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To: stands2reason; HairOfTheDog
>When I have running or chasing dreams, I trip and slip and get stuck or just seem to not be getting anywhere.

Yeah...or for some reason I am running like I'm waist - deep in molasses, R-E-A-L slow, or one of my legs is numb or something. Or I have no shoes.

That happens to me, too. My theory based on some observations of when I have this kind of dream it that it can be triggered by falling asleep or turning over into a position that slows down the circulation in my legs. For instance one time recently I was dreaming that I couldn't move to my right, and when I woke up I saw I had fallen asleep on my right side with my right arm under me so that it had gone numb. Also, sometimes if my neck is in a weird position on my pillow I will have dreams related to that sensation.

Oh, and I'm always walking somewhere, even in my regular dreams - I seem to leave my car in odd places. A common dream is being stuck on a bad part of town and I have to walk home. Rather boring really ---it's just your garden-variety anxiety dream.

I've noticed that my dreams typically begin and end with me getting on a bus and going home, or something like that; and I've read that a lot of people have similar dreams about flying or turning into a bird; I tend to think walking/car dreams are often related to this category of dreams. My theory on that one is that it symbolizes the transition of the body from waking to sleep and vice versa, with the sense of "travel" symbolizing losing/gaining awareness of the body as one drifts into or out of sleep.

3,058 posted on 03/24/2004 6:10:12 PM PST by Fedora
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To: Fedora
I think the 'running without getting anywhere' symbolism is supposed to mean you feel out of control or helpless.
3,059 posted on 03/24/2004 6:12:09 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: Fedora
Very perceptive theories there.

I've read that a lot of people have similar dreams about flying or turning into a bird

Occassionally, I get the classic-Superman gift of leaping (not flying) for long distances. But not very often. :(

3,220 posted on 03/24/2004 8:14:15 PM PST by stands2reason ( During the cola wars, France was occupied by Pepsi for six months.)
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