Dream Interpretation - Dreams
of Babies Children Family Members
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| Here's my dream In my dream, my 8-year-old daughter drowned in a lake. I didn't see a funeral as I woke up right after finding out that she had drowned. Can you please tell me what this dream means? I woke up in a state of panic. Thank you very much. |
| Dear
Dreamer In all likelihood, the dream is about some type of an overwhelming emotional experience (e.g. drowning in a lake) that you or your daughter is going through right now. If the dream is about you, it might be related to some kind of a problem dealing with home and family. If the dream is about your daughter, it suggests that she is giving a problem or an issue that she doesn't know how to deal with on her own. I hope this helps. – |
| Here's my dream I dreamt that my 13-year-old son was killed by a motorbike, and my mother rushed to tell me. As she was telling me that my son had been killed, I kept saying, "Don't be silly, he is here, right next to me." She disagreed and said I was just being silly. I was the only one who could see him standing next to me, and then he started singing in a fantastic voice (which my son does not have). I woke at 4 in the morning, crying. It was so real I wanted to go and cuddle him. I could not get back to sleep, and when he left to go to school in the morning I really didn't want him to go. I was even going to drive him there, but he said he wanted to walk. I haven't told anyone about this apart from my best friend, because if has really shocked me. Please can you help me to find out what this means, as I am really afraid to leave him now. |
| Dear
Dreamer Although it is possible to dream about events before they occur, most dreams dealing with the death of a loved one have absolutely nothing to do with death. Therefore, the dream is in all likelihood metaphorical and not literal. With this in mind, one possibility suggested by the dream is that various people in your life (such as your mother and friends) may be given you advice about the raising of your son because they believe you are in the process of "losing him" (e.g. not enough parental guidance and supervision). However, in the dream you are pointing out that you can still see that your son is fine. His beautiful singing voice indicates that part of your parenting approach has actually enabled him to express himself in ways that are extremely beneficial. I hope that helps. – |
| Here's my dream Please help. I have had a recurring dream for years and years about my son. He is now 21 but in these dreams it's always the same. He is around 4 or 5 years old and is always dead in these dreams. I sometimes see him when he was that age and I feel the pain. I feel the grief; I can't deal with the fact that I lost my son in this dream. I literally cannot shake this when it happens it seems so, so real. I'm crying, shaking in the dream. It's so painful. I have been having these dreams for years. Last week I actually had another but this time I saw him again as being 4 or 5 but then I saw my son in the same dream at his age now and for the first time I was able to see, or think I said, he is not dead there he is. Please help with this dream. I'm literally sick when I wake up its so real. What does this mean? |
| Dear
Dreamer Let me suggest a possibility for you to consider. When your son was the age of 4 or 5, you probably considered him your "baby," and may even think back on that period as one of your favorites in terms of being a mother. With this in mind, over the years whenever you've had experiences in which your son did something to challenge your love or exert the fact that he is a young adult or somehow bring you frustration about being a mother, you may have had a dream that symbolized your feeling that your baby is "dead." In other words, he was not longer the young innocent child you once had to take care of. I hope that helps. – |
| Here's my dream This is the second dream I have had about a little boy being sexually molested. The child is about 8 or 9 years old (I have a grandson that age). In this dream I saw a man molesting the boy and looked for a stick to make him leave the child alone but by the time I found a stick the man had taken the child into the woods. I went searching for them but instead found the child's father who said the boy had been molested but was back home. I said call the Police. |
| Dear
Dreamer The dream can have several interpretations. The fact that Michael Jackson is currently in the news might have also played a role in triggering this type of imagery. If I had the dream, let me give you the two interpretations I would feel most comfortable considering: 1) If I had a grandson of the same age, I would wonder if my grandson was undergoing some type of challenge or trauma (not necessarily sexual) and needed my help and assistance; 2) alternatively, I would wonder if I was somehow being abused (e.g. emotionally) in a situation that was about as old as my grandson's age (e.g. work, for example). In either event, it suggests that someone is feeling overpowered by something they do not know how to deal with. I hope this ends up being helpful. Good luck to you.– |
| Here's my dream I have a four-month-old son; he is my first child. I had a dream that I can't forget, and had me so terrified that it woke me up. I was dreaming that I was bathing my son when suddenly he slipped out of my hand and rolled into a deep section of water. He went under and was drowning. I could see him struggling and knew he could not save himself and was going to die. I was trying with all my might to save him but only had the use of one hand as my other hand was stuck behind my back with a handbag stuck on my wrist preventing me from moving my arm to the front of my body. I tried grabbing my son's arm but I was not strong enough with just one hand to pull him up. I felt complete terror and was screaming and crying. Before he could drown or die I woke up. My heart was racing so fast and I still felt completely scared.. |
| Dear
Dreamer Rather than seeing the dream as a literal possibility, a metaphorical interpretation is much more likely. If your son symbolizes you and your state of mind since becoming a mother, the dream is suggesting that the experience has at times been emotionally overwhelming and there are times when you are not certain you can cope. The fact that your hand is tied behind your back because of the purse could indicate that childcare to give you a break may not be an option because of financial constraints. If this is true, let me suggest several things. 1) You need to find a relative or friend that you can talk to and perhaps ask to help you once in awhile. 2) Another option would be to find a friend with her own child and offer to take care of each others child once in awhile to give each of you a periodic break. 3) Know that the feelings of being overwhelmed with an infant are quite common, and generally pass in time. 4) Depending on your state of mind, you may also wish to contact your local community services to see if there are any appropriate services and/or support systems in place. Good luck to you. – |
| Here's my dream I dreamed that I was having sex with my 17-year-old son. It was so real. It has bothered me for so long I have not spoken to anyone about this dream. When I woke up I was devastated. Can you please tell me what this dream mean? I have never dreamed anything like this. |
| Dear Dreamer Let me respond from a couple of perspectives. At one level, many individuals so equate love with sex that sometimes a dream can use sex as a symbol for love. The dream might have been trying to show you that in spite of challenges with your son, ultimately the two of you still loved each other. In all likelihood, however, I think the dream was also demonstrating a past-life connection between the two of you. In other words, part of your connection in the present may be due to the fact that you were once a couple. Let me recommend that you read a couple of books that deal with reincarnation and relationships, such as Edgar Cayce on Soul Mates, by Kevin Todeschi, and Children's Past Lives, by Carol Bowman. – |
| Here's my dream I'm 24 years old and I have 2 children. Lately I've had a number of dreams that one of my daughters is dead. In the latest dream, she drowned in a sea or swimming pool and I was so sad in my dream that I actually woke up crying. Sometimes I dream that I have the child of someone else but that I lose him, and when they ask me about the child I don't know what happened. Could you please tell me what this means? I'm afraid of losing one of my daughters. |
| Dear Dreamer Although a literal interpretation suggests that you need to be extremely cautious of your daughter around any kind of water, a more likely interpretation is a metaphorical one. From a metaphorical perspective, the dream suggests that your daughter (or yourself) is being continually emotionally overwhelmed by life's events and may need some kind of help or even therapy. Drowning can be associated with being emotionally overwhelmed. Also, when the second dream about losing someone else's child is taken into consideration, it suggests that you may sometimes feel as if you have lost your own "inner child," in terms of your hopes, dreams, and life's expectations. If I had these dreams, they would suggest to me that I was overwhelmed by life's events and that I had lost track of what I really wanted to do with my life. If this is the case, consider finding a counselor to talk to. You may also wish to read the book, Discovering Your Soul's Purpose, by Mark Thurston. – |
| Here's my dream I have 2 children and then my husband had a vasectomy. We have talked about having it reversed for about 4 years. I have been having the same recurring dream for almost three years. I see a baby just as plain as day. It is a boy and he has dark hair and chubby cheeks. He is a very happy baby and he is about three months old. The exact same baby keeps coming back to me every few months. The weird thing is that my mother has just told me that she has had the same dream with the same description for almost three years too. She asked if I did have a boy what would his name be and she said it was the same name from her dreams. Please help me. |
| Dear Dreamer The dream seems pretty obvious in that a particular soul has chosen you to be his parents and he keeps trying to relate that information as you decide whether or not you should consider having another baby. Let me recommend the book, Born to Live, by Dr. Gladys T. McGarey. It will help you decide. – |
| Here's my dream My sister's one-and-a-half year old son cries in his sleep occasionally saying, "Mama...Bow Bow." Dogs are "bow bow" for him. He must be dreaming about a dog or dogs. Then my sister consoles him and he stops crying (sleeping all the while). Is there a reason a baby is having nightmares? They don't have a dog in their house. Is there something the parents should do? |
| Dear Dreamer The Edgar Cayce readings suggest that children's nightmares can be helped by pre-sleep suggestion. As the child is falling asleep, have one of the parents sit nearby and calmly say such things as: "You are in a safe place...Mommy and Daddy are here, you have nothing to worry about...Everything is fine...You are in your own bed." And so on. The whole while simply reassuring the child and making the child understand that he/she is completely safe. That's how to solve the problem. In terms of why it is happening, oftentimes these events are connected to issues in waking life (such as at home or school) that the child does not know how to deal with. However, it is just as likely that the event is connected to some kind of unresolved past-life trauma. If the boy's parents are open to this possibility, I would recommend the book Children's Past Lives, by Carol Bowman. – |
| Here's my dream I have 2 sons, ages 8 and 16 months. My husband and I have been debating having another child, as I am almost 36-years-old and the clock is ticking. Three boys would be cool and a girl would be great! This past week I dreamt that my sister was pregnant (she's 46 and has her tubes tied) and she whispered to me that if the child were a girl, she would give it to me. Then last night I had a dream that I was pregnant with my brother's child (he's 50, with an 18 year old). What the heck does this mean? The main reason my husband and I aren't having another child is financial; we would need a larger vehicle and we aren't comfortable with the amount of debt we have. Any clue about my family giving us a baby? |
| Dear Dreamer The most obvious interpretation is that the dream is trying to show you that you are putting too much pressure on having another child now before you get "too old." After all, in the dream your sister is 46 and your brother is 50. From this perspective, the dream might be saying that another child is a likely possibility, but it is okay to wait a few more years. Unless your family is about to ask you to help with babysitting or childcare, I think the dream is trying to tell you to relax and wait awhile. – |
| Here's my dream I woke up this morning in terror because of the dream I had and I was hoping maybe someone could help me with this. I dreamt that my 4-year-old son was killed in a horrific car accident by his biological father when he was 1-1/2. All of the details are hazy but I remember screaming throughout the entire dream that "he killed my baby" and there was a lot of blood in the dream but not from the accident I was the one bleeding in the dream also at the very end of the dream I find out that my ex received 29 years in prison for this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
| Dear Dreamer A strong possibility suggested by the dream is that your son symbolizes your relationship with your ex, and that because of that experience there has been a personal "death," perhaps in terms of your being able to trust other men or perhaps in the way you deal with other relationships. Note that you are the one that is bleeding in the dream. It would be interesting to discover whether you were involved with this man for a 1-1/2 years and/or whether either one of you was 29 at the time. If the dream is symbolic of your former relationship, it could suggest that this is still an issue for you and may have resurfaced at this time because of a new relationship that has presented itself. If this is all the case, then I would recommend seeing a counselor about getting past whatever happened to you with the former boyfriend. I hope that helps. – |
| Here's my dream I had a dream the other night that my 14-year-old son was having homosexual sex with our neighbor's 14-year-old son. It was a pretty explicit dream. I walked in on the whole thing in the dream. I am so upset by this; does this mean my son will be gay? Or is there an underlying meaning about relationships and changes between my son and myself. |
| Dear Dreamer If the dream is about your son and literal, the dream suggests that either your son is gay or he is questioning his sexuality. If this is the case, you are having the dream as a means of being able to help him and understand him. If the dream is metaphorical, it suggests that your son may be doing something that you would find disturbing. In either event, I would recommend trying to talk to your son about how he's doing, what he's feeling, as well as his worries and fears. During that talk, it would be good to reassure him that you love him no matter what. – |
| Here's my dream I am 46, never married, with no children - although 3 chances to have a child early on and one miscarriage. I had a hysterectomy 6 months ago, and then quit a corporate job to pursue my dream of being an artist one month later. Recently, I've had 2 dreams where I am cruel to babies. In one I am kicking a baby crawling on the ground, and in the other dream, I am driving, and a baby in the passenger seat is irritating me, and I start hitting and slapping it, causing it much harm. I am very disturbed by these, as I am a gentle, kind human being. I was abused as a 3-year-old, and again at 10 or so. These violent dreams are quite unsettling. Thank you for your assistance; I hope I'm not going crazy. |
| Dear Dreamer No you are not crazy. A child can be symbolic of new beginning, a new endeavor, a new job, and so forth. The fact that you are abusing this child could indicate that you have been highly critical and even "abusive" of your own talents, ability, or even critical of the fact that you chose to pursuer art in the first place. Alternately, since you had the experience if abusive as a child, the abuse might be a symbol of having your external world angry, scary, and totally out of your control. The actual interpretation of these dreams will depend upon how you're doing in this new field, as well as how supportive you are of yourself. I hope that helps.- |
| Here's my dream Last night I dreamt that I saw my 20-year-old daughter's car severed in two pieces. I saw the front half of the car and then the second half in a different area. I then saw my daughter and she was physically okay but upset. She said that she ran into a semi truck and then I woke up. Please help me understand what this means, so I can warn her if she needs to take precautions. Thank you. |
| Dear Dreamer If the dream is literal, it suggests that your daughter needs to be very careful with her driving and that you may wish to surround her with prayer. However, a just as likely interpretation has to do with your daughter's life's direction. In other words, a car can be symbolic of a life's direction. If this is the case, then it suggests that something your daughter is hoping to do or planning to do with her life is about to come to an abrupt and sudden end (e.g. a relationship, a job, etc.). I hope this helps. - |
| Here's my dream I dreamed that a car hit my 22-month-old granddaughter and she was thrown to the sidewalk. I remember being confused and looking down and seeing my purse on the floor and seeing my granddaughter on the sidewalk. I remember telling a white male that was selling watches to call 911 for an ambulance and then my granddaughter got up and walked towards me and said, “Mom,” while pointing to her neck. As she opened her mouth I noticed blood coming out. My granddaughter’s mother then called and I spoke with her but did not tell her what had happened. I am really scared and nervous since I care for my granddaughter and now I am scared to go out with her. - |
| Dear Dreamer The dream could have many possible meanings, rather than the literal interpretation you have feared. As a basic overview, consider the following: your purse is suggestive of something valuable, a watch can be symbolic of timing, a neck can be connected to a person’s free will, a car wreck can be connected to an unexpected change in life’s direction, blood coming out of someone’s mouth might indicate the communication of the end of something. With all of these things in mind, one strong possibility suggested by the dream is that your daughter may communicate with you the fact that she is moving or being transferred – a change that will definitely impact the relationship you have been having with your granddaughter.- |
| Here's my dream I just awoke crying due to a horrible dream I just had. I was with my son at his DoJo (karate studio) speaking with his sensei. My son (7-years-old) found this huge brown intermediate belt hooked across the top of the stairs and hooked to the other wall like a really high up streamer. My son got on to slide across and the sensei went to follow him. I heard a thud and looked down in shock. My son was lying on the ground with a pool of blood around him. The sensei said, "You better go down there because there is blood coming out of his ear,"so I did and when I saw him he couldn't hardly talk and he was bleeding from his eyes and slowly died in my arms. What does this mean? I am afraid to let him go to school or karate because I am afraid that he is going to have a bad accident and die. |
| Dear Dreamer A dream like this certainly suggests that you should talk to you son about being careful in his karate activities, but it doesn't suggest you need to tell your son the dream or worry that it is definitely literal. A metaphorical dream could suggest that in his desire to grow up (e.g. climb the stairs; reach for the brown belt), more and more often you may be feeling like he is no longer listening to you (e.g. bleeding from the ear), or acknowledging you when you talk to him (e.g. bleeding from the eyes). In other words, sometimes you might get the feeling that the little boy you once had is dead. I think the dream is more about your own feelings than it is about any danger associated with you son but to be on the safe side talk to him about being cautious. - |
| Here's my dream I am a 32-year-old single mother f one 7-year-old son. I keep having a repetitive dream that I think I am pregnant: my stomach is huge and I can feel the baby inside of me but when I get to the hospital the doctors all say that I am not pregnant, or that they’re not sure if I am pregnant and leave me feeling extremely confused or disappointed. I wake up feeling sad. In these dreams I usually end up in the hospital not because I think I am pregnant, but because of an auto accident, or occasionally because I am feeling ill. Is someone somewhere trying to tell me that I will never have another baby? |
| Dear Dreamer In all likelihood the dream has nothing to do with a literal baby but is instead about some kind of a new beginning that you are constantly on the verge of “giving birth” to. Since these dreams are often connected to an auto accident of some kind and since traveling by car is often indicative of a person’s life journey, I think the dreams are more about your career and your direction in life then they are about children. For example, if you are constantly on the verge of starting a new career path or following-through on some kind of personal dream, the dreams are suggesting that you never follow-through to completion and give yourself the opportunity to give birth to the new life. This indecision may be leaving you “extremely confused,” “disappointed,” and “sad.” If this sounds like what is going on in your life, you may need a book that will help you discover what you were meant to be in life: Discovering Your Soul’s Purpose by Mark Thurston. You can find the book at this link: www.arebookstore.com. - |
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| Dear Dreamer In all likelihood, the dream is a metaphorical dream and suggests that you have a number of personal ideas and projects (symbolized by your son) that you have been neglecting. They may need to be cleaned off and updated and given material manifestation – rather than just ideas, they need to become concrete. If the dream is a literal dream about your son (or any of your other children), then it suggests that you are still taking responsibilities for things that should be theirs to do. If this is the case, then your subconscious mind has symbolized this immature behavior on the part of your children into the child you see depicted in the dream. - |
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| Dear Dreamer A strong possibility suggested by the dream is that in spite of the passage of time your own “inner child” is still be injured by this experience with your grandfather. Interestingly enough, in a dream a gun can be symbolic of aggressive male sexual behavior. The dream may be occurring now as a means of encouraging you to seek counseling to get the experience over with and behind you so that it does not continue to affect you or your new marriage. Good luck to you. - |
| Here's my dream Occasionally I have dreams that later come true. I’m worried that a dream I had last year will come true. In it I found myself standing in a white room, there was a podium at the front with a closed book sitting on it. Then a man dressed in white robe walked up to the podium and opened the book and started reading it. He had long brown hair and a long beard, I realized that it was God. I was dressed in blue. He read for a few minutes and then he looked up at me and said “Okay, your son is scheduled to die in a car crash when he’s twenty-five.” I started crying and I said “I will give my life for him.” He stood there looking at me for a while so I said, “I WILL give my life for him!!” and he said all right. That’s when I woke up. I would like to know if this dream will come true. I’m thirty-six and my son is seventeen. Thank you. |
| Dear
dreamer The future is not fixed. Even if the dream is a possible future, it is not inevitable. The dream may have simply occurred as a means of assisting you to help your son make better choices in terms of his life’s direction. In other words, if you were having ongoing behavioral problems with your son at the time of the dream, the dream is showing one possible outcome if things continue along the same lines. However, there are also other likely interpretations. The dream may be suggesting that your son’s life (or even your own) will change dramatically when he is twenty-five. If I had the dream, I would see it as an indication that I need to “give up” a part of my life in the present as a means of focusing special time and energy on my child who may need more attention at this time than he is telling you. - |
| Here's my dream I’m 24 and I live in Las Vegas with my family. Lately I have been having horrible dreams about my mother dying: she dies in a car crash and then she dies of cancer. In real life my mother has been in a couple of car accidents – one almost killed her about 7 years ago. She also had cancer when I was 7 and she was in the hospital for a long time but she recovered from it and the cancer is gone. She was recently diagnosed with cancer around the same area she had it when I was 7, but the doctors tell her it can’t spread anywhere to hurt her, but I’m really concerned about these dreams I have about her dying. Can you please help me and tell me what this means. It’s making me not want to sleep because I can’t deal with another dream of my mother dying. |
| Dear
dreamer If your mother is symbolic of your own higher self, rather than literally your mother, a metaphorical interpretation of the dream could suggest that you have been frustrated about your own life’s direction lately (e.g. car crash) as well as about your inability to speak up regarding something that is bothering you / eating you up (e.g. cancer). With this in mind, one possibility suggested by the dream is that you have been very frustrated about either what you are supposed to do with you life, what you want to do with your life, or how to get out of doing something that part of you really doesn’t want to do. If this is the case, then let me recommend the book, Discovering Your Soul’s Purpose, by Mark Thurston. - |
| Here's my dream My husband was unemployed for the better part of a year and spent a lot of time home with my daughter and me. He recently got a job that allows him to come home once a month only. She has been having nightmares where she is suicidal. Please interpret/advise. |
| Dear
dreamer If your daughter is depressed in waking life, then the dream suggests that she is much more depressed than she is letting on and needs outside assistance. If the dream is more metaphorical in nature, the dream suggests that your daughter may feel as if part of her life has come to an end and she may be worried that there is little that she can do about it. In both cases, I think your daughter would like to talk more about her feelings but perhaps she is having a hard time expressing herself. - |
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