I find dreams interesting, especially recurring dreams. I've never "studied" the meanings of dreams or anything. I know there are people who do that, and maybe it would tell me something about myself, who knows?
In my dream, I'm driving a car and the brakes go out. I'm usually driving down hill and trying unsuccessfully to stop the car. Sometimes it's a car, sometimes a truck, sometimes I'm in the city with a lot of other cars, sometimes in the country on a quiet road. That part varies, but the failing brakes is always the same. I press my foot as hard as I can on the brake and nothing happens. The vehicle gains speed and I try to find a place to crash where I'll do the least amount of damage. I've never actually crashed in my dreams. Sometimes I'm able to tell myself in the dream that it's only a dream. Other times I wake up in a panic and it feels very real.
I had this dream again last night. I was driving in a big parking lot, trying to find a parking space. Some kind of construction was going on and there were several large trucks driving through the parking lot. In some sections of the lot big ditches ran across, cutting off parking spots. In others, I had to steer around huge piles of gravel. I wasn't going very fast, but I couldn't stop the car to park. I'd see a space ahead and try to steer into it, but the car just wouldn't stop. Then I finally thought, "Maybe if I pump the brakes, the car will stop." And it did. For the first time ever in my recurring dream, I was able to stop the car!
I'm not really sure what this dream means, if anything. It seems to say something about being out of control. Maybe being able to stop the car means something, too. I'm not really sure, but I thought it was very interesting.
It is funny that you wrote about dreams today, I was just going to blog about one that I had! Maybe since you could actually control the stopping of the car, you are gaining control of some area of your life that was out of control...just a thought. I have a recurring about driving also, mine is where I am always in a big truck, and I can't see very well like I am way back in my body (if that makes sense) and I am always sliding off the road into a ditch. It is so scary!!
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ReplyDeleteHere's my analysis of your dream:
ReplyDeleteYou are obviously feeling manipulated or controlled by some aspect of your life (kids, husband, Sunbeam class . . .) and you feel powerless to do anything about it. Apparantly, the key to your gaining control in your life is to POUND THE HECK out of whatever is bothering you.
I don't think Adana will be in Sunbeams this Sunday. And I may need to email Brad to be on guard when he gets home this evening. :-)