Recurring dream i've had for the past 6 years - help

[waydee]

Hey all, i've always wondered what this means so i'd like to find out someones opinion.

Basically i've been having this dream since I was around 12 years old, it occurs at least once or twice a week.

Before this dream happens, as I am relaxing and drifting off to sleep I get a feeling of pressure, pushing down on me (I sleep on my back) all over my body, particularly on my chest and at my forehead... i'm not sure pressure is the right word to describe it, but is almost as if an invisible blanket has been draped over me and is being pulled tight.

Then the dream begins, I am in a large open space with nothing but dust and sand on the ground and surrounded by large hills to all sides, almost like I am inside a crater of sorts. There is a small shed/building just behind me.

For some reason, I have been given the task to store these huge heavy almost boulder type things in the shed, in theory the shed would only be able to hold 2 of these things at the most but as the dream begins i'm quite happily putting them in the shed at a comfortable pace, they are heavy and the feeling of pressure and weight I get as I am falling asleep is there, but it is not at all uncomfortable.

Then the pace increases, faceless people are showing up with these boulders and handing them to me in greater numbers, more and more appear to all sides of me and they begin speaking but its nothing I can understand, almost white noise like when hundreds of thousands of people talk at once... they are all trying to hand me these huge heavy boulders and i'm being swamped by the work until it becomes quite disturbing... it gets to the point where I am feeling crushed by all the weight and people and its usually at this point I wake up suddenly, sometimes i'm sweating and feeling quite upset for a few minutes, other times I shrug it off and simply fall back asleep.

The boulders have also taken the form of other things such as vaccines for children once, where I couldn't store the vaccine quick enough in the shed and as a result I thought I was responsible for the death of millions of babies... this really got to me when I woke up, I was lying in bed close to tears for a good 10 minutes before I realised none of it made much sense and was just a strange dream.



What do you think? its showing no signs of going away and i'd like to know what it means.

[longhairedhippiechic]

I think your having this dream because there is something you havnt resolved something in your life or your affraid of hurting someone like a child if you have one or, maybe if your in medicine, or maybe it doesnt mean anything and you keep having it because its in your head, you think about it all the time. I always have dreams about zombies, atleast twice a week, I just figured my mind is sick of redundent activities.

[Evil Hippie]

Sounds to me like its your subconscious mind's way of telling you that your over stressed. Like theres too much to be done and you feel over worked. Do these dreams usually come when you are feeling stressed out?

[waydee]

I fgured that as well, but they seem to be pretty random... and I don't feel stressed at all, I have a pretty easy life.

[treehugger]

Do you normally act as a sounding board to your friends?

I'm seeing the people handing you boulders...as friends coming asking you to help them with THEIR problems....could it be you are internalizing their junk?

[NeverNeverLand:)]

HMMMMMM,the shed should be a tent or the boulder should be stapled into a pyramid or a mountain(tear the shed down the next time u dream).
OOOOPs got lost in symbolics.
It´s about pillars of society that can´t bear the weight.
Oh,shit I did it again!

But the dream seems to be screaming for help or whining for it?
Beware that u can be a steppingstone for others an be left in the shit for the rest of u´r life,some say that´s one of many ways in life,an the ones who dies early have the best time of their life.
So the next time the dream is forboading death it´s just one of many.
Sorry forgot about the sugercoating.
But u can´t run away from life an the dreams it include,even if many want to.

[Humboldtbird]

Hi...wow, What A Dream...it May Be Something You Are Remembering From A Past Life? Have You Been Hypnotized About It? I Would Not Let It Burden You, Maybe Even You Could Try Getting Into The Dream More...can You Look Around?...look At Your Shoes?...see Where You Can Go With It...it Is Deffinately A Messege To You About Something Or You Wouldnt Of Had It For So Long.............

[Wanda Leigh]

Hi,
I'm new to this forum and your request caught my eye. In looking at the age at which it started and the fact that you are still having this dream, I feel that you must have had a traumatic situation at that time. Perhaps the loss of a parent either through death or divorce in which you felt at fault or were forced into an adult role before you were ready. As you have grown I would suspect that you often find yourself being given responsibilities that you are not emotionally ready for (employment and personal). It seems that every time you get a job or new relationship there is interference from someone or something that causes you to run and/or fail. All this goes back to your childhood experience. You are always trying to help others and are often accused of interfering in their business when you are simply being the caretaker and trying to help.

It would be my suggestion that you stop taking on the cares and troubles of others and concentrate on yourself. Step back from involvement on any level. Write out what happened and tell yourself that it wasn't your fault and you handled it the best way you could. Tell yourself this every time you have this dream and take steps in your waking life to stop responding to every situation as the caretaker. Your subconscious is trying to let you know that you can't save the world! Take care of yourself first. Good Luck!

[phoenixrising]

Peace on Earth! I'm going to go against the advice so far and play the angel's advocate. For those who don't believe in reincarnation, please skip my humble opinion. It may be that you chose to be a "helper" in this incarnation. The "crater" being your knowledge of Earth not really being your "home" - helpers spend most of their times in higher energy realms and choose to come to Earth strictly to help others spiritually. In the beginning of the dream, moving the boulders is easy because it is what you're here to do. As you remain "unconscious" to your true life's purpose, the burden becomes larger and heavier, finally turning into feelings of guilt for children passing over, which is heavier than any boulder could be. If you think this might be a possible interpretation, try, each night as you drift off, to repeat positive affirmations that in your dreams you will become aware of your true purpose in life and that you will remember it upon awakening. Good luck - Only Love Prevails. Ellie Rae

[tinydancer_83]

hey, i love hearng all about dreams!!!!! of any kind actually, good or a little disturbing. i actually concider myself a kind of dreamweaver, i make dreamcatchers as a hobby and have researched and constantly think about dreams in a whole sense. i amazinly remember dreams ive had since i was about 5 or 6 years old and they surly have a great ammount of complience to what is going on in the "realistic" world we live in. do you have a dreamcatcher? if not, its always a good idea to have one if you dont like having disturbing dreams. but i dont think it will "get rid" of your dream entirley because it is somthing you may have to think about to understand on an unconcious level. i feel your dream may have todo with taking on burdans of others upon your own shoulders and you may not realize that yet. these "burdans" may be absoultly anything! i.e. people come to you if their hurting, if they need help, someone to talk to, if you run little errands for others, taking care of other peoples belongings,store anything at your home for someone else, anything little. and it could also be a preminition, dreams will have that. that maybe someday all these "little" things you help people with will someday drag you down or others just wont appreciate it anylonger. and it will stress you out. i obviously cant say if its true since i dont know you whatsoever but its a thought or a theroy. i hope the best in your path of thinking, and that it may come cleat to you some day. and if you ever want a dreamcatcher let me know! i make mine out of 100% hemp, well w/ feathers, beads and a metel ring too but mostly! :) Tinydancer_83@hotmail.com Take it easy! Peace to all of yas! ~krystal ;)