along (your sister), if only as a
witness.
Ready
or not, attaining legal driving age is a cultural rite of
passage, a symbolic acknowledgement that you are now in charge
of where you go in life.
You are entrusted with the awesome responsibility of
preserving lives as you steer your way through the curves. Is
anyone ever really prepared for that?
Does it feel to you, as your dream presented it, that
you are "going too fast to control" yourself,
speeding into adulthood?
Are you afraid crashing is inevitable?
Good
thing an excuse to slow down (in the form of policemen) showed
up, huh? You and
your sister willingly surrendered to an authority you knew had
your safety in mind. And
these people in authority were actually working to protect you
in a way you couldn't have anticipated--the danger ahead that
was unknown to you (the criminals).
The
policemen worked on land (firm ground) and in the water (often
interpreted in dreams as symbolizing the subconscious) to
capture the nefarious criminals who were forcing innocents to
commit suicide--the opposite of self preservation.
Ask
yourself this: Do
you feel you're going too fast?
Please believe me, it's ok to slow down!
I'd
say that you have a good, built in authority and strong self
preservation instincts. You were an astute observer and
quickly summed up the dangerous situation.
You were faced with self destruction and knew when to
call for help. Don't
lose sight of the fact that nothing bad happened to you.
Seems to me that staying attuned to your surroundings,
surrendering when appropriate, and knowing when to ask for
help are all good tools for a successful adulthood.
You'll be fine!
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